MechanicsArXiv

Latest preprints

• Inward buckling of spiral layered structures subject to volumetric expansion and external constraint

  Xinran Shi, Juner Zhu

  • Archimedean spirals
  • layered structures
  • volumetric expansion
  • Rayleigh--Ritz method
  • buckling instability

  Downloads: 0 - Submitted 2026-06-15 - Posted 2026-06-15

  • Manuscript.pdf

• Crack-Parallel Tension Effects on Fracture of Soft Knitted Polymer Composites deduced from Gap Tests via Microplane Triads

  Xiaoxiao Ding, Yanzhao Niu, Yang Zhao, Hongshun Chen, Chanhyeong Bae, Anh T. Nguyen, Horacio D. Espinosa, Zdeněk P. Bažant, Jian Cao

  • fracture and damage
  • large strain
  • knitted fiber composites
  • silicone elastomers
  • microplane triad model
  • finite element analysis

  Downloads: 41 - Submitted 2026-06-12 - Posted 2026-06-12 - Versions: 2

  • PDF

• A closed-form correction for three-point bend testing of functionally graded beams, with application to endovascular devices

  Charles Suskin, Juan Becerra-García, Yosef Granillo, Michael Qiu, Yuxuan Huang, Mohamed Zayed, Joshua Osbun, Guy Genin

  Downloads: 29 - Submitted 2026-06-12 - Posted 2026-06-12

  • pdf

• Nonlinear Anisotropic Visco-Anelasticity

  Souhayl Sadik, Arash Yavari

  Downloads: 17 - Submitted 2026-06-10 - Posted 2026-06-10

  • PDF

• Analysis of Stress Wave Interaction with a 180° Bend Junction Between Two Square Bars

  Salil Bavdekar, Joaquin S A Garcia, Amith A Cheenady, Andres Bernardo, Ghatu Subhash

  • wave mechanics
  • wave propagation
  • waveguide
  • transfer function
  • DIC

  Downloads: 19 - Submitted 2026-06-09 - Posted 2026-06-09

  • PDF

• Harnessing Functional Gradients for Enhanced Shock Absorption in Foam Materials

  Bhanugoban Maheswaran, Komal Chawla, Ramathasan Thevamaran

  • Functionally graded materials
  • Dynamic compression
  • Shock mitigation
  • Carbon nanotube foams
  • Shock model

  Downloads: 23 - Submitted 2026-06-09 - Posted 2026-06-09

  • PDF

• Competitive Hardening Dynamics in Viscoplastic Materials with Evolving Threshold Stress

  Yo-Lun Yang

  Downloads: 17 - Submitted 2026-05-14 - Posted 2026-06-07

  • Manuscript

• Universal deformations and universal residual stresses in incompressible isotropic Cauchy elasticity

  Arash Yavari

  Downloads: 28 - Submitted 2026-06-05 - Posted 2026-06-05

  • PDF

• On the stability of Euler’s elastica with natural curvature: Out-of-plane bifurcation with twisting

  Lu Lu, Sophie Leanza, Ruike Renee Zhao, John Hutchinson

  • The elastica; Euler buckling; Out-of-plane bifurcation; Natural curvature; Imperfection

  Downloads: 31 - Submitted 2026-06-04 - Posted 2026-06-04

  • PDF

• Sequential prediction of transverse crack paths in CFRP composites via a deep learning approach

  Xin Yan

  • deeplearning, composites, crack propogation

  Downloads: 34 - Submitted 2026-05-28 - Posted 2026-05-28

  • PDF