In this paper, transverse vibrations of thin circular plates with guided edge and resting on Winkler foundation have been studied on the basis of Classical Plate Theory. Parametric investigations on the vibration of circular plates resting on elastic foundation have been carried out with respect to various foundation stiffness parameters. Twelve vibration modes are presented. The location of th...

The spline finite strip method (S.F.S.M.) for buckling analysis of plates and plate assemblies subjected to longitudinal compression and bending, transverse compression as well as shear is described. The method allows for the boundary conditions. Local buckling coefficients of plates with different boundary conditions under compression, bending and shear are calculated. Convergence studies with...

In this paper, a research study is presented focusing on the effect of substituting brittle concrete in conventional reinforced concrete column members with a ductile engineered cementitious composite (ECC). Based on the material properties of ECC, the interaction with structural reinforcement is characterized by compatible deformations of the reinforcement and ECC matrix in the elastic and ine...

Compressive properties of sperm whale dentin were measured as a function of orientation of incremental lines. With respect to the general incremental lines' direction, three specimen orientations were selected: longitudinal, oblique (45°) radial and transverse radial. The machined cylindrical specimens were compressed in a mechanical testing machine. A load cell provided with the force values d...

We present a successful description of the medium modification of light and heavy flavor jets within a perturbative-QCD-based approach. Only the couplings involving hard partons are assumed to be weak. The effect of the medium on a hard parton, per unit time, is encoded in terms of three nonperturbative, related transport coefficients which describe the transverse momentum squared gained, the e...