Abstract: Optimization of the buckling load of a laminated-composite, circular-cylindrical shell subjected to axial compression, external pressure, torsion, or a combination thereof is undertaken. In the ...

Abstract: The method of reverberation ray matrix is applied to analyze the dynamic behavior of structural members in trusses with pinned joints subjected to suddenly applied force. The results are compared with those in planar trusses ...

Abstract: The leakage rates of bolted flanged connections change with service time due to the gasket contact stress relaxation and degradation of gasket material. The nonuniform distribution of gasket ...

Abstract: This paper presents an analytical solution for the Eshelby problem of polygonal inhomogeneity in an anisotropic piezoelectric plane. By virtue of the equivalent body-force concept of eigenstrain, ...

Abstract: In this paper, the pile-soil interaction behavior of a large-sized steel pipe pile in soft silty clay along the downstream of the Yangtze River is analyzed and discussed through an in-situ ...

Abstract: We compared precipitation intensity-duration-frequency (PIDF) curves developed for four small forested watersheds to spatially interpolated estimates from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Atlas-14. ...