German investor confidence unexpectedly stabilized in September, even as Europe's biggest economy experienced a steep drop in industrial jobs and business creation, showing "painful" signs of ...

This work presents an interactive graphics computational tool for the verification of prestressed concrete beams with post-tensioned bonded tendons to the serviceability limit state (SLS) stress check ...

The breakthrough, led by Nadja Manser, a PhD student and researcher at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), came during a series of large-scale experiments ...

Young female Caucasian research scientist drops clear liquid into a beaker while conducting a scientific experiment. She counts the drops that are going into the beaker. She is wearing protective ...

Solvej Balle’s “On the Calculation of Volume” rethinks the familiar story of the endlessly repeating day. By Hilary Leichter Hilary Leichter is the author of the novels “Temporary” and “Terrace Story.

Abstract: In order to improve the efficiency and accuracy of the calculation of the structural stiffness of the aircraft folded wing, this manuscript proposes a semi-analytical calculation method of ...

Timber bridges in Brazil, intended for rural roads and rural areas, present several problems due to the lack of design, structural calculation, and periodic maintenance by municipal administrations.

ABSTRACT: The behavior of beams with variable stiffness subjected to the action of variable loadings (impulse or harmonic) is analyzed in this paper using the successive approximation method. This ...