Abstract: A review of the literature on testing of notched specimens is provided with emphasis on short-term notched bar tension tests. The effects of notch geometry, stress state, and smooth-bar tensile ...

Abstract: The El Niño impact on Brazil's summer monsoon has not been adequately assessed through seasonal analysis because it shows significant subseasonal variations. In this study, the El Niño influence on the summer monsoon ...

Abstract: The analysis of the interannual variability of the South American monsoon rainfall is carried out separately for austral spring and summer (and for November and January), based on a 40-yr station gauge dataset. Relationships ...

Abstract: The influence of the opposite phases of ENSO on the frequency of extreme rainfall events over South America is analyzed for each month of the ENSO cycle on the basis of a large set of daily station rainfall data and compared ...

Abstract: Influence functions (IFs) of a linear barotropic vorticity equation model are computed in order to determine the regions in which anomalous divergence at upper levels, related to tropical heating anomalies, has the largest ...

Abstract: A knowledge-based computer-aided design tool for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) design synthesis called case-based synthesis of MEMS (CaSyn-MEMS) has been developed. MEMS-based technologies ...

Abstract: Monotonicity analysis is used to solve a three-objective optimization problem in which a hydraulic cylinder is to be designed. With the additional application of the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker optimality ...

Abstract: Information gathering and refinement are critical activities in conceptual design. A decision-based framework is developed consisting of three main components: a flexible, extensible design space ...

Abstract: Teleconnections between the South American monsoon and southern African rainfall are investigated for years with Benguela Niño or Niña events in the South Atlantic. During these events, it is found that substantial rainfall ...