Abstract: A bibliography on the design and performance of diaphragms using lumber, plywood or reconstituted wood panels is presented. Entries are listed in reverse chronological order, the most recent dated 1982 and the earliest ...

Abstract: In this paper, screw theory is employed to develop a method for generating the dynamic equations of a system of rigid bodies. Exterior algebra is used to derive the structure of screw space ...

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Abstract: The most extensive published guidelines to carrying out studies of tornadoes were written by Johannes Letzmann and Harald Koschmieder, issued in 1937. Forgotten for decades, they are presented here in translation, accompanied ...

Abstract: The paper considers the impact process and the resulting stress distributions that occur when liquid jets and droplets impact solids. Impact pressures and velocities are determined from the ...