Accidental events, such as impact loading or explosions, are rare events characterized by a very low probability of occurrence. However, their effects often lead to high human losses and economic consequences likely trigger the progressive collapse buildings. The structures attracted attention many researchers topic has been widely investigated in recent years. In addition, increasing interest ...

In this paper we studied the translation surfaces according to a new frame called q-frame in three dimensional Euclidean space. The curvatures of the translation surface are obtained in terms of q-frame curvatures. Finally some special cases are investigated for these surfaces.

progressive collapse is a chain reaction of failures propagating throughout a portion of the structure disproportionate to the original local failure occurring when a sudden loss of a critical load‐bearing element initiates a structural element failure, eventually resulting in partial or full collapse of the structure. both general services administration (gsa) and united states department of d...

A truss climbing robot has been extensively investigated because of its wide range of promising applications such as construction and inspection of truss structures. It is designed to have degrees of freedom to move in three-dimensional truss structures. Although many degrees of freedom allow the robot to reach various position and orientation, it causes complexity of design and control. In thi...

We describe the cloning and characterization of tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNF-R)-associated ubiquitous scaffolding and signaling protein (TRUSS), a novel TNF-R1-interacting protein of 90.7 kDa. TRUSS mRNA was ubiquitously expressed in mouse tissues but was enriched in heart, liver, and testis. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments showed that TRUSS was constitutively associated with unligate...

The statically-determinate, pin-connected truss is a basic structural element used by engineers to create larger and more complex systems. Truss analysis and design are topics that virtually all students who study engineering mechanics are required to master, many of whom may experience difficulty with initial understanding. The mathematics used to analyze truss systems typically requires lengt...

Frames in Hilbert bimodules are a special case of frames in Hilbert C*-modules. The paper considers A-frames and B-frames and their relationship in a Hilbert A-B-imprimitivity bimodule. Also, it is given that every frame in Hilbert spaces or Hilbert C*-modules is a semi-tight frame. A relation between A-frames and K(H_B)-frames is obtained in a Hilbert A-B-imprimitivity bimodule. Moreover, the ...

The optimization of large trusses often leads to a nearly optimal solution, rather than a truly optimal design. In fact, the problem space for truss optimization grows exponentially with the size of the truss. Using the method of problem reduction, this paper demonstrates that truss optimization is in the set of NP-complete problems. Hence, the only practical techniques for solving the truss pr...