For creep and shrinkage investigations, relatively small cylindrical specimens are generally exposed to constant climatic conditions. The derived mainly empirical prediction models used for the calculation of large engineering structures with massive cross-sections. In this paper, expected values material according fib Model Code 2010 Eurocode 2 compared monitoring data, which were acquired ove...

We present a novel method for estimating motion parameters and point correspondences between 3D surfaces under small nonrigid motion. A vector point function is utilized as the motion parameter, called the displacement function. Differential-geometric changes of surfaces are then used in tracking small deformations. Discriminant (of first fundamental form), unit-normal and Gaussian curvature ar...

acute toxicity (96h-lc50) of potassium permanganate (pm) was determined for caspian kutum rutilus frisii kutum at two size classes (1 and 3 g). static renewal method was used. fish were exposed to different concentrations of pm and mortality was recorded thereafter, until 96 h. exposed fish showed behavioral stress indicators. 96h-lc50 was calculated to be 3.204 (3.147-3.260) mg/l for small fis...

The paper focuses on the differential interferometric SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) technique for the monitoring of terrain surface deformations. The paper begins with a concise description of the properties of the differential interferometric phase, which represents the main observation for the estimation of the deformations. Then the paper discusses of the main features of a new interferomet...

This study evaluates granular liquefaction triggering case-history data using a nonparametric approach. This approach assumes no functional form in the relationship between liquefied and nonliquefied cases as measured using cone penetration test (CPT) data. From a statistical perspective, this allows for an estimate of the threshold of liquefaction triggering unbiased by prior functional forms,...

2014 A theory of static deformations of smectics A is presented, taking into account the large curvature deformations of the layers, but assuming that the variation in the thickness of the layers is small. The director n(r) and the layer phase function 03A6(r) (03A6 is constant on a given layer) are chosen as independent variables, but they have to be related by a relation, to which corresponds...