Abstract: With a national commitment to solar energy, the power tower concept could generate 40 gigawatts of electricity and double this amount in process heat by the year 2000. This technology lends ...

Abstract: The plane strain compression and sliding of an elastic rectangle is considered whose one set of parallel edges are free from tractions. The remaining set of parallel edges is simultaneously ...

Abstract: The plane-strain compression of an elastic rectangle by rigid, rough planes with finite coefficient of friction between the surfaces is considered. The contact area is divided into an inner ...

Abstract: The effects of axial constraints on the bending of beams sometimes can be an important factor in the design of apparatus. This nonlinear problem is approached by (a) an exact differential ...

Abstract: The rotating internal damping or nonconservative circulatory force in a rotor shaft system causes instability beyond a certain threshold rotor spinning speed. However, if the source loading of ...