models with different edge stiffener shapes are studied and compared. Hysteresis curves, energy dissipation, out of plane buckling, initial stiffness and strength are discussed and studied. The proposed slit shape reduces the initial stiffness, increases...

The energy dissipation in a gabion stepped spillway is compared with that of a rigid structure. The prototype had one, two or three steps, and models

of rigid and gabion spillways with similar geometric dimensions were tested. The results...

is in agreement with the observed behavior for the imaginary part of dielectric function from DFT calculations. This implies that an enhanced imaginary part of dielectric function leads to more energy dissipation and finally less transmitted wave. The proposed...