Abstract: An approximate solution for the compression of a bonded thin annular disk is presented based on the so-called Perturbation-Ritz Method. The solution is essentially the outer expansion of the ...

Abstract: The coupling of a square base plate to another reinforcing plate is solved for torsional loads. Nondimensional analysis is carried out using thin plate theory. The distribution of connecting ...

Abstract: The main purpose of this study was to determine a suitable strain energy function for a specific elastomer. A survey of various strain energy functions proposed in the past was made. For ...

Abstract: The end problem of incompressible elastic cylinders is formulated and is solved by an eigenfunction expansion method. Various methods for the determination of the unknown coefficients of the ...

Abstract: The load-deflection relation and stress distribution of bonded annular rubber blocks are first derived by an approximate-linear approach. The solution approaches the exact relation asymptotically as the block thickness ...