Abstract: The method of digital speckle correlation is introduced, and so is the hardware system to implement the method. The advantages and the features of the technique are discussed, and application ...

Abstract: Thin-walled tubes were subjected to fully reversed strain-controlled axial (A), torsional (T), in-phase (I) and out-of-phase (O) loading. A computer controlled MTS axial-torsion servocontrolled ...

Abstract: It is widely accepted that for mitigating the vibration developed in structures, damping should be applied to the components with the largest response and be added at locations in the components’ ...

Abstract: Many problems of globally optimal design have been solved by using monotonicity analysis. Extended monotonicity principles are obtained by exploiting nonstrict monotonicity of the objective function ...

Abstract: Many problems of globally optimal design have been solved in the literature using monotonicity analysis and a variety of tests, often applied in an ad hoc way. These tests are developed here, ...

Abstract: An experimental computer system for globally optimal design, called BAGOP, is discussed. This new tool uses the computer algebra system MACSYMA to implement a variety of tests and branching ...

Abstract: Acoustic enclosure design is a complex problem that involves the interaction of multiple components. Yet the present conventional approach uses a two-dimensional closed-form solution to evaluate ...

Abstract: This paper is a finite element study of the nonuniform (necking) deformation of creep‐cavitating bars under constant load or constant load with superimposed hydrostatic pressure. The multiaxial constitutive model used in ...

Abstract: A set of three nonlinear partial-differential equations is derived for general finite deformations of a thin membrane. The material that composes the membrane is assumed to be hyperelastic. Its ...