Abstract: The American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) 1983 code, “Seismic Design of Highway Bridges,” does not cover explicitly suspension bridges. Nevertheless, if AASHTO earthquake excitation is ...

Abstract: A reinforced concrete beam section with a through‐thickness edge crack in the stretched part is considered. The eccentric axial force transmitted by the reinforcement to the concrete beam element, is estimated by means of ...

Abstract: In this paper, the possibility of excitation of parametric rolling on a ship advancing in head sea condition is studied on an experimental basis. The excitation of parametric rolling was ...

Abstract: Test results are presented showing stress‐strain diagrams of aged and young plain concrete columns

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Abstract: his paper uses the energetics framework developed by Scotti and White to provide a critical assessment of the widely used Thorpe-scale method, which is used to estimate dissipation and mixing rates in stratified turbulent ...

Abstract: A mesoscale model with a detailed urban surface exchange parameterization is used to study urban influences on boundary layer structure. The parameterization takes into account thermal and mechanical factors, and it is ...

Abstract: Strain localization for slabs in tension and curvature localization for beams in flexure are associated with the fracture toughness of the material. Even if no initial cracks are supposed to exist in the sturcture, the ...

Abstract: Continuous monitoring by satellites of the ocean spatiotemporal variability allows empirical forecasting of satellite-observed data. The forecast of satellite data is achieved in three major phases: decomposition of the ...

Abstract: A mechanical model for the cross section of a reinforced concrete beam is proposed. Attention is focused on the local phenomena relating to the cross section, while the phenomena relating to the beam element to which the ...