A study is made for unsteady convective flow of a third grade fluid past an infinite vertical porous plate with uniform suction applied at the plate. The governing non-linear partial differential equations are reduced to a system of non-linear algebraic equations using implicit finite difference schemes and is then solved using damped-Newton method. The effect of the parameters Pr (Prandtl numb...

BACKGROUND Many all-inside suture-based devices are currently available, including the Meniscal Cinch, FasT-Fix, Ultra FasT-Fix, RapidLoc, MaxFire, and CrossFix System. These different devices have been compared in various configurations, but to our knowledge, the Sequent meniscal repair device, which applies running sutures, has not been compared with the Ultra FasT-Fix, nor has it been compar...

Weight reduction is becoming increasingly important in products that undergo cyclic loading, such as cars, aeroplanes, wind turbines, etc. The novelty of these dramatic design changes will cause material fatigue to become one of the key design drivers in the development of cars, aeroplanes, wind turbines and require tools to accurately predict the life time of a construction. The life time can ...

Fundamental understanding and proper modelling of soil behaviour under thermal cycles are increasingly important essential for the analysis design many emerging infrastructures, such as geothermal structures embankment-atmosphere interactions a changing climate. Previous studies mainly focus on monotonic loading thermo-mechanical soils. Based unified, state-dependent theoretical framework in fo...

  Purpose: Since explosive blasts continue to cause casualties in both civil and military environments, there is a need for an understanding of the mechanisms of blast trauma at the human organ level, plus a more detailed predictive methodology. The primary goal of this research was to develop a finite element model capable of predicting primary blast injury to the lung so as to assist in the d...

Subgrade moisture content varies with environmental and soil conditions and has significant influence on pavement performance. Therefore, it is important to establish realistic estimates of expected subgrade moisture contents to account for the effects of this variable on predicted pavement performance during the design stage properly. The initial boundary soil suction profile for a given pavem...

To mitigate liquefaction and its associated soil deformations, ground improvement techniques were adopted in field to reinforce saturated sand deposits. Sand Compaction Pile (SCP) is one such popular proven treatment improve resistance of sandy Installation compaction piles improves density rigidity which further enhance seismic against this was well evident from past observations. However, stu...

This paper presents the results of a series of numerical analysis carried out on piles in cohesive soils. Broms (1964a) proposed graphs to obtain ultimate lateral bearing capacity of such piles. However, the graphs do not cover all piles with different lengths. In this study, a finite difference program that is especially designed for piles is used. The investigations were carried out by varyin...

Jacket structures mounted on suction buckets carry potential as cost-efficient foundations for next-generation 10 MW+ offshore wind turbines located in transitional water depths. Given this foundation method, resistance to overturning moment relies mainly the axial response of buckets. In practice, bucket can be modelled “Beams Non-Linear Winkler Foundation” where soil is idealised non-linear s...