Bo Wang, Pravarsha Ghanta, Sandra Vinnikova, Siyuan Bao, Junfeng Liang, Hongbing Lu, Shuodao Wang
{"title":"Wrinkling of Tympanic Membrane Under Unbalanced Pressure.","authors":"Bo Wang, Pravarsha Ghanta, Sandra Vinnikova, Siyuan Bao, Junfeng Liang, Hongbing Lu, Shuodao Wang","doi":"10.1115/1.4035858","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4035858","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mechanics of tympanic membrane (TM) is crucial for investigating the acoustic transmission through the ear. In this study, we studied the wrinkling behavior of tympanic membrane when it is exposed to mismatched air pressure between the ambient and the middle ear. The Rayleigh-Ritz method is adopted to analyze the critical wrinkling pressure and the fundamental eigenmode. An approximate analytical solution is obtained and validated by finite element analysis (FEA). The model will be useful in future investigations on how the wrinkling deformation of the TM alters the acoustic transmission function of the ear.</p>","PeriodicalId":508156,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Mechanics","volume":"84 4","pages":"0410021-410026"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1115/1.4035858","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34808226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J H Yuan, M Pharr, X Feng, John A Rogers, Yonggang Huang
{"title":"Design of Stretchable Electronics Against Impact.","authors":"J H Yuan, M Pharr, X Feng, John A Rogers, Yonggang Huang","doi":"10.1115/1.4034226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4034226","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Stretchable electronics offer soft, biocompatible mechanical properties; these same properties make them susceptible to device failure associated with physical impact. This paper studies designs for stretchable electronics that resist failure from impacts due to incorporation of a viscoelastic encapsulation layer. Results indicate that the impact resistance depends on the thickness and viscoelastic properties of the encapsulation layer, as well as the duration of impact. An analytic model for the critical thickness of the encapsulation layer is established. It is shown that a commercially available, low modulus silicone material offers viscous properties that make it a good candidate as the encapsulation layer for stretchable electronics.</p>","PeriodicalId":508156,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Mechanics","volume":"83 10","pages":"1010091-1010095"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1115/1.4034226","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34720459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J H Yuan, Y Shi, M Pharr, X Feng, John A Rogers, Yonggang Huang
{"title":"A Mechanics Model for Sensors Imperfectly Bonded to the Skin for Determination of the Young's Moduli of Epidermis and Dermis.","authors":"J H Yuan, Y Shi, M Pharr, X Feng, John A Rogers, Yonggang Huang","doi":"10.1115/1.4033650","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4033650","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A mechanics model is developed for the encapsulated piezoelectric thin-film actuators/sensors system imperfectly bonded to the human skin to simultaneously determine the Young's moduli of the epidermis and dermis as well as the thickness of epidermis.</p>","PeriodicalId":508156,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Mechanics","volume":"83 8","pages":"0845011-845013"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2016-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1115/1.4033650","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34663839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ehsan Ban, Victor H Barocas, Mark S Shephard, Catalin R Picu
{"title":"Effect of Fiber Crimp on the Elasticity of Random Fiber Networks With and Without Embedding Matrices.","authors":"Ehsan Ban, Victor H Barocas, Mark S Shephard, Catalin R Picu","doi":"10.1115/1.4032465","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4032465","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fiber networks are assemblies of one-dimensional elements representative of materials with fibrous microstructures such as collagen networks and synthetic nonwovens. The mechanics of random fiber networks has been the focus of numerous studies. However, fiber crimp has been explicitly represented only in few cases. In the present work, the mechanics of cross-linked networks with crimped athermal fibers, with and without an embedding elastic matrix, is studied. The dependence of the effective network stiffness on the fraction of nonstraight fibers and the relative crimp amplitude (or tortuosity) is studied using finite element simulations of networks with sinusoidally curved fibers. A semi-analytic model is developed to predict the dependence of network modulus on the crimp amplitude and the bounds of the stiffness reduction associated with the presence of crimp. The transition from the linear to the nonlinear elastic response of the network is rendered more gradual by the presence of crimp, and the effect of crimp on the network tangent stiffness decreases as strain increases. If the network is embedded in an elastic matrix, the effect of crimp becomes negligible even for very small, biologically relevant matrix stiffness values. However, the distribution of the maximum principal stress in the matrix becomes broader in the presence of crimp relative to the similar system with straight fibers, which indicates an increased probability of matrix failure.</p>","PeriodicalId":508156,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Mechanics","volume":"83 4","pages":"0410081-410087"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2016-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1115/1.4032465","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34580224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analytical Solution for Whirling Speeds and Mode Shapes of a Distributed-Mass Shaft With Arbitrary Rigid Disks.","authors":"Jong-Shyong Wu, Foung-Tang Lin, Huei-Jou Shaw","doi":"10.1115/1.4024670","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4024670","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this paper is to present an approach for replacing the effects of each rigid disk mounted on the spin shaft by a lumped mass together with a frequency-dependent equivalent mass moment of inertia so that the whirling motion of a rotating shaft-disk system is similar to the transverse free vibration of a stationary beam and the technique for the free vibration analysis of a stationary beam with multiple concentrated elements can be used to determine the forward and backward whirling speeds, along with mode shapes of a distributed-mass shaft carrying arbitrary rigid disks. Numerical results reveal that the characteristics of whirling motions are significantly dependent on the slopes of the associated natural mode shapes at the positions where the rigid disks are located. Furthermore, the results obtained from the presented analytical method and those obtained from existing literature or the finite element method (FEM) are in good agreement.</p>","PeriodicalId":508156,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Mechanics","volume":"81 3","pages":"0345031-3450310"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2014-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1115/1.4024670","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32394104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modeling of Interior Ballistic Gas-Solid Flow Using a Coupled Computational Fluid Dynamics-Discrete Element Method.","authors":"Cheng Cheng, Xiaobing Zhang","doi":"10.1115/1.4023313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4023313","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In conventional models for two-phase reactive flow of interior ballistic, the dynamic collision phenomenon of particles is neglected or empirically simplified. However, the particle collision between particles may play an important role in dilute two-phase flow because the distribution of particles is extremely nonuniform. The collision force may be one of the key factors to influence the particle movement. This paper presents the CFD-DEM approach for simulation of interior ballistic two-phase flow considering the dynamic collision process. The gas phase is treated as a Eulerian continuum and described by a computational fluid dynamic method (CFD). The solid phase is modeled by discrete element method (DEM) using a soft sphere approach for the particle collision dynamic. The model takes into account grain combustion, particle-particle collisions, particle-wall collisions, interphase drag and heat transfer between gas and solid phases. The continuous gas phase equations are discretized in finite volume form and solved by the AUSM+-up scheme with the higher order accurate reconstruction method. Translational and rotational motions of discrete particles are solved by explicit time integrations. The direct mapping contact detection algorithm is used. The multigrid method is applied in the void fraction calculation, the contact detection procedure, and CFD solving procedure. Several verification tests demonstrate the accuracy and reliability of this approach. The simulation of an experimental igniter device in open air shows good agreement between the model and experimental measurements. This paper has implications for improving the ability to capture the complex physics phenomena of two-phase flow during the interior ballistic cycle and to predict dynamic collision phenomena at the individual particle scale.</p>","PeriodicalId":508156,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Mechanics","volume":"80 3","pages":"0314031-314036"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2013-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1115/1.4023313","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32394103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Two-Scale Computational Model of <i>p</i>H-Sensitive Expansive Porous Media.","authors":"Ranena V Ponce F, Márcio A Murad, Sidarta A Lima","doi":"10.1115/1.4023011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4023011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We propose a new two-scale model to compute the swelling pressure in colloidal systems with microstructure sensitive to <i>pH</i> changes from an outer bulk fluid in thermodynamic equilibrium with the electrolyte solution in the nanopores. The model is based on establishing the microscopic pore scale governing equations for a biphasic porous medium composed of surface charged macromolecules saturated by the aqueous electrolyte solution containing four monovalent ions [Formula: see text]. Ion exchange reactions occur at the surface of the particles leading to a <i>pH</i>-dependent surface charge density, giving rise to a nonlinear Neumann condition for the Poisson-Boltzmann problem for the electric double layer potential. The homogenization procedure, based on formal matched asymptotic expansions, is applied to up-scale the pore-scale model to the macroscale. Modified forms of Terzaghi's effective stress principle and mass balance of the solid phase, including a disjoining stress tensor and electrochemical compressibility, are rigorously derived from the upscaling procedure. New constitutive laws are constructed for these quantities incorporating the <i>pH</i>-dependency. The two-scale model is discretized by the finite element method and applied to numerically simulate a free swelling experiment induced by chemical stimulation of the external bulk solution.</p>","PeriodicalId":508156,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Mechanics","volume":"80 2","pages":"0209031-2090314"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2013-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1115/1.4023011","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32394099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analytical Study of Two Pin-Loaded Holes in Unidirectional Fiber-Reinforced Composites.","authors":"Mohammad Mahdi Attar","doi":"10.1115/1.4007226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4007226","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The objective of this paper is to investigate the effects of geometrical parameters such as the edge distance-to-hole diameter ratio {e/d}, plate width-to-hole diameter ratio {w/d}, and the distance between two holes-to-hole diameter ratio {l/d} on stress distribution in a unidirectional composite laminate with two serial pin-loaded holes, analytically and numerically. It is assumed that all short and long fibers lie in one direction while loaded by a force p<sub>o</sub> at infinity. To derive differential equations based on a shear lag model, a hexagonal fiber-array model is considered. The resulting pin loads on composite plate are modeled through a series of spring elements accounting for pin elasticity. The analytical solutions are, moreover, compared with the detailed 3D finite element values. A close match is observed between the two methods. The presence of the pins on shear stress distribution in the laminate is also examined for various pin diameters.</p>","PeriodicalId":508156,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Mechanics","volume":"80 2","pages":"0210041-210046"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2013-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1115/1.4007226","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32394101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analytical Study of a Pin-Loaded Hole in Unidirectional Laminated Composites With Triangular and Circular Fibers.","authors":"Hossein Robati, Mohammad Mahdi Attar","doi":"10.1115/1.4007212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4007212","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The problem of stress concentrations in the vicinity of pin-loaded holes is of particular importance in the design of multilayered composite structures made of triangular or circular glass fibers. It is assumed that all of the fibers in the laminate lie in one direction while loaded by a force p<sub>0</sub> at infinity, parallel to the direction of the fibers. According to the shear lag model, equilibrium equations are derived for both types of fibers. A rectangular arrangement is postulated in either case. Upon the proper use of boundary and bondness conditions, stress fields are derived within the laminate, along with the surrounding pinhole. The analytical results are compared to those of the finite element values. A very good agreement is observed between the two methods. According to the results, composite structures made of triangular glass fibers result in lower values of stress concentrations around the pin, as opposed to those of circular glass fibers.</p>","PeriodicalId":508156,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Mechanics","volume":"80 2","pages":"0210181-210187"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2013-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1115/1.4007212","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32394102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Highly Nonlinear Solitary Waves for the Assessment of Dental Implant Mobility.","authors":"Bruk Berhanu, Piervincenzo Rizzo, Mark Ochs","doi":"10.1115/1.4006947","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4006947","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this paper we present a noninvasive technique based on the propagation of highly nonlinear solitary waves (HNSWs) to monitor the stability of dental implants. HNSWs are nondispersive mechanical waves that can form and travel in highly nonlinear systems, such as one-dimensional chains of spherical particles. The technique is based on the hypothesis that the mobility of a dental implant affects certain characteristics of the HNSWs reflected at the interface between a crystal-based transducer and the implant. To validate the research hypothesis we performed two experiments: first we observed the hydration of commercial plaster to simulate at large the osseointegration process that occurs in the oral connective tissue once a dental-endosteal threaded implant is surgically inserted; then, we monitored the decalcification of treated bovine bones immersed in an acid bath to simulate the inverse of the osseointegration process. In both series, we found a good correlation between certain characteristics of the HNSWs and the stiffness of the material under testing.</p>","PeriodicalId":508156,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Mechanics","volume":"80 1","pages":"0110281-110288"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1115/1.4006947","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32392068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}