This paper presents the results of reliability analyses load-carrying capacity circular concrete filled steel tubes (CFST) using different codes. Four parameters that govern CFST were considered as variables. These variables include yield strength steel, concrete, diameter CFST, and thickness tube. The Monte Carlo technique was used for simulation. Simulations conducted, obtained capacities ana...

In this paper, we review how Shannon’s classical notion of capacity is not enough to characterize a noisy communication channel if the channel is intended to be used as part of a feedback loop to stabilize an unstable scalar linear system. While classical capacity is not enough, another sense of capacity (parametrized by reliability) called “anytime capacity” is necessary for the stabilization ...

Effective capacity is an effective technique in devising and evaluating the capability of a time-varying wireless channel to support delay-sensitive services with statistical quality of service (QoS) guarantees. In this paper, we propose the efficient framework of effective capacity analyses and optimization for mobile multicast over broadcast fading channels. Due to the heterogeneous channel f...

We review how Shannon’s classical notion of capacity is not enough to characterize a noisy communication channel if the channel is intended to be used as part of a feedback loop to stabilize an unstable scalar linear system. While classical capacity is not enough, another sense of capacity (parametrized by reliability) called “anytime capacity” is shown to be necessary for the stabilization of ...

Although capacity credits for wind power have been embodied in power systems in the U.S. and Europe, the current planning framework for electricity in China continues to treat wind power as a nondispatchable source with zero contribution to firm capacity. This study adopts a rigorous reliability model for the electric power system evaluating capacity credits that should be recognized for offsho...

  Background: Because of the importance of community health and the growing need for health care Health organizations have expanded their scope and with an entrepreneurial approach seeking to upgrade their performance. Knowledge is the most important capital of organizations and key factor in economics. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of knowledge management on organizat...

In this paper, a safety envelope concept for load tolerance is introduced. This shows the capacity of the current design as a future reference for design upgrade, maintenance, and control. The safety envelope is applied to estimate the load tolerance of a structural part with respect to the fatigue reliability. First, the dynamic load history is decomposed into the average value and amplitude, ...

Structural failures in recent earthquakes and hurricanes have exposed the weakness of current design procedures and shown the need for new concepts and methodologies for building performance evaluation and design. A central issue is proper consideration and treatment of the large uncertainty in the loadings and the complex building behavior in the nonlinear range in the evaluation and design pr...