Impact-loaded floor structures radiate undesired sound waves into adjacent rooms, compromising the acoustic comfort.On the other hand, substantial structural vibrations caused by the impact loading offer a promising energy source for harvesting.Nevertheless, a systematic analytical or numerical investigation of simultaneous inter-floor impact sound
Marine soft soil foundation is a double-layer foundation structure with a crust layer and soft substratum.Moreover, it is common that there are various forms of drainage.Accordingly, based on Terzaghi’s consolidation theory and the continuous drainage boundary conditions theory of controllable drainage conditions, an improved double-layer soi
Indigenously made rocking cradle is frequently used in rural India.We report strangulation from an indigenously made rocking cradle in an 11-month-old female child.The unique mode of injury and its mechanism have been discussed.Strangulation is an important cause of homicidal and suicidal injury in adults but in children it is usually accidental le