Journal of Engineering Mechanics: Recent submissions
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Microprestress Theory for the Prediction of Mechanosorptive Creep in Wood
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Mass timber has gained increasing focus as a sustainable alternative to concrete structures, and recent innovations have allowed timber buildings as high as 25 stories. However, although critical factors such as fire safety ... -
Analysis of the Mechanical and Mathematical Properties of the Tensors of Coupled Thermoelastic Isotropic Laminates by the Polar Method
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)We consider in this paper the general properties of laminates designed to be isotropic in extension and in bending and with a coupling between the in- and out-of-plane responses. In particular, we analyze the mathematical ... -
An Explicit Time Integration Method Based on the Verlet Scheme with Improved Characteristics in Numerical Dispersion
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)This article is about a modification of Verlet’s time integration method. First, a one-step version of the basic scheme is described. Subsequently, a diagonal matrix is introduced in the scheme to improve the behavior of ... -
Quantification of Corrosion-Like Defects in Pipelines Using Multifrequency Identification of Nondispersive Torsional Guided Waves
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Pipeline guided wave inspection is an efficient tool for determining the defect location. However, quantifying the defect size remains a challenging task. This paper proposes a quantification method for corrosion-like ... -
Clutching Inerter Damper for Multidegree-of-Freedom Base-Isolated Structures: A Numerical Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Base isolation systems (BISs) are used to isolate equipment or structures from vibration sources; however, the reduction in transmitted loads with the BIS can come at the cost of large isolation layer displacements. The ... -
Dynamics of Sand–Water Coaxial Jets in Stagnant Water
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)A series of laboratory experiments was conducted to study the dynamics of sand–water coaxial jets in stagnant water. The effects of the velocity ratio of the annular to the core jets on the sand concentration, velocity, ... -
Wave Resonance in the Narrow Gap between Two Boxes under Irregular Wave Actions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Fluid resonance in the narrow gap formed by a two-box system under irregular wave actions is investigated by employing a viscous numerical wave flume based on the OpenFOAM package. The accuracy of the numerical model is ... -
Reliability-Based Topology Optimization for Optimal Layout of Active Controllers of Structures under Random Excitation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Topology optimization is an appealing technique for optimal layout of active controllers of structures. However, the existing methods are mainly restricted to deterministic excitations, and the optimal control law involved ... -
Shape Reconstruction Method for Monitoring Large Deformed Beam Structures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Shape sensing refers to the deformation reconstruction of structures using measured surface strain. However, there is currently a lack of research on the shape sensing of large deformations, especially for beam structures. ... -
A Deep Artificial Neural Network Model for Predicting the Mechanical Behavior of Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces under Damage Loading
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) is being potentially considered in innovative applications, including robotics, biomedical engineering, impact energy absorption, and so on, so that the information on mechanical ... -
Sensitivity and Efficiency Analyses of Two Wood Cell Wall Structural Models
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)This study evaluated two fundamental assumptions about the geometry of the wood cell wall to develop a mechanistic characterization of wood behavior at the scale of wood structural components. This paper used a three-step ... -
First-Principles Electrophysiological Models of Cardiac Ventricular Myocytes as a Basis of Multiscale Mechanics of the Heart
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Cardiac electromechanics is a coupled multiphysics and multiscale problem. Of great interest to medicine and pharmacology is how the heart responds to changes in ion channel dynamics within the myocyte that are either ... -
A Multilevel Adaptive Mesh Scheme for Efficient Simulation of Thermomechanical Phase-Field Fracture
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The numerical modeling of thermomechanical fracture is an essential aspect of designing critical components in various industries, including aerospace, automobile, and nuclear. The phase-field method is a suitable approach ... -
Noncontact Dynamic Three-Component Displacement Measurement with a Dual Stereovision–Enabled Uncrewed Aerial System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Measuring the dynamic displacements of a structure provides a comprehensive understanding of the structure, especially when subjected to different types of dynamic loading (i.e., wind, traffic, impact loads, blast ... -
A Bayesian Vine Algorithm for Geotechnical Site Characterization Using High Dimensional, Multivariate, Limited, and Missing Data
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Geotechnical site characterization using multivariate, limited (sparse), and missing (incomplete) data is an important but challenging task, particularly in high dimensions. Toward this problem, this study proposes a ... -
Experimentally Verified Hybrid Spatial Structure Micromechanical Model for MR Fluid Prepared by the Drying-Free Process
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The drying-free preparation of coated magnetic particles has been proven to significantly improve the comprehensive performance and preparation efficiency of magnetorheological (MR) fluid. Due to the magnetic separation ... -
FEM-BEM Modeling of Dynamic Responses of a Fluid-Filled Lined Tunnel under a Water Hammer
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)A frequency-domain finite element method and boundary element method (FEM-BEM) coupled numerical method is presented to investigate the dynamic responses of a fluid-filled lined tunnel buried in the ground. The fluid is ... -
Numerical Exploration of the Shielding Effect of Vegetation on Nearshore Structures under Wave Run-Up Loading
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Overland flow from inundation events (IEs) such as hurricanes or tsunamis produce destructive loading conditions on nearshore structures. The magnitude of this loading and its associated impact can be substantially reduced ... -
On the DLVO Theory: Experimentally Measured Debye–Hückel Length
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The validity of the theoretical Debye–Hückel length (κ−1), determined on the basis of the Derjaguin–Landau–Verwey–Overbeek (DLVO) theory, to characterize diffuse layer thickness has been experimentally challenged. A series ... -
Insights into the Thermal Improvement of Montmorillonite through DFT and AIMD Calculations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Construction resting on soil and rocks containing montmorillonite (MMT) are prone to damage induced by swelling, which involves a significant release of energy. It is often desirable to enhance these soils to mitigate ...