Abstract: An analytical method is developed for closed-form estimation of the transient response of complex distributed parameter systems that are nonproportionally damped, and subject to arbitrary external, ...

Abstract: The transient response analysis presented in Part I is generalized for distributed damped systems which are viscoelastically constrained or combined with lumped parameter systems. An energy ...

Abstract: It is well known that use of quaternions in dynamic modeling of rigid bodies can avoid the singularity due to Euler rotations. This paper shows that the dynamic response of a rigid body ...

Abstract: A new analytical and numerical method is presented for modeling and analysis of cylindrical shells stiffened by circumferential rings. This method treats the shell and ring stiffeners as individual ...

Abstract: Excessive heat generation within a body can cause unbounded temperature or thermal instability. In this work, a new stability test is established for heat conduction in one-dimensional multilayer ...

Abstract: Meso∕micro grasping of tiny soft objects such as biological tissues, which ranges from hundreds to thousands of micro-millimeters in dimension, plays a significant role in the fields of tele-surgery, ...

Abstract: In our previous work, it was shown that for simple control systems with mechanical flexibilities such as spring-mass systems or uniform cross-section linear elastic beams, the complex conjugate ...