An accurate description of the load transfer behaviors geosynthetic-encased stone column (GESC) is great importance for revealing bearing capacity GESC. Static tests and shake table model were performed to characterize static dynamic composite foundation reinforced by Under loading, conducted on a fully (FGESC), partially (PGESC) traditional (TSC). The influence length stiffness encasement colu...

We analyze a well known type of puzzle in planar geometry: given a planar shape, it is required to find a cut that divides the shape into two identical parts (up to rotation and translation). Clearly not all shapes can be so dissected and for some shapes that appear in puzzles the cutting curve is quite surprising and difficult to find. In this paper we first analyze the inverse problem of asse...

BACKGROUND A promising route to renewable liquid fuels and chemicals is the fermentation of synthesis gas (syngas) streams to synthesize desired products such as ethanol and 2,3-butanediol. While commercial development of syngas fermentation technology is underway, an unmet need is the development of integrated metabolic and transport models for industrially relevant syngas bubble column reacto...

Abstract—Buildings with floating column are highly undesirable built in seismically active areas. Many urban multi-storey buildings today have floating column buildings which are adopted to accommodate parking at ground floor or reception lobbies in the first storey. The earthquake forces developed at different floor levels in a building need to be brought down along the height to the ground by...

[1] The unsteady state drainage of water from a vertical sand column with and without a finer layer on the top was studied theoretically and experimentally to investigate the airflow generated by the finer layer. The sand column, saturated at its lower portion and initially in the condition of hydrostatic equilibrium, is drained at its bottom at constant head. The results show that significant ...

R EFLECTANCECONFOCALMICROSCOPY(RCM) represents a novel technique for the in vivo visualizationoftheskinatanearlyhistologic resolution. We investigated the possibility of detecting Sarcoptes scabiei using RCM. Three patients with lesions suggestive of scabies were examined by RCM. On confocal images, S scabiei appeared as an ovoid body with a dorsal surface marked by refractive bristles and spin...