Abstract: Recent experiments of Rosakis et al. have clearly shown that the crack-tip velocity can exceed the shear wave speed for a crack tip propagating between two weakly bonded, identical and isotropic ...

Abstract: In Part I of this series, we have obtained the fundamental solution for a mode II intersonic crack which involves a crack moving uniformly at a velocity between the shear and longitudinal ...

Abstract: The virtual internal bond (VIB) method was developed for the numerical simulation of fracture processes. In contrast to the traditional approach of fracture mechanics where stress analysis is ...

Abstract: This paper is focused on the real area of contact for paper-based wet friction materials during the engagement of wet clutches. The deformation of the wet friction material is identified as ...

Abstract: The engagement of a wet clutch with skewed surface roughness was investigated. A Weibull asperity height distribution rather than a Gaussian one was utilized in the asperity contact pressure ...

Abstract: Carbon nanotubes show great promise for applications ranging from nanocomposites, nanoelectronic components, nanosensors, to nanoscale mechanical probes. These materials exhibit very attractive ...

Abstract: To simulate brittle rocks, a mixture of sand, plaster of paris, and water was used as a model material. Thin galvanized sheets were used to create joints in blocks made out of the model material. To investigate the failure ...

Abstract: This paper develops a three-dimensional (3D) thermal-structure coupling model, implements transient stress analysis of thermoelastic contact of disk brakes with a frictional heat variation and ...

Abstract: Changes in substrate curvature indicating the existence of compressive stress in isolated crystallites are commonly observed during the initial stages of thin film deposition of metals on glass ...