A computational e ort is undertaken to investigate the e ect of corona discharge in air and nitrogen gas on the enhancement of heat transfer. A corona is a visible luminous emission that occurs in the vicinity of sharp ...

Theoretical predictions regarding the ultimate resistance of slender plate girders to applied shear loading, based on existing theories and formulas, show close correlation with the test data presented. When a plate ...

Concrete is a heterogeneous material with a wide variety of usage in structural design. Concrete under tension exhibits strain softening, i.e., a negative slope in the stress{deformation diagrams. Di erent softening ...

Welding is an important manufacturing process that can be automated and optimized. This paper focuses on the development of a robotic arc welding system, wherein a three-degreeof- freedom Selective Compliance Assembly ...

In this paper, a computational method for obtaining the maximum Dynamic Load Carrying Capacity (DLCC) for the 6-UPS Stewart platform manipulator is developed. In this paper, the manipulator is assumed to be non-rigid and ...

Available water resources are often not su cient or too polluted to satisfy the needs of all water users. Therefore, con ict over water, as a result of limitations on quantity and quality, is a major challenge in water ...

In a production process, when the quality of a product depends on more than one characteristic, multivariate quality control techniques are used. Although multivariate statistical process control is receiving increased ...

In this paper, the e ectiveness of Tuned Mass Dampers (TMDs) in controlling building structures under earthquake excitations is studied through investigating the practical considerations and vibration control e ciency ...

In this paper, a Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) Model Reference Adaptive Control (MRAC) scheme for a exible rotating arm is developed. In order to construct a reference model to be followed by this distributed parameter ...