Abstract: AbstractEffectively planning the behavior of autonomous vehicles (AVs) while accounting for their mechanical properties and traffic flow characteristics is a challenging task. This study evaluates different car-following ...

Abstract: A method based on linear elastic finite element analysis is presented for stress field determination of elasto-plastic problems. Hencky’s total deformation theory is used to define effective ...

Abstract: This paper presents an improved shell theory for the analysis of shallow shells of composite materials such as pyrolytic graphite, that exhibit certain unusual and complex thermal properties. ...

Abstract: Based on a survey of small- to medium-sized companies that supply sheet metal parts to the major aircraft manufacturers, there is a need for a more simplified, flexible and inexpensive method ...

Abstract: Many regional agencies model travel demand without feeding assigned travel times back to the trip distribution step. This method saves time and money but is likely to be biased in favor of build alternatives because it ...

Abstract: For a reliable design of bolted joints, it is necessary to evaluate the actual fraction of the external load transmitted through the bolt. The stiffness of the bolt and the member of the ...

Abstract: The automation of urban freeways is a major feature of the new surface transportation act. Reducing freeway congestion can be presumed to have drawbacks, however, in terms of induced travel and possibly greater travel costs ...

Abstract: A Rayleigh-Ritz free vibration analysis of a simply supported beam is carried out in this note with prestress effects included through an axial compressive load and with shear deformation and rotatory inertia considered. ...

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present stress-intensity factor influence coefficients for a wide range of semi-elliptical surface cracks on the inside or outside of a cylinder. The crack ...