Abstract: Convective heat transfer from a heated flat surface due to twin oblique laminar slotjet impingement is investigated numerically. The flow domain is confined by an adiabatic surface parallel to the heated impingement surface. ...

Abstract: A unified method is proposed for screening the ground-transmitted vibrations generated by machine foundations. The method is based on the solid-state phenomenon of Bragg resonance, which leads to the fact that periodic ...

Abstract: A simple procedure is outlined that inverts the specific compliance function for a linear viscoelastic material, similar to concrete, to its specific relaxation modulus by using Laplace transform and age shift function concept.

Abstract: An efficient analytical model is presented which determines values of steel stresses, steel strains, bond stresses as well as slip values along an embedded reinforcing bar in a reinforced concrete beam column joint under ...

Abstract: The mode-localization phenomenon is here proposed as a mechanism for suppressing undesired oscillations of trusses. Sample trusses consisting of repeated unit cells are designed to have weak intermediate member(s) in ...

Abstract: Engineering predictions of flows in open-channel systems are fraught with ambiguity due to spatial and temporal variability, measurement error and limited sampling of the parameters that represent system properties, boundary ...

Abstract: Spatiotemporal solutions for open-channel flow are obtained in a stochastic setting using field data on parameter variability. Statistical descriptions of the flow variables are estimated through Monte Carlo simulation ...

Abstract: Laminar mixed convection in a twodimensional shallow inclined liddriven cavity is investigated numerically. The moving cavity lid at the top is isothermally hot and the bottom is isothermally cold while the two sidewalls ...

Abstract: Most of the movable bridges in the United States have open grid steel decks, primarily because they are factory assembled, lightweight, and easy to install. Open grid steel decks, however, are not as skid resistant as solid ...

Abstract: A lightweight, low-profile ultrahigh-performance concrete (UHPC) deck system reinforced with high-strength steel (HSS) has been proposed by the authors as an alternative to open grid steel deck. The system consists of a ...