Abstracts Archive

This paper provides explicit closed-form analytical expressions for eigenfrequencies, and mode shapes of a uniform Euler-Bernoulli beam subjected to free undamped transverse vibration. The beam is having uniformly distributed mass with an elastic translational spring support at an intermediate locat...

The delivery of medical products by drone is potentially game-changing and promises shorter delivery times, particularly when trying to service hard to reach rural areas, and reduced carbon emissions. However, this raises a number of technical challenges, one of which being what is the vibration sig...

Metal matrix composites are one of the essential materials that are employed in various engineering fields including automotive, civil, aerospace, etc. Developing low-cost and light composites having superior mechanical and dynamic properties for those fields is one of the critical goals for researc...

In this paper, the dynamic stiffness at high frequencies of various elastic elements has been assessed through a set of laboratory tests, where a simple mass-element-mass-isolator test rig based on the proposals presented in ISO 10846 has been used for performing the measurements. In this context, t...

Explosions generated from the detonation of unconfined explosive-charges produce high-intensity impulsive pressures. These pressures can induce excessive stresses over masonry buildings and therefore threaten their structural safety. Masonry as a construction material is commonly found in historical...

Current standards like ISO 14837-32:2015 or DIN EN 1998-1/NA:2021 allow for using correlations between the results of in-situ soil penetration tests and shear wave velocity (or shear modulus) to determine soil properties to be used in dynamic analyses. While the ISO standard even provides some recom...

The earthquakes of September 19, 1985 (M=8.1) and 2017 (M=7.1) together have been the most devastating earthquakes and with the highest number of observed losses, this requires a review of the seismic risk. Thus, this study presents a seismic vulnerability and risk assessment of the urban building s...