Abstract: A steel pin, supported on a flexible cantilever, is pressed against a thin steel disk which rotates at a uniform angular speed. The orientation of the pin’s central axis to the plane of the ...

Abstract: A piezoelectric laminate theory that uses the piezoelectric phenomenon to effect distributed control and sensing of structural vibration of a flexible plate has been used to develop a class of ...

Abstract: A critical aspect in the design of tubular bridges is the fatigue performance of the structural joints. The estimation of a fatigue crack life using the linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) theory involves the calculation ...

Abstract: Relative and absolute shaft vibration data have revealed that the commonly made assumption of rigidly supported bearings may be grossly inaccurate, especially for fans, generator sets, and natural ...

Abstract: A parametric study was conducted to compare the resistance to shear force provided by three surgical implantation techniques and three endplate designs for use with a polymeric lumbar intervertebral ...