We investigate the asymptotic behavior, as ε tends to 0+, of the transverse displacement of a Kirchhoff-Love plate composed of two domains Ωε ∪ Ω − ε , contained in the (x1, x2)-coordinate plane and depending on ε in the following way. The first domain Ωε is a thin strip with vanishing height hε (in direction x2), as ε tends to 0+. The second one Ωε is a comb with fine teeth, having small cross...

To assess the reproducibility of measurements of cervical and vaginal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) viral load, 92 duplicate cervical and 88 duplicate vaginal samples were collected from 13 HIV-infected women using Sno Strip filter-paper wicks. RNA was eluted from the strips, extracted, and assayed using a modified protocol for the Roche Cobas Amplicor HIV-1 Monitor assay. Pearson's correl...

A finite element program based on elastic –plastic model of Mohr-Coulomb criterion was used to evaluate the bearing capacity coefficients of soil under shallow strip flexible footing . The results were compared with others’ analytical results and it was found that the present study could offer quite consistent and rather precise values for the bearing capacity coefficients . The effect of d...

Temper rolling or skin pass rolling is one of cold rolling processes composed of a horizontal pass cold rolling mill stand. In this process, the thick strip is subjected to very light reduction (0.5–4%) in thickness in the presence of high friction amplitudes. One of the basic parameters of strip rolling processes is temper rolling force. A new rolling force model has been proposed for temper r...

The Kalman filtering method is extended to two dimensions. The resulting computational load is found to be excessive. Two new approximations are then introduced. One, called the strip processor, updates a line segment at a time; the other, called the reduced update Kalman filter, is a scalar processor. The reduced update Kalman filter is shown to be optimum in that it minimizes the post update ...

A 39-year-old male presented with slurred speech, left hand weakness, gait unsteadiness and headaches over a period of 4 weeks. A brain MRI revealed a right motor strip lesion with Wallerian degeneration along the pyramidal tract plus brain stem and cerebellar FLAIR changes without enhancement ( fig. 1 ). Laboratory findings included a CD4 count of 56, HIV viral load of 2,597 and a positive CSF...

In dynamics, Saint-Venant s principle of exponential decay of stress resulting from a self-equilibrating load is not valid. For a beam type structure, a self-equilibrated load may penetrate well inside the beam. Although this effect has been known for a long time, at least since Lamb s paper [Proc. Roy. Soc. Lon. Ser. A 93 (1916) 114], it was not clear how to characterize it quantitatively. In ...

Results are presented for laboratory model tests conducted to determine the ultimate bearing capacity of an eccentrically loaded strip foundation supported by geogridreinforced sand. Only one type of sand at one relative density of compaction and one type of geogrid were used for the tests. The depth of the foundation was varied from zero to B (width of foundation). Based on the laboratory test...

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This report describes the static and dynamic loading of a 12-inch-wide by 18-inch-deep by 6-foot-long rigid footing, representing the strip footing of a subsurface shelter. Boundary conditions simulated those of a torsionally restrained footing of a flexible arch structure with simulated overburden of 20 feet at one side of the footing. Saturated and partially saturated sand was the test soil. ...