Applied Mechanics Reviews: Recent submissions

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    • Damage Analysis in Fiber Composite Sheets and Uncoated Woven Fabrics 

      J. N. Rossettos; T. A. Godfrey (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1998)
      The mechanics of damage of fiber composite sheets has been reviewed, including cases where the analytical models have been compared to experiments. The emphasis has been on the micromechanics ...

    • Videogrammetric Methods in Velocimetry 

      Th. Dracos; A. Gruen (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1998)
      Photogrammetry has been successfully applied in surveying and mapping for a long time. New imaging techniques, digital data acquisition and storage and powerful computing facilities transformed ...

    • Experiments and Constitutive Equations 

      Sol R. Bodner (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1998)

    • Real Porous Media: Local Geometry and Macroscopic Properties 

      P. M. Adler; J.-F. Thovert (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1998)
      The random geometry of real porous media is analyzed with the objective of reproducing it numerically; adequate algorithms are proposed for consolidated materials which may be statistically ...

    • Energy Absorption Capability and Crashworthiness of Composite Material Structures: A Review 

      J. J. Carruthers; A. P. Kettle; A. M. Robinson (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1998)
      The controlled brittle failure of thermosetting fibre-reinforced polymer composites can provide a very efficient energy absorption mechanism. Consequently, the use of these materials in crashworthy ...

    • Asymptotic Theory of Global Separation 

      S. I. Chernyshenko (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1998)
      This article aims to review the recent achievements and the state of the art in the high Reynolds number asymptotic theory of steady separated flow past bluff bodies for a general reader ...

    • A Finite Element Bibliography for Biomechanics (1987-1997) 

      Jaroslav Mackerle (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1998)
      This article gives a bibliographical review of the finite element method (FEM) applied to biomechanics. The bibliography at the end of the article contains references to published papers, ...

    • Symmetric Galerkin Boundary Element Methods 

      Marc Bonnet; Giulio Maier; Castrenze Polizzotto (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1998)
      This review article concerns a methodology for solving numerically, for engineering purposes, boundary and initial-boundary value problems by a peculiar approach characterized by the following ...

    • Developments in the Mechanics of Reinforced Soil: Empirical Background and Analytical Approaches 

      Andrzej Sawicki (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1998)
      Reinforced soil (RS) is a composite material built of a soil matrix reinforced with other materials such as metal strips, geosynthetics etc. RS has been increasingly used in civil engineering, ...

    • Static Analysis of Shells With Developable Middle Surfaces 

      S. N. Krivoshapko (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1998)
      This review article is devoted to an analysis of the literature on the stress-strain state of shells with developable middle surfaces. Wide choices of design methods for the developable surfaces ...

    • Hyperbolic Thermoelasticity: A Review of Recent Literature 

      D. S. Chandrasekharaiah (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1998)
      This review article is a continuation of a previous article by the author, Thermoelasticity with second sound: A review, which appeared in this journal in March, 1986 (Appl Mech Rev39 (3) ...

    • The Plate and Shell Vibration Monographs 

      Arthur W. Leissa (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1998)

    • Reflections on Fifty Years 

      R. G. Galiullin; George J. Simitses; Dimitrios Karamanlidis; Earl H. Dowell (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)

    • Reflections on Fifty Years 

      Yuriy A. Rossikhin; Marina V. Shitikova; Raouf A. Ibrahim; Marat Ilgamov (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)

    • Reflections on Fifty Years 

      Andrew F. Martin; Horst Lippmann; Theodoros K. Karalis (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)

    • Reflections on Fifty Years 

      Hal Burnside; Kostas P. Soldatos; William C. Orthwein (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)

    • Reflections on Fifty Years 

      Cornelius O. Horgan; Serge Abrate; Haym Benaroya (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)

    • Editorial 

      Arthur W. Leissa (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)

    • Applications of Fractional Calculus to Dynamic Problems of Linear and Nonlinear Hereditary Mechanics of Solids 

      Yuriy A. Rossikhin; Marina V. Shitikova (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)
      The aim of this review article is to collect together separated results of research in the application of fractional derivatives and other fractional operators to problems connected with vibrations ...

    • Editorial 

      Arthur W. Leissa (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997)