Abstract: Decision models involving prescribed fire (the use of fire as a silvicultural tool) were used to analyze the utility of four types of weather information as forecasts: climatology, current weather observations (used as a ...

Abstract: The most common test to evaluate the representative modulus and nonlinear behavior of base and subgrade materials is the resilient modulus test. Due to the comprehensive nature of the method, the preparation and testing ...

Abstract: Numerous accelerometer configurations have been proposed and implemented by previous researches to determine parameters of the motion of the body to which the accelerometers are attached. To date, ...

Abstract: The design of threaded connectors based on an elastic analysis appears overly conservative. This, in turn, will result in unnecessary material and manufacturing costs. To improve cost effectiveness, ...

Abstract: Numerous effects (e.g., airway wall buckling, gravity, airway curvature, capillary instabilities) give rise to nonuniformities in the depth of the liquid lining of peripheral lung airways. The ...

Abstract: We report measurements of the effective tensile strength Fc of commercial “multigrade” oils (in the SAE viscosity grades 5W-30 and 10W-40) over a range of temperatures T, which are representative ...

Abstract: A model called SWRRB (simulator for water resources in rural basins) was developed for simulating hydrologic and related processes in rural basins. The SWRRB model was developed by modifying the CREAMS (chemicals, runoff, ...

Abstract: This paper discusses the large eddy simulation technique as applied to vortex shedding from a cubic obstacle placed in a turbulent wind environment and presents results from a recent large-scale computation of this flow. ...

Abstract: The National Maglev Initiative (NMI) resulted in four distinctly different concepts. The structural systems of the concepts varied greatly, but in general were very complex. This paper evaluates the concepts as to their ...

Abstract: Maglev systems represent an entirely new concept in transportation. They will not operate on nor share the right-of-way with any other system. It is important, therefore, that the guideways be designed and constructed so ...