Abstract: A procedure based on measured step responses, is presented for the pseudo-decoupling of basically linear, nonoscillatory, multivariable plant. The method generates pre- and post-compensator matrices ...

Abstract: A numerical procedure is devised for the solution of three-dimensional static problems in an homogeneous linear elastic medium by means of a surface distribution of potential functions. Once the ...

Abstract: A procedure is presented for designing multivariable controllers for unidentified plant. It is assumed that the open-loop plant is stable and its response to step inputs are basically nonoscillatory. ...

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Abstract: A quasigeostrophic two-layer model of flow over finite topography is developed. The topography is a right circular cylinder that extends through the lower layer and an order Rossby number amount into the upper layer (finite ...

Abstract: The effect of continental rises on the wind-driven circulation is investigated by developing a modification to the Rhines and Young theory and by running a three-layer eddy-resolving quasigeostrophic numerical model. ...

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Abstract: It is suggested that the atmosphere of Venus might rotate even if the planet did not, due to an apparently new nonlinear instability. One expects convention due to solar heating; if somehow a vertical shear of the horizontal ...

Abstract: Relaxation, defined as a decrease in bearing capacity of driven piles with time after initial driving, has been observed to be a rare phenomenon in southern Canadian geotechnical conditions. It has been encountered by the ...

Abstract: In this paper, a resiliency analysis is carried out to assess the energy, economic, and power outage survivability benefits of efficient and net-zero energy communities. The analysis addresses the appropriate steps to ...