...Johan Blaauwendraad Since Haringx introduced his stability hypothesis for the buckling prediction of helical springs over 60 years ago, discussion is on whether or not the older hypothesis of Engesser should be replaced in structural engineering for stability studies of shear-weak members...

... heat conduction navigation structural engineering thermoelasticity vibrations zinc toroidal spheroidal transradially isotropic thermoelastic vibrations spherical structures Spherically isotropic materials are of particular importance and use because of their applications...

... Technology and Structure Engineering, Aalborg University, Denmark. Doebling , S. W. , Farrar , C. R. , Prime , M. B. , and Shevitz , D. W. , 1996 , “ Damage Identification and Health Monitoring of Structural and Mechanical Systems From Changes in Their Vibration Characteristics...

... 03 2009 acoustic dispersion condition monitoring construction components convergence of numerical methods fast Fourier transforms structural engineering surface acoustic waves Wave-propagation-based methods are used for damage detection in structural materials. Elastic wave...

...-elasticity flutter vibration suppression parametric excitation bending elasticity structural engineering torsion vibrations 06 08 2007 02 10 2008 09 03 2009 2009 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... building system: reduced-order scenarios In many structural engineering applications, a common assumption is to consider shear-type models of structures represented by concentrated masses connected with the adjacent ones, with only one mass at the end connected to a support. This type of models...

... schemes. 20 11 2007 02 05 2008 15 01 2009 extrapolation structural engineering The development of reliable fluid-structure interaction (FSI) solvers has seen major improvements in recent years. Along with ever increasing computational resources substantial theoretical work...

... very well with the theoretical prediction, unless the mass of the moving clamp is taken into account. 30 07 2007 08 11 2007 20 05 2008 beams (structures) buckling elasticity mechanical stability stainless steel strips structural engineering Snap-through buckling...

...). uncertainty description convex modeling interval analysis ellipsoid hyper-rectangle probability structural engineering 28 06 2007 04 03 2008 16 05 2008 2008 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

.... 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...

... processes stochastic processes structural engineering robust design model uncertainties structural dynamics It is known that the accuracy of the dynamical responses predictions in computational mechanics is mainly related to the level of model and data uncertainties. For this reason...

... 10 2005 28 02 2007 11 01 2008 damping dynamic response frequency response oscillators structural engineering The characterization of dissipative forces is crucial for the design of safety critical engineering structures subjected to dynamic forces. Viscous damping...

... optimization analysis of different tensegrity structures to the biological displacement field will be presented. 16 01 2006 19 07 2006 underwater vehicles propulsion design engineering biomimetics beams (structures) plates (structures) optimisation structural engineering...

... structural engineering wavelet transforms damping flaw detection Numerous methods for damage detection have been developed based on the observation of the dynamic behavior of a structure. Cattarius and Inman ( 1 ) used the time history of structural vibration response to identify damage in smart...

... numerical examples. The first one is used to check the model accuracy, while the second one assesses the efficiency of the model-based identification method. 29 03 2004 03 02 2006 fibre reinforced plastics concrete plates (structures) structural engineering laminates delamination...

... growth behavior in the material are discussed. 18 01 2005 20 01 2006 rubber fracture mechanics cracks stress effects structural engineering An important engineering problem in structural design is evaluating its integrity and reliability. It is well known that structural...

... fundamental eigenfrequency becomes 5.01 in this case. Note that different materials could be assigned to the structure and to the fixture, and the use of multiple materials may allow the designer to make an even better design. structural engineering design composite materials functionally graded...

... satisfying all the afore said requisites (i–iii), to the full Newmark family. 22 09 2003 15 02 2005 integration Galerkin method variational techniques functional analysis structural engineering This work aims at giving an application to some ideas, presented...

... to reproduce numerically with VABS the same results for this problem as one obtains from three-dimensional elasticity, but with orders of magnitude less computational cost relative to three-dimensional finite elements. beams (structures) elasticity structural engineering The variational...

... 2002 12 June 2003 05 01 2004 vibrations hydrodynamics flow instability mechanical stability structural engineering Flow-induced vibration phenomena are a ubiquitous feature in numerous engineering applications ranging from buffeting of airfoils to deformation of building...