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Submissions from 1989

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The flow of pure vapor undergoing film condensation between parallel plates, Amitabh Narain and Y. Kizilyalli

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Isotropic Analysis of Grid-turbulence, George Treviño

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On the Invariant Functions of the Turbulence Bispectrum, George Treviño

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Gradient dependent dilatancy and its implications in shear banding and liquefaction, I. Vardoulakis and E. C. Aifantis

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Mobile electric power technologies for the army of the future, James J. Zucchetto, John H. Johnson, Phillip S. Myers, and Thomas Jahns

Works from 1988

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Diesel engine flame photographs with high pressure injection, Duane L. Abata, Bradlee J. Stroia, N. John Beck, and Alan R. Roach

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On three-dimensional nonlinear subharmonic resonant surface waves in a fluid: Part I—Theory, X. M. Gu, P. R. Sentha, and Amitabh Narain

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Development of multistage sheet metal forming analysis method, S. A. Majlessi and D. Lee

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The Modelling of the Progressive Extensible Plastic Collapse of Thin-wall Shells, A. G. Mamalis, D. E. Manolakos, G. L. Viegelahn, and W. Johnson

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On the Role of the Process Zone in Hydrogen Assisted Cracking-I. Threshold Conditions, A. Neimitz and Elais C. Aifantis

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On the Role of the Process Zone in Hydrogen Assisted Cracking-II. Kinetic Conditions, A. Neimitz and Elias C. Aifantis

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Data dependent systems approach to modal analysis, Part II: Application to structural modification of a disc-brake rotor, S. M. Pandit and E. N. Jacobson

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Magnetoelastic buckling: Why theory and experiment disagree, M. O. Peach, N. S. Christopherson, J. M. Dalrymple, and G. L. Viegelahn

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Drill wear sensing and failure prediction for untended machining, A. Thangaraj and P. K. Wright

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Invariant Structure in Non-Stationary Behavior, G. Treviño

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Completeness of solutions in the double porosity theory, D. J. Unger and E. C. Aifantis

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Stress Analysis in Plane Orthotropic Material by the Boundary Element Method, Madhukar Vable and David L. Sikarskie

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Dislocation dynamics and lamellar termination softening in Co‒CoAl eutectics, T. W. Webb, W. W. Predebon, and E. C. Aifantis

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The Bauschinger Effect of Sheet Metal Under Cyclic Reverse Pure Bending, K. J. Weinmann, A. H. Rosenberger, L. R. Sanchez, and B. F. von Turkovich

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On the concept of relative and plastic spins and its implications to large deformation theories. Part I: Hypoelasticity and vertex-type plasticity, H. M. Zbib and E. C. Aifantis

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On the concept of relative and plastic spins and its implications to large deformation theories. Part II: Anisotropic hardening plasticity, H. M. Zbib and E. C. Aifantis

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A gradient-dependent model for the Portevin-Le Chatelier effect, Hussein M. Zbib and Elais C. Aifantis

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On the structure and width of shear bands, Hussein M. Zbib and Elais C. Aifantis

Works from 1987

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The physics of plastic deformation, Elais C. Aifantis

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The mechanics of phase transformations, Elias Aifantis

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A model for finite-deformation plasticity, D. J. Bammann and E. C. Aifantis

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Stress Intensity Factors for Interacting Cracks, A. Mehdi-Soozani, Ibrahim Miskioglu, C. P. Burger, and T. J. Rudolphi

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Stress Intensity Factors for Near Edge Cracks by Digital Image Analysis, Ibrahim Miskioglu, A. Mehdi-Soozani, C. P. Burger, and A. S. Voloshin

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On the Length of Crack Jump during Subcritical Growth, A. Neimitz and Elias C. Aifantis

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On the Size and Shape of the Process Zone, A. Neimitz and Elias C. Aifantis

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Time-averaged correlation for self-similar non-stationary data, G. Treviño

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Making the boundary element method less sensitive to changes or errors in the input data, Madhukar Vable

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Frequency response estimators for use in the presence of uncorrelated noise, Alfred Wicks and William Shapton

Works from 1986

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On the Dynamical Origin of Dislocation Patterns, Elias C. Aifantis

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On the Thermodynamic Theory of Fluid Interfaces: Infinite Intervals, Equilibrium solutions, and Minimizers, Vasilios Alexiades and Elias C. Aifantis

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On the Theory of Consolidation with Double Porosity-II, Dimitri E. Beskos and Elias C. Aifantis

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Aspects of strain measures and strain rates, E. Chu

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Environmental Cracking under Mixed-Mode Conditions, E. E. Gdoutos and Elias C. Aifantis

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The Method of Caustics in Environmental Cracking, E. E. Gdoutos and Elias C. Aifantis

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Extensible Plastic Collapse of Thin-wall Frusta as Energy Absorbers, A. G. Mamalis, D. E. Manolakos, S. Saigal, G. Viegelahn, and W. Johnson

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On the Inextensional Axial Collapse of Thin PVC Conical Shells, A. G. Mamalis, D. E. Manolakos, G. L. Viegelahn, N. M. Vaxevanidis, and W. Johnson

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Experimental investigation into the axial plastic collapse of steel thin-walled grooved tubes, A. G. Mamalis, G. L. Viegelahn, D. E. Manolakos, and W. Johnson

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Impulse dynamics of viscoelastic fluids and some solutions by integral transforms, Amitabh Narain

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On K-BKZ and other viscoelastic models as continuum generalizations of the classical spring-dashpot models, Amitabh Narain

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Fracture initiation in a lamellar alloy, G. O. Omoike and C. R. Vilmann

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Prediction of surface roughness and wavelength with progress of cut in grinding, Sudhakar M. Pandit and G. Sathyaharayanan

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Comments on 'a note on the height dependence of the skewness and the kurtosis of the vertical turbulent velocity in the neutral surface layer', George Treviño

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A gradient approach to localization of deformation. I. Hyperelastic materials, N. Triantafyllidis and Elias C. Aifantis

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A note on machining with a single-coated tungsten-carbide tool of 5° negative rake angle, G. L. Viegelahn, A. G. Mamalis, and A. J. Zavaliangos

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Dislocation Patterning in Fatigued Metals: Labyrinth Structures and Rotational Effects, Daniel Walgraef and Elias C. Aifantis

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Instabilities during tension of thin voided viscoplastic sheets, Hussein M. Zbib and Elias C. Aifantis

Works from 1985

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Computational Modeling of Explosive-filled Cylinders, Charles E. Anderson, William W. Predebon, and Robert R. Karpp

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The effects of variable conductivity on unsteady heat transfer in deposits, C. L. Anderson and C. Prakash

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Weatherability of pigmented plastics, John M. Dick, Marcus K. Chao, David L. Garrett, and Susan Pogasic

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Quantum combustion chamber for the digital engine, Lawrence W. Evers and Oswaldo Baasch

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On K-BKZ and other viscoelastic models as continuum generalizations of the classical spring-dashpot models, Amitabh Narain

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Two Wavelength Characteristic Grain Model for Grinding Wheel, G. Sathyanarayanan, S. M. Pandit, and R. P. Lindsay

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A model of edge cracking in sheared and bent steel plate, J. F. Siekirk and K. J. Weinmann

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Analysis of Non-Stationary Processes by Affine Transformations, G. Treviño

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Comments on "on projective invariance of shaky structures in Euclidean space, by B. Wegner", G. Treviño

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Time-averaged correlation for uniformly modulated data, G. Treviño

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An algorithm based on the boundary element method for problems in engineering mechanics, Madhukar Vable

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On the Formation and Stability of Dislocation Patterns-III: Three-dimensional Considerations, Daniel Walgraef and Elias C. Aifantis

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On the Formation and Stability of Dislocation Patterns-II: Two-dimensional Considerations, Daniel Walgraef and Elias C. Aifantis

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The dependence of yield strength on lamellar termination density in Co-CoAl eutectic alloys, T. A. Wall, W. W. Predebon, and B. J. Pletka

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A study of edge characteristics of sheared and bent steel plate, H. P. Weaver and K. J. Weinmann

Works from 1984

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Remarks on Media with Microstructures, Elias C. Aifantis

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The application of analytical ferrography and spectroscopy to detect normal and abnormal diesel engine wear, John W. Beck and John H. Johnson

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Visualization of the solid-liquid interface morphology formed by natural convection during melting of a solid from below, L. A. Diaz and R. Viskanta

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A quantum fuel injection system for the digital engine, Fredrick M. Heise and Lawrence W. Evers

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Lateral stability of rider/cycle systems, Charles W. Johnson and Jeffrey C. Huston

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On the theory of consolidation with double porosity—III A finite element formulation, M. Y. Khaled, D. E. Beskos, and E. C. Aifantis

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The Crumpling of Steel Thin-walled Tubes and Frusta under Axial Compression at Elevated Strain-rates: Some Experimental Results, A. G. Mamalis, W. Johnson, and G. L. Viegelahn

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Time-delay Bias Errors in Estimating Frequency Response and Coherence Functions from Windowed Samples of Continuous and Transient Signals, M. W. Trethewey and Harold A. Evensen

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The bispectrum for Brownian motion type random processes, G. Treviño

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Dynamic Effects in Spinodal Decomposition, D. J. Unger and Elias C. Aifantis

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A Double Porosity Model for Acoustic Wave Propagation in Fractured-porous Rock, R. K. Wilson and Elias C. Aifantis

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The design and testing of a computer-controlled cooling system for a diesel-powered truck, Zengyong Xu and John H. Johnson

Works from 1983

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Equilibrium Solutions in the Mechanical Theory of Fluid Microstructures, Elias C. Aifantis and James B. Serrin

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The Mechanical Theory of Fluid Interfaces and Maxwell's Rule, Elias C. Aifantis and James B. Serrin

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Advances in quantitative analytical ferrography and the evaluation of a high gradient magnetic separator for the study of diesel engine wear, David N. Anderson, Christopher J. Hubert, and John H. Johnson

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A Selective Two Microphone Acoustic Intensity Method, J. Bucheger, W. Trethewey, and Harold A. Evensen

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The digital engine concept, Lawrence W. Evers

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A model and the methodology for determining wear particle generation rate and filter efficiency in a diesel engine using ferrography, Christopher J. Hubert, John W. Beck, and John H. Johnson

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An overview of recent advances in quantitative ferrography as applied to diesel engines, John H. Johnson and Christopher J. Hubert

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The Quasi-static Crumpling of Thin-walled Circular Cylinders and Frusta under Axial Compression, A. G. Mamalis and W. Johnson

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The effects of a porous ceramic particulate trap on the physical, chemical and biological character of diesel particulate emissions, Paul R. Miller, Jackson Scholl, Susan Bagley, David Leddy, and John H. Johnson

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Remarks about the interpretation of impulse experiments in shear flows of viscoelastic liquids, Amitabh Narain and D. D. Joseph

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Variation in friction coefficient with tool wear, S. M. Pandit and S. Kashou

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Further remarks on an exact solution for crack problems, David J. Unger, W. W. Gerberich, and Elias C. Aifantis

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A Solution Technique for Indirect Boundary Integral Equation in Planar Elasto-plastic Problems, Madhukar Vable and David L. Sikarskie

Works from 1982

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An Investigation of Shock-Induced Fracture in a Lamellar Eutectic Two-Phase Metal Alloy, Gary Brawley and William W. Predebon

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A model and the methodology for determining wear particle generation rate and filter efficiency in a diesel engine using ferrography, Christopher J. Hubert, John W. Beck, and John H. Johnson

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Classification of linear viscoelastic solids based on a failure criterion, Amitabh Narain and Daniel Joseph

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Interference detection using barycentric coordinates, C. E. Passerello

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The Application of Simulation Techniques to Information Systems Analysis, Dae S. Surh, Gerald T. Mackulak, and Michael P. Deisenroth

Works from 1981

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Application of Rayleigh-Ritz method to forced convection turbulent heat transfer, L. A. Diaz and N. V. Suryanarayana

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Biomechanical basis for recommendation of transurethral sphincterotomy in spinal-cord-injury patients with detrusor-sphincter dyssynergia, D. N. Ghista and I. Perkash

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Analysis of Electro Discharge Machining of Cemented Carbides, S. M. Pandit, K. P. Rajurkar, and M. C. Shaw

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Characteristic Shapes and Wavelength Decomposition of Surfaces in Machining, S. M. Pandit and M. C. Shaw