Applied Mechanics Reviews: Recent submissions
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Nonlinears Normal Modes for Vibrating Mechanical Systems. Review of Theoretical Developments
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Two principal concepts of nonlinear normal vibrations modes (NNMs), namely the Kauderer–Rosenberg and Shaw–Pierre concepts, are analyzed. Properties of the NNMs and methods of their analysis are ... -
A Survey With Numerical Assessment of Classical and Refined Theories for the Analysis of Sandwich Plates
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)A large variety of plate theories are described and assessed in the present work to evaluate the bending and vibration of sandwich structures. A brief survey of available works is first given. ... -
Mine Impact Burial Prediction From One to Three Dimensions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)The Navy’s mine impact burial prediction model creates a time history of a cylindrical or a noncylindrical mine as it falls through air, water, and sediment. The output of the model is the ... -
Input-Output Analysis and Control Design Applied to a Linear Model of Spatially Developing Flows
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)This review presents a framework for the input-output analysis, model reduction, and control design for fluid dynamical systems using examples applied to the linear complex Ginzburg–Landau equation. ... -
Review of Degradation Models for Progressive Failure Analysis of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)The success of any progressive failure analysis of composite structures is influenced by the failure criteria and the associated material property degradation models. The failure criteria are the ... -
Two-Dimensional Navier–Stokes Turbulence in Bounded Domains
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)In this review we will discuss recent experimental and numerical results of quasi-two-dimensional decaying and forced Navier–Stokes turbulence in bounded domains. We will give a concise overview ... -
Analysis and Limit State Design of Stiffened Plates and Shells: A World View
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)Stiffened plates and shells are encountered in many engineering applications. Several analytical and numerical procedures were developed over the past decades for analysis of these structures. ... -
Poroelastodynamics: Linear Models, Analytical Solutions, and Numerical Methods
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)This article presents an overview on poroelastodynamic models and some analytical solutions. A brief summary of Biot’s theory and of other poroelastic dynamic governing equations is given. There ... -
Predictive Analytical Thermal Stress Modeling in Electronics and Photonics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)We discuss the role and the attributes of, as well as the state-of-the-art and some major findings in, the area of predictive analytical (“mathematical”) thermal stress modeling in electronic, ... -
Ballistic Resistant Body Armor: Contemporary and Prospective Materials and Related Protection Mechanisms
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)Modern military operations, technology-driven war tactics, and current on-street weapons and ammunition necessitate the development of advanced ballistic protection body armor systems that are ... -
Asymptotic Homogenization of Composite Materials and Structures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)The present paper provides details on the new trends in application of asymptotic homogenization techniques to the analysis of composite materials and thin-walled composite structures and their ... -
Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes Equations for Turbulence Modeling
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)The approach of Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations (RANS) for the modeling of turbulent flows is reviewed. The subject is mainly considered in the limit of incompressible flows with constant ... -
The Kinematics of Biological Growth
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)The kinematic aspects of biological growth models are reviewed by paying attention to the handful of crucial ideas on which modern treatments rest. Both surface and volumetric growth are ... -
Hopkinson Bar Loaded Fracture Experimental Technique: A Critical Review of Dynamic Fracture Toughness Tests
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)Hopkinson bar experimental techniques have been extensively employed to investigate the mechanical response and fracture behavior of engineering materials under high rate loading. Among these ... -
Some Observations on the Origins of Newton’s Law of Cooling and Its Influences on Thermofluid Science
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)The exact mathematical analogy exists between Newton’s law of cooling and Proposition II, Book II (The motion of bodies in resisting mediums) of the Principia. Several approaches for the proof ... -
Recent Studies of Adaptive Tuned Vibration Absorbers/Neutralizers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)This article gathers together the most recent articles of adjustable tuned vibration absorbers. The tuned vibration absorber was invented over 100 years ago, and its adjustability is also already ... -
Mathematical Modeling of Skin Bioheat Transfer
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)Advances in laser, microwave, and similar technologies have led to recent developments of thermal treatments for disease and injury involving skin tissue. In spite of the widespread use of ... -
Thermocapillary Convection in Floating Zones
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)This paper provides an overview of ongoing studies in the area of thermocapillary convection driven by a surface tension gradient parallel to the free surface in a floating zone. Here, research ... -
The Energy-Absorbing Characteristics of Tubular Structures With Geometric and Material Modifications: An Overview
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)For better crashworthiness performance, vehicles must protect its occupants by maintaining structural integrity and converting the large amount of kinetic energy into other forms of energy in a ... -
Deformation and Fracture of Functional Ferromagnetics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)This article presents an overview of recent progress on magnetomechanical deformation and fracture of functional ferromagnetic materials. Following a brief introduction of the classical magnetoelasticity ...