Abstract: We present a new solution approach for multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) problems that, for the first time in literature, has all of the following characteristics: Each discipline has ...

Abstract: The theoretical foundation of Youngdahl’s correlation parameters, which have been used to eliminate pulse shape effects in the dynamic plastic response of two-dimensional structural members, is ...

Abstract: Characteristics of a pressure-impulse diagram for blast loads are studied based on a dimensional analysis and a single-degree-of-freedom model. Structural behavior is dominated by the fundamental elastic response mode and ...

Abstract: Flooding is one of the most devastating and deadly natural disasters. Every year, millions of people are affected by flooding worldwide, with massive economic losses that average around $5 billion annually. Over the ...

Abstract: The emission of dislocations from a propagating crack in the mode II or III situations is studied by computer simulation. While the crack is moving the steady state number of dislocations is ...

Abstract: Construction simulation can be a very tedious task requiring expert knowledge of simulation modeling. Furthermore, construction projects are relatively short lived. As a result, the use of simulation to analyze and improve ...

Abstract: Uncertainty in the input parameters to an engineering system may not only degrade the system’s performance but may also cause failure or infeasibility. This paper presents a new sensitivity ...

Abstract: Discrete-event simulation is an effective approach to analyze construction operations. However, it is usually time-consuming and knowledge demanding to develop a practical simulation model, and thus not cost-effective due ...

Abstract: The high computational cost of population based optimization methods, such as multi-objective genetic algorithms (MOGAs), has been preventing applications of these methods to realistic engineering ...