Abstract: A method of evaluating the mechanical error in the kinematic and dynamic response of cam-follower systems is presented based on probability principles. The error is analyzed for the three-sigma ...

Abstract: Because of error of manufacture and assembly, the output kinematic characteristics of a Geneva mechanism will be different from the desired ones. In this paper an analysis procedure is developed ...

Abstract: Because of error of manufacture and assembly, the output kinematic characteristics of a Geneva mechanism will be different from the desired ones. In this paper an analysis procedure is developed ...

Abstract: The minimum volume design of I. C. engine pistons is considered with constraints on temperature and stresses developed in the piston. The interior penalty function method, coupled with the ...

Abstract: The sensitivity of the prediction of a monsoon depression to the adjustment parameters in a Betts?Miller scheme of deep convection is examined and an optimum parameter set is identified for the monsoon depression. For this ...

Abstract: The performance of the Betts?Miller?Janjic scheme of convection has been investigated for prediction of the Indian monsoons. For this purpose a limited area numerical weather prediction model with two schemes of convection, ...

Abstract: Instantaneous mode responses of dynamically loaded elastic, viscous, ideally plastic and rigid, viscoplastic structures are defined and characterized by variational criteria with isometric constraints. ...

Abstract: A study of the mechanics and failure modes of delamination initiated from a surface flaw in angle-ply fiber-reinforced composites is presented. The analysis employs a hybrid-stress finite-element ...

Abstract: High strength-to-weight ratio materials are becoming of increasing importance in the automotive industry. Some aluminum alloy sheets offer strength equivalent to low-carbon sheet steel at one third ...