Abstract: Time-decaying upper bounds are derived for the response of damped linear mechanical systems under impulsive loads and under step loads. The bounds are expressed in terms of the extreme eigenvalues ...

Abstract: A solution is presented for stress, strain and temperature rise in a long rod subject to axial impact by a small rigid mass. The rod material is described by a bilinear thermoviscoplastic ...

Abstract: Selected recent literature is surveyed on several topics pertaining to the time response of a discrete, time-invariant, linear, multiple degree-of-freedom mechanical system. These topics have been ...

Abstract: This study concerns the analysis of the deflection of an elastic-plastic cantilevered beam. Three regions of solution are treated: (i) purely elastic response at low loads; (ii) elastic-plastic ...

Abstract: In this paper, a previously published small deformation constitutive model with rate sensitive plasticity and thermal softening is extended to large deformation. The extended model appears suitable ...

Abstract: Finite element analysis of hyperelastic components poses severe obstacles owing to features such as large deformation and near-incompressibility. In recent years, outstanding issues have, to a ...