Abstract: Closed-form and series solutions are presented for the bending of plates bonded to a thin elastomeric foundation which is in turn bonded to a rigid substrate. The standard fourth-order governing ...

Abstract: Having a scientifically grounded set of community resilience indicators has been a long-sought goal in multiple fields of study and practice. Community resilience is a complex system consisting of emergent properties. ...

Abstract: The conditions for an overhanging flexible strip to slide off a flat surface are investigated. This problem may be applicable to pieces of paper, fabric, leather, and other flexible materials, ...

Abstract: Quasi-static peeling of a finite-length, flexible, horizontal, one-dimensional (1D) plate (strip, thin film) from a horizontal, thin, elastomeric layer (foundation) is considered. The displaced end of the plate is subjected ...

Abstract: The authors seek to contribute to the understanding of post-disaster community interdependencies by examining the recovery linkages between businesses and households. Specifically, this research looks to identify the ...

Abstract: Community resilience indicators increasingly have been used in disaster resilience planning and decision making. However, the methods used to validate that such indicators measure what they claim to measure continue to be ...

Abstract: A promising type of proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) architecture, the ribbon fuel cell, relies on the gas diffusion layer (GDL) to conduct electrical current in-plane to adjacent ...

Abstract: Equilibrium states are investigated for a heavy flexible strip that is fixed at one end and rests on an internal frictional support. Large vertical deflections are admitted. In the analytical ...

Abstract: Folding of carbon nanotubes and graphene nanoribbons into a shape that looks like a tennis racket is considered. An elastic continuum model is utilized in two types of analysis. The first is ...