Abstract: As attention to the nation's infrastructure becomes a matter for political discussion, there is also a focus on the word itself. The funding formula will depend upon definition, and a review of the etymology is in order. ...

Abstract: The effect of a standing shock wave on the static and dynamic aeroelastic stability of a flexible panel is investigated using a linear structural and aerodynamic theoretical model. It is found ...

Abstract: The elastic static stresses and displacements in a shell with end plates are determined when a circular cylinder is subjected to a uniform line load along a generator. The method of solution ...

Abstract: Among cogeneration and central station power generating technologies, gas turbine systems are attractive largely because of their low capital cost and simplicity. However, poor part-load efficiencies ...

Abstract: Steam injection for power and efficiency augmentation in aeroderivative gas turbines is now commercially established for natural gas-fired cogeneration. Steam-injected gas turbines fired with coal ...

Abstract: A rigid mass driven by Coulomb friction from a randomly moving foundation is used as a simple model of a possible earthquake isolation system for a stiff compact structure. The structure is ...