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: The thermoelastoplastic behavior of a unidirectional metal matrix composite (SiC/Al) under thermomechanical loading was studied with a micromechanical model based on the average field theory. The ...

Abstract: A wood floor analysis methodology is described which utilizes a finite‐element mathematical model along with input parameters which can be obtained through nondestructive evaluation and the use of predictive techniques. ...

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 new scheme for the efficient calculation of longwave radiative heating rates is proposed. Its speed and accuracy make it attractive for use in large atmospheric circulation models. The approximation suggested iswhere q ...