Abstract: Multibody system (MBS) dynamics is a very open discipline in the sense that different authors propose drastically different approaches. Several steps are required to address the simulation of a multibody system: modeling, ...

Abstract: At the early design stage of construction projects, designers often rely on rules of thumb to make critical decisions about the geometry, construction systems, and materials of their designs without evaluating construction ...

Abstract: The Hangzhou subway construction collapse (HZSCC) is a serious accident that caused the most casualties in China’s subway construction history. This disaster took place on November 15, 2008, causing 21 fatalities and 24 ...

Abstract: The objective of this research is to evaluate and propose a modified elastic wedge as passive damping system for structural damping. An elastic wedge is a plate whose thickness decreases ...

Abstract: The response of the Sau reservoir to a wind field characterized by having marked periodicities of

Abstract: The relation between the equivalent roughness and different grain size percentiles of the sediment in gravel-bed rivers was determined under the hypothesis that the vertical distribution of the flow velocity follows a ...

Abstract: The National Program for Rural Cadasters and Titling (CATIR) is currently undergoing the development of a legal cadastral system for the rural areas in Ecuador. The first phase of the program, which essentially entails the ...

Abstract: A procedure was developed to obtain better estimations of the surface volumes than in hydrological models and more rapid results than running zero inertia models. Using a zero inertia model, a database was created of the ...