There are only limited studies that directly correlate the increase in reinforced concrete (RC) panel structural capacities in resisting the blast loads with different RC panel structural properties in terms of blast loading characteristics, RC panel dimensions, steel reinforcement ratio and concrete material strength. In this paper, numerical analyses of dynamic response and damage of the one-...

Well-planned projects might end unsatisfactorily if changes in software release plan are not controlled and managed. While process control detects potentially risky changes, re-planning adjusts a current plan to changing reality. Association rule mining can be used to discover interesting relations like associations, correlations etc. among different attributes of large databases. We investigat...

BACKGROUND Cervical selective nerve root block (CSNRB) is a well-established, minimally invasive procedure to treat radicular cervical pain. However, the procedure is technically challenging and might lead to major complications. The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of a three-dimensional puncture planning and two-dimensional laser-guidance system for CSNRB in an ex-vivo ...

Fiber-reinforced rubberlike materials commonly used in tires undergo large deformations and exhibit different responses in tension and compression along the fiber direction. Assuming that the response of a fiber-reinforced rubberlike material can be modeled as transversely isotropic with the fiber direction as the axis of transverse isotropy, we express the stored energy function in terms of th...

Dynamins are GTPases that are required for separation of vesicles from the plasma membrane and thus are key regulators of endocytosis in eukaryotic cells. This role for dynamin proteins is especially crucial for the proper function of neurons, where they ensure that synaptic vesicles and their neurotransmitter cargo are recycled in the presynaptic cell. Here we have characterized the dynamin pr...

In reinforcement learning, the notions of experience replay, and of planning as learning from replayed experience, have long been used to find good policies with minimal training data. Replay can be seen either as model-based reinforcement learning, where the store of past experiences serves as the model, or as a way to avoid a conventional model of the environment altogether. In this paper, we...

The numerical simulation of structural parts made from polymers is becoming increasingly important. Although highly sophisticated material laws are available in commercial finite element programs, there are still open questions, especially for crashworthiness analysis. In this paper, we restrict our attention to the explicit solver of LS-DYNA, see [1] and [2]. However, the results are transfera...

A description of lifetime shock tests on tantalum and tungsten is given and of modelling studies as part of the research into solid targets for a Neutrino Factory. A fast high current pulse is applied to a thin wire of the sample material and the number of pulses measured before the wire visibly deteriorates. These measurements are made at temperatures up to 2000 K. The stress on the wire is ca...

The dynamic performances of head cutter for boom-type excavator were researched, and the corresponding dynamic equilibrium equations were derived. Based on the explicit dynamics analysis techniques of the Software ANSYS/LS-DYNA, transient dynamic analysis was carried out to simulate the cutting process of head cutter, and the main kinetic parameters were achieved. Finally, the cutting performan...

Modern statistical AI systems are quite large and complex; this interferes with research, development, and education. We point out that most of the computation involves database-like queries and updates on complex views of the data. Specifically, recursive queries look up and aggregate relevant or potentially relevant values. If the results of these queries are memoized for reuse, the memos may...