Pile buckling is infrequent, but sometimes it can occur in slender piles (i.e., micropiles) driven into soils with soft layers and/or voids. Buckling analysis of becomes more complex if the pile surrounded by multi-layered soil. In this case, well-known Timoshenko’s solution for no use because refers to single-layered soils. A variational approach herein proposed. The proposed method allows est...

Successful operation of micro aerial vehicles in partially known environments requires globally consistent plans based on incomplete environment models and quick reactions to unknown obstacles by means of real-time planning of collision-free trajectories. In this paper, we propose a complete layered mission and navigation planning system based on coarse prior knowledge and local maps from omnid...

Current research into resource discovery in peer-topeer networks is largely focussed on the use of Distributed Hash Tables and multi-layered topologies. In this paper we present a resource discovery system capable of resolving keyword-value pair queries, based on a two-layered Chord ring architecture. We show how the base topology augmented with shortcuts between layers and selection of ring me...

This paper proposes an efficient learning method for the layered neural networks based on the selection of training data and input characteristics of an output layer unit. The multi-stage learning method proposes by the authors for the function approximation problems of classifying learning data in a phased manner, focusing on their learnabilities prior to learning in the multi layered neural n...

Electrostatic self-assembly was used to fabricate new smart multi-layer coatings, using a recombinant elastin-like polymer (ELP) and chitosan as the counterion macromolecule. The ELP was bioproduced, purified and its purity and expected molecular weight were assessed. Aggregate size measurements, obtained by light scattering of dissolved ELP, were performed as a function of temperature and pH t...