Abstract: Several methods of obtaining horizontal wind fields in the extratropical stratosphere from geopotential height data are evaluated and compared to geostrophic estimates, with focus on the poleward fluxes of momentum and ...

Abstract: The theory presented in this paper predicts racking deformations in wood‐stud shear walls. The energy method employed defines the wall performance in terms of the lateral nonlinear load‐slip behavior of the nails which ...

Abstract: A simple procedure is presented for computing the composite stiffness of a wood bending member with sheathing attached nonrigidly to one or both edges. To account for interlayer slip, it is only necessary to modify the ...

Abstract: A new approach is proposed for modeling thermal conductivity dryout curves (TCDCs) using measurements of soil-water characteristic curves (SWCCs) for coarse-grained unsaturated soils. The approach is based on observation ...

Abstract: A method is presented whereby known solutions to the torsion problem may be combined to form new solutions provided that the bar cross section can be broken down into sections for which the ...

Abstract: A laboratory index defined as gravimetric water content at ambient relative humidity of 75%