Abstract: Understanding and predicting individual mode choice decisions can help address issues ranging from forecasting demand for new modes of transport to understanding the underlying traveler behavior and characteristics. Early ...

Abstract: This manuscript presents the formulation and implementation of an extended finite-element method (XFEM) for random short fiber-reinforced composite materials. A new enrichment function is proposed to incorporate the effect ...

Abstract: Research on short-term traffic conditions prediction has been largely concerned with parameters such as flow, occupancy, and speed, ignoring at the same time predictions during congestion, a period when predictions are ...

Abstract: Solid focal and oligometastatic malignancies are appropriate targets for minimally invasive ablative procedures. Thermochemical ablation is an experimental minimally invasive procedure, which exploits ...

Abstract: The static and dynamic friction properties of a steel pin on polyoxymethelyne homopolymer disk were studied at temperatures ranging from 22 to 160 °C. Samples were tested at externally applied normal loads ranging from 20 ...

Abstract: The myocardium of the left ventricle (LV) of the heart comprises layers of muscle fibers whose orientation varies through the heart wall. Because of these fibers, accurate modeling of the ...