Journal of Applied Mechanics: Recent submissions
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Impact of Nonlinear Viscous Damping on Strain-Mediated Domain Wall Propagation in Hexagonal Magnetostrictive Materials
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Magnetic domain walls are promising information carriers for developing next-generation high-processing speed spintronic devices. While extensive research has been conducted on field- and current-driven domain wall propagation ... -
Data-Driven Identification of Variational Equations for Vortex-Induced Vibration Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)In this study, a data-driven approach using the embedded variational principle is used to identify the variational equations of vortex-induced vibration fluid–structure interaction systems, in particular the coupling term ... -
On the Quasi-Diagonalization and Uncoupling of Gyroscopic Circulatory Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)A new central result that gives the necessary and sufficient conditions for two n by n skew-symmetric matrices and one symmetric matrix to be simultaneously quasi-diagonalized by a real orthogonal congruence is proved. ... -
Mechanical Behavior of Origami-Based Inflatable Bistable Foldable Panels
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Deployable structures are extensively used in engineering. A bistable panel structure, inspired by multistable origami, is proposed, capable of deployment and folding powered by air pressure. Prototypes were manufactured ... -
A Perspective on Democratizing Mechanical Testing: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Advance Sustainable Material Adoption and Decentralized Manufacturing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Democratized mechanical testing offers a promising solution for enabling the widespread adoption of recycled and renewably sourced feedstocks. Locally sourced, sustainable materials often exhibit variable mechanical ... -
Underwater Acoustic Non-Reciprocal Manipulation Based on Dynamic-Modulation Structures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Underwater acoustic non-reciprocal transmission via dynamic-modulation structures with time-varying mass and stiffness is studied. The model system consists of spatiotemporally modulated discrete lattices immersed in the ... -
Anisotropy and Mechanical Characteristics of Ultra-High Performance Concrete and Its Interpenetrating Phase Composite With Triply Periodic Minimal Surface Architectures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This work numerically explores the anisotropy, impact phase wave propagation, buckling resistance, and natural vibration of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) and UHPC-steel interpenetrating phase composite (IPC) with ... -
Mechanical Response and Failure Modes of Three-Dimensional Auxetic Re-Entrant LPBF-Manufactured Steel Truss Lattice Materials
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Auxetic architected materials present a novel class of damage-tolerant materials with tunable mechanical characteristics and high energy absorption due to their unique ability to laterally contract and densify when subjected ... -
A Novel Analysis of the Size Effect on Stress Intensity Factor for Center and Edge Cracks in Tension by the Net-Section Mechanics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)An unresolved question in fracture mechanics is whether the variations in the size or aspect-ratio of cracked plates or structures have a significant effect on the stress intensity factor (SIF) at the crack tip. Indeed, ... -
Variable Time-Steps in the Numerical Implementation of Viscoelastic Fractional Models for Laminated Glass
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Numerical approaches are elaborated to calculate the rheological response of laminated glass beams, whose viscoelastic interlayer is modeled via fractional calculus. This mathematical description is very effective when the ... -
Uncoupling of Damped Linear Potential Multi-Degrees-of-Freedom Structural and Mechanical Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This paper provides the necessary and sufficient conditions for a multi-degrees-of-freedom linear potential system with an arbitrary damping matrix to be uncoupled into independent subsystems of at most two degrees-of-freedom ... -
Critical Velocities of Single-Layer and Two-Layer Composite Tubes of Transversely Isotropic Materials Based on a Potential Function Method in Three-Dimensional Elasticity
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Critical velocities of a single-layer tube of a transversely isotropic material and a two-layer composite tube consisting of two perfectly bonded cylindrical layers of dissimilar transversely isotropic materials are ... -
A Thermodynamically Consistent Anisotropic Continuum Damage Mechanics Model With Damage-Dependent Equivalent Strain
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This paper proposes a new thermodynamically consistent anisotropic continuum damage mechanics model that the degradation of material is described by a set of damage variables. We adopt a set of novel equivalent strains ... -
Designing the Geometry of Compact Tension Specimens for Easy Fracture Toughness Measurement Using Reinforcement Learning
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)For composite laminates, a rising R-curve is observed for their fracture toughness under Mode I stress, which is important for a comprehensive failure analysis of the materials. Since it is laborious to measure the R-curve ... -
Dynamic Wrinkling Instability of Elastic Films on Viscoelastic Substrates
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The dynamic instability of stiff films on compliant substrates has received sustained attention due to the potential applications in flexible functional devices. Film/substrate system-based devices are increasingly utilized ... -
Shape Programming of Porous Bilayer Hydrogel Structures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Shape-programmable materials have garnered significant attention for their ability to morph into complex three-dimensional (3D) configurations under external stimuli, with critical applications in the fields of biomedical ... -
Dynamic Modeling of a Sliding Ring on an Elastic Rod With Incremental Potential Formulation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Mechanical interactions between rigid rings and flexible cables find broad application in both daily life (hanging clothes) and engineering system (closing a tether-net). A reduced-order method for the dynamic analysis of ... -
Theoretical Analysis for the Mechanical Properties of the Knitted Structures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Knitting is a technology that has a thousand-year-old history, and can be normally seen in our daily lives. The knitted structure is constructed by the interwoven yarns that are constrained by themselves, exhibiting extreme ... -
SUPG-Based Finite Element Method for Direct Material Property Determination Utilizing Full-Field Deformation Measurements
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)A direct approach is developed using Streamline Upwind Petrov Galerkin (SUPG) concepts to determine the spatially varying property distribution in a nominally heterogeneous material. The approach is based on successful ... -
The Tensile Strength of Brittle Diamond Lattice Structure With Material Dispersion
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This work investigates the effect of material dispersion on the tensile strength of brittle diamond lattice structures. In actual lattice structures fabricated by additive manufacturing, the dispersion of strength comes ...