The paper unveils the tragic root of many characters in the novel--Great Expectations--by analyzing their thoughts and behavior thoroughly and reveals a vivid social background of the 19th century. It has an original ...The paper unveils the tragic root of many characters in the novel--Great Expectations--by analyzing their thoughts and behavior thoroughly and reveals a vivid social background of the 19th century. It has an original view and is worth reading.展开更多
The genus Heissiella Pericart, 1984, previously known from India and Bhutan, is newly recorded for China, with the species Heissiella sinica sp. nov. described as new. Dorsal habitus photograph and illustrations of ch...The genus Heissiella Pericart, 1984, previously known from India and Bhutan, is newly recorded for China, with the species Heissiella sinica sp. nov. described as new. Dorsal habitus photograph and illustrations of characters of the species are provided, together with a key to species of Heissiella.展开更多
An experimental program was initiated to investigate the seismic performance of built-up laced steel brace members. Quasi-static testing of twelve typical steel built-up laced member (BLM) specimens was conducted. T...An experimental program was initiated to investigate the seismic performance of built-up laced steel brace members. Quasi-static testing of twelve typical steel built-up laced member (BLM) specimens was conducted. These were designed to span a range of parameters typically encountered for such members based on findings from a survey of commonly used shapes and details that have been historically used. The specimens were subdivided into groups of three different cross-sectional shapes, namely built-up I-shape section, and built-up box shapes buckling about the x or the y axis. Within each group, global and local buckling slenderness ratios had either kl/r values of 60 or 120, and b/t ratios of 8 or 16. The specific inelastic cyclic behavior germane to each specimen, and general observations on overall member hysteretic behavior as a function of the considered parameters, are reported. A companion paper (Lee and Bruneau 2008) investigates this observed response against predictions from analytical models, and behavior in the perspective of system performance.展开更多
文摘The paper unveils the tragic root of many characters in the novel--Great Expectations--by analyzing their thoughts and behavior thoroughly and reveals a vivid social background of the 19th century. It has an original view and is worth reading.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30725005,31071959 and J0930005)the Special Foundation Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2006FY120100)Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(20100031110026)
文摘The genus Heissiella Pericart, 1984, previously known from India and Bhutan, is newly recorded for China, with the species Heissiella sinica sp. nov. described as new. Dorsal habitus photograph and illustrations of characters of the species are provided, together with a key to species of Heissiella.
基金Federal Highway Administration Under Grant No. DTFH61-98-C-00094
文摘An experimental program was initiated to investigate the seismic performance of built-up laced steel brace members. Quasi-static testing of twelve typical steel built-up laced member (BLM) specimens was conducted. These were designed to span a range of parameters typically encountered for such members based on findings from a survey of commonly used shapes and details that have been historically used. The specimens were subdivided into groups of three different cross-sectional shapes, namely built-up I-shape section, and built-up box shapes buckling about the x or the y axis. Within each group, global and local buckling slenderness ratios had either kl/r values of 60 or 120, and b/t ratios of 8 or 16. The specific inelastic cyclic behavior germane to each specimen, and general observations on overall member hysteretic behavior as a function of the considered parameters, are reported. A companion paper (Lee and Bruneau 2008) investigates this observed response against predictions from analytical models, and behavior in the perspective of system performance.