Abstract: During operation of light water reactors, the Zircaloy fuel rod cladding is susceptible for hydrogen uptake. When the local solubility limit of hydrogen in Zircaloy is reached, additional hydrogen precipitates as zirconium ...

Abstract: During operation of light water reactors, the Zircaloy fuel rod cladding is susceptible for hydrogen uptake. When the local solubility limit of hydrogen in Zircaloy is reached, additional hydrogen precipitates as zirconium ...

Abstract: A closed-form solution for a rigid-plastic soil penetration function is used to qualitatively investigate the energy transmission characteristics of the Standard Penetration test. It is shown that the percentage of the ...

Abstract: A method to analyze reliability of soil slopes using the response surface method is described. The soil slope is modelled and analyzed by a finite element code as in prevalent deterministic studies. The simulation which ...

Abstract: This paper provides an overview of a moment connection for use in prefabricated timber portal frame buildings. The connection, known as the quick-connect joint, uses rods housed in timber sleeves that are placed on the ...

Abstract: his paper proposes an extension of a linear theory of orographic precipitation (OP). In the original theory, cloud water is produced by forced lifting over mountains, moderated by airflow dynamics. Controlled by a time ...

Abstract: Drought is one of the most adverse and powerful weather-related disasters that occur every year across a portion of the United States. The consequences of droughts quite often can be devastating. To mitigate these consequences, ...

Abstract: ost climate models simulate a strengthening of the Brewer?Dobson circulation (BDC) under a changing climate. However, the magnitude of the trend as well as the underlying mechanisms varies significantly among the models. ...