Production of nursery crops in the US is accomplished in containerand field-growing conditions, with propagation and seedling-rearing carried out in greenhouses; 11% of the US national farm-product is represented by these crops. Container-grown crops represent 60% of the US market and represent a highly labor-intensive and thus costly segment of ornamental crop production. The USDA, NASA and th...

This paper presents novel planar dynamically reconfigurable double-stub tuners that utilize electrostatically activated microelectromechanical system (MEMS) switches. The tuners operate in the 10–20-GHz frequency range and have stubs that consist of a digital capacitor bank. Each bank has a predetermined number of capacitors that can be selected through the activation of appropriate MEMS switch...

This paper explores the application of smartphones for human-induced loads measurements. Preliminary tests were carried out to select proper smartphones and data acquisition software. Shaking table tests were then conducted on selected smartphones to measure sinusoidal waves of various frequencies, sinusoidal sweep waves and earthquake waves. Comparison between the smartphones’ measurements and...

Initial results of an ongoing Navier-Stokes Computational Fluid Dynamics study of horizontal axis tidal current turbine hydrodynamics are presented. Part of the underlying motivation is assessing the effects of the Reynolds number on turbine performance and loads in steady and unsteady flow regimes. The study aims at a) providing initial verification and validation of Navier-Stokes CFD for stea...

efficiency of numerical methods is an important problem in dynamic nonlinear analyses. it is possible to use of numerical methods such as beta-newmark in order to investigate the structural response behavior of the dynamic systems under random sea wave loads but because of necessity to analysis the offshore systems for extensive time to fatigue study it is important to use of simple stable meth...

Efficiency of numerical methods is an important problem in dynamic nonlinear analyses. It is possible to use of numerical methods such as beta-Newmark in order to investigate the structural response behavior of the dynamic systems under random sea wave loads but because of necessity to analysis the offshore systems for extensive time to fatigue study it is important to use of simple stable meth...

based on the standards for design of structures, any structure should be designated for seismic loads and any combinations containing seismic loads. for spectral analysis of a structure, the site effect is taken into account by considering its effects on the design spectra. because of different lateral and vertical stiffness of the soil layers underneath the structure, the design spectra are di...

Despite some studies on bearing capacity have been studied, the detail responses of the suction bucket foundations under dynamic loads have remained unknown [3]. The dynamic load condition is significant when suction buckets are used as the foundation of an offshore structure. Wave load, ice-induced or wind-induced load cause the foundation to be subjected to cyclic loads [4]. The dynamic load ...