the effect of a distributed patch mass on the natural frequency of vibration of a laminated rectangular plate with simply supported boundaries is investigated. the third order displacement field of a composite laminated rectangular plate is defined using the two variable refined plate theory. equations of motion of the plate are obtained with the help of calculus of variation. parametric study ...

A parametric study is presented of the buckling behavior of in nitely long, symmetrically laminated anisotropic plates subjected to combined loadings. The loading conditions considered are axial tension and compression, transverse tension and compression, and shear. Results obtained using a special-purpose analysis, well-suited for parametric studies, are presented for clamped and simply suppor...

Response of soil depends on both the mechanical properties of soil itself and the nature of loading. Many geotechnical engineering problems are associated with dynamic and cyclic loadings, such as ocean wave or ice loading applied on foundations of offshore structures or bridges, dynamic loading applied on foundations of offshore wind power structures, ocean wave loading on harbor structures, s...

In this study, non-linear behavior of diagonally stiffened steel plate shear walls as a seismic resisting system has been investigated, and theoretical formulas for estimating shear strength capacity of the system have been proposed. Several validated analytical finite element models of steel shear walls with various stiffener dimensions are generated to verify and compare the analytical and th...

investigating the parameters influencing the behavior of buried pipelines under dynamic loading is of great importance. in this study the soil structure interaction of the pipelines with the surrounding soil was addressed using shaking table tests. wave propagation along the soil layers was also included in the study. the semi infinite nature of the field was simulated using a laminar shear box...

The algorithmic consistency conditions are derived which yield the plastic loading index for the combined isotropic– kinematic hardening plasticity with the Armstrong–Frederick evolution equation for the back stress. Rate-independent elastic–plastic, and rate-dependent viscoelastic–plastic and elastic–viscoplastic material models are all encompassed by the analysis. The directions of the plasti...

Confined interfaces between cement grout and other materials such as embossed steel or rough concrete are formed in an innovative new steel-concrete connection for composite bridges. This article presents the experimental study of such interfaces and investigates the laws obtained from an analytical study, which describe the behaviour of those interfaces subjected to shear loading, static and c...