Abstract: One of the problems of major concern in designing large oil storage tanks is the interaction with the foundation soil, particularly in terms of differential settlements. Ultimate or serviceability limit states can be reached ...

Abstract: he coupling between sea surface temperature (SST), SST gradients, and wind stress curl variability near a cape off Brazil is investigated using satellite observations and several different SST high-resolution analyses. The ...

Abstract: An in-depth structural analysis is used to explore the design and functionality of the Great Hall of Trajan’s Markets (110 CE), a large Imperial monument cross vaulted in unreinforced Roman concrete. Following a combined ...

Abstract: The analysis of viscoelastic continua and spatial frames may be related back to the study of the RLC (resistance, inductance, and capacitor lumped constant) electrical network by considering the analogy existing between ...

Abstract: A three-dimensional nonlinear finite-element analysis, based on a two-parameters damage model, has been carried out to study the behavior of two masonry vaults: a cylindrical barrel vault and a ribbed cross vault, for which ...

Abstract: This paper applies stress-based shape optimization to microstructures, a scarcely explored topic in the literature. As the actual stresses arising at the macroscopic structure are scale separated, the microstrucural stress ...

Abstract: Gerotor machines are internal gear hydraulic devices that present numerous performance benefits with respect to other topologies. For this reason, they find their application in high-efficiency mechatronic devices, such ...

Abstract: The analysis of residence time distribution functions originating from tracer studies is one of the main tools for the assessment of hydraulic performance in water and wastewater treatment units. In order to simplify the ...

Abstract: In linear cascade wind tunnel tests, a high level of pitchwise periodicity is desirable to reproduce the azimuthal periodicity in the stage of an axial compressor or turbine. Transonic tests ...

Abstract: Despite a body of research carried out on thermally coupled processes in soils, understanding of thermo-osmosis phenomenon in clays and its effects on hydromechanical behavior is incomplete. This paper presents an investigation ...