Abstract: Arbitrary modes of vertical vibrations of a circular disk on an elastic half space is investigated mathematically. The problem is formulated with an integral equation, which describes explicitly the relation between the ...

Abstract: The role of financial seismic risk analysis and risk quantification has grown rapidly in dealing with important risk-management decisions for building portfolios. Recent developments in regional seismicity modeling, ...

Abstract: Hydrographic data from the World Ocean Database 2001 and Argo profiling floats were analyzed to study temperature inversions in the subarctic North Pacific Ocean. The frequency distribution of temperature inversions ...

Abstract: It is known that the consideration of tension stiffening effect resulting from bond slip between reinforcement and surrounding concrete is very effective for the deformation analysis of reinforced concrete members. In the ...

Abstract: The objectives of the work reported in this article were to develop a novel 6-degree-of-freedom (DOF) robotic system for knee joint biomechanics, to complete a hybrid force-position control ...

Abstract: Analytical formulation of constitutive equations for a single crack is made, which relates the shear and normal stresses to the corresponding displacements. The modeling of four basic coefficients involved in the constitutive ...

Abstract: It is important to evaluate the amount of airborne sea salt adhering to the structural members of a bridge for effective maintenance. This study sought to develop a method to estimate salt conditions on individual road ...

Abstract: Abstract. This research examines the influence of nonequilibrium steam, causing thermodynamic losses due to supercooling and condensation, the major source of wetness losses in low-pressure steam turbines. The nonequilibrium ...

Abstract: The creep strength of welded joints in high Cr steels decreases due to the formation of Type IV creep damage in heat-affected zones (HAZs) during long-term use at high temperatures. This paper ...

Abstract: A falling-weight impact tester was developed specifically to evaluate the tensile characteristics of animal joints at high elongation rates. The tensile force and elongation in the ligaments of ...