Abstract: This paper presents a procedure to extend a recently developed three-dimensional inverse method for infinitely thin blades to handle blades with finite thickness. In this inverse method, the ...

Abstract: Uterine leiomyoma (fibroid or myoma) is the most common indication for hysterectomy in premenopausal women. Cryomyolysis is a uterus sparing procedure in which a myoma is frozen by a cryoprobe, ...

Abstract: The analysis of the combustion process and NOx emission in a gas-fired regenerative industrial furnace has been carried out numerically. The effect of the additive, methanol (CH3OH), to the ...

Abstract: The concept of using sensitivity-enhancing feedback control to improve the performance of frequency-shift-based structural damage identification has been recently explored. In previous studies, ...

Abstract: In traditional optimal control and design problems, the control gains and design parameters are usually derived to minimize a cost function reflecting the system performance and control effort. ...

Abstract: Light-driven photostrictive actuators can induce control actions for wireless non-contact actuation and control of precision structures and systems. Conventional distributed actuators laminated on ...

Abstract: An experimental investigation has been carried out to verify the validity of the use of the random decrement technique to determine the damping coefficients for a circular cylinder oscillating ...

Abstract: Reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened in flexure with a bonded fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) plate may fail by intermediate crack (IC) debonding, in which debonding initiates at a critical section in the high moment ...

Abstract: Structural applications of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) have been rare in practice owing to its inferior strength and durability compared with natural aggregate concrete (NAC). Among the various methods attempted to ...