Besides, the concrete material parameters are related to fracture energy to avoid mesh-sensitivity issue of softening problems.
The temptation to tweak the tax to soften these problems is great.
In order to achieve a thoroughly regularization, the nonlocal theory is widely adopted in the analyses related to mesh sensitivity strain softening problems since the pioneering work by Bažant (Pijaudier-Cabot and Bažant 1987).
Most medical schools are now infusing their curriculums with courses in medical literature, ethics and even interviewing techniques, to try to soften these problem personalities a little.
A strategy to soften this problem is to perform simultaneous parameters selection and estimation, which ensures the estimation of the selected parameters (e.g., Secchi et al. [ 14], Wu et al. [ 15]; Wu et al. [ 16]; McLean et al. [ 17]; Alberton et al. [ 18]).
In this project, rheological problem, the wetting-induced softening problem and inside-to-outside seepage problem were all prominent, which posed serious threats to the long-term stability of the tunnel lining.
The integral type nonlocal model provides a fully regularization for the strain softening problem through introducing a characteristic length in the local constitutive laws (Pijaudier-Cabot and Bažant 1987), which is achieved by weighted spatial averaging of a suitable state variable.
Banks with worse corporate governance problems soften even more the standards.
As all these rescued banks were savings banks (cajas), the results suggest that banks with worse corporate governance problems soften even more the lending standards, thereby taking excessive risks in the boom.5.
But the project, which proponents described as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, has been hobbled by a softening economy, logistical problems, political inertia and a shortfall in public financing.
