Abstract: Squeeze film dampers are frequently used for stabilization and/or vibration control of rotating machinery. Theoretical analyses to date generally assume an incompressible lubricant. In practice, ...

Abstract: In statically indeterminate rotor bearings systems, where the rotor is supported by one or more hydrodynamic bearings, the reactions at each hydrodynamic bearing, and hence its stiffness and ...

Abstract: The primary objective of this study was to determine the effects of changing (1) the cross-sectional area of restrainers; and (2) the restrainer gap on the nonlinear seismic response of a representative bridge with several ...

Abstract: This paper presents a cost effective semi-empirical analytical model for convective heat transfer in pin-fin heat sinks subjected to nonuniform heating set by a circular hot gas impinging jet. ...

Abstract: The transient thermal response of a sandwich panel with pin-fin core subjected to nonuniform impinging jet heating was investigated theoretically and experimentally. Forced convection flow passing ...

Abstract: Vegetation reduces soil pore-water pressure (PWP) through root water uptake. There are limited studies about the effects of vegetation on PWP distributions in layered soil, such as multilayered earthen landfill cover. New ...

Abstract: A new method and instrument were developed for in situ measurement of the gas diffusion coefficient (Dg) and gas coefficient of permeability (kg) of unsaturated soil. Air containing tracer gas of volumetric concentration ...

Abstract: This study developed a new method to simultaneously measure gas dispersion coefficient and gas coefficient of permeability (GCP) of an unsaturated soils with due theoretical consideration of steady-state gas transport ...