... 02 2011 08 03 2011 12 04 2011 12 04 2011 deformation finite element analysis Galerkin method mechanical stability metal foams partial differential equations shells (structures) dynamic stability porous materials cylindrical shell Thin-walled circular...

... , Cambridge University Press , Cambridge, UK . 13 10 2009 22 05 2010 16 06 2010 22 10 2010 22 10 2010 buckling finite element analysis plasticity shells (structures) spherical shell yield inception shell parameter Displacement control of the rigid flat...

... 2010 biomembranes buckling elasticity fibres geometry neurophysiology shells (structures) shrinkage tissue engineering HFM for nerve regeneration here is fabricated using an immersion precipitation-based phase inversion process ( 5 ), which is a dry-wet solution spinning process...

... , E. , and Pellegrino , S. , 2010 , “ A Zero-Stiffness Elastic Shell Structure ,” Journal of the Mechanics of Materials and Structures , in press. Kebadze , E. , Guest , S. D. , and Pellegrino , S. , 2004 , “ Bistable Prestressed Shell Structures ,” Int. J. Solids Struct...

... 2010 19 08 2010 buckling carbon nanotubes continuum mechanics shells (structures) van der Waals forces Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) possess novel physical properties such as high stiffness-to-weight ratio, high strength-to-weight ratio, and excellent electrical and thermal...

... Springman , R. M. , and Bassani , J. L. , 2009 , “ Mechano-Chemical Coupling in the Adhesion of Thin-Shell Structures ,” J. Mech. Phys. Solids 0022-5096 , 57 , pp. 909 – 931 . 10.1016/j.jmps.2009.02.002 Johnson , K. L. , Kendall , K. , and Roberts , A. D. , 1971...

... 2010 buckling reliability shells (structures) The deterministic imperfection sensitivity has been developed by Koiter ( 1 ) in his classic Ph.D. thesis. It showed that the presence of the initial imperfections—deviations from intended shape can drastically reduce the load-carrying...

... perturbation theory shells (structures) vibrations 22 05 2009 08 06 2009 14 12 2009 14 12 2009 2010 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... where the frequency equation is not explicit. 22 05 2009 08 06 2009 14 12 2009 14 12 2009 elasticity perturbation theory Poisson ratio shells (structures) vibrations Young's modulus (In what follows, equation numbers in Ref. 1 will be preceded by the Roman...

..., and that their arrangement is axisymmetrical. The corresponding two-dimensional results are also presented, by slightly modifying the three-dimensional results. 19 11 2007 09 02 2009 23 07 2009 drops hydrodynamics shells (structures) viscosity spherical drops spherical shells incompressible...

... denote the original nodes and the added phantom nodes, respectively In order to induce unsymmetrical crack propagation with an axisymmetric shell structure and loading, we introduced a small scatter in the yield strength of bulk material. The yield strength at every material point is perturbed...

... , S. , 1970 , “ Analysis of Thick and Thin Shell Structures by Curved Finite Elements ,” Int. J. Numer. Methods Eng. 0029-5981 10.1002/nme.1620020310 , 2 , pp. 419 – 451 . Zienkiewicz , O. C. , 1977 , The Finite Element Method , Tata McGraw-Hill , New Delhi . Bathe , K...

..., but rather are symbols referring to the associated coefficients for g, q , and p , respectively. 05 09 2007 22 05 2008 23 10 2008 high-frequency effects laminates shells (structures) vibrations In the theory of shells, dimensional reduction from the dynamic...

... in the long-wave range. Moreover, it recovers the approximate three-dimensional stress state in both long- and short-wavelength ranges. 05 09 2007 22 05 2008 23 10 2008 elasticity laminates shells (structures) variational techniques vibrations Because laminated composite...

... of marine vessels, aerospace vehicles, and civil infrastructure. shallow sandwich shell blast impact laminated face sheets compressible core dynamic response sudden loading compressibility detonation waves finite element analysis Laplace transforms sandwich structures shells...

...-7683 , 44 , pp. 6163 – 6172 . 10 06 2007 15 09 2007 19 05 2008 bending elastic deformation partial differential equations Poisson ratio shells (structures) stress-strain relations Attempts to reduce the homogeneous eight-order system of partial differential...

... eigenvalues and eigenfunctions Galerkin method mechanical stability Newton-Raphson method partial differential equations shells (structures) vibrations shell panels stability limit points Galerkin technique axial compression The changes in the plate and shell panel vibration...

.... The potential benefits in the use of the reduced stiffness theoretical results to allow specification of the optimal designs are illustrated. 07 08 2006 27 08 2007 13 05 2008 buckling elasticity fibre reinforced plastics shells (structures) structural engineering fiber...

... shells (structures) torsion The collapse of thin-walled circular tubular structures has been largely used as a passive safety concept already adopted since a few decades on various vehicles. Hence, several recent studies conducted under dynamic loading (Refs. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12...

... 2008 shells (structures) error analysis elasticity Quasi-shallow (Q-S) shell theory, the independent extension by Libai 1 and Koiter 2 of Marguerre’s shallow shell theory 3 , assumes only that L , a typical wavelength of the deformation pattern (Koiter’s phrase), is small...