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The model, founded on principles of standardization and modularity, basically consists of four main stages: the company’s definition/characterization of fixtures management,

Comparison of numerical results of the pressure coefficient upstream and downstream of the second baffle plate with experimental results measured at the channel wall. Comparison

The adopted mesh generator, as any conventional un- structured mesh generator, provides the mesh data in an element- based data structure and the implementation of the finite volume

At present, several methods are available for optimization of structures. The application of such methods to real structural problems, however, has not been as intense as the

Finally, Hervieu and Seleghim (1998) optimized the proposed criterion in the sense of making it universal, i.e. independent of the transition and of the analyzed signal, and

These authors analyzed the behavior of semi-rigid structures subject to dynamic excitation considering, initially, the moment-rotation relationship of the connection as being

The 3-D analyses of round bar and circumferentially notched tensile specimens demonstrate the capability to predict the tensile response and the ductile behavior including

On the contrary, the journal orbit induced by the same bending moments, but evaluated with the mis–tuned model, shows a greater ellipticity and its major axis is almost