Abstract: The clearances in highly deformed contacts are formed in a narrow region on the upstream side, are convected through the contact with little change and emerge downstream where a restriction ...

Abstract: Diffusion of knowledge or innovation is the process by which knowledge is communicated through established channels over time among members of a professional group. Failure information connected with engineered facilities ...

Abstract: The paper studies the intrinsic errors on strain measurements induced by the application of an electrochemical etched square grid through serigraphy. Systematic periodic strains are observed when ...

Abstract: Pontryagin’s Maximum Principle is used to determine the journal bearing which supports the maximum load for a given minimum film thickness and a specified load direction. The one-dimensional ...

Abstract: Consideration is given to the nonlinear terms in the differential equations governing the motion of gyroscopes under constant acceleration and a “correcting” torque. Unstable oscillations are noted ...

Abstract: Expressions are derived for the gradient, divergence, Laplacian, curl, and material time derivative in terms of general curvilinear coordinates using physical components of all vector quantities. ...

Abstract: The convergence of learning control is traditionally analyzed in the time domain. This is because a finite planning horizon is often assumed and the analysis in time domain can be extended ...