[1] The transient ELF ( 50–5000 Hz) magnetic field radiated by lightning discharges across North America was continuously measured at Duke University during the summer of 2000. In total, 881 sprite-associated lightning discharges over 17 days were analyzed. We report in detail on 76 sprites for which we could reliably determine the lightning charge moment change from the ELF data at the time of...

Thanks to the ever growing diffusion of distributed multimedia applications, VBR compressed video traffic is expected to constitute the majority of the B-ISDN network load in the immediate future. At the moment, the MPEG coding scheme is widely used for many types of applications. Therefore, it is crucial to obtain a model for the generation of sequences with the same statistical characteristic...

concrete beams reinforced with glass fiber reinforced polymer (gfrp) bars exhibit large deflections and crack widths as compared with steel reinforced concrete beams due to the low modulus of elasticity of gfrp bars. different studies show that aci 318 equation for the effective moment of inertia ie does not predict deflection well for frp reinforced concrete beams. the purpose of this paper is...