This paper discusses Specht’s plate bending element, shows the relationships between ∫ Fρ w ds or ∫ Fρ ∂w ∂n ds and the nodal parameters (or degrees of freedom), further it sheds lights on the construction methods for that element, and finally it introduces a new plate bending element with good convergent properties (which passes the F-E-M-Test (cf.[11])) is derived.

Atmospheric circulation anomalies, related to snowfall events on the Tanzanian volcano Kilimanjaro, were analyzed based on hourly snowfall data from an automated weather station (AWS), global precipitation and reanalysis products. Analysis of 5 years of data (2000–2005) shows that snowfall on Kilimanjaro is linked to large-scale circulation anomalies, which can be identified in global reanalysi...

Motivated by the Holocene history of great Cascadia earthquakes proposed by Goldfinger et al. (2012), we developed a simple model by which we can examine this further. Combining their observation that the plate boundary ruptures in four characteristic segment types with an empirical area versus seismic moment relation and an assumption of constant stress drop, we obtain a model for the along-st...

An adaptive extended Kalman filter is developed and investigated for a transient heat transfer problem in which a high heat flux spot source is applied on one side of a thin plate and ultrasonic pulse time of flight is measured between spatially separated transducers on the opposite side of the plate. The novel approach is based on the uncertainty in the state model covariance and leverages tre...

Identity of a vehicle is done through the vehicle license plate by traffic police in general. Automatic vehicle license plate recognition has several applications in intelligent traffic management systems. The security situation across the globe and particularly in India demands a need to equip the traffic police with a system that enables them to get instant details of a vehicle. The system sh...

We present a new Neumann–Neumann-type preconditioner of large scale linear systems arising from plate and shell problems. The advantage of the new method is a smaller coarse space than those of earlier methods of the authors; this improves parallel scalability. A new abstract framework for Neumann–Neumann preconditioners is used to prove almost optimal convergence properties of the method. The ...

The Himalaya, the Earth's largest active orogen, produces a deep but relatively unexplored foreland basin by loading Indian Plate. Newly available two-dimensional seismic data (ca. 5,180 line km) spanning 900 km of Nepali lowlands allow mapping and interpretation several regional subsurface markers in two-way-travel time estimated depth. Isopach maps for major intervals us to interpret interpla...

[1] Investigating the September to December rainy season in Sri Lanka associated with the Maha rice growing season provides insights into the Asian monsoon during the boreal fall. Here, the modulation of the Maha rainfall by the tropical air_sea coupled phenomenon referred to as the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) is documented. The Maha rainfall has a strong and robust association with the IOD from ...