This study integrates the results of numerical modeling analyses based on outcrop studies and structural kinematic restorations to evaluate mechanics thrust fault initiation development in mechanically layered sedimentary rocks. A field-based reconstruction a mesoscopic at Ketobe Knob central Utah provides evidence ramp nucleation competent units, propagation upward downward into weaker units b...

A structural model for a 3000-atom Ar cluster has been developed whose simulated electrondiffraction pattern is in excellent agreement with hitherto unexplained experimental results [J. Farges et al., J. Chem. Phys. 59, 3454 (1973)]. Although the cluster size is intermediate with respect to the icosahedral and fcc crystalline regimes, the model does not involve a structural transition. It consi...

This paper presents an integrated approach to the maintenance strategy of the medium voltage underground grid of the Greater Lisbon area. This strategy, implemented by EDP Distribuição over the last 6 years, aims to reduce the cable failure rate. This assessment, completed through pilot projects and innovative tests, has also included reviewing and improving cable and accessory technology and a...

This article describes the Boolean satisfiability method for generating test patterns for single stuck-at faults in combinational circuits. This new method generates test patterns in two steps: First, it constructs a formula expressing the Boolean diference between the unfaulted and faulted circuits. Second, it applies a Boolean satisjiability algorithm to the resulting formula. This approach d...