Abstract: This study investigates the reliability of a cracked fillet welded T-joint typically found in offshore structures. A formulation for the aspect ratio (a/c) of a propagating semi-elliptical fatigue ...

Abstract: The reliability of structures containing short cracks is investigated. Short fatigue cracks are generally acknowledged to be small cracks propagating at rates that are faster or anomalous when ...

Abstract: An idealized dense mixture of fluid and solid is considered. The mixture consists of identical spheres and a Newtonian fluid. Collisional stresses in a simple shear flow of such a mixture are ...

Abstract: The stress generated by the horizontal compression of a vertical column of granular material is investigated. The column is open at the top so that the material is free to flow upward in the slot as it is compressed. This ...