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10 Aug 2004: Lightweight deployable SAR structures. Alan Watt. Abstract. This thesis presents the conceptual design of a new style of frame for deploying, supporting and tensioning a membrane-based Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). ... As no present hinge designs can

26 May 2004: A new concept:. The standard design for a space-based SAR (shown above) is based on rigid surfaces deployed by motorised hinges.

14 Sep 2004: A new construction technique is developed which allows this task to be done in a more efficient and easy manner so that the mechanism can be specifically tailored for a particular

12 Aug 2004: Engineers can apply these new yield-line mechanisms in the assessment of bridge cantilevers. ... New techniques to postulate discontinuity-line patterns are proposed for improving the lower-bound flexural strength predictions and for analysing

10 Aug 2004: to actuation. A new approach, for static shape control is presented where the structure is assumed to have general geometry and.

9 Jul 2004: Fracture of concrete-CFRP bond. by L. Arthur. Abstract. The theoretical gain in flexural strength of a reinforced concrete beam strengthened with FRP plate is enormous, however researchers have observed new

19 Oct 2004: The average integration method used by CALTRANS and New Zealand codes to calculate the spiral shear contribution was revised; both theoretical and practical recommendations were given regarding their  design factor.

29 Sep 2004: 1994. Middleton, C.R. Example collapse and reliability analyses of concrete bridges using a new analysis technique in Developments in Short & Medium Span Bridge Engineering, Editors A.Mufti, B.Bakht & ... Middleton, C.R. The application of new analysis

7 Jul 2004: The thesis proposes new ways in which the magnitude of ground movement may be predicted, with an emphasis on the different stages of tunnel construction; a modified approach to the Load

20 Jul 2004: Figure 6 shows the additional predicted number of bridges that need repair using steel bars (cases 2 and 3) in comparison to a scenario of corrosion-free new bridges for a ... Fig. 7 Net Present Value of not building new bridges in the US with FRP.

3 Feb 2004: 22|The Structural Engineer – 6 January 2004. paper: burgoyne. Structural engineers are increasingly finding themselvesassessing existing structures rather than designing new ones.These need to be checked because loads have changed

20 Jul 2004: They are unable to compete in terms of cost and convenience with the new structure. ... Future maintenance remains the problem of future generations and new structures are built cheaply.

18 Oct 2004: new tunnel is excavated under an existing pipe. The tunnel excavation generates soil. ... Fig. 8 Comparison between continuum solution and Winkler solution under the new analog.

6 May 2004: Second Edition,McGraw-Hill, New York, 1996. [2] Vyvyan WW. Self-actuating, self-locking hinge.

10 Jan 2004: Structures, pp 752–761. New York: ASCE, 1994. [3] Gantes CJ. Deployable structures: analysis and design. ... The method of moving asymptotes - a new method for structural opti-.

9 Apr 2004: AIAA 2004-1819Carbon Fibre Reinforced PlasticTape SpringsJ.C.H. Yee , O. Soykasap , and S. PellegrinoUniversity of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1PZ, UK. 45th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASCStructures, Structural Dynamics, and. Materials Conference19-22 April

29 Mar 2004: Structural ConceptThe key geometric ideas behind the proposed new. concept can be explained as follows.Consider a flat sheet A with a curved edge, con-. ... Patent applications protecting the new. concept presented in this paper have been filed [10].The

7 Jun 2004: To cope with this problem, the authorspropose a new initial saturation process where air removal iscompleted in two steps: oven-drying and evacuation in theabsence of water. ... The typical pressure range of the base device upon whichthe new tensiometer

6 Jan 2004: A new system of deformation measurement is presented which provides improved precision and reliabilitywhilst removing the need for intrusive target markers. ... This paper presents a new system based on digitalphotography and PIV image processing,

7 Jul 2004: 31. Note that a new set of tests on the uncovered panel system was carried out, rather than. ... STEP, INC=1000, NLGEOM. coords:. STATIC,STABILIZE,FACTOR=1e-8. 0.00001, 1, 1.E-30,0.02. BOUNDARY, OP=NEW. 2000, 1, 3.

30 Mar 2004: With these graphs it ispossible to obtain preliminary designs for new struts,with different materials and stroke length.

19 Apr 2004: jerky due to non-uniformities in the underlying tape-spring. Conclusions A new concept for neutrally stable tape-spring has.

31 Mar 2004: Sergio Pellegrino†. University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1PZ, UK. We have recently proposed a new concept for deployable reflectors consisting of athin parabolic carbon-fibre-reinforced-plastic (CFRP) shell stiffened along

6 Jan 2004: If the new surface area A produced at failure istaken to be proportional to d2, then Fac / A1ÿb=2.

5 Jan 2004: REFERENCESDouble, D. D. (1983). New developments in under-. standing the chemistry of cement. ... The properties of fresh concrete.New York: Wiley. Taylor, H. F. W.

6 Jan 2004: ABSTRACT: A new technique for non-contact measurement of soil deformation in physical models and element tests is presented. ... 1994. Using image processing in soil mechanics. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and

5 Jan 2004: C., Germaine, J. T. & Lancel-lotta, R. (1985). Theme lecture: new developments ineld and laboratory testing of soils.

29 Mar 2004: 4 (x > 0.06) (3). in which x is the extension of the spring, in metres,measured from the contracted state, and F, in New-tons, is the actuation force.

6 Jan 2004: Concerning maximum stiffness G,,, at extremely small strains, a new torsional shear apparatus has been developed at our laboratory (Tatsuoka, 1988; Pradhan, et al., 1988; Teachavo- rasinskun, 1989; Tatsuoka et al., ... The extra accuracy provided by the

5 Jan 2004: Gt áâãâÿ1c. The new solution shows that the application of a.

17 Feb 2004: where usually κxy = 22w/xy).The strain energy in this new configuration can be readily estimated if edge. ... Kluwer Aca-. demic Publishers, Dordrecht. Lubliner, J., 1990. Plasticity Theory, Macmillan Publishing Company, New.

12 Oct 2004: 2. Arulnathan, R., Boulanger, R.W., Kutter, B.L. & Sluis, W.K. (2000) “New Tool for. ... Madabhushi, S.P.G., Schofield, A.N. & Lesley, S. (1998) “A new stored an18.

5 Jan 2004: same. Of course, aims are different thandeliverables. We have to learn how to apply new technologies to maximum effect before we canattempt to do the key research referred to above. ... Then a consistent trend develops in whicha fractal dimension D can

7 Jan 2004: The new element size hiis chosen. as the minimum of both values in Eq. ... After. remeshing, the accuracy of the new mesh was checked and the analysis resumed.

5 Jan 2004: These experiments were con-ducted with the new tensiometer described in the precedingsections. ... W. (1984). New procedure for saturatingsand specimens. ASCE J. Geotech. Engng, 110, No.

7 Jan 2004: where k is a function of / alone.Considering the new surface area as consisting of the area produced by each order of particle. ... The binary string for each new triangle produced is obtained by taking the string associatedwith the triangle being split

6 Jan 2004: m, to a new equilibrium with the pipe axis 4.2 m abovethe surface.

6 Jan 2004: The practical consequences of these new correlations are assessed, with regard to both laboratory and field testing procedures. ... implications of the new correlations to the procedures of laboratory and field testing.

7 Jun 2004: D. & Droof, E. R. (1994). Settlementprotection works for new St Clair River rail tunnel. ... 1982). Soil stabilization by grouting onBaltimore Subway. Proceedings of the conference on grouting ingeotechnical engineering, New York, pp.

2 Feb 2004: D. Bolton, University of Cambridge; A. J. Valsangkar, University of New Brunswick, J. ... When the peak lateral displacement was reached and the displacements began to reduce again, the wave collapsed and a new wave appeared on the other side.

6 Jan 2004: A new ease-of-progrratio G easy called ‘‘soft’’ by some ENPASOL users! ... 1999! ‘‘COSMUS; New methods for compensation grouting.’’Un-derground Works—Ambitions and Realities, Association Francaise deTravaux en SouterrainAFTES!

6 Jan 2004: Settlementprotection works for new St. Clair river rail tunnel.’’Can. Tunnelling,291–302. Drooff, E. ... News,172!, 27–32. Mair, R. J., and Hight, D. W.1994! ‘‘Compensation grouting.’’WorldTunnelling,November, 361–367.

5 Jan 2004: E. (1977). Mechanics of particulate media.New York: McGraw-Hill. Jaeger, J. C. ... 12, 2079 2102. Mandelbrot, B. B. (1982). The fractal geometry of nature.New York: Freeman.

21 Jun 2004: A new parameter, the slendernessratio of a pile, is introduced to classify pile performancein liquefiable soils. ... Commen-tary (Federal Emergency Management Agency, USA, 369) forseismic regulations for new buildings and other structures.

5 Jan 2004: New York: John Wiley & Sons. Thomas. J. (1998). Performance of piles and pile groups in clay.PhD thesis, University of Western Australia. ... New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. DISTRIBUTION OF DRAGLOADS IN PILE FOUNDATIONS 335.

7 Jan 2004: B. Soil Mechanics in EngineeringPractice. Wiley, New York, 1947. 8. Powers T. ... 1976, 9, No. 10, 1425 1443. 21. Double D. D. New developments in understanding the chemistryof cement.

6 Jan 2004: F. (1979). An introduction to mechanical ribra- tions 2nd Edn, New York: Wiley. ... Stoker, J. J. (1950). Nonlinear vibrations. New York: Interscience Publishers. Timoshenko, S., Young, D.

7 Jun 2004: was ignored.New theoretical frameworks link ‘plastic yielding’ and ‘plas-tic hardening’ of sands with the successive breakage ofgrains (McDowell et al., 1996; McDowell & Bolton, 1998),and draw attention to the

5 Jan 2004: Thescatter of displacement measurements recorded during com-parison of a random image with itself is identical to thatwhich would be recorded had a new ‘displaced’ image beencreated by cropping one side ... 630 WHITE, TAKE AND BOLTON. CONCLUSIONSA

7 Jun 2004: New approaches, such as the discrete elementmethod (DEM), can offer new insights. ... NOTATIONA proportional constant for flow rule of the new model at.