Abstract: A general strategy for estimating the failure probability of the class of structural systems for which each deterministic structural analysis is expensive is proposed. The strategy is interactive, sequential, and iterative. ...

Abstract: A unified three-dimensional formulation of the pipeline or riser problems is developed by following the rod theories. A rigorous singular perturbation technique is used to solve the associated ...

Abstract: This paper is on the structural characterization of a turbine casing in terms of blade containment. Gas turbines experience unintentional blade loss events in service for various reasons such as fatigue and the engines are ...

Abstract: A macro rectangular-channel flat-plate solar thermal collector is designed and examined in this study. It consists of a set of adjacent macro rectangular channels formed between the upper, lower, and fin-parts of an absorber ...

Abstract: Cement kiln dust (CKD) is produced in the kiln as a byproduct during the production of cement clinker. CKD is undesirable material for a clean environment. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of ...

Abstract: It has been crystal clear to everyone that the fresh air supply is one of the highest priorities to keep people under safe indoor conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. In many buildings, either there are no mechanical ...

Abstract: There are some typesetting errors in the “Adaptive computations to pressure profile for creeping flow of a non-Newtonian fluid with fluid non-constant density effects,” which are proposed as follows:

Abstract: Wireless capsule endoscopes (WCE) are a new technology for inspection of the intestines, which offer many advantages over conventional endoscopes, while devices currently in use are passive and can only follow the natural ...

Abstract: The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of a new type of infill—called locked brick infill adopting horizontal sliding joints—in reducing the soft-story formation in reinforced concrete (RC) frames with ...

Abstract: We develop an observer-based boundary controller for the rotary table to suppress stick–slip oscillations and to maintain the angular velocity of the drill string at a desired value during a drilling process despite unknown ...