Abstract: Concrete box-girder bridges are one of the most commonly used bridge types owing to ease of maintenance and economy in construction. However, current design codes do not realistically consider the effects of haunches and ...

Abstract: method that enables a mass-flux cumulus parameterization scheme (CPS) to work seamlessly in various model grids across CPS gray-zone resolutions is proposed. The convective cloud-base mass flux, convective inhibition, and ...

Abstract: To obtain the foil bearing characteristics, the fluid film pressure must be coupled with the elastic deformation of the foil structure. However, all of the structural models thus far have ...

Abstract: The lack of safety of deck slabs in bridges generally causes frequent repair and strengthening. The repair induces great loss of economy, not only due to direct cost by repair, but also due to stopping the public use of ...

Abstract: The realistic design of pretensioned prestressed concrete members requires adequate determination of transfer length for prestress forces. The purpose of the present paper is to propose a rational theory, which can evaluate ...

Abstract: The partial admission technique is widely used to control the output power of turbines. In some cases, it has more merits than full admission. However, additional losses, such as expansion, ...