Abstract: To meet the ever-increasing magnetic recording density, the hard disk industry is focusing on reducing flying height. Texturing the slider surface to reduce the head–disk contact area is one ...

Abstract: For elastoplastic trusses under quasi-static cyclic loading, a method is presented for finding the steady-state limit that bounds the plastic shakedown and ratchetting regions. In the plastic ...

Abstract: Stochastic finite element methods provide predictions of the behavior of mechanical systems with randomly fluctuating material properties. Limited data is typically available for the characterization ...

Abstract: A numerical analysis of stiffness and damping coefficients for gas film face seals in three degrees of freedom is presented in this paper. By applying small perturbation approximation, the ...

Abstract: Stenosis-induced thrombosis and abandonment of the hemodialysis synthetic graft is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. The graft vascular circuit is a unique low-resistance shunt that ...