The dynamic performance of structures under traveling loads should be exactly analyzed to have a safe and reasonable structural design. Different higher-order shear deformation theories are proposed in this paper to analyze the dynamic stability of thick elastic plates carrying a moving mass. The displacement fields of different theories are chosen based upon variations along the thickness as c...

The interaction of a building, its foundation and the underlying soils may have important effects on the behavior of each of these components as well as on the overall system behavior. For example, the relative stiffness of a building structure, its mat foundation and the soils that support the foundation will influence the stresses and displacements of both the structure and soil. Soil-structu...

background : previous studies have investigated different effects of muscle fatigue on body systems. however, there are no reports on the effect of fatigue protocol and its level on musculotendinous stiffness (mts) of the tricep-surae. this study was designed to compare the effects of 2 levels of submaximal fatigue contraction on mts of triceps-surae. methods: twenty female students by simple r...

A method for calculating amplitudes and constructing frequency characteristics of forced self-excited vibrations a rotor-fluid-foundation system on rolling bearings with non-linear characteristic based the complex harmonic balance has been developed. Non-linear equations motion are derived, analytical methods their solution presented. Frequencies fundamental ultra-harmonic resonances determined...

In this paper, the influence of foundation configuration (raft or separate footings) on tunnel–soil–framed building interaction is investigated using geotechnical centrifuge testing. Tunnelling-induced soil movements and deformation fields, framed displacements structure shear distortions (with associated modification factors) are illustrated. Framed stiffness footing bearing capacity also eval...

OBJECTIVE This work lays the foundation for future research on quantitative modeling of human stiffness perception. Our goal was to develop a method by which a human's ability to perceive suprathreshold haptic force stimuli and haptic stiffness stimuli can be affected by adding haptic noise. METHODS Five human participants performed a same-different task with a one-degree-of-freedom force-fee...