Abstract: This study of the behavior of nonlinear stiffness systems with variable preload displacements and constant amplitude decay ratios showed that the energy loss per cycle is dependent on these ...

Abstract: During the past six years, a joint government-industry-sponsored project titled Ship Structural Maintenance Project (SMP) has been conducted at the University of California at Berkeley. As part ...

Abstract: Recent work on multi-regime per cycle machinery has shown that for such systems the transient response of the link deflections, which is governed by the homogeneous solution to a Hill-type ...

Abstract: The extreme condition storm wave crest heights for many older platforms indicate that there would be “green water” in the lower decks. The API guidelines to determine wave forces acting on ...

Abstract: The wave crest height according to RP 2A of the American Petroleum Institute (API) is higher than the lower deck elevations of many existing platforms. The API guidelines to determine wave forces acting on the decks of ...

Abstract: The accuracy of the Oliver–Pharr approach for nanoindentation experiments critically depends on the interfacial friction condition. Although Coulomb friction is often used in finite element simulations ...

Abstract: Radar-derived next generation weather radar (NEXRAD) process 3 (P3) data offer high spatial resolution precipitation data that might improve stream-flow simulation accuracy using watershed models. The objective of this ...