Abstract: A perturbation method is presented for use in analyzing unsteady belt-drive operation. The method relies on the important assumption that for operating states close to steady operation, the ...

Abstract: This paper presents an efficient intrinsic finite element approach for modeling and analyzing the forced dynamic response of helical springs. The finite element treatment employs intrinsic curvature ...

Abstract: Bloch analysis was originally developed by Bloch to study the electron behavior in crystalline solids. His method has been adapted to study the elastic wave propagation in periodic structures. ...

Abstract: Bloch analysis was originally developed to solve Schrödinger’s equation for the electron wave function in a periodic potential field, such as found in a pristine crystalline solid. In the ...

Abstract: This study extends a recently developed cellular automata (CA) modeling approach (, 2008, “Application of Cellular Automata Modeling to Seismic Elastodynamics,” Int. J. Solids Struct., 45(17), pp. ...

Abstract: In this study, a dynamic finite element model is developed for pulley belt-drive systems and is employed to determine the transient and steady-state response of a prototypical belt-drive. The ...

Abstract: This paper presents an analysis of a nonlinear (piecewise linear) dynamical model governing steady operation of a flat belt drive using a physically motivated elastic/perfectly plastic (EPP) ...

Abstract: Wave propagation in one-dimensional nonlinear periodic structures is investigated through a novel perturbation analysis and accompanying numerical simulations. Several chain unit cells are considered ...