Applied Mechanics Reviews: Recent submissions
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Weak Form Quadrature Element Method and Its Applications in Science and Engineering: A State-of-the-Art Review
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2017)The weak form quadrature element method (QEM) combines the generality of the finite element method (FEM) with the accuracy of spectral techniques and thus has been projected by its proponents as a potential alternative to ... -
Aspects of Computational Homogenization at Finite Deformations: A Unifying Review From Reuss' to Voigt's Bound
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)The objective of this contribution is to present a unifying review on strain-driven computational homogenization at finite strains, thereby elaborating on computational aspects of the finite element method. The underlying ... -
Transport Phenomena and Properties in Treelike Networks
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Treelike structures abound in natural as well as manmade transport systems, which have fascinated multidisciplinary researchers to study the transport phenomena and properties and understand the transport mechanisms of ... -
Manufacture and Mechanics of Topologically Interlocked Material Assemblies
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Topologically interlocked material (TIM) systems are loadcarrying assemblies of unit elements interacting by contact and friction. TIM assemblies have emerged as a class of architectured materials with mechanical properties ... -
Numerical Techniques Applied to Hydraulic Turbines: A Perspective Review
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Applications of computational fluid dynamic (CFD) techniques to hydropower have increased rapidly in the last three decades. The majority of the experimental investigations of hydraulic turbines were supported by numerical ... -
Acoustically Coupled Combustion of Liquid Fuel Droplets
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)The dynamics of oscillatory flames is relevant to acoustically coupled combustion instabilities arising in many practical engineering systems. This paper reviews fundamental studies that pertain to the combustion of single ... -
Review of Wave Loads on Coastal Bridge Decks
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Recent natural extreme events, such as Hurricane Ike in the U.S. (2008), Tohoku tsunami in Japan (2011), and Typhoon Haiyan in Southeast Asia (2013), have caused significant damage to the decks of coastal bridges. The ... -
Underwater Superhydrophobicity: Stability, Design and Regulation, and Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Bioinspired superhydrophobic surfaces have attracted great interest from fundamental research to engineering applications. The stability, design, and regulation of superhydrophobicity, especially in a submerged environment, ... -
Towards In Flight Applications? A Review on Dielectric Barrier Discharge Based Boundary Layer Control
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Active control of laminar boundary layers with dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma actuators (PAs) has made considerable progress in the last 15 years. First pioneering experiments have motivated numerous researchers ... -
Linear Closed Loop Control of Fluid Instabilities and Noise Induced Perturbations: A Review of Approaches and Tools1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)This review article is concerned with the design of linear reducedorder models and control laws for closedloop control of instabilities in transitional flows. For oscillator flows, such as opencavity flows, we suggest the ... -
Constitutive Modeling of Brain Tissue: Current Perspectives
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Modeling the mechanical response of the brain has become increasingly important over the past decades. Although mechanical stimuli to the brain are small under physiological conditions, mechanics plays a significant role ... -
Vapor Bubble Formation, Forces, and Induced Vibration: A Review
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)Bubbleinduced vibration has become vital during recent investigation and advancement in the area of multiphase boiling. The induced vibration phenomenon can be understood with the help of proper and detailed understanding ... -
A Global Dynamics Perspective for System Safety From Macro to Nanomechanics: Analysis, Control, and Design Engineering
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)The achievements occurred in nonlinear dynamics over the last 30 years entail a substantial change of perspective when dealing with vibration problems, since they are now deemed ready to meaningfully affect the analysis, ... -
Closed Loop Turbulence Control: Progress and Challenges
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Closedloop turbulence control is a critical enabler of aerodynamic drag reduction, lift increase, mixing enhancement, and noise reduction. Current and future applications have epic proportion: cars, trucks, trains, airplanes, ... -
Celebrating the Centenary of Timoshenko's Study of Effects of Shear Deformation and Rotary Inertia
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)This study revisits Timoshenko beam theory (TBT). It discusses at depth a more consistent and simpler governing differential equation. The socalled second spectrum is also addressed. Then, we provide the asymptotic ... -
Synthesis of Fibrous Complex Structures: Designing Microstructure to Deliver Targeted Macroscale Response
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)In Mechanics, material properties are most often regarded as being given, and based on this, many technical solutions are usually conceived and constructed. However, nowadays manufacturing processes have advanced to the ... -
A Review on Bistable Composite Laminates for Morphing and Energy Harvesting
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Bistable composite laminates have received a considerable attention due to their fabulous behavior and potential for morphing and energy harvesting. A bistable or multistable laminate is a type of composite structure that ... -
The Contribution of Kawada to the Analytical Solution for the Velocity Induced by a Helical Vortex Filament
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)The basic solution for the velocity induced by helical vortex filament is well known as Hardin's solution, published in 1982. A study of early publications on helical vortices now shows that the Japanese scientist Kawada ... -
Modeling Gravity and Turbidity Currents: Computational Approaches and Challenges
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)In this review article, we discuss recent progress with regard to modeling gravitydriven, high Reynolds number currents, with the emphasis on depthresolving, highresolution simulations. The initial sections describe new ... -
Computational Modeling of the Female Pelvic Support Structures and Organs to Understand the Mechanism of Pelvic Organ Prolapse: A Review
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is an abnormality of the female pelvic anatomy due to events, such as multiple child births, menopause, and morbid obesity, which may lead to weakening of the pelvic floor striated muscles and ...