Abstract: A new representation theorem for the deformation gradient rate in the presence of cracks and kinematic constraints is presented. This representation theorem uses an extension of the concept of ...

Abstract: This paper addresses the trapping of the front of a planar crack as it impinges upon a row of periodically-emplaced tough obstacles. The initial penetration of the crack between obstacles, ...

Abstract: This paper discusses the elastic stiffness reduction that accompanies cracking. Basic results are illustrated using simple examples and general approaches of determining the effective stiffness of ...

Abstract: In Canada and the United States, there have been 700 water main breaks per day costing more than CAD 6 billion since 2000. Risk of failure is defined as the combination of probability and impact severity of a particular ...

Abstract: A total of 21 gauges across the mountainous leeward portion of the island of Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, were used to compare rainfall interpolation methods and assess rainfall spatial variability over a 34-month monitoring period ...

Abstract: The objectives of this study were to examine records from long-term rain gauges in Mākaha Valley for data homogeneity and to compare methods of estimating missing data. Double mass analysis was used to investigate data ...

Abstract: The characteristic changes in the boundary shear stress field of a channel bend at the intersection with a side overflow are investigated in this paper. On the basis of a field survey on bottom topography changes of the ...

Abstract: The drying phenomenon in clays is a multiphysical process accompanied by alterations in the thermal, hydraulic, and mechanical states of the multiphase system. Reversible and irreversible characteristics of shrinkage ...

Abstract: The authors investigated the ability of different high-performance concrete (HPC) composites to restrain an alkali-silica reaction (ASR) in the presence of reactive aggregates. They evaluated the effectiveness of different ...

Abstract: This paper presents a finite strain formulation of a plasticity theory of fibrous composite materials. An additive decomposition is adopted to describe the kinematics of large deformations; a ...