In this paper, a highly efficient 1D discrete element is developed for progressive collapse analysis of reinforced concrete planar frames. The element takes advantage of the force-interpolation and total secant stiffness ...

Human occupants within indoor environments are not always stationary and their movement will lead to temporal channel variations that strongly affect the quality of indoor wireless communication systems. This paper describes ...

Lightweight expanded polystyrene a well known material to absorb impact energy is being used to produce adjusted density concrete having enhanced impact energy absorption capacity concrete. Two structural concrete grade ...

Lightweight expanded polystyrene, a well known material to absorb impact energy, is being used to produce adjusted density concrete having enhanced impact energy absorption capacity concrete. Two structural concrete grades, ...

In this paper we describe a software system built to coordinate an autonomous vehicle with variable configuration ability operating in rough terrain conditions. The paper describes the system architecture, with an emphasis ...

This paper describes three methods of calculating required interference protection ratios for Fixed Link radiocommunications receivers, using ITU-R prediction methods. The Initial Planning Method in common use in Australia ...

Protein fold recognition task is important for understanding the biological functions of proteins. The adaptive local hyperplane (ALH) algorithm has been shown to perform better than many other renown classifiers including ...

Nanosize carbon-supported Pt1-xCox (x = 0.2, 0.3, and 0.45) electrocatalysts were prepared by a chemical reduction method using sodium borohydride (NaBH4) as the reduction agent. Transmission electron microscopy examination ...

Mechanical anchorage can delay or even prevent premature debonding failure in externally bonded fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite strengthening systems. A promising type of anchor made from FRP, which is known as a ...

Recently, Ultra Wideband (UWB) has become attractive as an ultra high-speed transmission technique in WPAN. Impulse Radio (IR) UWB promises to bring a low power consumption and low cost. Effective mapping methods for a ...