A model for the analysis of masonry periodic unit cells based on detailed micro-modeling principles is presented: an analytical model capable of calculating the orthotropic elastic properties of masonry composites.
An analytical model capable of predicting the average void ratios at full water saturation in the bentonite block and pellet slot is presented.
An analytical model capable of capturing the effect of the system's unique detailing requirements is proposed and validated using the test results.
Additionally, an analytical model capable of predicting the permeability of ECC composites that undergo self-healing process is proposed and verified with experimental data.
In addition, an analytical model capable of predicting permeability property of ECC composite based on tensile strain and crack patterns has been proposed and experimentally verified on two different ECC mixtures.
The aim of this work is to discuss an analytical model capable of estimating, with the accuracy required by a preliminary mission analysis, the performance of a spacecraft equipped with a plasma brake in a (near-circular) low Earth orbit.
An analytical model capable of performing an elastic stress analysis for single/multiple, annular/solid, anisotropic/isotropic disk systems, subjected to pressure surface tractions, body forces (in the form of temperature-changes and rotation fields) and interfacial misfits is summarized.
The main goal of this study is to develop a kinematic analytical model capable of correlating the work-piece geometrical errors to the axis geometrical errors of the machine tool.
The significance of this result is that the complex phenomenon of energy dissipation in lap joints can be represented by a simple analytical model capable of producing accurate results.
The present paper deals with the experimental assessment of the effectiveness of steel fibre reinforcement in terms of punching resistance of centrically loaded flat slabs, and to the development of an analytical model capable of predicting the punching behaviour of this type of structures.
In turn, this analytical model is capable of predicting dynamic protein responses.
