Abstract: The thin cylindrical and spherical shells are computationwise distinct owing to the presence in the first and the absence in the latter of extensional modes. Introduction by numerical integration ...

Abstract: Application of the finite-element method brings with it some perturbations in the original problem; either voluntary in order to simplify the analysis or inevitable due to the approximate nature ...

Abstract: Digital pulse amplitude acquisition systems are reviewed and an analogue pulse height analyser (PHA) is described. Cavitation experiments are reported in which pressure pulses in the liquid (water) ...

Abstract: Calculations of interfacial diffusion coefficients are often based on tracer flux or penetration into permeable media or sediments. Based on previous investigations, a new empirical relationship for tracer-based interfacial ...

Abstract: Investigators interested in the wear of wheels and rails frequently use a wear model that postulates wear is proportional to the work done in the contact patch. Most investigators compute the ...

Abstract: It is important that the modern-day researcher and engineer stay abreast of technology in his field, but this task is made very difficult by the recent flood of scientific and technical ...