Abstract: This paper addresses the trapping of the front of a planar crack as it impinges upon a row of periodically-emplaced tough obstacles. The initial penetration of the crack between obstacles, ...

Abstract: The behavior of step tapered bored piles in sand, under static lateral loading, was examined by field tests at one site in Kuwait. A total of 14 bored piles including two instrumented piles were installed for lateral ...

Abstract: Recent advances in compact thermal models have led to the emergence of a new concept allowing models to be created at any desired order of accuracy. Traditionally, increasing precision was ...

Abstract: The problem of laminar flow of thin fluid films is investigated theoretically. An appropriate mathematical solution is given, where surface tension is neglected. The result is one universal curve.

Abstract: This paper presents a kinetostatic modeling framework for flexible cannulas (concentric tubing robots) subject to tip loads. Unlike existing methods that allow fast computation of the beam tip ...

Abstract: This paper presents a novel and unified analytic formulation for kinematics, statics, and shape restoration of multiple-backbone continuum robots. These robots achieve actuation redundancy by ...