This is an example of how the etymology of jargon used in London's finance world often comes wrapped up with cockney rhyming slang, hence “yard” for “milliard,” which is pronounced as “mill-yard.” It ...

Software environment in the framework of the study. Moreover, the efficiency of the partial method for structural optimization Γ will be validated. Therefore, the results of some state-of-the-art ...

Attenuator barriers, in contrast to conventional safety nets, tend to smoothly guide impacting rocks instead of absorbing large amounts of strain energy arresting them. It has been shown that the rock ...

The standard formula for geometric stiffness matrix calculation, which is convenient for most engineering applications, is seen to be unsatisfactory for large strains because of poor accuracy, low ...