Abstract: The use of integrally blisk is becoming popular because of the advantages in aerodynamic efficiency and mass reduction. However, in an integrally blisk, the lack of the contact interface leads to a low structural damping ...

Abstract: Polymers have been incorporated into asphalt as a way to mitigate permanent deformation at high performance temperatures for many years. There are several types of polymers used in asphalt binders to improve the rheological ...

Abstract: This paper addresses a critical operational issue of optimally converting some signalized intersections in an evacuation network into crosselimination control points to improve system performance. A mathematical model with ...

Abstract: This work presents an assessment of classical and state of the art reduced order modeling (ROM) techniques to enhance the computational efficiency for dynamic analysis of jointed structures with local contact nonlinearities. ...

Abstract: A numerical methodology is described to study the influence of the contact location and contact condition of friction damper in aircraft engines. A simplified beam model is used to represent the blade for the preliminary ...

Abstract: High-cycle fatigue failures of fan blade systems due to vibrational loads are of great concern in the design of aeroengines, where energy dissipation by the relative frictional motion in the dovetail joints provides the ...

Abstract: The work investigates the application of a novel frame model to reduce computational cost of the mistuning analysis of bladed disk systems. A full-scale finite element (FE) model of the bladed disk is considered as benchmark. ...