Abstract: Although widely employed as structural components in the auto industry, spot welded sheet metal beams manifest static and dynamic behavior that is not well characterized. For the present study, ...

Abstract: The work reported here is a simplified approximate analysis to take into account, the effects of allowing the supported edges of a rectangular plate to deflect, both in bending deflection, and ...

Abstract: Understanding the wear behavior of various railroad steels used in different components such as rails, wheels, crossings, and curves has a direct impact on the performance of the rail-wheel ...

Abstract: Irrigation management in vertisols is one of the major challenges to increase agricultural productivity in India and many developing countries. Unfortunately, information on hydraulic properties of these soils is very ...

Abstract: Information on soil hydraulic properties is a prerequisite in irrigation management decisions and crop planning. Such information on soils of the black soil region (BSR) occupying