Anatomy of the Loma Prieta Earthquake Records of Two Steel Buildings Using MIMO System Identification
The Loma Prieta strong-motion records of a 4-story and a 47-story steel building are analyzed using system identification. A time variation study from the 4-story building records reveals...
Intra Vena Cava Balloon Pumping
An innovative prototype intravenous hollow-fiber oxygenator was developed in 1984 by B.G. Hattler. The device consisted of a microporous, hollow-fiber membrane oxygenator inserted into...
An Evaluation Study of Modified Mohr-Coulomb and Cap Models
Two failure criteria, namely Mohr-Coulomb and cap models, are considered in this paper with some modifications. Mohr-Coulomb theory is applied to concrete after stress and strain cut-offs...
Computer Simulation of Granular Flows
Discrete-particle computer simulations using up to 15,000 identical spheres reproduce particle-scale information obtained from high-speed motion picture observations of disperse, collision-dominated...
Discrete Mechanics of Sediment Transport
Usually a granular medium is being represented by a continuous approximation in which the degrees of freedom of individual grains are averaged away in favor of a partial differential equation...
Computer Simulation of Dry Layered Granular Flow Down an Incline Composed of Grains
Experiments show that gravity-driven dry granular flows are essentially layered for smooth spheres. This paper describes layer-to-layer interaction in the flow. Assuming two-dimensional...
Numerical Simulation of a Sphere Moving Down an Incline with Identical Spheres Placed Equally Apart
This paper describes a numerical study of an elastic sphere moving down an incline with a string of identical spheres placed equally apart. Two momentum equations and a moment equation...
Distributed Failure Analysis, Fallacies and Remedies
In the past, two distinctly different approaches - smeared and discrete failure descriptions have been utilised to capture failure mechanisms in solids and structures. These two approaches...
Numerical Analysis of Discrete Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics
Because cementitious materials tend to fail by fracture along discrete interfaces, it makes sense to analyze this behavior with discrete nonlinear fracture mechanics. Using the finite...
Discrete Markov Process Approach to Fatigue Crack Growth
The discrete Markov approach considered herein is simple to implement and uses a two-dimensional stochastic model in conjunction with simulation to estimate model parameters. The possibility...
Structural Control Under Stochastic Seismic Loads
This paper presents a method of controlling nonlinear and hysteretic civil engineering structures subjected to stochastic earthquake ground excitations. Emphasis is placed on control of...
Pressure Losses Across Sequential Stenoses in Collapsible Tubing
The fluid dynamics of a model of a diseased artery with multiple stenoses were investigated in a recirculating steady-flow system over a range of Reynolds numbers (Re) from 30 to 1100....
Lumped Parameter Model for the Dynamics of the Pulmonary Circulation
The pulmonary circulation is a low pressure system such that respiration has an important effect on pulmonary hemodynamics and has to be taken into account when predicting its behavior....
An Elastoviscoplastic Model for High Strength Concrete
An elastoviscoplastic model of overstress type is proposed for high-strength concrete in this study. With its viscosity parameters determined with experimental data from the split-Hopkinson-pressure-bar...
Fiber Suppressed Localization in Tension
Tensile fracture in portland cement based fiber composites is studied. Formation and propagation of stable microcracks is examined by means of holographic interferometry. Distributed microcracking...
A Discussion of the Numerical Modeling of Sea Ice Ridging
Pressure ridging, is the failure mechanism of the Arctic pack ice in compression. The large-scale compressive strength of the ice pack is determined by the aggregate of ridge building...
Nonlinear Eigensolver for Exact Vibration Analysis
Vibration analysis of structural systems is concerned with accurately predicting the free vibration modes and frequencies of the vibrating system. This analysis process involves two general...
An Expert System for Impeller Mechanical Design and Analysis
Impeller is the most critical component of centrifugal compressors. The mechanical efficiency and durability of the impeller determines the performance of the compressors. The shapes and...
Numerical Simulations of Diastolic Flow Patterns in a Model Left Ventricle with Varying Degrees of Mitral Stenosis
Blood flow patterns in the left ventricle are undoubtedly influenced by the physical and mechanical state of the natural mitral valve apparatus or the geometry of an artifical valve replacement....
Optimization of Discontinuous Fiber Composites
Discontinuous Random Fiber Reinforced Composites (DRFRC) exhibit different behaviors depending on their microstructural properties. Small fraction of fiber rupture can have a beneficial...
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