Abstract: Two modeling methodologies of the dynamics of a motor-compressor system are presented. The first approach considered only the mechanical system subjected to a sinusoidal input force with the ...

Abstract: The primary objective of this paper is to evaluate and compare design methods for locally slender steel columns. Three design methods utilized for such columns in the United States are explored: (1) the Q-factor method; ...

Abstract: One of the challenges in making layered metal composites reinforced at interfaces has been controlling the dispersion and microstructure of the reinforcement particles. The reinforcement elements are typically applied at ...

Abstract: This paper presents the details of a reliability analysis of the debonding in steel beams strengthened with externally-bonded carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites. A comprehensive experimental database of ...

Abstract: Heat and moisture transfers can lead to considerable fluctuations in thermal and moisture related properties in a soil system caused by daily and seasonal temperature changes. Of interest is how the addition of a permeable ...

Abstract: The Strait of Georgia is a large and deep fjordlike basin on the northeastern Pacific coast whose bottom waters are dramatically renewed by a series of intermittent gravity currents in summer. Here, we analyze a dataset ...

Abstract: A technique is proposed which systematically adjusts a finite element model of a structure to produce an updated model in agreement with measured modal results. The approach suggested here is ...

Abstract: An output feedback method is developed, that systematically places a desired number of poles of a closed-loop system at or near desired locations. The system is transformed to its equivalent ...

Abstract: In modeling structures the damping matrix is the most difficult to represent. This is even more difficult in complicated structures that are not lightly damped. The work presented here provides ...