Abstract: A study is made of the ratcheting growth of an elastic-plastic one-dimensional element subjected to thermal cycling in the presence of a sustained axial load. The cyclic temperature distribution ...

Abstract: Thermal ratcheting is the cyclic growth of a structure that is subjected to successive cycles of heating and cooling. The mechanism of thermal ratcheting in a simple two-element assembly is ...

Abstract: In this paper, some of the practical implications of the theory of electrokinetic flow in ultrafine capillaries are examined. It is found that electroosmotic pumping efficiency can exceed ...