Abstract: Rayleigh quotients in the context of linear, nonconservative vibrating systems with viscous and nonviscous dissipative forces are studied in this paper. Of particular interest is the stationarity ...

Abstract: A simple and easy-to-implement algorithm to identify a generalized proportional viscous damping matrix is developed in this work. The chief advantage of the proposed technique is that only a ...

Abstract: The phenomenon of elastic boundary layers under quasistatic loading is investigated using the Floquet–Bloch formalism for two-dimensional, isotropic, periodic lattices. The elastic boundary layer ...

Abstract: (1) Page 031014-9, in Table IV the solution corresponding to Wang et al. should be (8lnH-8v(2τ0+λ0)EH-2τ0L2EH3+4v2τ0EH) (2) Page 031014-9, in Eq. (A4), σxxe(z) should be changed to σxx(z).

Abstract: A systematic study on the influence of the cell geometry of a cardiovascular stent on its radial compliance and longitudinal strain is presented. Eight stent cell geometries—based on common ...