Abstract: The sudden appearance of a material bulge beneath the roller during tube spinning operation (referred to as “plastic instability”) is considered experimentally and examined quantitatively via an ...

Abstract: The efficiency of both solar thermal and photovoltaic (PV) systems for power generation is usually in the range of 10–30%, meaning that more than two-thirds of the collected radiation energy ...

Abstract: In order to optimally design a slurry transportation system, it is necessary to know how the presence of solids will change the performance of the slurry pump to be installed. This paper ...

Abstract: High volumes of wastewater with considerable levels of organic and phenolic compounds and solid material are produced during pistachio processing. There is not a commonly adopted treatment technology for the wastes produced ...

Abstract: General nondimensional iso-deflection and iso-bending moment curves for the elastic response of orthotropic rectangular plates under lateral pressure pulse are presented. Similarities of loads and ...

Abstract: This paper presents extensive results on the performance of an unshrouded centrifugal pump impeller handling solid-liquid mixtures. The effect of the clearance between the impeller tip and the ...

Abstract: A network of cracks pervading a rock is modeled by a random distribution of two-dimensional intersecting, complex, narrow cracks. The percolation properties of the resulting network are studied ...

Abstract: A building stock consisting of 130 medium-rise reinforced concrete buildings were damaged moderately during the recent earthquakes in Turkey. These buildings were rehabilitated by using simple, cost-effective methods where ...

Abstract: The present paper deals with optimum performance of the shape memory–alloy-based rubber bearing (SMARB) compared with the conventionally adopted lead rubber bearing (LRB) for isolating the bridge deck against a random ...