Study of intensity fluctuations in cosmic rays during Forbush-decreases on the basis of the data obtained with the inzmiran scintillation supertelescope

The one-minute, five-minute, and hourly values of cosmic-ray intensity obtained with a scintillation telescope at Izmiran have been used to carry out the correlational and spectral analysis of large Forbush-decreases of cosmic rays in 1978. The spectra of power obtained for the periods of interplanetary disturbances are characterized by individual spectral lines whose amplitude exceeds at least a 95% interval of reliability.     

A rate-type constitutive model for soil with a critical state

A continuum representation for soil which incorporates the concepts of hypoelasticity and critical state theory is proposed. General, three-dimensional constitutive equations are formulated to relate specific volume, stress, rate of deformation and rate of change of stress, resulting in a mathematical material model which exhibits phenomenological features typical of soil response. The general constitutive equations are specialized to represent the particular cases of isotropic compression, constant, volume deformation, uniaxial compression and biaxial deformation. Methods are suggested for determining the model parameters to represent a specific soil using conventional triaxial test data. Comparisons of stress-strain response with published experimental data are shown.