Abstract: During steady rain, the ceiling lowers in a discontinuous fashion. The ceiling heights may be predicted with sufficient accuracy by using a set of empirically determined rules. To obtain a relation for the time of occurrence ...

Abstract: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has instituted a new analysis methodology for estimating the expected annual damage (EAD) and resulting economic benefits accruing to proposed flood damage-reduction projects. ...

Abstract: The paper discusses orderly and chaotic dynamic responses of simple mechanical structures with clearances and impacting. Experimental results from a simulator of a rotating machine with one loose ...

Abstract: The physical properties of high strength silica fume concretes and their sensitivity to curing procedures were evaluated and compared with reference Portland cement concretes, having either the same concrete content as the ...

Abstract: This paper outlines the dynamic behavior of externally excited rotor/stator systems with occasional, partial rubbing conditions. The observed phenomena have one major source of a strong nonlinearity: ...

Abstract: A model of the motion within a severe storm with some rainfall kinematics is developed from simple hydrodynamic concepts of flow. Based on measured data and descriptive analyses of storms with sufficient data to permit the ...

Abstract: Several jet-stream models have appeared in the literature over roughly the past decade. It is felt that these various models do not adequately describe the isotach patterns in the jet stream under various synoptic conditions ...

Abstract: Fluid mechanical factors are thought to influence vascular morphogenesis. Here we show how blood shear stress regulates the shape of a thrombus-neointima-like tissue on a polymer micro-cylinder ...

Abstract: A rotor system with two orthogonal lateral and two angular (torsional) degrees of freedom is considered. The rotor has asymmetry of the lateral stiffness and is laterally loaded with a constant ...