Abstract: An interactive computer‐graphics program implementing the strut‐tie model approach for analysis and design of reinforced and prestressed concrete members is presented. The program consists of three parts. The first and ...

Abstract: The problem of controlling a rigid manipulator driven by induction motors to follow a desired trajectory using the decentralized control technique is considered in this paper. Parameter uncertainties ...

Abstract: A general procedure to construct design charts for rectangular timber columns with prescribed end eccentricities and initial bow is presented. The design charts use the new load and resistance factor design (LRFD) format. ...

Abstract: A collapse pressure test was conducted on a full-scale diameter prototype composite offshore drilling riser. The test specimen was a carbon fiber-epoxy filament-wound tube, approximately 56.4 cm ...

Abstract: egional climate change scenarios for Baja California/Southern California (BCC) and the North American monsoon (NAM) were produced as part of the Baja California State Climate Change Action Program (PEACC-BC). Bias-corrected ...

Abstract: ainfall and convective properties of tropical cyclones (TCs) are statistically quantified for different TC intensity change categories by using Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) data from December 1997 to December ...

Abstract: A sensitivity analysis of potential evapotranspiration (PET) rates under both CO