Abstract: This paper presents the genetic algorithm (GA) solution of a gray nonlinear water environment management model we developed for the Liming River basin in Daqing, China to improve the water environment management. The model ...

Abstract: This study analyzed the variability of the hydrological regime in a Chinese watershed and in the available water resources and used this data to develop an optimal environmental flow allocation model that lets decision-makers ...

Abstract: In this paper, stress and displacement fields inside a multilayered plate are analytically computed. For the theoretical modeling, individual layers of the multilayered plate are assumed to be elastic and homogeneous, but ...

Abstract: Tension-torsion tests with a computer controlled servohydraulic testing machine are reported. Yield surfaces were obtained during a load controlled path, which includes combined stress creep, as ...

Abstract: Mechanical properties and damage evolution of short-fiber-reinforced metal matrix composites (MMC) are studied under a micromechanics model accounting for the history of cooling and thermal cycling. ...

Abstract: In time-dependent reliability analysis, the calculation of the mean outcrossing or upcrossing rate of a stochastic process from a safe domain or barrier level based on the Rice formula continues to present serious challenge ...

Abstract: The increasing rate of deterioration of buried pipelines has necessitated the development of a robust assessment method for their structural integrity and service life prediction. Among various deterioration mechanisms, ...

Abstract: An abnormal friction law refers to the case where the friction force does not increase monotonically with the normal pressure. We investigate the possibility of abnormal tribological behavior ...

Abstract: When two material surfaces are brought into contact, the classical Amonton’s law predicts a monotonically increasing relation between the frictional force and the normal pressure. An abnormal ...