Abstract: Compliance-derived equivalent cracks are often used in high-cycle fatigue cracking predictions for computational expediency. Its dependence on the cohesive stress zone, however, may limit general applicability under ...

Abstract: Fatigue damage in plain portland cement concrete is a nonlinear process that exhibits two distinct crack stages: a deceleration stage (transient crack growth) and an acceleration stage (steady-state crack growth). In the ...

Abstract: Magnetic tape is a flexible mechanical structure having dimensions that are orders of magnitude different in its thickness, width, and length directions. In order to position the tape relative ...

Abstract: A “flex circuit” is a laminate of polyimide substrate, adhesive, and copper conductors that is used to connect the stationary electronic components in a computer hard disk drive to the rotating ...

Abstract: The stability of a footing may be destabilized near a retaining wall because of increased lateral displacement and decreased soil confining pressure. The stability of footing within this footing–soil–wall system is complex ...

Abstract: The growing demand for highly skilled graduates coupled with institutional mandates to reduce minimum graduation credit hour requirements is compelling higher educators to optimize the deployment strategy of high-impact ...

Abstract: Jointed interfaces, damage, wear, or non-idealized boundary conditions often introduce nonlinear characteristics to assembled structures. Consequently, extensive research has been carried out regarding nonlinear system ...

Abstract: Structural dynamic techniques have been proven accurate at predicting the vibrations of single parts (i.e., monolithic specimens), which are widely used in industrial applications. However, vibration analysis of such ...

Abstract: The effect of three different friction interface models on an elastic half-space is presented. Three constitutive friction models are studied: Coulomb, soil–concrete interface, and Bouc–Wen, using a computational mechanics ...

Abstract: The results of two sets of impact experiments are reported within. To assist with model development using the impact data reported, the materials are mechanically characterized using a series of standard experiments. The ...