Abstract: The steady motions of nonlinearly elastic and inextensible strings which are being drawn between two fixed points and are subject to a gravitational load are examined. It is shown that, dependent ...

Abstract: In this paper, expressions are established for certain relative rotations which arise in motions of rigid bodies. A comparison of these results with existing relations for geometric phases in ...

Abstract: The Dynabee is a gyroscopic device that is marketed as a wrist exerciser. In this paper, a model for the dynamics of this device is presented. With some additional work, we find that the ...

Abstract: In this paper, a model for the deformation of a rotating prismatic rod-like body is developed and analyzed. The novel feature of the model is its incorporation of the Poisson effect. As a ...