Abstract: The general consensus about industrial noise is that it may have harmful effects on hearing, is at best a nuisance, and therefore should be absorbed or alleviated. Although not as universally ...

Abstract: A significant part of reliability‐based design is determining the importance of a member in a structure to the behavior of the entire structure. Such an evaluation is necessary for many of the load and resistance factor ...

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to describe the adaptation of conventional concepts of internal ballistics to the driving of piles. Special considerations are given to the differentiation between ...