In this paper we study a variant of the Sand Piles Model, where the evolution rule consists of the falling down of one grain to a random column and an avalanche to reach a stable configuration. We prove that the infinite set of all stable configurations have a lattice structure which is a sublattice of Young lattice. At the end, based on a discussion about avalanches, we construct a generating ...

Pile foundations have been the subject of interest for earthquake engineers since last several decades. The devastations caused in major earthquakes of the world can be the reason enough to carry out the research on the topic of seismic behavior of piles. One definite concern is liquefaction induced ground movement after the shaking in an earthquake, causing extra lateral loads acting on piles....

In this paper, I describe the rules of a game, and give a complete description of when the game can be won, and when it cannot be won. The first section describes a position from which the game cannot be won, and the second proves that the game can

Title of Document: EFFECTS OF WINGWALL CONFIGURATIONS ON THE BEHAVIOR OF INTEGRAL ABUTMENT BRIDGES Andreas Paraschos, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016 Dissertation Directed By: Professor Amde M. Amde Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering This research includes parametric studies performed with the use of three-dimensional nonlinear finite element models in order to investigate the effects...

As offshore exploration and development of oil fields reach water depths of 1,000 to 3,000 m, novel methods of anchoring production platforms become attractive due to cost savings associated with installation. Surface production systems that are viable in these water depths include Tension Leg Platforms (TLP), spar platforms, and laterally moored ship-shaped and semisubmersible vessels. Possibl...

Design of foundations in earthquake prone areas needs special considerations. Shallow foundations may experience a reduction in bearing capacity and increase in settlement and tilt due to seismic loading. The reduction in bearing capacity depends on the nature and type of soil and ground acceleration parameters. In the case of piles, the soil-pile behavior under earthquake loading is generally ...

The N -heap Wythoff’s game is a two-player impartial game with N piles of tokens of sizes A, . . . , A , A ≤ · · · ≤ A . Players take turns removing any number of tokens from a single pile, or removing (a1, . . . , aN ) from all piles — ai tokens from the i-th pile, providing that 0 ≤ ai ≤ A, ∑N i=1 ai > 0 and a1 ⊕ · · · ⊕ aN = 0, where ⊕ is the nim addition. The first player that cannot make a...

We used highly variable, so-called 'ambient' images to test whether expressions affect the identity recognition of real-world facial images. Using movie segments of two actors unknown to our participants, we created image pairs - each image within a pair being captured from the same film segment. This ensured that, within pairs, variables such as lighting were constant whilst expressiveness dif...

[1] Seismic tomography has revealed two large low shear velocity provinces (LLSVPs) in the lowermost mantle beneath the central Pacific and Africa. The LLSVPs are further shown to be compositionally different from their surroundings. Among several hypotheses put forth in recent years to explain the cause of the LLSVPs, one postulates that they are thermochemical piles caused by accumulation of ...