Although the performance of lithium ion-batteries continues to improve, their energy density and cycle life remain insufficient for applications in consumer electronics, transport and large-scale renewable energy storage. Silicon has a large charge storage capacity and this makes it an attractive anode material, but pulverization during cycling and an unstable solid-electrolyte interphase has l...

*DcparllllL'nt Ill" MechanICal and Aerospace Engineering. **Ocp;,Jftment of Civil Engineering. EVER 1. BARBERO,* ROBERTO LOPEZ-ANIDO** AND JULIO F. DAVALOS** Ui'st Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506-6101 On the Mechanics of Thin-Walled Laminated Composite Beams sible to optinlize the material itself by choosing among a variety of resins, fiber systems, and fiber orientations. Changes in t...

We present a comprehensive rotation-free Kirchhoff-Love (KL) shell formulation for peridynamics (PD) that is capable of modeling large elasto-plastic deformations and fracture in thin-walled structures. To remove the need predefined global parametric domain, Principal Component Analysis employed meshfree setting to develop local parameterization midsurface. The KL kinematics utilized correspond...

The problem of buckling stability is very important in thin-walled cylindrical shell structure. In order to investigate the buckling phenomena, digital image correlation (DIC) method was applied in this experiment. The specimens have a thickness of 0.131mm and the ratio of external diameter (R0) to thickness (H) R0/H is 252. Due to its curved and thin walled elements, measurement of displacemen...

A semi-analytical finite element method is used to analyze the stability of composite cylindrical shells interacting with a rotating fluid inside them. mathematical formulation problem deformable structure dynamics based on variational principle virtual displacements and classical shell theory. The behavior an ideal compressible described within framework potential validity obtained results sup...

thin-walled hollow steel columns, either circular or box shaped, are commonly used as piers in bridges. recent earthquakes, e.g. hyogoken-nanbu or kobe 1995, on the other hand have shown that these columns are vulnerable to damage when subjected to earthquake loading. this paper presents a new innovative thin-walled hollow steel column fabricated of corrugated plates, “thin-walled steel columns...