Abstract: This paper presents a computationally efficient technique for the solution of the force distribution problem in walking machines. It differs from previous techniques in two important respects. ...

Abstract: A method of analysis is developed for determining the response of precast concrete floor decks to point loads. Torsion is accounted for, and the method can be applied to a variety of cross sections, including double tees ...

Abstract: The question of design productivity is approached by reviewing work carried out in construction and manufacturing. Principles of productivity improvement are denned and applied to design. The design process is examined as ...

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Abstract: A church building structure, composed of a saddle-type hyperbolic paraboloid concrete shell roof supported by buttresses and brick masonry walls, was constructed in 1963. At one corner of the structure, the perimeter of ...

Abstract: In the spring of 1980, the writer became project manager of the Israeli Air Base Program. This called for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build, from scratch, high performance tactical fighter bases at Ramon and Ovda ...

Abstract: This paper presents a single case history of a drilled shaft constructed in the Atlantic Coastal Plain deposits for a bridge foundation that was subjected to axial loading. The predicted nominal axial capacity is estimated ...

Abstract: A theory for the generation of coastal-trapped waves (CTWs) by an oscillatory coastal flux through a strait is extended so as to make velocity, pressure and energy flux everywhere continuous. This development is achieved ...