Abstract: A straight, slender beam with elastically restrained boundaries is investigated for optimal design of an intermediate elastic support with the minimum stiffness for the purpose of raising the ...

Abstract: The free vibration analysis of a uniform beam carrying a lumped mass with the inclusion of both translational and rotary inertias are performed, and a closed-form expression of the frequency ...

Abstract: A hole inside a rectangular thin plate is optimized for maximization of an eigenfrequency of the structure. The shape of the hole is represented by an ellipse parametrization to guarantee a smooth curve along the boundary; ...

Abstract: In this paper, a controller and observer design is proposed for a class of multi-link manipulators with one flexible link. It is shown that it is possible to transform the state space equations ...

Abstract: The subject of this paper is the feedback linearization of the input-output and input-state equations for a class of multi-link, three degrees-of-freedom manipulators with the last link flexible. ...

Abstract: A feedback control problem for a constrained mechanism is formulated and solved. The mechanism is controlled by forces applied to the mechanism which are to be adjusted according to a linear ...

Abstract: A mathematical model to predict the air-solids performance of central air-jet pumps has been developed based on the fundamentals of fluid and particle mechanics. The influence of throat entry ...

Abstract: This study is concerned with the treatment of the dynamic antiplane failure behavior of fiber reinforced composites involving matrix cracks and partially-debonded fibers. The matrix/fiber interphase ...

Abstract: This article presents an analytical treatment of the dynamic interaction between a crack and an arbitrarily located circular inhomogeneity under antiplane incident wave. The method is based upon ...