foundations behavior is affected by soil behavior which can vary from dilative to contractive depending on the stress level, particularly in dense frictional soils. the zero extension lines (zel) method has been generally developed to predict the foundations behavior. knowledge of soil behavior enables the zel method to predict the general and local shear failure modes. in this paper, a relativ...

This paper deals with the design of framework for adaptive FEM analysis with dynamic load balancing in nondedicated parallel cluster computing environments. It describes in detail the structure and design of individual components of the framework. The application of adaptivity paradigm to engineering problems results in computationally very demanding analysis in terms of both computational time...

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PURPOSE Maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max) is known to be influenced by life-style factors, such as exercise and smoking. We aimed to further test the hypothesis that, besides these, work form also contributes to increase VO2max among workers. METHOD Three thousand six hundred and forty eight male workers with age 38.3 +/- 12.1 and 1,575 female workers with age 35.6 +/- 11.1, ranging from 20-year...