Abstract: Buckling of slender structures is traditionally regarded as a first route toward failure. Here, we provide an alternative perspective on a burgeoning movement where mechanical instabilities are exploited to devise new ...

Abstract: A graphical procedure for constructing the time response of a system from its phase-plane trajectory is described. From this, a graphical solution of the equation ẍ + θ(ẋ)g(x) + φ(ẋ) + ...

Abstract: he latitudinal width of atmospheric eddy-driven jets and scales of macroturbulence are examined latitude by latitude over a wide range of rotation rates using a high-resolution idealized GCM. It is found that for each ...

Abstract: he effect of eddy?eddy interactions on zonal and meridional macroturbulent scales is investigated over a wide range of eddy scales, using high-resolution idealized GCM simulations with and without eddy?eddy interactions. ...

Abstract: Hourly measurements from 51 moored buoys in the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean array (9°N?8°S, 165°E?95°W) during 1993?2004 are used to document the climatological seasonal and annual mean patterns of diurnal and semidiurnal ...

Abstract: The U.S. Navy has operated a military installation at Adak Island, Ala., since 1943. Jet fuel (JP-5) has been used as the primary fuel source on the island, including use as heating oil in the housing areas. Releases of ...

Abstract: Constructal theory and its applications to various fields ranging from engineering to natural living and inanimate systems, and to social organization and economics, are reviewed in this paper. ...

Abstract: This study is devoted to the investigation of the effects of inertial, centripetal, and Coriolis forces on the dynamic response of a simply supported beam with a single crack under moving mass load. As in the case of beams ...