Abstract: When a multi-vehicle train passes over a railway bridge, it may be expected that a parametrically excited vibration occurs in the girders, due to the change in the additional mass distribution ...

Abstract: Theoretical and experimental results are presented which demonstrate the mechanical effects of running along a circular turn. The theory is a simple one-parameter model, requiring only the top ...

Abstract: It is theoretically shown that, in the high-stress limit, the exponentially stiffening tendon will have constant strain increment along its length, regardless of changes in cross-sectional area.

Abstract: Specific mass, momentum, and energy flux transport integrals are given by the sequence I1 = ∫erfc(x)dx, I2 = ∫erfc2 (x)dx, and I3 = ∫erfc3 (x)dx for the error function velocity distribution ...

Abstract: A new device, capable of greatly increasing subsonic jet mixing rates, has been discovered. This device, which we have named the “whistler nozzle,” consists of a convergent nozzle section, a ...

Abstract: Test results are presented for nine skew reinforced‐concrete panels subjected to in‐plane uniaxial tension. Data presented include cracking patterns, specimen strains, and steel strains with increasing load. A simple limit ...

Abstract: Three suggested phases of improvement in the design methods for gray iron components are: (a) design based on accurate strength and deformation analyses, instead of the currently used elastic ...

Abstract: Soils are often layered at scales smaller than the block size used in numerical and conceptual models of variably saturated flow. Consequently, the small-scale variability in water content within each block must be homogenized ...