Abstract: An analytical model is developed to study the extension-bending-torsion coupling behavior of an initially twisted elastic beam with an irregular cross-section. The determination of the complete ...

Abstract: Currently within the military there is a need for a universal light-weight bridge deck system capable of supporting extreme loads over a wide temperature range. This research presents the development, testing, and analysis ...

Abstract: This paper reviews and examines different numerical approaches for modeling and analyzing the behavior of structures having constrained‐layer damping. Specific topics that are addressed included: modeling of the material ...

Abstract: A continued desire for increased mobility in the aftermath of natural disasters, or on the battlefield, has lead to the need for improved light-weight bridging solutions. Currently within the United States military there ...

Abstract: A continued desire for increased mobility in the aftermath of natural disasters or on the battlefield has lead to the need for improved lightweight bridging solutions. Currently, within the U.S. military, there is a need ...

Abstract: End effects or displacements and stresses of a self-equilibrated state in an inhomogeneous, anisotropic cylinder are represented by eigendata extracted from an algebraic eigensystem. Such states ...

Abstract: Cross-sectional properties of a prismatic inhomogeneous, anisotropic cylinder are determined from Saint-Venant solutions for extension-bending-torsion and flexure, whose method of construction was ...

Abstract: In this paper, the first in a series of three, a procedure based on semi-analytical finite elements is presented for constructing Saint-Venant solutions for extension, bending, torsion, and ...