Abstract: The nonlocal (NL) and the strain gradient (SG) based equivalent continuum theories were proposed for nanomechanics by accommodating the long-range molecular interactions and to bypass the computationally expensive atomistic ...

Abstract: Arches are important components in nanostructures and systems. Because of the remarkable strength of nanomaterials, nanoarches are slender, thus enhancing their vulnerability to geometric instability, such as buckling. ...

Abstract: The heteroscedastic Bayesian model updating framework assigned different variances to the modal errors using heteroscedastic parameters modeled by gamma distributions. However, the error density shows significant asymmetry, ...

Abstract: Seismically induced active earth pressure is one of the prime causes of the failure of retaining walls. As an alternative to the conventional ductility-based seismic design of an elastic retaining wall, this work explored ...