Abstract: The plane-stress unloading waves emanating from a suddenly punched circular hole in a thin plate subjected to a uniform uniaxial tension field are considered. It is assumed that the plate is ...

Abstract: Short carbon nanotubes of smaller aspect ratio (say, between 10 and 50) are finding significant application in nanotechnology. This paper studies vibration of such short carbon nanotubes whose ...

Abstract: Optimization of a second-order multiply-connected inhomogeneous boundary-value problem was considered in terms of elastic torsion. External boundary and material proportions are the applied constraints ...

Abstract: The problem of optimal nonhomogeneity of a bar subjected to Saint-Venant torsion is formulated as a variational problem so that the necessary conditions for optimality may be derived. In this ...

Abstract: This paper examines applicability and limitations of simplified models of elastic cylindrical shells for carbon nanotubes. The simplified models examined here include Donnell equations and simplified ...

Abstract: The method of characteristics is used to obtain numerical solutions for the plane stress problem of propagation of unloading waves from a suddenly punched circular hole in an elastic sheet ...

Abstract: One-dimensional wave propagation theory is used to investigate the forces, velocities, and displacements in a series of elastic rods connected to rigid elements. The method is applied to the ...

Abstract: General considerations, a numerical procedure, and several examples for the optimization of corrugated claddings are presented. The objective of this study is to minimize bending stresses due to bending moment acting on ...