In conventional aircraft design, engine loads are transferred directly from the core and fan case to pylon via mounts. Literature is available on modeling of individual powerplant components, but limited work whole assembled system (engine, pylon, nacelle). The influence structural connections between components overall performance has not been investigated. Herein, a finite element model descr...

The exploration of the human connectome, a term denoting the global structural connectivity of the brain, is accessible to MRI at millimeter and centimeter scales. In this paper, we propose a methodology to map the connectome by constructing normalized whole-brain structural connection matrices derived from diffusion spectrum MRI tractography. Using a template-based approach, we propose a robus...

Building pounding occurs between two adjacent buildings with small gap or without sufficient separation distance. It leads to damage buildings during earthquake due to impact. Many researchers have investigated building pounding based on impact force reduction and energy dissipation increase, when two buildings collide with each other. In numerical investigations, using specific link element, i...