Applied Mechanics Reviews: Recent submissions
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Dynamic Testing and Characterization of Woven/Braided Polymer Composites: A Review
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Woven and braided polymer composite structures are used in many primary aerospace applications because of their superior behavior under dynamic loading conditions and light weight. Characterization ... -
What is Hysteresis?
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Hysteresis is a widely occurring phenomenon. It can be found in a wide variety of natural and constructed systems. Generally, a system is said to exhibit hysteresis when a characteristic looping ... -
Application of Fractional Calculus for Dynamic Problems of Solid Mechanics: Novel Trends and Recent Results
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The present state-of-the-art article is devoted to the analysis of new trends and recent results carried out during the last 10years in the field of fractional calculus application to dynamic ... -
Reflections on Two Parallel Ways in the Progress of Fractional Calculus in Mechanics of Solids
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Dedicated to Professor Stanislav Meshkov on the occasion of his 75th birthday -
Update: Application of the Finite Element Method to Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Since the previous paper was written (, 1991, “Application of the Finite Element Method to Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics,” Appl. Mech. Rev., 44, pp. 447–461), much progress has been made ... -
Permeability Measurement Methods in Porous Media of Fiber Reinforced Composites
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Accurate measurement of permeability is critical for fluid flow modeling in porous media. Various experimental methods devised to measure permeability as a porous material property in composites ... -
On the Mechanical Behavior of Boron Nitride Nanotubes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Boron nitride (BN) nanotubes have structural and mechanical properties similar to carbon nanotubes and are known to be the strongest insulators. Great interest has been focused on understanding ... -
The Meander Paradox—A Topological View
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Meanders are puzzling phenomena because a meandering river seems to contradict the principle of least action. Different approaches to explain this paradox are outlined by adopting a topological ... -
Literature Review of Methods for Mitigating Hydroelastic Response of VLFS Under Wave Action
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Presented herein is a literature review on the design and performance of antimotion structures/devices such as breakwaters, submerged plates, oscillating water column breakwaters, air-cushion, ... -
Dynamics and Control of Global Instabilities in Open-Flows: A Linearized Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This review article addresses the dynamics and control of low-frequency unsteadiness, as observed in some aerodynamic applications. It presents a coherent and rigorous linearized approach, which ... -
Homogenization Techniques and Micromechanics. A Survey and Perspectives
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)In this paper, we present a critical survey on homogenization theory and related techniques applied to micromechanics. The validation of homogenization results, the characterization of composite ... -
An Approach to Masonry Structural Analysis by the No-Tension Assumption—Part I: Material Modeling, Theoretical Setup, and Closed Form Solutions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The prevalent feature that characterizes masonry structures and makes them dissimilar from modern reinforced concrete and steel structures is quite definitely their inability to resist tensile ... -
An Approach to Masonry Structural Analysis by the No-Tension Assumption—Part II: Load Singularities, Numerical Implementation and Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The present note follows the previous one, part I, where theoretical tools for analyzing structures made by no-tension (NT) material are presented in extensive form. Some significant results are ... -
Recent Studies on Buckling of Carbon Nanotubes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper reviews recent research studies on the buckling of carbon nanotubes. The structure and properties of carbon nanotubes are introduced to the readers. The various buckling behaviors ... -
Toupin-Type Decay and Saint-Venant’s Principle
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Toupin’s Theorem plays the most influential role in the history of development concerning Saint-Venant’s Principle. We now review the history and the previous works, distinguishing Saint-Venant ... -
Predictive Modeling of the Dynamic Response of Electronic Systems to Shocks and Vibrations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The published work on analytical (“mathematical”) and computer-aided, primarily finite-element-analysis based, predictive modeling of the dynamic response of electronic systems to shocks and vibrations ... -
Symplectic Elasticity: Theory and Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Many of the early works on symplectic elasticity were published in Chinese and as a result, the early works have been unavailable and unknown to researchers worldwide. It is the main objective ... -
Recent Developments in Multifunctional Nanocomposites Using Carbon Nanotubes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This review summarizes the most recent advances in multifunctional polymer nanocomposites reinforced by carbon nanotubes and aims to stimulate further research in this field. Experimental and ... -
A Comprehensive Review of Natural Convection in Triangular Enclosures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Natural convection in triangular enclosures is an important problem. It displays well the generic attributes of this class of convection, with its dependence on enclosure geometry, orientation ... -
Review on the Constitutive Models of Tumor Tissue for Computational Analysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)A study on the constitutive models of tumor tissues is critical for the advancement of computational tools for clinical diagnosis and treatment plans. In this respect, continuum based constitutive ...