Abstract: In order to explain the effect of normal stiffness in the loading system on wear, the mean dynamic normal load and the effective sliding distance were determined from the record of dynamic ...

Abstract: It is shown that the severe-mild wear transition and the wear rate of 0.45 percent carbon steel pair in dry friction is greatly influenced by the change of normal stiffness from 1 N/mm to ...

Abstract: In situ push-over experiments and analytical assessments were conducted in this study to investigate the seismic capacity of RC school buildings at the Guan-miao Elementary School in Tainan City, Taiwan. Both prototype and ...