Abstract: Probabilistic analyses of the modeling errors of several selected strength prediction models for slender reinforced concrete (RC) columns are carried out. The selected strength models include the moment magnifier methods ...

Abstract: This paper presents an approach for the reliability analysis of the RC columns considering the correlation between the axial load and bending moment or the uncertainty in the load eccentricity. The reliability analysis is ...

Abstract: An efficient procedure employing the first-order reliability method (FORM) is proposed to evaluate the reliability of engineering systems governed by multiple limit state functions that are correlated due to the correlation ...

Abstract: The hydrodynamic stability of a liquid column resting on a gas in a vertical tube with its upper end closed is analyzed. The maximum height above which the interface is unstable is given ...

Abstract: In a typical computer simulation of positive displacement compressors, the mathematical equations that model the compressor process are integrated in the time domain starting from a set of assumed ...

Abstract: This paper considers the effects of non-Newtonian lining-fluid viscosity, particularly shear thinning and yield stress, on the reopening of the airways. The airway was simulated by a very thin, ...

Abstract: Uncertainty in the consolidation process via the prefabricated vertical drain (PVD), and the effects of uncertainty on the design of PVDs, are investigated in this paper. Analysis results suggest that the coefficient of ...

Abstract: In this study, a large number of creep tests were carried out to study the effect of stress level and testing temperature on the creep behavior of 63 Sn/37Pb solder in a systematic manner. ...

Abstract: Experiments were carried out in a model air turbine stage to study the influence of rotor-stator rim cavity configuration on the ingestion of mainstream gas into the cavity. The three rim ...

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