Abstract: Using a Donnell-type nonlinear theory and the stability in the small concept of Poincaré, the instability of an infinite-length cylindrical shell subjected to a broad class of axisymmetric loads ...

Abstract: The stability of a long, thin, elastic circular cylindrical shell subjected to axial compression and an axisymmetric load moving with constant velocity along the shell axis is studied. With the ...

Abstract: A binary mixture theory with microstructure is constructed for unidirectionally fiber-reinforced elastic composites. Model construction is based on an asymptotic scheme with multiple scales and the ...

Abstract: An elastic, partially transparent solid, occupying the half space x > 0, is subjected to uniform impulsive electromagnetic radiation at the surface x = 0. The deposition of radiant energy ...

Abstract: A continuum theory is developed for wave propagation normal to the layers of a laminated composite with elastic, periodic, microstructure. Construction is based upon an asymptotic scheme in which ...

Abstract: A hierarchy of approximate elastodynamic plate theories is deduced from the three-dimensional equations of elasticity. The derivation is based upon asymptotic expansions in a parameter viewed as ...

Abstract: A continuum theory with microstructure for wave propagation in laminated composites, proposed in previous works concerning propagation normal and parallel to the laminates, is extended herein to ...

Abstract: The first U.S. full‐scale five‐story building test under simulated seismic loads was conducted at the University of California, San Diego. The full‐scale reinforced masonry (RM) research building consisted of coupled, ...