Abstract: Using fine material meshes in structural dynamics analysis is often impractical due to time step considerations. Unfortunately, fine meshes are typically required to capture the inherent physics ...

Abstract: Correctly incorporating the influence of mechanical joints in built-up mechanical systems is a critical element for model development for structural dynamics predictions. Quality experimental data ...

Abstract: The generalized momentum balance (GMB) methods, explored chiefly by Shabana and his co-workers, treat slap or collision in linear structures as sequences of impulses, thereby maintaining the ...

Abstract: The Lubkin solution for two spheres pressed together and then subjected to a monotonically increasing axial couple is examined numerically. The Deresiewicz asymptotic solution is compared to the ...