Abstract: By introducing thermal expansion coefficients in the transverse displacement field, this paper proposes an approach to improve the performance of the global-local higher-order theory for thermal stress analysis of laminated ...

Abstract: In the last 3 decades, sinusoidal theory has been increasingly utilized to research mechanical behaviors of layered composite and sandwich structures. Nevertheless, the existing sinusoidal model will encounter trouble ...

Abstract: The aim of this study is to develop structural foamed concretes by using silica fume, fly ash, and polypropylene fiber. The study presents the use of fly ash for fully replacing sand to produce foamed concrete. Fine silica ...

Abstract: Fatigue is a damage accumulation process in which material properties are continuously deteriorated and degraded under cyclic loading. Damage accumulation analysis plays a key role in preventing the occurrence of fatigue ...

Abstract: To research and study the topology of a hazardous material transportation (HMT) network, we analyze the properties of path choice models and their problems and build an appropriate normative and standard frame. We present ...

Abstract: This article presents a new family of kinematically redundant parallel mechanisms (KR-PMs) with two rotations and one translation (2R1T) based on the Lie group method. Compared with the 2-UPR/RPU PM, these PMs have two ...