Abstract: Plain rebars are often used in precast concrete elements. The provision of plain rebars along either side of the precast joint will strengthen its resistance and provide greater ductility. However, to fully utilize plain ...

Abstract: Integral bladed disks (also known as blisks) are more widely used in modern aeroengine compressor designs because of the potential weight savings, but there are challenges in controlling the ...

Abstract: It is known that small differences between nominally identical turbomachine blades, known as mistuning, can lead to significant variation in their vibration response levels. A commonly used term ...

Abstract: This paper presents a theoretical application of multibody dynamics with unilateral contact to model the friction wedge interaction with the bolster and the side frame. The objective of the proposed approach is to produce ...

Abstract: A new procedure is developed to find the probabilities of extremely high amplification factors in mistuned bladed disk vibration levels, typical of events which occur rarely. While a rough ...

Abstract: This paper presents an application of multibody dynamics with unilateral contact to model the friction wedge interaction with the bolster and the side frame. The new friction wedge model is a three-dimensional, dynamic, ...