Abstract: A safety performance function (SPF) is a statistical equation to predict the expected crash frequency for a certain roadway facility, mainly as a function of traffic exposure indicators. Roadway characteristics, such as ...

Abstract: A general reflection coefficient (GRC) is defined to determine the equivalent uniform stress on an underground arched structure subjected to a subsurface explosion. The single-degree-of-freedom model approach is adopted ...

Abstract: Antiram bollard systems (ABSs) can effectively prevent vehicle bombs from approaching protected buildings and infrastructures and thus reduce the damage from blast and debris. This paper presents an assessment of existing ...

Abstract: Excessive interfacial slip is one of the primary failure mechanisms in the cross wedge rolling (CWR) process. In order to predict operating conditions that lead to excess interfacial slip, an ...

Abstract: Design for manufacturing of equipment (that handles deformable objects) and disposable medical devices (such as medical needles, optic fibers, and catheters for inserting into the human body) ...

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Abstract: Increased seismic flexural demands on drilled shaft foundations have led to significant increases in the amount of steel reinforcement, leading to a greater number and/or larger sized steel bars and increased possibility ...

Abstract: This paper experimentally and analytically investigates the fire and postfire behavior of axially restrained high-strength steel columns. Tests on the buckling behavior during heating as well as the residual load-bearing ...

Abstract: The dynamic effect of structures under column removal scenarios is investigated by conducting comparative experiments on two identical steel frames with concrete slabs. One frame suffers from a static edge-column loss, ...