Abstract: The purpose of the present Note is to show how the general axisymmetric photoelastic problem can be solved using only the integrated data. Indeed, the axisymmetric problem is reduced to a ...

Abstract: Further developments of an experimental methodology for analyzing the effect of structural joints on wave propagation are presented. Experimental results for an arbitrary T-joint are discussed as ...

Abstract: The research reported is the study of the transmission and reflection characteristics of flexural waves at structural discontinuities. A Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) computer algorithm is used ...

Abstract: A matrix methodology similar to that of the finite element method is developed for the analysis of stress waves in layered solids. Because the mass distribution is modeled exactly, the approach ...

Abstract: A spectral formulation is employed whereby in-plane stress waves are synthesized from the superposition of components at discrete frequencies and wavenumbers. The summations are performed using ...

Abstract: The effects of boundaries on flexural wave propagation in plates with viscous damping are studied through spectral and finite element analyses of incident and reflected waves. The incident wave ...

Abstract: A spectral element method for analyzing wave propagation in multiply connected plates oriented at arbitrary angles is presented. These plate elements may be joined to model structures with ...