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A precision six-load-component transducer: A design incorporating finite-length measurement paths
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1993-12)
The design of an instrument is described that measures three resultant force components and three resultant moment components acting on a surface. Within the framework of linear elastostatics of an isotropic homogeneous ...
An experimental study of stress singularities at a sharp corner in a contact problem
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1990-09)
The photoelastic method was used to investigate the nature of the local stress field at a sharp corner of a wedge that was compressed against a larger body. Planar wedge specimens made of photoelastic material were compressed ...
Buckling of polar and rectilinearly orthotropic annuli under uniform internal or external pressure loading
(Elsevier, 1992)
The problem of the out of plane buckling of polar orthotropic annuli under uniform internal or external pressure loading has been investigated with the assumption of axisymmetry by numerous researchers. In this paper, the ...
A reconciliation of dynamic crack velocity and Rayleigh wave speed in isotropic brittle solids
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1994-01)
Following earlier observations of multiple micro-crack formation accompanying crack propagation under dynamic conditions, the question regarding the discrepancy between the ‘theoretically anticipated’ maximal crack (Rayleigh ...
Rate-dependent compressive behavior of unidirectional carbon fiber composites
(Society of Plastics EngineersWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2004-08)
Unidirectional carbon fiber stitched composites were subjected to off-axis compression under static and low-velocity impact loading. Specimens were cut such that the fibers were at angles of 15°, 30°, 45° and 60° to the ...
Failure Analysis of Adhesively Bonded Structures: From Coupon Level Data to Structural Level Predictions and Verification
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer, 2005-08)
This paper presents a predictive methodology and verification through experiment for the analysis and failure of adhesively bonded, hat stiffened structures using coupon level input data. The hats were made of steel and ...
Non-steady, periodic behavior in the dynamic fracture of PMMA
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1993-01)
A crack moving dynamically through a sheet of Polymethylmethacrylate at high average velocity is found in reality to propagate in a non-steady, periodic, and perhaps discontinuous fashion. The spatial period of the fracture ...
An electromagnetic forcing device
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1978-05)
The paper describes the drawbacks of an electromagnetic forcing device, of the type commonly used to study forced vibration of structures, and presents details of a feedback control system designed to overcome them. The ...
Reduction of contact stress by use of relief notches
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1991-09)
The photoelastic method is used to investigate the possibility of relieving the large local stresses that develop in the corners of a right angled indenter compressing a semi-infinite body by inducing geometric changes to ...
Compressive response and failure of fiber reinforced unidirectional composites
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1999-12)
The compressive response of polymer matrix fiber reinforced unidirectional composites (PMC's) is investigated via a combination of experiment and analysis. The study accounts for the nonlinear constitutive response of the ...