In the fall of 2014 the Institute of Aerospace Engineering had been awarded by contract to perform Miniaturized Heat Switch testing. The Miniaturized Heat Switch was the [...]

This paper presents an analysis of the gripping system and contact links with a vertical plane of contact. It focuses on comparing the classic gripping elements and eleme [...]

Damage mechanics coupled with the theory of plasticity is a suitable framework for description of the complex behavior of materials such as concrete, steel, or bone. Howe [...]

Continuum damage mechanics provides an appropriate modeling framework for materials weakened by evolving defects. However, local damage models fail to provide an objectiv [...]

Damage mechanics is a suitable framework for description of the behavior of quasibrittle materials. However, the classical theory fails after the loss of ellipticity of t [...]

The paper presents a mathematical model of urine flow inside a male urinary system. The problem is simulated as an isothermal transient flow of Newtonian fluid, which is [...]

This paper deals with a damage-plasticity model combining Mises plasticity with isotropic damage. Due to softening induced by damage growth, the governing differential eq [...]