The damage identification study presented in this article leveraged a full-scale sub-component experiment conducted in the Charles Lee P owell Structural Research Laboratories at the University of California, San Diego. As a payload project attached to a quasi-static test of a full-scale composite beam, a high-quality set of lowamplitude vibration response data was acquired from the beam at var...

The history of public domain finite element models of the side impact anthropometric test dummy are summarized and recent improvements are briefly discussed. The performance of the two most recent finite element models are discussed with respect to the predictions of acceleration time histories as compared to standard bench calibration tests as well as an in-vehicle full-scale vehicle crash tes...

For pile foundations subjected to lateral loads, an analysis method should account for the response of the combined soil-pile system. Current practice for pile-soil interaction analysis usually employs a series of springs to model the lateral behavior of soil-pile interaction. In this method, the force (p) – deformation (y) function, widely known as p-y curve, of the spring characterizes the pi...

The work deals with the task of robotic perception/manipulation with soft materials, in particular with clothes and garments. It is part of the diploma thesis project of the first author. The report serves two main purposes. First, it surveys related work. Second, it outlines a subproblem, namely the task how the cloth (garment) should be modeled/represented to enable robotic tasks such as fold...

Roll Over Protective Structures (ROPS) are safety devices fitted to heavy vehicles to provide protection to the operator during an accidental roll over. At present, ROPS design standards require full scale destructive testing which can be expensive, time consuming and unsuitable for small companies. More economical analytical methods are not permitted due to a lack of understanding on post yiel...

In this article we assess the effect of market imperfections and income inequality on rural production efficiency. The analysis is carried out using the notion of stochastic conditional efficiency computed in terms of free disposal hull (FDH) efficiency measurements. Free disposal hull and conditional FDH are output oriented with variable returns to scale. They are evaluated for rural productio...

While high-rise construction serves as one of the most challenging projects undertaken by society each year, tall buildings are one of the few constructed facilities whose design relies solely upon analytical and scaled models, which, though based upon fundamental mechanics and years of research and experience, have yet to be systematically validated in full-scale. In response to this deficienc...