This paper analyses the continuities and discontinuities regarding the concept of structural change in Latin American structuralism and neo-structuralism and considers the global context in which these ideas and their ...

It is well known that seismic and wind induced vibration is an important issue in structural performance. To mitigate the problem of structural vibrations, many methodologies have been proposed and implemented. In this ...

Seismic design relies on inelastic deformations through hysteretic behavior. However, this translates into damage on structural elements, permanent system deformations following an earthquake, and possibly high cost for ...

Many structural elements are exposed to load conditions that are difficult to model during the design phase, such as environmental uncertainties, random impacts, and overloading, amongst others, thus increasing unprogrammed ...

Structures of rail vehicles are designed for a useful structural life of 30 years. However, structural problems which reduce the mechanical performance of the structure might appear due to normal operation conditions, in ...

We characterize unimodular solvable Lie algebras with Vaisman structures in terms of Kahler flat Lie algebras equipped with a suitable derivation. Using this characterization we obtain algebraic restrictions for the existence ...

On a product manifold (M, r), we consider four geometric structures compatible with r, e.g. hyper-paracomplex or bi-Lagrangian, and define distinguished generalized complex or paracomplex structures on M, which interpolate ...

The BeEP Server (http://www.embnet.qb.fcen.uba.ar/embnet/beep.php) is an online resource aimed to help in the endgame of protein structure prediction. It is able to rank submitted structural models of a protein through an ...