Abstract: The Hilbert-Huang transformation (HHT) is a new method for analyzing nonlinear and non-stationary data series. The central idea behind the HHT is the so-called empirical mode decomposition (EMD) ...

Abstract: Signals from several sensors were employed for real-time laser weld quality monitoring. Sheet-metal butt-joint laser welds of three quality classes (full penetration, partial penetration, gapped) ...

Abstract: In view of the near-tip constraint effect imposed by the geometry and loading configuration, a creep fracture analysis based on C* only is generally not sufficient. This paper presents a ...

Abstract: A new transport equation for intermittency factor is proposed to model transitional flows. The intermittent behavior of the transitional flows is incorporated into the computations by modifying ...

Abstract: Analytical solutions for the static three-dimensional deformations of multilayered piezoelectric rectangular plates are obtained by using the Eshelby-Stroh formalism. The laminated plate consists of ...

Abstract: This paper develops a liquid film symmetry correlation and a liquid film thickness distribution model for horizontal annular gas-liquid pipe flows. The symmetry correlation builds on the work ...

Abstract: Reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) involves evaluation of probabilistic constraints, which can be done in two different ways, the reliability index approach (RIA) and the performance ...

Abstract: Knowledge of flow pattern and flow pattern transitions is essential to the development of reliable predictive tools for pressure drop and heat transfer in two-phase micro-channel heat sinks. In ...

Abstract: In this note we present a proof showing that the contribution from the extra stress tensor to the normal component of the stress on the surface of a moving rigid body in an incompressible ...