This article considers the seismic behavior of beam-to-column joints in steel frames for different bolt arrangements by using of finite element modeling. As the most important beam-to-column joint type, the beam-to-column joints with end-plate is chosen for the analysis. Four different specimens have been analyzed. These models had some differences such as bolt arrangement and the presence or a...

Recently, the warm mixing modified ultrathin abrasive layer has been paid great attention due to green energy-saving strength. In regard its durability, study of fatigue behavior SMC asphalt mixture was carried out under strain controlling mode. The relationship among all characteristic parameters (bending stiffness modulus, normalized times, and products phase angle) stress cycle times showed ...

in this paper, the nonlinear free vibrations of thin symmetric and non-symmetric cross-ply composite plates subjected to biaxial initial stresses are investigated. because of their excellent properties such as specific strength and specific stiffness, composite plates have wide applications in aerospace and mechanical structures. based on von-karman's strain-displacement relations and using gal...

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—We enrolled 216 type 2 diabetic patients with microalbuminuria during an initial 2-year evaluation period and observed them for the next 8 years. Remission and a 50% reduction of microalbuminuria were defined as a shift to normoalbuminuria and a reduction 50% from the initial level of microalbuminuria. The association between reducing microalbuminuria and first occur...

There were two objectives to this study. The first was to investigate the relationship of graft fixation stiffness and graft initial tension on the anterior load-displacement behavior of knees reconstructed with a double-loop hamstrings tendon graft. The second was to determine the corresponding graft tensions at 225 N of anterior force applied to the knee. To satisfy these objectives, the ante...

in this work, an unstructured-type mathematical model was developed to simulatecadmium (cd2+) removal by desulfovibrio alaskensis 6sr, which is a recently described sulfatereducing bacterium, whose capacity for removing heavy metals are being studied. three processesare considered in the model: 1) the sulfate reduction process, 2) the consumption of lactate ascarbon source, and 3) the metal rem...

in this work, an unstructured-type mathematical model was developed to simulatecadmium (cd2+) removal by desulfovibrio alaskensis 6sr, which is a recently described sulfatereducing bacterium, whose capacity for removing heavy metals are being studied. three processesare considered in the model: 1) the sulfate reduction process, 2) the consumption of lactate ascarbon source, and 3) the metal rem...