Abstract: An attempt has been made to analyze asymmetric stress. Bounds for the principal stresses have been established in terms of the principal stresses corresponding to the symmetric part of the ...

Abstract: The representation of stress through its three invariants I1 ,I2 , and I3 has been examined. It has been shown that all possible states of stress are mapped into a connected region of the ...

Abstract: It is shown that the equations governing the pure bending of unsymmetrical prismatic beams can be written in a coordinate-free invariant form.

Abstract: Theories have been developed for the torsion of nonhomogeneous thin-walled prismatic bars of open section and thin-walled tubes. The mechanical response of these members has been shown to be ...

Abstract: A simple theory, in which longitudinal and shear strains are not coupled, has been developed to account for shear effects in the bending of thin-walled nonhomogeneous prismatic beams. This ...

Abstract: Because material properties vary from point to point in nonhomogeneous materials, there is some question as to what “properties” are measured in tests such as the tensile test, and how such ...

Abstract: Axisymmetric solutions, in which both the radial and hoop stresses undergo a discontinuity, have been used for modeling the nominal stresses in the plastic cores of molded commutators. A model ...

Abstract: In a new orbital washer, the motion of clothes is exactly opposite to what might be expected in such a machine. A simple analytical model has been developed to explain this apparently anomalous ...

Abstract: This paper examines the phenomenology of the large strain, post-yield behavior of the three thermoplastics—polycarbonate, polybutylene terephthalate and polyetherimide—from the point of view of the ...

Abstract: The detailed mechanical behavior to yield of three thermoplastics—polycarbonate, polybutylene terephthalate, and polyetherimide—subjected to simulated forming histories, is examined in order to gain ...