Abstract: Instantaneous mode responses of dynamically loaded elastic, viscous, ideally plastic and rigid, viscoplastic structures are defined and characterized by variational criteria with isometric constraints. ...

Abstract: Steady laminar flow fields in the neighborhoods of two consecutive constrictions in a vascular tube were studied for approaching Reynolds number Re in the range of 5 to 200. The upstream ...

Abstract: Vibrations of an intermediately supported U-bend tube fall into two independent classes as an incomplete ring of single span does, namely, the in-plane vibration and the coupled twist-bending ...

Abstract: This paper describes a new and efficient model for the study of air entrainment effects on the responses of a typical horizontal air vessel. The effects of air entrainment on the pressure ...

Abstract: A study is made on the pressure surges on a fluid system with air valves. The effects of the presence and distribution of air on the system response are studied. Several distinct pressure ...

Abstract: The dynamic stability of electrically conducting beam-plates in transverse magnetic fields is considered in this paper. A concise theory of flexural vibration of magnetoelastic plates immersed in transverse magnetic fields ...

Abstract: Motion of an electrically conducting structural member in a magnetic field induces an electric current, which interacts with the magnetic field so as to inhibit the motion. This magnetic damping is known to have a destabilizing ...

Abstract: A quasi-analytical conjugate heat transfer model is developed for a two dimensional vertical flat plate with discrete heat sources of arbitrary size and power level under natural convection. The ...

Abstract: The oil sands mining industry in Canada has made a commitment to reclaim mining areas to an equivalent capability to that which existed prior to mining. An essential requirement in the design of reclamation covers to meet ...

Abstract: Based on the relation between the red blood cell velocity and the blood velocity of the Fahraeus effect, we analyze the motion of a red blood cell in a deforming capillary to investigate ...