Abstract: Mainstream bridge management systems use Markov chains of bridge condition ratings (CRs) to simulate temporal bridge health degradations and apply Markov decision processes to find optimal repair schemes. However, CR-based ...

Abstract: The heat-transfer characteristics of 128 small-sized plate-fin heat sinks in a supercomputer chassis are investigated with CFD simulation. The V-shaped curves of the chip temperature versus fin ...

Abstract: This paper developed a model for predicting the temporal failure probability of prestressed concrete (PC) highway bridges. The model updates predictions based on data from nondestructive testing and visual inspections. ...