Abstract: An approach using the minimum factors of safety against local failures is presented. The state of the effective stresses in a slope is calculated by the finite element method with the Drucker‐Prager nonlinear stress‐strain ...

Abstract: In northern Alaska, the ground is largely underlain by permafrost. Many engineering problems in this region can be attributed to the variations of ground thermal regime. Engineering projects such as construction of gas ...

Abstract: Sound and vibration transmission modeling methods are important to the design process for high quality automotive vehicles. Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA) is an emerging design tool for the ...

Abstract: The averaged equations of integrable and nonresonant Hamiltonian systems of multi-degree-of-freedom subject to light damping and real noise excitations of small intensities are first derived. Then, ...

Abstract: A procedure for designing a feedback control to asymptotically stabilize with probability one quasi-integrable Hamiltonian system is proposed. First, a set of averaged Ito⁁ stochastic differential ...

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to extend the framework of the continuum theory so that it can capture the properties that are embedded in the microstructure or nanostructure and still keep ...

Abstract: In this study, we investigated dispersion curves and the band gap structure of a multiresonator mass-in-mass lattice system. The unit cell of the lattice system consists of three separate masses ...

Abstract: The Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA) methodology has been widely used in aerospace, ship and automotive industry for high frequency noise analysis and acoustic designs. SEA models are treated ...

Abstract: Sublimation of pore ice in frozen silt when excavating in permafrost is a serious engineering health and safety problem due to the release of resulting dust. As part of a continuing effort to develop guidelines for mining ...