Abstract: The 6061-T6 10-gauge sheet-type flat fatigue specimen was designed, manufactured, and tested on an Instron 8081 fatigue test machine. The fatigue tests were performed under five different cyclic axial loads with 195 tests. ...

Abstract: The probabilistic stress-number of cycles curve (P-S-N curve) approach is widely accepted for describing the fatigue strengths of materials. It is also a widely accepted fatigue theory for determining the reliability of a ...

Abstract: Construction projects are key sources of data changes made to a transportation asset management system (TAMS). Because projects create new assets or modify existing ones, corresponding edits are required to ensure that the ...

Abstract: This paper analyzes the response of a roadway lying on a Westergaard foundation to the pressures of a load moving on a random profile at a constant velocity. The profile power spectrum is ...

Abstract: Softening, the decrease of bending moment capacity of a section at advanced curvature, may occur at locations within a statically indeterminate reinforced concrete structure prior to the attainment of maximum load. The ...

Abstract: This paper presents a new switching antiwindup compensation design to maximize the domain of attraction for a supercavitating vehicle subject to actuator saturation. The dive-plane dynamics of the vehicle are considered. ...

Abstract: The development of parametric methods for handling creep and creep-rupture data is briefly reviewed. The applicability of such methods to handling creep strain and creep strain rate data is ...

Abstract: The deflections and the stresses in U-tubes due to differential thermal expansion between two legs are nonlinear functions of the thermal loading even with linear elastic materials. The nonlinear ...