Applied Mechanics Reviews: Recent submissions
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Multiscale Modeling of Cardiovascular Flows for Clinical Decision Support
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Patientspecific cardiovascular simulations can provide clinicians with predictive tools, fill current gaps in clinical imaging capabilities, and contribute to the fundamental understanding of disease progression. However, ... -
Fatigue Damage Modeling Techniques for Textile Composites: Review and Comparison With Unidirectional Composite Modeling Techniques
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Composite structural parts have been successfully introduced in high performance industries. Nowadays, also lower performance, high volume production industries are looking for the application of composites in their products. ... -
Strong Formulation Finite Element Method Based on Differential Quadrature: A Survey
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)A survey of several methods under the heading of strong formulation finite element method (SFEM) is presented. These approaches are distinguished from classical one, termed weak formulation finite element method (WFEM). ... -
Structure and Dynamics of Rotating Turbulence: A Review of Recent Experimental and Numerical Results
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Rotating turbulence is a fundamental phenomenon appearing in several geophysical and industrial applications. Its study benefited from major advances in the recent years, but also raised new questions. We review recent ... -
A Review of Computational Hemodynamics in Middle Cerebral Aneurysms and Rheological Models for Blood Flow
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Cerebrovascular accidents are the third most common cause of death in developed countries. Over recent years, CFD simulations using medical imagebased anatomical vascular geometries have been shown to have great potential ... -
Instabilities of the von Kأ،rmأ،n Boundary Layer
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Research on the von Kأ،rmأ،n boundary layer extends back almost 100 years but remains a topic of active study, which continues to reveal new results; it is only now that fully nonlinear direct numerical simulations (DNS) ... -
Review of Residual Stress Modification Techniques for Extending the Fatigue Life of Metallic Aircraft Components
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)A major challenge for the aircraft industry in the future will be the development of effective strategies for maintaining and extending the service life of aging aircraft fleet. In this context, residualstressbased approaches ... -
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Inglis Result: From a Single Notch to Random Surface Stress Concentration Solutions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)We celebrate the first quantitative evidence for the stress concentration effect of flaws analyzed by Inglis. Stress concentration factor (SCF) studies have evolved ever since Inglis' 1913 result related to the problem of ... -
Simulation Methods for Guided Wave Based Structural Health Monitoring: A Review
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)This paper reviews the stateoftheart in numerical wave propagation analysis. The main focus in that regard is on guided wavebased structural health monitoring (SHM) applications. A brief introduction to SHM and SHMrelated ... -
A Simple Treatment of Constraint Forces and Constraint Moments in the Dynamics of Rigid Bodies
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)In this expository article, a simple concise treatment of Lagrange's prescription for constraint forces and constraint moments in the dynamics of rigid bodies is presented. The treatment is suited to both Newton–Euler ... -
Delamination Under Fatigue Loads in Composite Laminates: A Review on the Observed Phenomenology and Computational Methods
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Advanced design methodologies enable lighter and more reliable composite structures or components. However, efforts to include fatigue delamination in the simulation of composites have not yet been consolidated. Besides ... -
Analytic Methods for Stress Analysis of Two Dimensional Flat Anisotropic Plates With Notches: An Overview
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)The anisotropy of composite plates often poses difficulties for stress field analysis in the presence of notches. The most common methods for these analyses are: (i) analytical means (AM), (ii) finite element analysis ... -
Adaptive and Model Based Control Theory Applied to Convectively Unstable Flows
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Research on active control for the delay of laminar–turbulent transition in boundary layers has made a significant progress in the last two decades, but the employed strategies have been many and dispersed. Using one ... -
Closure to “Discussion of â€کFlow Excited Acoustic Resonance: Excitation Mechanism, Design Guidelines and Counter Measures,’†(Ziada, S., and Lafon, P., 2014, Appl. Mech. Rev., 66(1), p. 010802)
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Discussion of “Flow Excited Acoustic Resonance Excitation Mechanism, Design Guidelines and Counter Measures,†(Ziada, S., and Lafon, P., 2014, ASME Appl. Mech. Rev., 66(1), p. 010802)
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)The authors have done extensive research in gathering historical background on the subject of flow excited acoustic resonance. They have provided extensive discussion to justify creative formulations for predicting the ... -
Closure to “Discussion of â€کMechanics of Confined Thin Walled Cylinders Subjected to External Pressure,’†(Vasilikis, D., and Karamanos, S., 2014, Appl. Mech. Rev., 66(1), p. 010801)
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)In the course of our study, we examined several parameters that affect buckling behavior of confined thinwalled cylindrical shells. Nevertheless, a few additional parameters are stated by Prof. Gresnigt, namely residual ... -
Experimental Perspective on the Buckling of Pressure Vessel Components
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)This review aims to complement a milestone monograph by Singer et al. (2002, Buckling Experiments—Experimental Methods in Buckling of ThinWalled Structures, Wiley, New York). Practical aspects of load bearing capacity ... -
Discussion of “Mechanics of Confined Thin Walled Cylinders Subjected to External Pressure,†(Vasilikis, D., and Karamanos, S., 2014, Appl. Mech. Rev., 66(1), p. 010801)
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)The collapse pressure of confined cylinders depends on many factors. In addition to the thorough investigations of Vasilikis and Karamanos, more factors can be candidates for further investigation, such as the effect of ... -
Flow Excited Acoustic Resonance Excitation Mechanism, Design Guidelines, and Counter Measures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)The excitation mechanism of acoustic resonances has long been recognized, but the industry continues to be plagued by its undesirable consequences, manifested in severe vibration and noise problems in a wide range of ... -
Closure to “Discussion of â€کCytoskeletal Mechanics Regulating Amoeboid Cell Locomotion’†(أپlvarez Gonzأ،lez, B., Bastounis, E., Meili, R., del Alamo, J. C., Firtel, R. A., and Lasheras, J. C., 2014, ASME Appl. Mech. Rev., 66(5), p. 050804)
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