Journal of Applied Mechanics

The Journal of Applied Mechanics serves as a vehicle for the communication of original research results of permanent interest in all branches of mechanics.

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Framework by Yonggang Liu, Shaobao Liu, Moxiao Li and Tian Jian Lu for ureteral pain due to kidney stones demonstrates that kidney stones with sizes 7.5% ∼20% larger than the ureter inner diameter leads to dramatically increased ureteral pain. Learn more: https://t.co/q6cmhvNcRu

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A new technique achieves fully reversible giant deformations in dielectric elastomer membranes using short-duration voltage pulses. Learn more in a recent paper by Christopher Cooley and Robert Lowe in Journal of Applied Mechanics : https://t.co/0OcbIKu8rn

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Bhavesh Shrimali and Oscar Lopez-Pamies explain the trousers fracture test for viscoelastic elastomers using the fundamental form of Griffith criticality condition. Learn more in Journal of Applied Mechanics: https://t.co/VJwH4W9DlC

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New in Journal of Applied Mechanics: How is brain folding influenced by cerebrospinal fluid pressure? Learn more in a recent study by Fatemeh Jafarabadi, Shuolun Wang and Maria Holland: https://t.co/PCQpitAABW

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Water-triggered shape memory hydrogels transition between the sparse and dense phases. Yiheng Xue , Zidi Zhou, Jincheng Lei, Zishun Liu propose a constitutive model for this shape memory behavior and validate it with experiments. Learn more: https://t.co/ICqyZ3hPC5

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Can we avoid failure due to stress concentrations in 3D printing? Learn more about a grayscale digital light processing (g-DLP) 3D printing technique in a recent paper by Connor T. Forte, S. Macrae Montgomery, Liang Yue, Craig M. Hamel and H. Jerry Qi. https://t.co/0oBPB9rjUR

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Wenbo Pang, Liya Liu, Shiwei Xu, Yumeng Shuai, Jianzhong Zhao and Yihui Zhang present an electroadhesion-mediated strategy to actively control interface delamination of the film/substrate system during the assembly of reconfigurable 3D structures. https://t.co/LwTg5flw6s

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The buckling of thin shells is extremely sensitive to imperfections. How do dimpled vs. bumpy defects compare in dictating the buckling strength? Learn more in a recent paper by Arefeh Abbasi, Fani Derveni, and Pedro Reis from the @flexlab_epfl: https://t.co/5EwdfUX0uy

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Yipin Su, An Xin, and Qiming Wang present a modeling framework that explains the mechanism of the self-enhancement behavior of growing lattice composites. Learn more in the Journal of Applied Mechanics: https://t.co/100uPRj4Av

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New in Journal of Applied Mechanics: Yue Wang, Yingying Ren, and Tian Chen provide a tutorial on applying conformal mapping to generate planar structures that transform to target 3D shapes for material systems from kirigami to hydrogels.
Learn more: https://t.co/ClibpKrQc1

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Numerical and experimental study of quasi-static and dynamic compressive behaviors of CFRP Kagome lattice structures indicates both in-plane stiffness and the failure mode of CFRP Kagome lattice structure are sensitive to the load directions.
Learn more: https://t.co/U73yoXpZHC

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The Smooth Crack Band Model (sCBM) by Yupeng Zhang and Zdenek Bazant overcomes the limitations of the original CBM by introducing a localization-resisting energy that allows controlling the crack front width. Learn more in the Journal of Applied Mechanics: https://t.co/dL4C62qlyo

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Prashant Jha, Jason Marshall, Jaroslaw Knap, and Kaushik Dayal develop a new multiscale modeling framework for defects in crystals that accounts for the nonlocal electrostatic interactions.
Discover more in the Journal of Applied Mechanics: https://t.co/9fQ4qo3ZFc

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New in Journal of Applied Mechanics: Zeang Zhao, Panding Wang, Shengyu Duan, Ming Lei, and Hongshuai Lei present a continuum phase field model that predicts damage initiation and crack propagation in multiple network elastomers.
Learn more: https://t.co/bCbXjh4P22

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What is the mechanism behind the self-assembly and growth of intercellular junctions in response to membrane tension and cytoskeletal contraction?
Discover more in the Journal of Applied Mechanics: https://t.co/T7Dq2esSdu

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New in ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics: @ProfBuehlerMIT reports a new physics-inspired Machine Learning model that can predict the temporal sequence of fracture and the atomic-level mechanisms by which materials fail over time.

Learn more: https://t.co/nLXFcft0tL