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... dynamic finite element model and excellent agreement is found. Additionally, the finite element model is used to verify the key assumption that a lone slip arc precedes a lone stick arc. 04 11 2003 29 10 2004 perturbation theory friction creep slip belts drives pulleys mechanical...

... exchangers. non-Newtonian fluids flow instability elasticity perturbation theory 02 Jan 2001 19 September 2003 22 06 2004 Contributed by the Applied Mechanics Division of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS for publication in the ASME JOURNAL OF APPLIED...

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...X.-F. Li; K. Y. Lee 05 01 2004 piezoceramics crack-edge stress field analysis perturbation theory In studying crack problems in a piezoelectric material, many crack models have been proposed and some fracture criteria have been established. The author of 1 presented a new...

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... iterative methods perturbation theory elastic constants Furstenberg , H. , 1963 , “ Noncommuting Random Products ,” Trans. Am. Math. Soc. , 108 , No. ( 3 ), pp. 377 – 428 . Oseledec , Y. I. , 1968 , “ A Multiplicative Ergodic Theorem. Lyapunov Characteristic Number for Dynamical...

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... simplified and a series of analytical results are obtained in this paper. damping perturbation theory stability classical mechanics 18 Apr 2000 26 Sept 2001 16 08 2002 Contributed by the Applied Mechanics Division of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS...