... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Slope deflection method Stability (control theory) Geological analysis Rocks Soils Programming and algorithm theory Estimation of the stability of a rock or soil slope is a complex problem due to the heterogeneous nature of soil and rock masses...

... of the mechanical motion of the platform structure caused by wave force is also discussed. Maritime structures Surges Motion Fuzzy control Modelling Stability (control theory) The scattering problem can be formulated as a boundary value problem for the scattered field in Regions I and III. Therefore...

...‐α method for nonlinear systems is in general the same as that for linear elastic systems. Shuenn‐Yih Chang can be contacted at: changsy@ntut.edu.tw © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Non‐linear control systems Stability (control theory) Accuracy Many second‐order...

... bifurcation points to control global buckling of related structures. M. Rezaiee‐Pajand can be contacted at: mrpajand@yahoo.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Stability (control theory) Optimization techniques Structures Stiffness matrices u nodal displacement vector...

... be a zero of the characteristic equation or not. Thus, the obtained stability conditions are not necessary. A trivial extension of Theorem 1 in the light of Remark 2 provides necessary and sufficient conditions as follows. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Stability (control theory) Man...

...₋₁∈[0,1.0], the value of ϕ˜_i−1/2 is greater than 1.0 or less than 0, the scheme will not possess the boundedness. In this region, the sufficiency is obvious if the interfacial value is located within the shaded area of Figure 1 . Stability (control theory...