Fitting data to classical creep rupture models can result in unrealistically high extrapolated long-term strength. As a consequence, the standard strength values for new steel grades have frequently needed downward correction after obtaining more long-term test data. The reasons for non-conservative extrapolation include the influence of short-term data, which are easiest to produce but tend to...

This study examines the influence of labour market conditions on corporate capital structure in a sample 2892 firms from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and UK. After considering effect unemployment inflation, we analyse impact two imperfections: employees’ rights downward wage rigidity. Results indicate that financial leverage responds to changes inflation. We also find is non-linear, whereas n...

2 Rigidity of non-uniform rank one lattices 6 2.1 Theorems of Richard Schwartz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.2 Finite volume real hyperbolic manifolds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.3 Proof of Theorem 2.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.4 Proof of Theorem 2.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

By using dissipative system Lagrange equation, the strongly nonlinear dynamic equation of torsional vibration system is deduced, which contains a class of square and cube nonlinear rigidity and combination harmonic excitations. Bifurcation characteristics of the strongly nonlinear system are analyzed in the autonomous and non-autonomous situations by means of singular point stability theory and...

We study the rigidity of polyhedral surfaces using variational principle. The action functionals are derived from the cosine laws. The main focus of this paper is on the cosine law for a non-triangular region bounded by three possibly disjoint geodesics. Several of these cosine laws were first discovered and used by Fenchel and Nielsen. By studying the derivative of the cosine laws, we discover...

In this paper, we give a complete self-contained proof that the rigidity matrix of a symmetric bar and joint framework (as well as its transpose) can be transformed into a block-diagonalized form using techniques from group representation theory. This theorem is basic to a number of useful and interesting results concerning the rigidity and flexibility of symmetric frameworks. As an example, we...

In this paper we study some rigidity properties for Finsler manifolds of sectional flag curvature. We prove that any Landsberg manifold of non-zero sectional flag curvature and any closed Finsler manifold of negative sectional flag curvature must be Riemannian.