Abstract: Recently, a method of inducing compressive residual stresses in the vicinity of the walls of a thermally autofrettaged cylinder was proposed. In the proposed method, the thermally autofrettaged cylinder was heated in such ...

Abstract: Importance of the wheel rail contact stresses in track degradation and safety of trains is discussed. Theroetical elastic contact stresses based on Hertz theory for various U.S. railroad cars ...

Abstract: The procedures used to identify the causes of deterioration in concrete construction projects in India and the techniques employed are presented. Emphasis is placed on the importance of expert opinion based on first ...

Abstract: Laboratory experimental results on the turbulent flow characteristics, measured by an acoustic Doppler velocimeter, over loose rough boundaries at the near-threshold of motion are reported. The primary endeavor was to ...

Abstract: Experimental results on scour below a high vertical drop (drop height/critical depth

Abstract: Experimental results on local scour in long contractions for uniform and nonuniform sediments (gravels and sands) under clear-water scour are presented. An emphasis was given to conduct the experiments on scour in long ...

Abstract: The outcome of an experimental study on the turbulent horseshoe vortex flow within the developing (intermediate stages and equilibrium) scour holes at cylindrical piers measured by an acoustic Doppler velocimeter (ADV) are ...

Abstract: Clear-water scour at circular and square piers, embedded in a sand bed overlain by a thin armor layer of gravels, was experimentally studied. Depending on the pier width, flow depth, armor gravel, and bed-sand sizes, three ...

Abstract: Common rail direct injection (CRDI) system is a modern variant of direct injection diesel engine featuring higher fuel injection pressure and flexible injection scheduling which involves two or more pulses. Unlike a ...

Abstract: Autofrettage is a metal working process of inducing compressive residual stresses in the vicinity of the inner surface of a thick-walled cylindrical or spherical pressure vessel for increasing its pressure capacity, fatigue ...