Abstract: Apart from the anticipated damage to unreinforced stone and masonry chimneys, some disturbing results were observed in the June 28, 1992 earthquakes; namely, the unsatisfactory performance of recently built residential ...

Abstract: This article reports results from a two-year research project to evaluate the effectiveness of drought contingency plans. The research developed a metalevel framework for evaluating plans before a drought. In addition, it ...

Abstract: Rigorous upper bounds are derived that limit the finite-amplitude growth of arbitrary nonzonal disturbances to an unstable baroclinic zonal flow in a continuously stratified, quasi-geostrophic, semi-infinite fluid. Bounds ...

Abstract: The method of matched expansions is employed to analyze the steady state operation of a finite gas-lubricated flat sector bearing for the case where the ratio of radial to circumferential ...

Abstract: A rigorous bound is derived which limits the finite-amplitude growth of arbitrary nonzonal disturbances to an unstable baroclinic zonal flow within the context of the two-layer model. The bound is valid for conservative ...

Abstract: Detonation waves in gas-filled piping or tubing pose special challenges in analysis and prediction of structural response. The challenges arise due to the nature of the detonation process and ...

Abstract: Rigorous upper bounds are derived on the saturation amplitude of baroclinic instability in the two-layer model. The bounds apply to the eddy energy and are obtained by appealing to a finite amplitude conservation law for ...