Journal of Engineering Mechanics
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EISSN:1943-7889|ISSN:0733-9399|Disc:The Journal of Engineering Mechanics covers activity and development in the field of applied mechanics as it relates to civil engineering. Research on bioengineering, computational mechanics, computer-aided engineering, dynamics of structures, elasticity, experimental analysis and instrumentation, fluid mechanics, flow of granular media, inelastic behavior of solids and structures, probabilistic methods, properties of materials, fracture mechanics, stability of structural elements and systems, and turbulence is reported. Typically, published papers describe the development and implementation of new analytical models, innovative numerical methods, and novel experimental methods and results|Priority:12|Publisher:American Society of Civil Engineers|
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A Novel Constrained-Layer Damper for Vibration Mitigation of High-Mast Illumination Poles
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This study proposes a novel constrained-layer damper (CLD) design for reducing buffeting-induced vibration on high-mast illumination poles (HMIPs). The conventional CLD utilizes a single-piece constraining layer, making ... -
Convergence and Optimal Parameters of the Inertial Relaxed Lattice Boltzmann Method in Fluid and Solid Simulations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This paper introduces an accelerated lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) tailored for both fluid and solid simulations, utilizing the inertial relaxed Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook (IR-BGK) operator, referred to as IR-LBM. The Navier-Stokes ... -
Nonlinear Seismic Assessment of Concrete Dams Using a Novel Elastoplastic Damage Numerical Framework
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Numerical simulations were conducted to investigate the damage modes of concrete dams under seismic loading. The employed numerical model is based on an elastoplastic damage numerical framework for concrete, which innovatively ... -
Mechanism of Elastic–Plastic Crack Initiation in Unsaturated Rock Cracks under Gas–Ice Pressure at Low Temperatures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)While analyzing the frost heaving and cracking of rock mass in cold regions, it is generally assumed that the cracks are fully saturated. However, rock mass cracks are often in an unsaturated state in actual engineering ... -
Study on the Hysteresis Performance of Notch-Type Compliant Joints Based on Experimental and Finite-Element Simulation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The incorporation of origami-inspired structures in mechanical engineering has garnered significant attention due to their high efficiency and versatile deformation capabilities. In engineering applications such as ... -
Fluid Seepage into a Rotating Channel Filled with a Porous Medium
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Liquid or gas seeps into one side of a porous layer. Coriolis forces affect the flow due to system rotation. The problem models seepage flow into a porous rock fault under planetary rotation. Using similarity, the ... -
A New Insight into the Paradoxical Integral and Differential Constitutive Relations of Eringen Nonlocal Theory
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Using the Eringen nonlocal theory (ENT), the integral constitutive relation (ICR) can be transformed into a corresponding differential constitutive relation (DCR). The inequivalence and equivalence between ICR and DCR have ... -
Theoretical Model of Seismic Fracture Prediction for Low-Yield-Point Steel LYP225 and Its Validation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The fracture of energy-dissipation components with low-yield-point (LYP) steels under seismic action may cause the progressive collapse of the structures. Therefore, it is essential to predict the fracture of various LYP ... -
Research on Mode I Crack Propagation Problem Using the Base Force Element Method Based on the Complementary Energy Principle
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)A novel base force element method (BFEM) with separable interfaces based on the complementary energy principle has been proposed. The linear elastic fracture problem of mode I cracks is solved by this complementary finite ... -
Deflection Field Identification of Bridges under Goal Load Based on Mode Expansion Method with Sparse Test Points
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)A mode expansion method combined with a sparse point impact test strategy that establishes the relationship between the sparse flexibility matrix and the static response field of a bridge under a distributed load is proposed ... -
Gaussian Process–Based Optimal Design of a Negative Stiffness Device under Stochastic Seismic Excitation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The protection of buildings under seismic events necessitates the development of efficient vibration mitigation devices. The recently proposed negative stiffness vibration (NegSV) device materializes such a seismic protection ... -
A Rate-Independent Phenomenological Model for the Characterization of Pressurized Sand Dampers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This study presents the mathematical characterization of the recently developed pressurized sand damper (PSD) in which a steel sphere or bolt is moving within a cylindrical tube filled with sand under pressure. The ... -
LIGO Newtonian Noise Cancellation Using Metamaterial-Based Periodic Structures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This paper presents a novel approach to mitigating Newtonian noise (NN) in laser interferometer gravitational wave observatory (LIGO) on Earth’s surface. The proposed method offers an unprecedented means to enhance the ... -
Influence of Size and Shape of Defects on Deformation Concentration and Brittle Fracture of Perforated Plates
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The study investigates how different shapes and sizes of defects affect the fracture of a typical brittle material. The strain distribution and the fracture strength of perforated polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) plates with ... -
Investigation of Epoxy Resin under Uniaxial, Biaxial, and Triaxial Quasi-Static Loads
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Several studies indicate that epoxy resin exhibits a very wide range of mechanical behavior, in particular its strength, as a function of stress state. Especially when epoxy resin is used as matrix material for fiber ... -
Impact of Road Roughness on Tire–Pavement Contact Stresses during Vehicle Maneuvering
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The deterioration of the US transportation highway network and the onset of new technologies in the freight industry are expected to cause changes in the axle load magnitude and distribution, further exacerbating the ... -
MASKE: A Kinetic Simulator of Coupled Chemical and Mechanical Processes Driving Microstructural Evolution
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The microstructure of materials evolves through chemical reactions and mechanical stress, often strongly coupled in phenomena such as pressure solution or crystallization pressure. This article presents the Microstructural ... -
Atomistic-Informed and Machine Learning–Assisted Crystal Plasticity Modeling for Material Interfaces
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This paper presents a novel methodology that addresses the limited predictive capability of the existing crystal plasticity (CP) method in interfaces modeling. Our approach incorporates interfacial parameters generated ... -
Neural Network–Augmented Physics Models Using Modal Truncation for Dynamic MDOF Systems under Response-Dependent Forces
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Accurate prediction of the dynamic response of a structure is crucial for its system identification, reliability analysis, and health monitoring. However, uncertainties in physics-based models and parameters may cause a ... -
Three-Dimensional Mesomechanical Complex Modulus Prediction for Asphalt Mortar Considering Conjunctive Shell Mechanism of Interface Transition Zones and Properties of Coarse Mastic
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Asphalt mortar is a mixture of asphalt mastic and fine aggregates (<2.36 mm) in asphalt concrete. Accurately predicting the complex modulus of asphalt mortar is essential to further estimating asphalt concrete’s ...