Abstract: For large cannons, blast overpressure can have a detrimental effect on the crew in the near field (i.e., within a distance of 50 tube diameters or calibers from the muzzle center) as well as on the support personnel and ...

Abstract: In this work, a physics-based first-order reliability method (FORM) algorithm is proposed for the flutter reliability analysis of an aircraft wing in the frequency domain. The limit state function, which is an implicit ...

Abstract: N-doped carbon (CP) was synthesized through carbonization of a polyaniline (PANI) prepared using interfacial polymerization. Different forms of PANI, such as emeraldine salt (ES), emeraldine base (EB), and aniline oligomers, ...

Abstract: A generalized stochastic buckling analysis of laminated composite plates, with and without centrally located circular cutouts having random material properties, is presented under uniaxial compressive ...

Abstract: This paper discusses the optimization problem of first-order design (FOD) of global positioning system (GPS) networks. The classical least-squares technique was revised for the formulation of the objective function of FOD ...

Abstract: This paper describes an initiative to enthuse undergraduate Civil Engineering (CE) students in India about the profession. Various issues impacting CE students are addressed in a novel approach, the 2001 Summer Camp at IIT ...

Abstract: It is well known that blood has nonNewtonian properties, but it is generally accepted that blood behaves as a Newtonian fluid at shear rates above 100 s−1. However, in transient conditions, there are times and locations ...