Abstract: A differential equation capable of describing the full‐slip to no‐slip friction transition along a fractured wire in a parallel‐wire strand experiencing external hydrostatic pressure, by prestressed wrapping or intermittent ...

Abstract: A theoretical formulation has been proposed for obtaining upper bounds to single‐layer helical strand damping under cyclic bending to a constant radius of curvature. The model employs an alternative interwire/interlayer ...

Abstract: Parametric studies based on previously reported orthotropic sheet theory have been carried out on a number of realistic and multilayered helical‐strand constructions with widely different strand (and wire) diameters and ...

Abstract: AbstractYear-to-year variations in summer precipitation have great socioeconomic impacts on China. Historical rainfall variability over China is investigated using a newly released high-resolution dataset. The results ...

Abstract: The paper is concerned with the dynamic response of impulsively loaded rigid-perfectly plastic structures. By combining the mode approximation technique with the upper and the lower bound theorems, ...

Abstract: The chemical composition of Stellite® 21 alloy was modified by doubling the molybdenum (Mo) content for enhanced corrosion and wear resistance. The specimens were fabricated using a casting ...

Abstract: Characteristics of a liquid lubricant film at the nanometer scale are discussed in the present paper. The variations of the film thickness in a central contact region between a glass disk and ...

Abstract: This paper aims to propose a new method to analyze the stability of a tunnel using P-wave seismic velocity (Vp) with the help of the Tunnel Seismic Prediction 23 plus system (TSP23PLUS). On one hand, the relationship between ...