Journal of Applied Mechanics: Recent submissions
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Load-Bearing Wing Structures Inspired by Natural Cellular Materials
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)This paper presents the optimization frameworks for designing cellular internal structures of an aircraft wing subjected to aerodynamic loads. Inspired by natural cellular materials, this study employs lattice and foam ... -
Phase Diagrams for Anticlastic and Synclastic Bending Curvatures of Hexagonal and Reentrant Honeycombs
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Transformation between saddle- and dome-like bending shapes of regular and reentrant hexagonal honeycomb panels are explored. An analytical model is proposed to uncover the underlying mechanisms and identify the controlling ... -
Revealing the Effect of Dynamic Structural Evolution on Triple Junction Deformation Mechanism: Molecular Dynamics Simulations and an Energetic Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Triple junction (TJ) migration is a plastic deformation mechanism in polycrystalline metals mediated by the interplay between neighboring grain boundaries (GBs). Compared with GB migration, the dynamic change of TJ structure ... -
Periodic Solutions of Wave Propagation in a Strongly Nonlinear Monatomic Chain and Their Novel Stability and Bifurcation Analyses
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)A modified incremental harmonic balance (IHB) method is used to determine periodic solutions of wave propagation in discrete, strongly nonlinear, periodic structures, and solutions are found to be in a two-dimensional ... -
Evaluating a Stochastic Singularity Level in a V-Notch Isotropic Domain Due to Randomness in Material Properties
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The singular level of a v-notched isotropic domain is crucial as it relates to the domain’s stress intensity factor (SIF), which is essential for failure prediction. Typically, the singular level is calculated using ... -
Artificial Intelligence and Computing for Active Metamaterial Design: A Perspective
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Mechanics of Planar Variable-Curvature Interconnects for Stretchable Electronics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Stretchable variable-curvature interconnects, such as two-dimensional spirals, offer certain advantages over widely used serpentine and horseshoe designs with constant curvatures in terms of stretchability and coverage. A ... -
The Surface and Thickness Effects on Two-Dimensional Nanocontact Behaviors of a Finite-Sized Elastic Layer
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)The nanoscale contact behavior of an elastic layer with a finite thickness is significantly influenced by the effects of not only surface but also layer thickness. Using the elasticity theory based on the surface energy ... -
Analytical Shear-Band Process Zone Model Incorporating Nonlinear Viscous Effects and Initial Defects
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Customized Design of Mechanical Properties for Irregular Lattice Structures With Variable In-Plane Wall Thickness
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Dynamics of a Vibro-Impact Capsule Robot Self-Propelling in the Small Intestine With Multiple Circular Folds
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Crack Face Contact Modeling is Essential to Predict Crack-Parallel Stresses
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Entropic Pressure Between Fluctuating Membranes With Surface Tension
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Entropic pressure, a longstanding topic of interest in biophysics and biomechanics, has been studied for over four decades. Similar to an ideal gas, fluctuating surfaces can generate entropic pressure through thermally ... -
A Thermomechanical Framework for the Critical Temperature in Nanotube Structural Transitions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Thermally induced structural transitions in nanotubes between cylindrical and collapsed states are central to their applications in nanotechnology. Despite extensive research, the explicit determination of the critical ... -
A Novel Approach for Computing Rigid Body Motion Using Linear Accelerations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)A novel approach is presented for computing general rigid body motion based on a few known linear accelerations. This method utilizes linear acceleration data obtained from three distinct points on the body, all within a ... -
Propagation of Contractile-Induced Displacement in Prestressed Fibrous Materials
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)The interruption of cellular interactions in biological processes such as migration, differentiation, proliferation, and wound healing could lead to conditions such as fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, brain tumors, and cancer. ... -
Combining Viscoelastic Damping and Nonlinearities to Widen the Operational Speed Range of Flutter Energy Harvesting
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)We propose using viscoelastic damping with combined hardening and free-play structural nonlinearities to enhance energy harvesting performance and control vibration in a pitch and plunge airfoil with piezoelectric transduction. ... -
Mechanics of a Tunable Bistable Metamaterial With Shape Memory Polymer
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Bistable metamaterials, characterized by their ability to transition between two stable configurations, find applications in the fields of morphing structures, energy harvesting systems, and bionics. Shape memory polymers ... -
Soft Electromechanical Elastomers Impervious to Instability
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Soft dielectric elastomers that can exhibit extremely large deformations under the action of an electric field enable applications such as soft robotics, biomedical devices, and energy harvesting among others. A key ... -
Incremental Deformations and Bifurcation of Elastic Solids Reinforced by Fibers With Intrinsic Extensional, Flexural, and Torsional Elasticity
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)We present a model for incremental deformations of an elastic solid reinforced by a single family of fibers that offer resistance to extension, flexure, and torsion. The theory is cast in the setting of small-on-large ...