Abstract: Adsorbed atoms (adatoms) and vacancies have a significant role to play in the physics of surfaces and the mechanisms of film growth on a substrate. This paper investigates the effect of applied ...

Abstract: An efficient methodology for the topological synthesis of articulated gear mechanisms (AGMs) is presented. A hierarchical model is developed to represent the structural topology of an AGM in ...

Abstract: The last several decades have witnessed a bridge performance assessment shift from deterministic methodology to probabilistic methodology. Structural health monitoring (SHM) has been subjected to a rapid development process. ...

Abstract: To provide experimental data on the hydrodynamic characteristics and features of dynamic positioning (DP) thrusters under variable operating conditions, wake measurements were performed on a DP ...

Abstract: For a fast treatment of winter distresses, a 1-cm-thick rollable pavement was developed based on a textile-reinforced concrete with short fibers. After the rollable pavement has been placed, its surface is treated with ...

Abstract: Thrusters working at low advance coefficients are employed in a wide range of offshore and marine applications on Floating, Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) systems; shuttle tankers; ...