Journal of Applied Mechanics: Recent submissions
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Objective Moiré Patterns
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Moiré patterns, typically formed by overlaying two layers of two-dimensional materials, exhibit an effective long-range periodicity that depends on the short-range periodicity of each layer and their spatial misalignment. ... -
Rational Design of Low Fatigue Phase-Transforming Cu-Based Alloys
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)In this study, we introduce a novel material descriptor and corresponding mechanical criteria to guide the development of low-fatigue shape memory alloys. Our approach synergistically combines compatibility theories, ... -
Analytical Modeling of Bistable Beam With Double-Ring-Shaped Deformation Element
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The field of negative stiffness structures has recently seen an increase in attention as a result of advancements in additive manufacturing (AM) technology. These advancements have made it possible to produce materials in ... -
Role of Fiber Orientations and Invariant Coupling in the Stress–Strain Non-Coaxiality of Bioinspired Fiber-Reinforced Elastomers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Stress–strain coaxiality is a key determinant in generating universal relations for materials. These relationships have been studied extensively in isotropic materials but remain underexplored in fiber-reinforced materials ... -
Machine Learning Assisted Prediction of Defect Absorption Rates at Grain Boundaries Based on the Molecular Dynamics Simulation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Grain boundary (GB) plays a crucial role in the mechanical properties and irradiation resistance of nuclear materials. It is thus essential to understand and predict the defect behaviors near GBs. Here, we present a framework ... -
Manipulation for Asymmetric Wave Reflection in Space–Time Modulated Media With Exceptional Points
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Manipulation for asymmetric wave reflection based on exceptional points (EPs) is studied systematically in elastic media with the space–time modulated stiffness, density, and the simultaneous modulation of them. A theoretical ... -
Spontaneous Shear Strain Governed Bending of Dielectric Nematic Elastomer Sheets With In-Plane Director Orientation Gradients
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)In this study, the programmable bending behavior of dielectric nematic elastomer (DNE) sheets, which is mechanically governed by electric-field-induced spontaneous transverse shear strain, is theoretically investigated. ... -
Uncoupling of General Linear Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Structural and Mechanical Systems Through Quasi-Diagonalization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)This article develops a fundamental result in linear algebra by providing the necessary and sufficient conditions for the simultaneous quasi-diagonalization of two symmetric matrices and two skew-symmetric matrices by a ... -
Seeking Shapes of Interconnects for Higher Flexibility
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Thermal loads during the production and service process of power semiconductor devices can induce significant stress on interconnects, potentially leading to the fracture and even the ultimate failure of the devices. ... -
A New Representation for the Dynamics of Rigid Bodies
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)The dynamics of a rigid body can be described from either a Lagrangian or an Eulerian perspective. The Lagrangian description is the most common in the literature on the rigid body dynamics. It follows individual particles ... -
Swelling of Hydrogels With Imperfect Polymer Networks
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)A hydrogel consists of a cross-linked polymer network and water. There are various types of molecule chains in the polymer network, including long chains, short chains, and dangling chains. Under tensile loading, the long ... -
Impedance of Evanescent Modes for Determining Interface States in One-Dimensional Chain
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Interface states and edge states in periodic structures have been extensively investigated in the context of topological dynamics over the past decades. In this study, we propose an impedance method based on surface impedance ... -
Quasi-Static and Dynamic In-Plane Mechanical Properties of Multi-Deformation Mode Honeycombs
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)To address the issue that the engineering application of conventional auxetic honeycomb metamaterials (AHMs) is limited by poor support performance, a novel multi-deformation mode honeycomb (MDMH) is proposed through the ... -
Atomistic and Theoretical Insights on Nanoprecipitates-Controlled Strengthening Behavior for Optimum Mechanical Performance in Nanotwinned NiCoCr Alloys
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The nanoprecipitates and nanotwins enable to improve the mechanical performance of NiCo-based alloys. In this work, the molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are performed to investigate the strengthening mechanisms of ... -
Irregular and Regular Honeycomb Lattice Structures: Effective Properties and Design Perspectives
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)A unified approach to determine the effective elastic properties of irregular and regular honeycomb (Hc) lattice structures is presented. A micromechanics model of a lattice, based on the fundamental periodic element, is ... -
Analysis of Pull-In Parameters of a Microelectromechanical Beam With van der Waals Force Using Modified Couple Stress Theory
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)This study investigates the pull-in parameters of a microcantilever beam influenced by electrostatic and van der Waals forces in microelectromechanical system (MEMS) devices. The classical continuum theory (CCMT) is ... -
Nature-Inspired Plate-Based Metamaterials With Negative Poisson's Ratio and Ultrahigh Stiffness
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Honeycomb structures, inspired by bee honeycomb, are one of the most efficient engineering materials. They were usually used as 2D honeycomb cores and honeycomb sandwich panels. However, a natural bee honeycomb is a 3D ... -
Robust, Strong Yet Tough Dual-Material Structures: Optimization, Experimentation, and Temperature-Induced Ductile Versus Brittle Behavior
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Fracture, akin to light, electricity, and magnetism, is an ever-present phenomenon. Counteracting fracture through effective design techniques has emerged as a distinct technology, gaining momentum alongside the rapid ... -
Strain–Stress Estimation of Vibrational Beam and Plate Using Radiative Energy Transfer Method
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)This study aims to present simple conversion expressions of strains–stresses and the energy density for beams and plates subjected to high-frequency random forces using the radiative energy transfer method (RETM). ... -
The Roles of Size, Packing, and Cohesion in the Emergence of Force Chains in Granular Packings
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)This study investigates computationally the impact of particle size disparity and cohesion on force chain formation in granular media. The granular media considered in this study are bidisperse systems under uniaxial ...