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Mark A. Denisenko, Alina S. Isaeva, Alexander S. Sinyukin and Andrey V. Kovalev
The fast, convenient, and accurate determination of railroad cars? load mass is critical to ensure safety and allow asset counting in railway infrastructure. In this paper, we propose a method for modeling the mechanical deformations that occur in the ra...
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John Bellos and Apostolos Konstantinidis
This paper examines and provides a robust solution to the problem of yield and failure curvatures of reinforced concrete (RC) cross-sections, taking into account cracking. At the same time, it calculates the corresponding necessary reinforcement or the m...
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Fangdi Ye, Jijian Lian, Tianrun Xiao, Dongzhi Xiong, Haijun Wang, Yaohua Guo and Nan Shao
To enhance the safety of the in-water sinking operation for an integrated system, including a bucket foundation (BF), tower, and rotor nacelle assembly (RNA), in complex marine environmental conditions, a model test of in-water sinking for an offshore wi...
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Kedong Zhang, Wenhua Wang, Yihua Liu, Linlin Wang, Yazhen Du, Hongxia Li and Yi Huang
A new type of anti-rolling device denoted as a fluid momentum wheel (FMW) is proposed to address the limitations of traditional gyrostabilizers in reducing the roll responses of floating platforms in waves. The proposed device is based on the same gyrosc...
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Ioannis Nikolaou and Leonidas Anthopoulos
Contextual data are receiving increasing attention in Smart Cities as they enable the development and delivery of smart services for their citizens. The homogenization of contextual data flows has become an important topic for standardization bodies as t...
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Luisa Boni, Marco Bassetto and Alessandro A. Quarta
Photonic solar sails are a class of advanced propellantless propulsion systems that use thin, large, lightweight membranes to convert the momentum of light from the Sun into thrust for space navigation. The conceptually simple nature of such a fascinatin...
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Ming Qi, Wenguo Zhu and Shu Li
The flight of a migratory bird-like flapping-wing aircraft is characterized by a low Reynolds number and unsteadiness. The selection of airfoil profiles is critical to designing an efficient flapping-wing aircraft. To choose the suitable airfoil for vari...
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Yang Yang, Fan Wang and Jieshan Liu
This paper analyzes and calculates the mechanical properties of composite tape spring structures during folding and bending and establishes a non-linear control equation for the folding and bending of composite laminate tape spring structures. Accurate e...
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Zawar Haider, Rafic M. Ajaj and Lakmal Seneviratne
This paper studies the effect of morphing rate on the aeroelasticity of a polymorphing wing capable of active span extension and passive twist/pitch. A variable domain size finite element model is developed to capture the dynamic effects due to the prese...
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Ladislav Hvizdák, Dana Tometzová, Barbora Iannaccone, Marieta ?oltésová, Lucia Domaracká and Kamil Ky?ela
Historical maps represent a unique and irreplaceable source of information about the history of a country, be it large (historical) regions, individual geomorphological units or specifically defined sites. Using a methodologically correct, critical histo...
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