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Abstract: A necessary and sufficient condition for the asymptotic stability of damped, linear, symmetric, multidegree of freedon systems is given. The condition is easily applied if the principal coordinates ...

Abstract: A steady-state Monte Carlo scheme is developed for phonon transport based on the energy-based deviational phonon Boltzmann transport equation (PBTE). Other than tracking trajectories and time evolution of each packet in ...

Abstract: In some polymers, stress-induced changes in molecular mobility give rise to a strain-softening effect. The influence of this effect on the stress and deformation fields near a crack tip are ...

Abstract: A large prompt-burst nuclear reactor, “Super Kukla,” required a core of material that would withstand unusually high stress levels resulting from rapid thermal expansion and inertia loads. An ...

Abstract: The importance of the goal of developing systems that effectively use nonrenewable energy resources such as oil, natural gas, and coal is apparent. The method of exergy analysis is well suited ...

Abstract: A nonlinear, large deformation beam/column formulation is used to model the behavior of the human spine under compressive load. The stabilizing roles of muscles are accounted for using Patwardhan’s assumption that muscles ...