Abstract: The deformation of a thin, incomplete, elastic ring being pushed through a frictional channel is analyzed. The problem is formulated using the nonlinear theory of the elastica and it is found ...

Abstract: The steady state response of a cantilevered rotor with skew and mass unbalances is studied, with special attention to the effects due to skew. A disk misaligned with its drive shaft receives ...

Abstract: An analysis is presented to describe how a sliding sheet might entrain air that lubricates the interface. Closed-form results are obtained for a wide, slightly curled, elastic sheet sliding on ...

Abstract: A new model is developed for predicting the internal loads in a wound roll. The principal contribution is the ability to account for large deformation. This is important for applications that ...

Abstract: Long, thin, open section beams and corrugated panels undergo a cross section flattening when bent longitudinally. This leads to a “soft” nonlinear moment-curvature response and geometrical ...

Abstract: The steady deflection of a transversely loaded, extremely flexible, spinning disk is studied. Membrane theory is used to predict the shapes and locations of waves that dominate the response. ...

Abstract: A longitudinal bending moment applied to a thin, open section beam induces limit point buckling, due to a second-order effect that flattens the leaves of the cross section. It is shown here, ...

Abstract: A nonlinear analysis is presented to describe the static equilibrium of a long elastic tape wrapped onto a rigid drum. Closed-form results are obtained for the case when the tape can be ...