Abstract: Realistic time history simulation of drilled pier/pile-soil systems under dynamic and static loading is essential for the development of effective performance-based earthquake designs of deep foundations. This paper presents ...

Abstract: Many mechanical systems have the mathematical model as Mẍ + Dẋ + Kx=0. For this mathematical model of systems T. K. Caughey, M. E. J. Kelly, and D. W. Nicholson studied its uncoupling ...

Abstract: Ideally, minimum outdoor air and building static pressures are controlled through feedback controllers with the use of airflow and pressure sensors in air-handling units (AHUs). Unfortunately, because these sensors are not ...

Abstract: In this paper, a data-driven structural health monitoring (SHM) approach is proposed to conduct in situ evaluation of the structural health state, i.e., damage location and extent, in which guided Lamb wave responses ...

Abstract: In this study, a novel servocontrolled direct shear test set-up is proposed for testing of both intact and jointed rocks, and direct shear tests under different conditions were applied on intact sandstone samples and ...

Abstract: The finite-element program, ANSYS/FLOTRAN, has been enhanced at Release 5.7 to predict free surface flows with surface tension in complex geometries. The two-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes ...

Abstract: A prototype pier load test program was performed to study the load-deformation and energy-dissipation characteristics of the response of drilled piers under static and dynamic axial loads. The field tests consisted of six ...

Abstract: This work is concerned with the precise characterization of the elastic fields due to a spherical inclusion embedded within a spherical representative volume element (RVE). The RVE is considered ...