Abstract: Line contact usually causes stress concentration, resulting in the wear and failure of materials and structures. The characterization of the contact phenomenon thus plays an important role in the safety evaluation of ...

Abstract: In this work a general procedure to derive a nonlinear dynamic model for a three-link revolute flexible robot arm constructed from laminated fiber-reinforced composite materials is presented. The ...

Abstract: Nowadays, vehicle lightweight design is a main topic in automotive industry. Crashworthiness, which is the most important performance of a full vehicle, must be always satisfied in the study ...