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Coefficient of Friction Between Pant Fabrics and Seat Covers: An In-Vivo Experimental Study
Shear force at the seat interface has been known to increase the risk of pressure injury (PI) formation in wheelchair users. Understanding the...
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Near infrared emission in Nd3+ and Nd3+/Yb3+co-doped LiY(WO4)2 phosphor
In this paper, a series of Nd 3+ and Nd 3+ /Yb 3+ co-doped LiY(WO 4 ) 2 phosphor materials synthesized by conventional solid-state reaction(SSR) technique...
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Dimensional reduction technique for the prediction of global and local responses of unidirectional composite with matrix nonlinearity and varying fiber packing geometry
The problem associated with the computational homogenization of composite materials often results in expensive computational cost that prevents...
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Calibration of Accelerated Corrosion Regime for Short Square RC Columns Reinforced with Polypropylene and/or Steel Fibers
The impressed current technique, commonly used in laboratory studies on corroded reinforced concrete, predicts mass loss via Faraday’s law. Although...
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Pipette-tip solid-phase extraction coupled with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry enables rapid and high-throughput analysis of antidepressants in rat serum
Therapeutic drug monitoring is essential for ensuring the efficacy and safety of medications. This study introduces a streamlined approach that...
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Study on Seismic Damage Performance of Aeolian Sand Concrete Shear Walls with Hidden Bracings
To evaluate the seismic performance of aeolian sand concrete shear walls with hidden bracings, a total of 6 specimens were designed and constructed....
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Characteristics and Formation Mechanism of Ca–Mg–Al–Si–O + (Ca,Mn)S Duplex Inclusions in Ca–S Free-Cutting Steel
Large numbers of long strip-shaped pure MnS inclusions in steel will result in anisotropy of mechanical properties. To obtain more duplex (Ca,Mn)S...
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Out-of-Plane Vibrations of Plane Frames
The frame vibrations studied in Chaps. 3 to 5 are for in-plane vibrations. If a plane frame acted upon by a force or horizontal ground vibration in...
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Vibrations of Frames with Inclined Members
The model established for the vibration of the inclined bars in the last chapter now is applied to two- and three-bar frames with inclined members.
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Vibrations of X-Braced Multi-Story Frames
The study of vibrations for the x-braced portal frames in the last chapter is extended to high-rise x-braced multi-story frames in this chapter....
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Momentum and Energy Relations
The equations of motion (5.12) for the charged insulating sphere of radius a moving with arbitrary center velocity u(t) can be rewritten in...
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Conical Shells of Linearly Varying Thickness Subjected to Normal Loads
The equilibrium equations for a surface element of a conical shell in the framework of generalized plane stress of linear theory of elasticity are...
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Derivation of Force and Power Equations
The inconsistency between the power and force equations of motion, (2.4) and (2.1) or (2.5), is so surprising that one is tempted to question the...
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Internal Binding Forces
In Appendix B, we have critically confirmed the evaluation of the self electromagnetic force and power, (3.1) and (3.2), leading to the force and...
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A Imperfection Data Bank
For the stochastic modeling of geometric imperfections as described in Sec. 12.1, a database [5] has been available. This database provides...
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7 Rational Treatment of Uncertainties
Structural analysis up to this date, generally is still based on a deterministic conception. Observed variations in loading conditions, material...
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4 Finite Element Method
In this chapter, the fundamentals of the displacement-based finite element method are reiterated in a concise form, details can be found in a number...
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9 Direct Monte Carlo Simulation
The evaluation of the stochastic response by the Monte Carlo simulation technique is a powerful method for highly nonlinear systems as well as for...
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11 Random Vibrations of Large Finite Element Systems
The basic idea for the computation of the stochastic response is based on the Karhunen-Loève expansion of the stochastic loading. For each Karhunen-...
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5 Non-Linear Static Analysis
The state of the art in the capability to predict the stability behavior of shell structures refers to areas such as asymptotic analysis [69] and...