Abstract: This paper deals with experimental methods of dynamic stress analysis in viscoelastic materials. Plasticized polyvinyl chloride is used as the model material. Dynamic properties, both mechanical ...

Abstract: A three-dimensional photoelastic analysis using the stress-freezing and slicing techniques was conducted to obtain stress and load distributions in a hypoid gear pair. Precise full-scale plastic ...

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to develop the technique of the embedded grid for three-dimensional strain and stress analysis. The application to the case of a sphere subjected to diametral ...

Abstract: Conventional ultrasonic C-scanning sometimes produces distorted and degraded images due to a variety of reasons, including surface roughness, beam dispersion, extraneous noise and imperfect fidelity ...

Abstract: A unidirectional graphite/epoxy material was characterized at strain rates ranging from 5 × 10−6 to 5 s−1 under various hygrothermal conditions. A time-temperature-moisture equivalence principle ...

Abstract: Nonlinear elastic behavior of unidirectional composites with fiber waviness under compressive loading was investigated theoretically and experimentally. Unidirectional carbon/epoxy composites with ...

Abstract: In the research program reported in this paper an experimental solution was obtained for the stress distribution around a circular hole in a large plate during passage of a pressure wave. The ...

Abstract: A general correlation is derived between macroscopic stresses/strains and microscopic deformation on the damage surfaces for inhomogeneous elastic solids with two-dimensional damage. Assuming linear ...

Abstract: Linear thermoelastic lamination theory was used to determine the state of residual stresses and warpage in multilayer structures following elevated temperature curing. The inputs necessary are the ...

Abstract: The torsional response of a composite laminate of rectangular cross-section was analyzed by the Mindlin-Reissner theory. The analysis takes into account separately the shear properties of each ...