Abstract: In the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) laboratory, a phenomenon was identified that reduces soil bearing capacity. This phenomenon arises in common situations, for example, reinforced soil, triaxial tests, mat ...

Abstract: A method is derived for specifying economically optimum tolerances for a variety of sheet materials for use in flight vehicles. The results indicate a significant disparity between present ...

Abstract: This paper derives the minimum-weight shapes of head closures for cylindrical pressure vessels. Head configurations, weights, and membrane stresses are obtained for thin-shell heads of isotropic ...

Abstract: Estimates of the magnitudes of elastic stresses and elastic-plastic stresses and strains were made for tungsten fiber-reinforced 80Ni + 20Cr matrix composites; heating or cooling between 80 and ...

Abstract: A study was made to estimate the magnitudes of elastic stresses and elastic-plastic stresses and strains in sheet or foil laminar composites. Using a model tungsten/80Ni + 20Cr laminar composite ...

Abstract: The viscoelastic region is characterized as a transition between elastic and viscous behavior. The transition may depend upon both the state of the system and the rheological domain. The former ...

Abstract: The present technical note aims to discuss a depth-averaged turbulence parameter in relation to the incipient motion of particles. The proposed stability equation emphasizing a depth-averaged turbulence parameter, is ...