Abstract: The writer shares his observations on common sense in engineering citing examples of an engineer who used reed mats for concrete forms; a senior building engineer who ventured advice outside his field and advocated partition ...

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Abstract: An in vitro comparative study of St. Jude (SJ) and Edwards-Duromedics (DM) Bileaflet valves was performed under steady and physiological pulsatile flow conditions in an axisymmetric chamber using ...

Abstract: Glycerol solution with the viscosity coefficient similar to that of blood is used in evaluating the performance characteristics of prosthetic heart valves in the laboratory. However, physiological ...

Abstract: Accelerated mortarless masonry constructions have been developed or are being used in different countries with limited research studies. This paper discusses first the salient features of interlocking-block masonry and ...

Abstract: This technical note discusses water penetration resistance studies on a solid interlocking block masonry system, adopting ASTM E 514-90 for the influence of the type of bedding (dry stacking, thin jointing, and mortar), ...

Abstract: he dynamics of a forced, low-mode oceanic internal tide propagating poleward on a ? plane are investigated numerically. The focus is on the transfer of energy from the tide to near-inertial oscillations (NIOs) initiated ...