We present the design and performance analysis of a new integrated track reconstruction code developed for the STAR experiment at RHIC. The code is meant to replace multiple previous tracker codes written in FORTRAN many years ago, and to readily enable integration of new and varied detector components. The new tracker is written from the ground up in C++ using a strong object -oriented model. ...

Thorough understanding of steel rail response to wheel load is a key step towards design and evaluation of the railway track structure. In current practice, maximum vertical deflection and bending moment are calculated using the theory of infinite beam on continuous elastic foundation (Winkler model), in which the foundation stiffness is assumed as constant. However, variation of track modulus ...

E ectiveness of a new semiactive independently variable sti ness (SAIVS) device in reducing seismic response of sliding base isolated buildings is evaluated analytically and experimentally. Through analytical and experimental study of force—displacement behaviour of the SAIVS device, it is shown that the device can vary sti ness continuously and smoothly between minimum and maximum sti ness. Pa...

The performance of coastal altimetry over a wide continental shelf is assessed using multiple-year ocean current observations by moored Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP) and high-frequency (HF) radar on the West Florida Shelf. Across-track, surface geostrophic velocity anomalies, derived from the X-TRACK along-track sea level anomalies are compared with the near surface current vector c...

in this paper, we have studied the electrical properties of the randomly distributed metallic (co and fe) nano/ micro wires on silicon substrate. deposition was carried out potentiostatically into the pores of the track-etch polycarbonate membrane spin coated onto the si substrate. spin coated films were irradiated with 150mev ni (+11) ions at a fluence of 8e7 ions/cm2, followed by uv irradiati...

Abstract A numerical study is performed on the structure-soil-structure interaction (SSSI) between high-rise buildings. ANSYS has been further developed for calculation in frequency domain, which hysteretic damping can be considered both soil and structures. This presented two subsequent papers. The first part[1] focuses influence of SSSI each kind dynamic response, while second part, i.e., thi...

The present work investigates the technical feasibility of a condition monitoring setup aiming at detection gauge corner cracks (aka head checks) in pearlitic railway rails, using wayside (i.e., stationary) with surface acoustic waves (SAW) as its principle. experimental SAW consists pitch-catch piezo transducers equipped comb adaptors to excite and measure narrowband Rayleigh center frequency ...