Abstract: A new two-dimensional (2D) transient finite element model was developed to study the thermal behavior during the multilayer deposition by the laser engineered net shaping rapid fabrication process. ...

Abstract: Fundamental solutions are obtained in exact closed forms for elastic fields in bimaterial elastic solids with a horizontally inextensible interface and differing transversely isotropic properties induced by concentrated ...

Abstract: A series of pullout tests were conducted on a model pile in a soil with different initial water contents and different pile surface roughnesses to study their influences on pile skin friction. To measure axial strains and ...

Abstract: A soil-structure interface is defined as the contact surface between a soil and a structure through which stresses are transferred from the soil to the structure or vice versa. The ultimate shear strength at the interface ...

Abstract: An industry-government collaborative program was carried out with an aim to promoting the acceptance of fracture mechanics-based fitness-for-service assessment methodology for a service-damaged ...