Abstract: Fixture design is an important consideration in all manufacturing operations. Central to this design is selecting and positioning the locating points. While substantial literature exists in this ...

Abstract: The steady-state responses of damped periodic systems with finite or infinite degrees-of-freedom and one nonlinear disorder to harmonic excitation are investigated by using the Lindstedt-Poincare ...

Abstract: The localized modes of periodic systems with infinite degrees-of-freedom and having one or two nonlinear disorders are examined by using the Lindstedt-Poincare (L-P) method. The set of nonlinear ...

Abstract: The normal mode localization in nearly periodic systems with one-degree-of-freedom subsystems and a single subsystem departing from the regularity in one, two, and three dimensions has been ...

Abstract: The U-transformation technique has been applied successfully to the analysis of periodic structures and nearly periodic structures. In this study the technique will be extended to the analysis of bi-periodic structures ...

Abstract: The rectangular grillwork with simply supported boundary condition and periodically distributed internal supports is investigated by using the double U-transformation technique. The equivalent grillwork with cyclic periodicity ...

Abstract: The type of plane truss considered in this paper is the continuous Warren truss resting on equidistant roller supports, subjected to transverse nodal loads. In order to uncouple the governing equation, we need to replace ...

Abstract: The U‐transform method has been applied successfully to the vibration analysis of infinite periodic continuous beams and has been proven to be a very useful exact analytical method for analyzing periodic structures. In ...

Abstract: This paper presents digital panel assembly (DPA) methodologies and applications for sheet component assembly in automotive body manufacturing processes. Core to DPA is the customized finite element ...