In deterministic optimization, the uncertainties of the structural system (i.e. dimension, model, material, loads, etc) are not explicitly taken into account. Hence, resulting optimal solutions may ...

Joan Birman popularized the Burau representation problem decades ago. Now she and two colleagues have a proof that reveals ...

Physicists have debated which way a submerged sprinkler sucking in water would spin. Careful experiments provide an answer.

The effects of two parameters, wall thickness T and section height H, on the energy-absorbing performance of the structure are further analyzed, and the optimal parameter combinations are obtained by ...