Applied Mechanics Reviews: Recent submissions
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Ventilation of Lifting Bodies: Review of the Physics and Discussion of Scaling Effects
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Ventilation is relevant to the performance, safety, and controllability of marine vessels, propulsors, and control surfaces that operate at or near the free surface. The objectives of this work are to (1) review the ... -
Adaptive Composite Marine Propulsors and Turbines: Progress and Challenges
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)In this paper, the advantages, state-of-the-art, and current challenges in the field of adaptive composite marine propulsors and turbines are reviewed. Adaptive composites are used in numerous marine technologies, including ... -
Seismic Behavior of Horizontally Irregular Structures: Current Wisdom and Challenges Ahead
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)In view of the stronger vulnerability of horizontally irregular structures during earthquakes, numerous studies have been made since mid-1950 s. Unfortunately, research progress in this subject does not appear encouraging. ... -
Mechanical Properties of Female Reproductive Organs and Supporting Connective Tissues: A Review of the Current State of Knowledge
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Although there has been an upsurge of interest in research on women's sexual and reproductive health, most of the research has remained confined to the obstetrics and gynecology disciplines, without knowledge flow to the ... -
Turbulent Flows in Curved Pipes: Recent Advances in Experiments and Simulations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Curved pipes are essential components of nearly all the industrial process equipments, ranging from power production, chemical and food industries, heat exchangers, nuclear reactors, or exhaust gas ducts of engines. During ... -
A Review of Recent Research on the Mechanical Behavior of Lead-Free Solders
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)Due to the restriction of lead-rich solder and the miniaturization of electronic packaging devices, lead-free solders have replaced lead-rich solders in the past decades; however, it also brings new technical problems. ... -
Dynamical Models of the Camber and the Lateral Position in Flat Rolling
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)In flat rolling, the lateral position of the product in the rolling mill and the camber (curvature of the product centerline seen in top view) are key process variables. We explore how their evolution can be analytically ... -
An Overview of Theories of Continuum Mechanics With Nonlocal Elastic Response and a General Framework for Conservative and Dissipative Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)The aim of this review is to classify and provide a summary of the most widely used theories of continuum mechanics with nonlocal elastic response ranging from generalized continua to peridynamics showing, in broad outlines, ... -
Weak Form Quadrature Element Method and Its Applications in Science and Engineering: A State-of-the-Art Review
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)The weak form quadrature element method (QEM) combines the generality of the finite element method (FEM) with the accuracy of spectral techniques and thus has been projected by its proponents as a potential alternative to ... -
Aspects of Computational Homogenization at Finite Deformations: A Unifying Review From Reuss' to Voigt's Bound
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)The objective of this contribution is to present a unifying review on strain-driven computational homogenization at finite strains, thereby elaborating on computational aspects of the finite element method. The underlying ... -
Transport Phenomena and Properties in Treelike Networks
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Treelike structures abound in natural as well as manmade transport systems, which have fascinated multidisciplinary researchers to study the transport phenomena and properties and understand the transport mechanisms of ... -
Manufacture and Mechanics of Topologically Interlocked Material Assemblies
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Topologically interlocked material (TIM) systems are loadcarrying assemblies of unit elements interacting by contact and friction. TIM assemblies have emerged as a class of architectured materials with mechanical properties ... -
Numerical Techniques Applied to Hydraulic Turbines: A Perspective Review
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Applications of computational fluid dynamic (CFD) techniques to hydropower have increased rapidly in the last three decades. The majority of the experimental investigations of hydraulic turbines were supported by numerical ... -
Acoustically Coupled Combustion of Liquid Fuel Droplets
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)The dynamics of oscillatory flames is relevant to acoustically coupled combustion instabilities arising in many practical engineering systems. This paper reviews fundamental studies that pertain to the combustion of single ... -
Review of Wave Loads on Coastal Bridge Decks
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Recent natural extreme events, such as Hurricane Ike in the U.S. (2008), Tohoku tsunami in Japan (2011), and Typhoon Haiyan in Southeast Asia (2013), have caused significant damage to the decks of coastal bridges. The ... -
Underwater Superhydrophobicity: Stability, Design and Regulation, and Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Bioinspired superhydrophobic surfaces have attracted great interest from fundamental research to engineering applications. The stability, design, and regulation of superhydrophobicity, especially in a submerged environment, ... -
Towards In Flight Applications? A Review on Dielectric Barrier Discharge Based Boundary Layer Control
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Active control of laminar boundary layers with dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma actuators (PAs) has made considerable progress in the last 15 years. First pioneering experiments have motivated numerous researchers ... -
Linear Closed Loop Control of Fluid Instabilities and Noise Induced Perturbations: A Review of Approaches and Tools1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)This review article is concerned with the design of linear reducedorder models and control laws for closedloop control of instabilities in transitional flows. For oscillator flows, such as opencavity flows, we suggest the ... -
Constitutive Modeling of Brain Tissue: Current Perspectives
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Modeling the mechanical response of the brain has become increasingly important over the past decades. Although mechanical stimuli to the brain are small under physiological conditions, mechanics plays a significant role ... -
Vapor Bubble Formation, Forces, and Induced Vibration: A Review
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Bubbleinduced vibration has become vital during recent investigation and advancement in the area of multiphase boiling. The induced vibration phenomenon can be understood with the help of proper and detailed understanding ...