A quarter-car model is used to investigate the vibration response of cars with uncertainty under random road input excitations in this paper. The sprung mass, unsprung mass, suspension damping, suspension stiffness, and ...

We consider a problem of optimal control of a ¿retirement investment fund¿ over a finite time horizon with a target hitting time criteria. That is, we wish to decide, at each stage, what percentage of the current retirement ...

Welded wire fabric (WWF) is commonly used in reinforced concrete (r.c.) slabs. WWF is classified as Class L -low ductility (ASINZS4671-2001) and, as such, the characteristic strain at peak stress (termed the uniform ...

This paper describes an approach to teaching fundamental structural analysis principles by linking them to the conceptual design of a structure. Desired graduate competencies were evaluated by market place civil engineering ...

In current design practice, the philosophy for the strength design of reinforced and prestressed concrete arches is commonly adopted for Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular (CFST) arches. For this, the CFST arches are considered ...

Driver fatigue is acknowledged as a major contributing factor in motor vehicle accidents that result in serious injuries or death. As a result it is valuable to develop driver drowsiness monitoring and warning systems. ...

Reinforced concrete connections, designed prior to the implementation of earthquake design standards, may vulnerable to shear failure during a seismic attack. Addition of externally bonded fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) ...

Odds ratio (OR), relative risk (RR) (risk ratio), and absolute risk reduction (ARR) (risk difference) are biostatistics measurements that are widely used for identifying significant risk factors in dichotomous groups of ...

This paper aims to propose a meshless Galerkin level set method for shape and topology optimization of continuum structures. To take advantage of the implicit free boundary representation scheme, the design boundary is ...