Abstract: In recent dynamic problems dealing with high-frequency excitations, such as ultrasonic vibrations, a proper representation of rods transmitting kinetic energy from the interface attached to the ...

Abstract: This study focuses on how to determine an optimal radius minimizing the bending strains of vertical, cylindrical fixed-head piles embedded in a homogeneous elastic stratum in soil-pile-structure systems where the kinematic ...

Abstract: This study presents a methodology to make a simple equivalent model of frequency-dependent impedance functions of soil-structure interactions using a frequency-independent spring and dashpot, together with a proposed element ...

Abstract: This study presents formulas for determining structural properties by which the maximum ductility factors and strain energies stored in elastic-perfectly plastic springs composing a structural system subjected to static ...

Abstract: A unique seasonal collection method of sky radiation energy was proposed. This method is especially effective in the humid area where the radiative cooling could not be expected. To collect ...

Abstract: This paper presents a detailed investigation of the influence on the rocking impedance of flexible sidewalls in embedded foundations. The study focuses on vertical and cylindrical foundations embedded in a homogeneous ...

Abstract: The effects of soil nonlinearity on the dynamic behavior of fixed-head floating inclined pile groups are investigated experimentally in the form of horizontal impedance functions (IFs) and internal forces in piles. A

Abstract: The present paper is concerned with the modelling of creep and creep damage in polycrystalline metals and the experimental evaluation of the proposed model. By ascribing the reduction of creep ...

Abstract: Using Kr85 radioactive tracer techniques, initial sites of edge delaminations occurring during temperature cyclic tests in large-scale integrated circuit (LSI) plastic packages with either Cu alloy ...