Abstract: This work is to study parametric vibration of a dualring structure through analytical and numerical methods by focusing on the relationships between basic parameters and parametric instability. An elastic dualring model ...

Abstract: Reliability analysis is time consuming, and high efficiency could be maintained through the integration of the Kriging method and Monte Carlo simulation (MCS). This Kriging-based MCS reduces the computational cost by ...

Abstract: Elliptical tube plates are used widely in high temperature, high pressure heat exchangers and waste heat boilers. This paper presents a detailed analysis of the stress distribution in elliptical ...

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that the burst pressure of a cylindrical shell subjected to internal pressure can be accurately predicted by using finite element method. The computer ...

Abstract: In service, concrete can develop cracks or microcracks that can influence the transport of liquids and ions. This paper describes an investigation of fluid transport in concrete damaged by tensile loading or freeze–thaw ...

Abstract: Experiments were carried out using a dynamic hollow-cylinder apparatus (HCA) to investigate the effects of stress paths and principal stress rotations experienced during a simple vertical excavation on the element-scale ...

Abstract: Time-dependent system reliability is computed as the probability that the responses of a system do not exceed prescribed failure thresholds over a time duration of interest. In this work, an efficient time-dependent ...

Abstract: When limit-state functions are highly nonlinear, traditional reliability methods, such as the first-order and second-order reliability methods, are not accurate. Monte Carlo simulation (MCS), on the other hand, is accurate ...

Abstract: Stress intensity factor and flexibility factor are important analysis parameters for branch pipe connections subjected to in-plane and out-of-plane moments. The calculation of stress intensity ...

Abstract: The dry shrinkage characteristics of 23 rapid-set prepackaged cementitious materials collected from the current market have been investigated in this study. The materials showed various trends and rates of free dry shrinkage ...