Journal of Engineering Mechanics: Recent submissions
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A Wiener Path Integral Formalism for Treating Nonlinear Systems with Non-Markovian Response Processes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/01/01)A novel formalism of the Wiener path integral (WPI) technique for determining the stochastic response of diverse dynamical systems is developed. It can be construed as a generalization of earlier efforts to account, in a ... -
Stability of Composite Cylindrical Shells with Nonclassical Hygrothermal–Electro–Elastic Coupled Loads
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/02/01)An accurate nonlinear hygrothermal-electro-elastic (HTEE) buckling analysis of piezoelectric fiber-reinforced composite cylindrical shells subjected to the coupled loading effects of axial compression and hydrostatic ... -
Uncertainty Quantification and Error Propagation Principle of Structural Flexibility with Time-Varying Dynamic Properties
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/01/01)The investigation of the time-varying properties of vehicle-bridge interaction (VBI) systems has gained much attention in recent years. Use the moving vehicle-induced time-varying dynamic properties for rapid flexibility ... -
Multiscale Finite-Element Analysis of Damage Behavior of Curved Ramp Bridge Deck Pavement Considering Tire–Bridge Interaction Effect
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/03/01)The present study developed a three-dimensional (3D) multiscale modeling approach to investigate the mesoscale damage behavior of curved ramp bridge deck pavement subjected to tire loading. First, a full-scale tire–bridge ... -
Kinetic Temperature of Structures for Resilience, Instability, and Failure Analysis of Building Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/02/01)From theory, calibration and application of the equipartition theorem of statistical physics to structural failure and instability analysis, we introduce the kinetic temperature of structures as an order parameter to ... -
Modeling Multidimensional Multivariate Turbulent Wind Fields Using a Correlated Turbulence Wave Number–Frequency Spectral Representation Method
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/04/01)Accurate and efficient simulation of turbulent stochastic fields lays a solid foundation for dynamic response analysis and reliability evaluation of wind-sensitive structures. In this paper, a correlated-turbulence wave ... -
Fully Coupled Model for One-Dimensional Large-Strain Consolidation and Heat Conduction in Saturated Clay
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/04/01)The consolidation characteristics of soils are affected by both mechanical loading and ambient temperature. However, research on this coupled theory is lacking. In this study, a fully coupled model for one-dimensional ... -
Advanced Finite Elements for Geometrically Nonlinear Analysis of Rectangular Plates under Various In-Plane Loadings Accounting for the Boundary Conditions of the Stiffeners
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/03/01)Highly flexible plate structures are subjected to various loading and edge conditions in many engineering applications, such as in the aerospace and civil industries. In this paper, the post-buckling response of rectangular ... -
Testing and Analysis of Additively Manufactured Stainless Steel Corrugated Cylindrical Shells in Compression
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/04/01)Initial geometric imperfections have been identified as the main cause for the large discrepancies between experimental and theoretical buckling loads of thin-walled circular cylindrical shells under axial compression. The ... -
Level-Set and Learn: Convolutional Neural Network for Classification of Elements to Identify an Arbitrary Number of Voids in a 2D Solid Using Elastic Waves
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/06/01)We present a new convolutional neural network (CNN)-based element-wise classification method to detect a random number of voids with arbitrary shapes in a two-dimensional (2D) plane-strain solid subjected to elastodynamics. ... -
Interrogating the Configuration Space of Postbuckled Beams
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/03/01)This paper considers the global configuration space of postbuckled structures. Initially, a slender buckled beam is considered. The boundary conditions are pinned at one end and fully fixed at the other. The pin-end of the ... -
A Mechanism-Based Shear Strength Theoretical Model for Fiber-Reinforced Cemented Soil
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/02/01)Fiber-reinforced soil is a multiphase and multiscale geomaterial and its strength is determined by the properties of the heterogeneous substances of soil and fibers and their coupling interaction mechanical responses. Based ... -
Hyperelastic Hybrid Molecular Chain Model of Thermal-Oxidative Aging Viscoelastic Damping Materials Based on Physical–Chemical Process
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/01/01)The viscoelastic damping materials (VDMs) used in the viscoelastic (VE) damping equipment may undergo thermal-oxidative aging during long-time exposure to complicated working environments and exhibit significant property ... -
Multivariate Extreme Wind Loads: Copula-Based Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/01/01)A probabilistic approach is developed to estimate multivariate extreme wind loads by introducing copula theory. Three major concerns are addressed: (1) the characterization of pairwise dependence among extreme load ... -
Active Control Based on Hedge-Algebras Theory of Seismic-Excited Buildings with Upgraded Tuned Liquid Column Damper
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/01/01)An active type of upgraded tuned liquid column damper (AUTLCD) based on hedge-algebras (HA) theory is proposed to mitigate structural vibrations of seismic-excited buildings in this paper. The AUTLCD consists of an upgraded ... -
Nonlinear Constitutive Model for Concretes at Early Ages Considering the Hydration Reaction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/02/01)Hygro-thermal and hydration behaviors exist in concretes at early ages, which inevitably affect their mechanical properties. Accompanying water consumption in the concrete, there are several irreversible thermodynamic ... -
Corrosion-Fatigue Analysis of Wires in Bridge Cables Considering Time-Dependent Electrochemical Corrosion Process
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/04/01)Environmental corrosion and cyclic dynamic loadings are the main causes of cable failures. In the degradation process of cables, the effects of corrosion and cyclic loading are coupled and the corrosion rate is time ... -
Reliability Updating with a System Reliability Method Based on Adaptive Kriging
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/04/01)Reliability updating can improve the failure probability estimates of structural systems when new observations are obtained. At present, an efficient reliability updating method is one that transforms the equality observation ... -
Rigid-Block DEM Modeling of Mesoscale Fracture Behavior of Concrete with Random Aggregates
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/02/01)The mesoscale structure generated in concrete plays a significant role in the mechanical properties and local failure behavior of mesoscale concrete. This work proposes a novel rigid-block discrete-element method (RB-DEM) ... -
Dispersion Analysis of Three-Dimensional Elastic Wave Propagation in Transversely Isotropic Media Using Optimally Blended Spectral-Element Method
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023/06/01)The accuracy of the optimally blended spectral-element method for wave propagation in a homogeneous transversely isotropic elastic medium was investigated. A nonstandard quadrature rule obtained by combining Gauss quadrature ...