Abstract: We humans like to congratulate ourselves for our ingenuity. Yet nature’s passive designs often outperform our expensive, energy-hungry technologies. And while engineers and architects can improve their designs by mimicking ...

Abstract: Other investigators have extended the complementary energy theorem (Castigliano’s theorem) to cover the finite deformation of elastic systems with a finite number of degrees of freedom (structures) ...

Abstract: Many employers are concerned about meeting Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) requirements and adhering to the recent Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). You want to hire the best qualified candidate to fill each position. ...

Abstract: As a characterization of the variability of observed geopotential height fluctuations, their probability density function (PDF) and its skewness are studied in the global domain for winter and summer. The PDF of the ...

Abstract: Two applications of the principle of stationary potential energy to the finite straining of a neo-Hookean (rubberlike) material are given in this paper. The major purpose of the work presented ...