Stainless steel reinforcement has become a very attractive option for reinforced concrete structures owing to its distinctive properties including outstanding corrosion resistance, excellent fire behaviour, long life cycle as well low maintenance requirements. Additionally, stainless offers exceptional ductility and strain hardening characteristics compared with other common materials, which ar...

With the availability of the Internet, virtual communities are proliferating at an unprecedented rate. Indepth understanding of virtual community dynamics can help us to address critical organizational and information systems issues such as communities-of-practice, virtual collaboration, and knowledge management. The biggest challenge in fostering a virtual community is the supply of knowledge ...

As the use of the Java language and virtual machines proliferates beyond the sphere of applets into the space of server programs, developers are requiring better performance, availability, and transactional and scalability features. This paper describes the work done for the Operating System/390 (OS/390) Java virtual machine to improve performance and serviceability, to introduce security and p...

[Purpose] The objective of this study was to determine users' satisfaction with assistive devices, and their serviceability and effectiveness. [Methods] A random sample of 138 users participated in this study. The Korean-Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with Assistive Technology 2.0 and an additional questionnaire were used for data collection. Data were analyzed by using descriptive stat...

This paper is presentation of the development of advanced approach for modeling and structural analysis of jib structure which is usually part of waterway bucket dredgers. Object of analysis is a jib structure which will be reconstructed for the excavation of grain material from a river bed. Main goal of paper is to proof benefi ts of enough sophisticated i.e. “optimal” FEM model for structural...

introduction: it has been shown that joint click, an initial and common finding in internal derangement (id), respond to neither conservative treatment nor surgical intervention. this raises the question as to whether it must be treated in the absence of other pertinent signs and symptoms, so the aim of this study was to investigate and compare the mri findings of tmj in both normal subjects an...

abstract for seismic design, it is important to estimate the, maximum lateral displacement (inelastic displacement) of the structures due to earthquakes for several reasons. seismic design provisions estimate the maximum roof and storey drifts occurring in major earthquakes by amplifying the roof displacement and drifts of the structures obtained by elastic analysis subjected to seismic design ...

The objective of this paper is to investigate the dynamic behaviour post-tensioned concrete flat slabs with different geometries and damping ratios. Four groups models lengths, widths, thicknesses ratios designed according AS3600 standard. These were used determine influence each parameter on vibration serviceability by comparing control variable method reference model. assessment parameters as...