Abstract: This paper introduces a class of nearly harmonic functions useful in analyzing gravity above a limited region of the earth’s surface. These “B functions” constitute a complete orthogonal set ...

Abstract: Inadequate knowledge of the local stress distributions in damaged composites has been a major obstacle to progress in the understanding of damage accumulation and ultimate failure of such ...

Abstract: A standard technique for finding the shear stress-strain relation of a material employs a torsion test on a solid circular cylinder. It is shown that the exact solution is easily obtained as ...

Abstract: A weakest link theory for macroscopically homogeneous isotropic materials containing randomly oriented microcracks uniformly distributed in location is developed under the assumption that fracture ...