Abstract: This work presents a novel approach to circumventing the difficulties associated with using digital image correlation (DIC) for problems that involve discontinuities like fracture and fragmentation. The proposed method ...

Abstract: The coupled model of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) is used to investigate the effects of extratropical cooling and warming on the tropical Pacific climate. The IAP coupled model is a fully coupled GCM without ...

Abstract: An efficient methodology for the topological synthesis of articulated gear mechanisms (AGMs) is presented. A hierarchical model is developed to represent the structural topology of an AGM in ...

Abstract: A review of the pertinent literature related to the dynamic expansion of a spherical/cylindrical cavity shows that all the solutions with kinematic boundary conditions deal with a constant velocity at the cavity boundary. ...

Abstract: A stiffness approach is presented for computing the solution of beams on variable Winkler foundation. The solution may be achieved using only a small number of elements along the beam. Accuracy ...

Abstract: Evaporation pans [Class A pan, U.S. Weather Bureau (USWB)] are used extensively throughout the world to measure free-water evaporation and to estimate reference evapotranspiration

Abstract: In this paper, the flow of an incompressible fluid in a deformable porous solid is considered. A mathematical model using the framework offered by the theory of interacting continua is presented. In its most general form, ...

Abstract: Since contractors' bidding behaviors are affected by numerous factors related both to the specific features of the project and dynamically changed situations, bidding decision problems are highly unstructured. No clear ...

Abstract: The paper investigates the characteristics of propagating shock waves in soil, resulting from an explosion of a cylindrical line charge. The main purpose of this investigation is to study the full locking parameter’s effect ...

Abstract: An experimental testing rig is built to study the performance of a centrifugal pump used in medium consistency technology (MC technology). Pump performances are tested in different pulp concentration, degas pressure ...