Journal of Applied Mechanics 1997 Vol.64 №04 December

New York: American Society of Mechanical Engineers. — ISSN: 0021-8936.The purpose of the Journal of Applied Mechanics is to serve as a vehicle for the communication of original research results of permanent interest in all branches of mechanics. Technical areas covered by the Journal include: aerodynamics; aeroelasticity; biomechanics; boundary layers; composite materials; computational mechanics; constitutive modeling of materials; dynamics; elasticity; experimental mechanics; flow and fracture; heat transport in fluid flows; hydraulics; impact; internal flow; mechanical properties of materials; mechanics of shocks; micromechanics; nanomechanics; plasticity; stress analysis; structures; thermodynamics of materials and in flowing fluids; thermomechanics; turbulence; vibration; wave propagation; and any related related areas.Self-Similar Crack Expansion Method for Three-Dimensional Crack Analysis
Yonglin Xu, B. Moran, T. BelytschkoStress Concentrations in an Intermingled Hybrid Composite
H. A. Luo, Q. WangSpherical Cavity Expansion in a Drucker-Prager Solid
D. Durban, N. A. FleckScale Effects in Media With Periodic and Nearly Periodic Microstructures, Part I: Macroscopic Properties
M. W. Schraad, N. TriantafyllidisScale Effects in Media With Periodic and Nearly Periodic Microstructures, Part I1: Failure Mechanisms
M. W. Schraad, N. TriantafyllidisEnhanced Elastic Buckling Loads of Composite Plates With Tailored Thermal Residual Stresses
S. F. Muller de Almeida, J. S. HansenMicromechanical Modeling of Creep Behavior in Particle-Reinforced Silicone-Rubber Composites
Chao-Hsun Chen, Chaing-Ho ChengLinear Elastic Behavior of a Low-Density Kelvin Foam With Open Cells
W. E. Warren, A. M. KraynikA Multicontinuum Approach to Structural Analysis of Linear Viscoelastic Composite Materials
M. R. Garnich, A. C. HansenFracture Mechanics of Composites With Residual Thermal Stresses
J. A. NairnCrack Initiation From Homogeneous and Bimaterial Corners
J. L. Grenestedt, S. HallstromTheoretical Transient Analysis of the Interaction Between a Dynamically Propagating In-Plane Crack and Traction-Free Boundaries
Chwan-Huei Tsai, Chien-Ching MaFlexural Wave Scattering at a Through Crack in a Conducting Plate Under a Uniform Magnetic Field
Y. Shindo, I. Ohnishi, S. TohyamaViscoelastic Model of Finitely Deforming Rubber and Its Finite Element Analysis
Seung Jo Kim, Kyeong Su Kim, Jin Yeon ChoPost-buckling Analysis of Multiply Delaminated Composite Plates
Haiying Huang, G. A. KardomateasStability Analysis of Piezoelectrtc Circular Cylindrical Shells
Cheng Chang-qing, Shen Ya-pengTotal Deformation, Plane-Strain Contact Analysis of Macroscopically Homogeneous, Compositionally Graded Materials With Constant Power-Law Strain Hardening
A. E. GiannakopoulosEnrichment of the Finite Element Method With the Reproducing Kernel Particle Method
Wing Kam Liu, R. A. Uras, Y. ChenThermal Analysis of a Round Roll
W. R. Quails, J. K. GoodBoundary Element Solution for Free Edge Stresses in Composite Laminates
G. Davi, A. MilazzoKoiter-Based Solution for the Initial Post-buckling Behavior of Moderately Thick Orthotropic and Shear Deformable Cylindrical Shells Under External Pressure
G. A. KardomateasIn-Plane Stress and Displacement Distributions in a Spinning Annular Disk Under Stationary Edge Loads
Jen-San Chen, Jhi-Lu JhuDerivation of Plate Theory Accounting Asymptotically Correct Shear Deformation
V. G. SutyrinAir, Entrainment During Steady-State Web Winding
M, B, Keshavan, J. A. WickertDifferent Features of a Stability Problem of Underconstrained Structures
K. Y. Volokh, O. VilnayApproximate and Analytic Solutions for Deformation of Finite Porous Filters
S. I. Barry, G. N. Mercer, C. ZoppouContact Stresses in Cables due to Tension and Torsion
K. Kumar, J. E. Cochran, Jr., J. A. CutchinsLocalized Modes in Periodic Systems With Nonlinear Disorders
C. W. Cai, H. C. Chan, Y. K. CheungA Quasi-Decoupling Approach for Nonclassical Linear Systems in State Space
Gexue Ren, Zhaochang ZhengThree-Dimensional Vibrations of a Beam on an Elastic Half-Space: Resonance Interaction of Vertical-Longitudinal and Lateral Beam Waves
A. V. Metrikine, H. A. DietermanExplicit Vibration Solutions of a Cable Under Complicated Loads
P. YuA Lyapunov Function for Systems Whose Linear Part is Almost Classically Damped
S. J. Cox, J. MoroOn the Computation of Relative Rotations and Geometric Phases in the Motions of Rigid Bodies
O. M. O’ReillyStochastic Averaging of Quasi-Integrable Hamiltonian Systems
W. O. Zhu, Z. L. Huang, Y. Q. YangTime-Integral Variational Principles for Nonlinear Nonholonomic Systems
J. G. PapastavridisThe Fiber-Matrix Interface Crack
R. Chao, N. Laws