Showing papers by "Swinburne University of Technology published in 1976"
TL;DR: In this paper, the transverse vibrations of rectangular plates are analyzed by using the extended Kantorovich method of variational calculus and several combinations of simply supported and clamped boundary conditions are discussed, and closed form solutions are obtained.
56 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the response of a two-layer Kerr foundation to surface loading was analyzed and it was shown that it is identical to a Vlasov foundation model, and expressions for the shear and spring constants of the Kerr foundation were obtained.
Abstract: By studying the response of a two layered foundation to surface loading, the Kerr foundation model is shown to be identical to a Vlasov foundation model. As a consequence of the analysis, expressions for the shear and spring constants of the Kerr foundation, are obtained.
24 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, an approximate formula for the frequency of vibration of several dynamic systems is presented, which is an extension of the existing approximate formulae for vibrating plates and is applied to the problem of a vibrating membrane, and the free vibration of a shallow lake.
10 citations
TL;DR: The authors found that neither ethnic background nor criminal history had a significant effect on time taken to reply to the application, percentage of replies or percentage of negative replies, the only significant finding was an interaction of ethnic background with respect to non-replies.
Abstract: Job applications were sent to seventy-six private and seventy-six public companies. Applicants were identified as Australian or Yugoslav born and half of each of these two groups were identified as ex short-term prisoners, the remaining half carried no criminal identification.Neither ethnic background nor criminal history had a significant effect on time taken to reply to the application, percentage of replies or percentage of negative replies. These statements are equally true of both public and private companies.The only significant finding was an interaction of ethnic background — criminal background with respect to non-replies. This was interpreted as a courtesy factor.