Abstract: A novel application of Lagrange multipliers to couple domains modeled independently with linear elastodynamic and reduced-order theories is presented herein. This method is developed from a ...

Abstract: If the stiffness of an elastic system changes with time, a conventional Newtonian statement of the equations of motion will generally lead to solutions that violate the fundamental mechanics ...

Abstract: A constitutive model is developed to characterize a general class of polymer and polymer-like materials that displays hyperelastic orthotropic mechanical behavior. The strain energy function is ...