Applied Mechanics Reviews: Recent submissions
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Optimal Structural Design in the USSR
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1989)Studies in structural optimization in Russia began more than a century ago and initially satisfied the needs of railroad engineering. Later Soviet academic researchers and engineers considered ... -
Recent Studies on the Dynamic Plastic Behavior of Structures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1989)This article contains a review of the literature, which has been published recently, on the dynamic plastic behavior of simple structures. The dynamic loads cause large plastic strains which ... -
Methods of Random Vibration for Inelastic Structures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1989)Structures often become nonlinear and inelastic under severe lateral force produced by natural hazards such as earthquakes, severe winds and waves. The restoring force of the structures under ... -
A Concept Review of Low-Heat-Rejection Engines
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1989)Insulated engines have become popular ideas with the development of new materials and material processing techniques. Several research groups have been involved and are producing needed, quality ... -
Ceramics for Transportation Engines—Siren or Solution
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1989)The major challenges facing transportation engines—shrinking resources, preserving the environment, and competition—are reviewed and the promise of new materials, specifically ceramics, in helping ... -
Elastic and Acoustic Resonance Wave Scattering
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1989)The present article addresses classical elastic and/or acoustic wave-scattering problems for situations in which the pertinent targets are penetrable. In contrast to impenetrable scatterers, penetrable ... -
Micromechanical Analysis of Composites by the Method of Cells
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1989)A micromechanics theory based on the analysis of a repeating cell in a fiber-reinforced material is reviewed. The analysis leads to the prediction of the overall behavior of various types of ... -
Sources of Inspiration
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Mechanics and Finite Elements of Shells
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1989)This article begins with a brief review of the foundations: The classical theory of Love is described with attention to the underlying hypothesis and consequent limitations. A more general ... -
Optimal Topologies of Structures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1989)Topological design, where the member connectivity is sought in addition to member sizing, is perhaps the most challenging and economically the most rewarding of the structural optimization tasks. ... -
Radiative Transfer in Dispersed Media
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1989)In this paper the continuum and noncontinuum (discrete) theories for radiative properties and radiative transfer models in dispersed particulate, porous and cellular media capable of absorbing, ... -
Numerical Methods for Viscous Flows With Moving Boundaries
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1989)A review of numerical algorithms for the analysis of viscous flows with moving interfaces is presented. The review is supplemented with a discussion of methods that have been introduced in the ... -
Flow Control
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1989)The ability to actively or passively manipulate a flow field to effect a desired change is of immense technological importance. In this article, methods of control to achieve transition delay, ... -
Causal Theories of Evolution and Wave Propagation in Mathematical Physics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1989)There are still many phenomena, especially in continuum physics, that are described by means of parabolic partial differential equations whose solution are not compatible with the causality ... -
Recent Developments Concerning Saint-Venant’s Principle: An Update
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1989)The simplifications arising in elasticity theory from consideration of resultant boundary conditions instead of mathematically exact pointwise conditions have been the key to widespread application ... -
Ductile Fracture Propagation and Arrest in Offshore Pipelines
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1988)The problem of ductile fracture propagation in pipelines, already extensively studied in the past in the case of buried pipelines, has been receiving the close attentions of research institutes ... -
Review of Knee Models
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1988)This paper is a review of static and dynamic models of the human knee joint. Both phenomenological and anatomically based models are discussed. The phenomenological models can be classified ... -
Nondestructive Evaluation of Offshore Structures Using Fracture Mechanics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1988)Developments in fast modelling of processes, materials response and methodology in combination with appropriate knowledge based systems opens up the possibility of linking CAD/CAM with Computer ... -
About the Authors
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Applications of Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics to Offshore Structures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1988)For offshore structures the fatigue limit state is governing the structural dimensions of several members and joint connections. Safety against fatigue failure is achieved through a combination ...