This paper proposes a method for improving the performance of two-dimensional, higher order theories of homogeneous and laminated composite plates. The method is based on the appropriate specification of through-thickness ...

The dynamical aspects of solid-solid phase transformations are studied within the framework of the theory of thermoelasticity. A problem of the Riemann type for a one-dimensional bar undergoing an adiabatic process is ...

An analytical solution is obtained in this article for the axisymmetric shrink fit problem with a thin strain hardening hub and an elastic solid shaft. The solution is based on the deformation theory of Hencky, the yield ...

Motivated by the increased use of fiber-reinforced materials, the authors illustrate how the effective elastic modulus of an isotropic material can be increased by the insertion of rigid inclusions. Specifically, the authors ...

Motivated by Rivlin's ideas on the thermomechanics of continuous media, we state the second law of thermodynamics in two parts and apply it to study the behavior of a mixture of an elastic solid and a viscous fluid.

Recently, a constitutive theory for rubber-like materials has been developed by which stress arises from different micromechanisms at different levels of deformation. For small deformations, the stress is given by the usual ...

The determination of static fields that are producible in every isotropic, homogeneous, incompressible, elastic body under the sole action of surface traction is known as Ericksen's problem. In this paper, the authors ...

The relationship between the film thickness and dislocation spacing in the interface dislocation arrays is studied by using a criterion based on the energy difference between the relaxed film configuration and a selected, ...

Some experiments suggest the presence of a sharp interface between comminuted and uncomminuted regimes in a ceramic subject to impact by a penetrator. This in turn suggests that one might model the associated dynamical ...