Abstract: In June of 1992, the National Science Foundation and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sponsored a strategic planning workshop, involving 35 ocean technologists representing the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific ...

Abstract: It is shown for simple shearing that the liquefaction and densification potentials of a cohesionless sample of sand do not necessarily decrease because of preliquefaction or because of large amplitude (drained) prestraining. ...

Abstract: The essence of macroscopic quantities in solid mechanics can be grasped by expressing these quantities in terms of kinematic and mechanical quantities of atoms. In this paper, a method is ...

Abstract: An experimental study was made on the collapse of a gas bubble attached to a solid wall by a shock wave. The collapse process of the bubble and the induced impact wall pressure were measured ...

Abstract: In muscle force analysis, orientations and moment arms of the muscles about a joint provide essential coefficients in the equilibrium equations. For the determination of these parameters, several ...

Abstract: Results of an aerodynamic design study for the multistage axial helium compressor of a 300 MWe class nuclear gas turbine are presented. Helium compressor aerodynamics is challenged by the ...

Abstract: Experiments have been performed to determine the length for convergence or closure of a vertical, hollow annular water jet due to the action of surface tension forces. The data agree well ...

Abstract: It has been proposed to protect the structural walls of a future laser fusion reactor with a curtain or fluid-wall of liquid lithium jets. As part of the investigation of this concept, ...

Abstract: The fatigue life estimation of solder joints is one of the most critical requirements in the development of reliable electronic components. In this study, we first examined a constitutive model ...