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RISSystem Reliability of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls Incorporating Complete External Failure Modes
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: This paper presents a study of the system reliability of mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls by considering all four external failure modes: excessive eccentricity, lateral sliding, insufficient bearing capacity, and ...
Risk Assessment of Footings on Slopes in Spatially Variable Soils Considering Random Field Rotation
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: This paper presents the risk assessment of a footing-on-slope system that uses the random finite element method. The effect of a soil autocorrelation structure on the probability of failure and the associated risk is ...
A Barotropic Envelope Rossby Soliton Model for Block–Eddy Interaction. Part III: Wavenumber Conservation Theorems for Isolated Blocks and Deformed Eddies
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: In a series of previous papers, an envelope Rossby soliton theory was formulated to investigate the interaction between a preexisting planetary wave and synoptic-scale eddies leading to a typical blocking flow. In this ...
Inaccuracy in the Detection of Molecules Using Two Microcantilever-Based Methods
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Based on mass-loading effect on a microcantilever, there are two approaches for sensing the presence of molecules: dynamic and static methods. In this paper, we demonstrate that the two methods ...
Hybrid Delayed Synchronizations of Complex Chaotic Systems in Modulus Phase Spaces and Its Application
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Compared with chaotic systems over the real number field, complex chaotic dynamics have some unique properties. In this paper, a kind of novel hybrid synchronizations of complex chaotic systems is discussed analytically ...
Comparing Five Kinematic Wave Schemes for Open-Channel Routing for Wide-Tooth-Comb-Wave Hydrographs
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: Due to its simplicity, the kinematic wave is commonly applied to open-channel routing in watershed hydrologic modeling. However, these applications must fulfill certain conditions, such as relatively large riverbed slopes ...
A Barotropic Envelope Rossby Soliton Model for Block–Eddy Interaction. Part II: Role of Westward-Traveling Planetary Waves
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The role of westward-traveling planetary waves in the block onset and the deformation of eddies during the interaction between synoptic-scale eddies and an incipient block is first examined by constructing an incipient ...
A Barotropic Envelope Rossby Soliton Model for Block–Eddy Interaction. Part I: Effect of Topography
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A new forced envelope Rossby soliton model in an equivalent barotropic beta-plane channel is proposed to describe the interaction between an incipient block (planetary scale) and short synoptic-scale eddies. This model is ...
A Barotropic Envelope Rossby Soliton Model for Block–Eddy Interaction. Part IV: Block Activity and Its Linkage with a Sheared Environment
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: In this paper, a basic-state flow that has a linear, weak meridional shear is used as a mean flow condition to see if the blocking activity is related to the state of the zonal mean flow based upon the envelope soliton ...
Simulations Exploring the Dependence of Cloud-Cover Frequency Distribution on Cloud Size and Image Pixel Resolution
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The dependence of pixel-scale cloud-cover frequency distribution on cloud size and pixel size is examined through Monte Carlo simulations. A shape parameter, which describes the shape of the frequency distribution, is found ...