Hysteresis is a nonlinear phenomenon exhibited by systems stemming from various science and engineering areas. To detect experimentally the presence of hysteresis in a system, the graph output versus input of the system is plotted for different frequencies of the input. For hysteresis systems, these graphs converge to a quasi-static limit set when the frequency goes to zero. Moreover, the quasi...

A numerical procedure for extracting parasitic circuit elements using a quasi-static field solver, as part of the Virtual Test Bed (VTB), is discussed. The parasitic inductance and capacitance values obtained from the model are compared to measured values from a low-inductance Power Electronic Building Block (PEBB) module, designed and constructed at Harris Semiconductor.

In the present study, a modified split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) is employed to investigate the dynamic response of ice under uniaxial compression in the range of strain rates from 60 to 1400 s 1 and at initial test temperatures of 10 and 30 C. The compressive strength of ice shows positive strain-rate sensitivity over the range of strain rates employed; a slight influence of ice microstruc...

We review the classical theory of static and quasi-static plasticity in an abstract framework of convex analysis. It can be shown that the extended use of orthogonal projections onto closed convex sets simplifies the analysis substantially. We present new characterizations of the primal problem in plasticity. The abstract setting is applied to problems in perfect plasticity and to plasticity wi...

A wide column test of a composite isogrid panel subjected to quasi-static, axial compression is modeled with a hybrid-static dynamic computational method. The data from the test panel exhibited discontinuous responses in the compressive load for slowly increased end-shortening. The computational model was developed to corroborate these discontinuities with the phenomenon of mode jumping. Mode j...

Quasi-static uniform compression tests and low-velocity concentrated impact tests were conducted to reveal the failure mechanisms and energy absorption capacity of two-layer carbon fiber composite sandwich panels with pyramidal truss cores. Three different volume-fraction cores (i.e., with different relative densities) were fabricated: 1.25%, 1.81%, and 2.27%. Two-layer sandwich panels with ide...