Abstract: Laboratory studies have been conducted over the past four years at the Building Envelope Research Laboratory at the University of Missouri-Rolla to investigate the serviceability and fallout resistance of various types of ...

Abstract: A state of the practice summary is presented with regard to the design of architectural glazing to resist earthquakes. Highlighted are new model building code provisions that have been adopted recently by a number of code ...

Abstract: The geometric fidelity of the inner organs on finiteelement model (FEM) of the human body and the choice to use discontinuous mesh engender the appearance of empty spaces that do not reflect the reallife situation of human ...

Abstract: In axial turbine, the tip clearance flow occurring in rotor blade rows is responsible for about one-third of the aerodynamic losses in the blade row and in many cases is the limiting factor ...

Abstract: An orthonormal filter is used to obtain minimum-order, mathematical models of linear, multivariable, discrete, time-invariant systems from input/output data. Some common problems associated with ...

Abstract: A one-dimensional representation of the distribution of stress and strain resulting from the longitudinal impact of two elastic rods is developed. A form of the “correspondence principle” is ...

Abstract: Car accident simulations involving pregnant women are well documented in the literature and suggest that intrauterine pressure could be responsible for the phenomenon of placental abruption, underlining the need for a ...