Abstract: An alternative representation of the elastic-viscoelastic correspondence principle is derived for solids with identical damping characteristics in bulk and shear undergoing steady-state harmonic ...

Abstract: An analytical continuation form of the viscoelastic correspondence principle is presented accounting for frequency dependent complex Lamé constants. This formulation is especially useful when the ...

Abstract: A method for obtaining approximate solutions to initial-boundary-value problems in the linear theory of coupled thermoelasticity is developed. This procedure is a direct variational method representing ...

Abstract: An exact formula is derived for the tangent geometric stiffness of inclined cables under self-weight. Comparisons are made with the well-known approximate formula by Ernst. It is found that the accuracy of Ernst’s formula ...

Abstract: An experimental investigation of elastic waves produced by the longitudinal impact of strikers with straight 2024 aluminum tubes of 1-in. dia and wall thicknesses of 0.035 in. (thin-walled), ...

Abstract: Longitudinal elastic waves were produced in a truncated hollow aluminum cone with a wall thickness of 1/4 in. and an apex angle of 20 deg by the central impact of steel spheres ranging in ...

Abstract: A structurally realistic model of the human head-neck system, consisting of a water-filled human cadaver skull and an artificial neck was subjected to pendulum impact under nondestructive conditions. ...

Abstract: An electrical substation consists of a complex set of equipment items that are interconnected through conductor buses or cables. If the connections are not sufficiently flexible, significant dynamic interaction may occur ...

Abstract: An efficient method of isolation from high-frequency vibrations is the use of periodically layered composites acting as a mechanical filter. This device is a periodically layered stack of ...