Abstract: Stiffness confinement method (SCM) can effectively alleviate the stiffness in the neutron kinetics equation and can use larger time steps to obtain the same calculation accuracy and improve the computational efficiency. ...

Abstract: One of the key technologies which led to the success of modern magnetic disk storage devices is the development of self acting gas lubricated slider bearings for positioning a magnetic head ...

Abstract: A three-dimensional theory of superplasticity is developed, based on the requirement that in the uniaxial case it shall reduce to the Packer-Sherby law. Analytical solutions are obtained for ...

Abstract: preliminary study of the effect of sea surface temperature (SST) temporal and spatial variability on regional coastal weather forecasts is described. A high-resolution numerical weather forecast model from the Met Office ...

Abstract: A simplified procedure for computing the dynamic response of flexible tanks containing two liquids under a lateral base motion of arbitrary temporal variation is proposed. It requires the input of ground acceleration in ...

Abstract: The results of the POP (principal oscillation pattern) analysis of the tropical Pacific wind stress data are presented. The wind stress data are smoothed and detrended in the same way as that used by Lamont's coupled ...

Abstract: By applying the cumulative fatigue damage to the random process reliability problem, and the introduction of a proposed concept of unified equivalent stress mean level in fatigue life prediction, ...

Abstract: A simple effective control algorithm, free from the problem of time delay, is proposed. It is a closed-open loop control. The control force is applied to the structure at the current time to cancel the portion of the system ...

Abstract: The equation for calculating the normal modes of a uniform beam under transverse free vibration involves the hyperbolic sine and cosine functions. These functions are exponential growing without bound. Tables for the natural ...