Abstract: This paper presents a finite element model of the elastica, without dissipation, in a form realizable in the laboratory: a set of rigid links connected by torsion springs. The model is shown ...

Abstract: The entrainment of lubricant at the entrance of a lubrication zone, such as that of a partially starved slider bearing, is analyzed in a closed system using the method of matched asymptotic ...

Abstract: We calculate the free surface shapes upstream and downstream of an obstacle obstructing a thin liquid layer on a moving surface, taking into account gravity and surface tension. We assume low ...

Abstract: We studied the traction developed between a thin, flexible web and a rotating circumferentially grooved cylindrical roller. We have developed a new two-dimensional analytic model that couples air ...