Applied Mechanics Reviews: Recent submissions
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Fluid transients and fluid-structure interaction in flexible liquid-filled piping
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)Fluid-structure interaction in piping systems (FSI) consists of the transfer of momentum and forces between piping and the contained liquid during unsteady flow. Excitation mechanisms may be ... -
Coupled deformation-diffusion effects in the mechanics of faulting and failure of geomaterials
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2001)This review article discusses the applications of poroelasticity to the mechanics of faulting and failure in geomaterials. Values of material parameters inferred from laboratory and field studies ... -
Mathematical Modeling in Continuum Mechanics
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Engineering Applications of Noncommutative Harmonic Analysis: With Emphasis on Rotation and Motion Groups
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Early numerical computations in engineering
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1955-1980: A Dynamic Quarter Century for Applied Mechanics
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A Retrospective on Dynamic Plasticity and Dynamic Plastic Instability
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Application of Weakly Anisotropic Models of a Continuous Medium for Solving the Problems of Wave Dynamics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)A review of papers dealing with the investigation of wave phenomena occurring in weakly anisotropic elastic media is available in the present article. Several weakly anisotropic models of a ... -
Possible Limitations of Probabilistic Methods in Engineering
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)This article summarizes the thinking of researchers and engineers world-wide on possible limitations of probabilistic methods in engineering, with particular emphasis upon structural mechanics. This ... -
Survey of Stress Analyses of the Femoral Hip Prosthesis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)The finite element method has been used to analyze hip prostheses for the past 25+ years and has proven to be quite effective. The use of finite element analysis, initially, was restricted ... -
On Microtransport Phenomena in Minute Droplets: A Critical Review
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)Liquid droplets are abundant in nature and industry. Their industrial applications are very broad. They appear in the forms of sessile, impinging, and hanging/suspending droplets, undergoing ... -
Development of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics: The Influence of Laboratory Experiments
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A Survey of Macro-Microcrack Interaction Problems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)The results obtained on the problem of the interaction between a large crack and an array of microcracks or other microdefects are reviewed. The following problems are considered: interaction ... -
An Experimental Method for Measuring Stress Intensity Factor Distributions in Three-Dimensional Problems
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Higher-Order Theories of Piezoelectric Plates and Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)This review article summarizes the development of higher order theories for the dynamic analysis of piezoelectric plates, and describes their applications, especially for crystal resonators. The ... -
Damping by Viscoelastic Layers
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Smoke Propagation in Road Tunnels
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)In tunnel fires, the most immediate threat to life is not the direct exposure to fire, but smoke inhalation. Efficient control of smoke propagation, therefore, is one of the most important ... -
A Survey of Heat Transfer in Separated and Reattached Flows
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)Heat and mass transfer in the separated, reattached, and redeveloping regions of incompressible or compressible flow is very important in relation to many types of heat exchangers. There have ... -
Aeroacoustics of the Vortex Ring
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)A review of recent achievements in the investigation of mechanisms of aerodynamic sound generation by turbulent vortices is presented. The results obtained, and their agreement, permit understanding ... -
Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer at Micro- and Meso-Scales With Application to Heat Exchanger Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000)By their very nature, compact heat exchangers allow an efficient use of material, volume, and energy in thermal systems. These benefits have driven heat exchanger design toward higher compactness, ...