Abstract: A micromechanics‐based constitutive model for granular material is evaluated. The predicted stress‐strain behavior for idealized material is compared with that observed from experiments for sands. Under small strain ...

Abstract: A probabilistic approach is proposed to help select the most suitable nondestructive inspection (NDI) technique and associated optimal schedule for fracture-critical member/detail fatigue inspections on a specific steel ...

Abstract: In recent years, laser techniques have replaced the commonly used sand pitch method to measure pavement surface texture. However, the conventional red ray laser charge-coupled devices (CCDs), both the one-dimensional (1D) ...

Abstract: n 2008, abundant dropwindsonde data were collected during both reconnaissance and surveillance flights in and around tropical cyclones (TCs) in the western North Pacific basin under the framework of The Observing System ...

Abstract: A cyclonic loop was observed in the track of Typhoon Fungwong (2002) when it was about 765 n mi from Supertyphoon Fengshen (2002). It is shown that Fungwong?s special path is associated with the circulation of Fengshen, ...