From the differential equation of the doubly curved shell in terms of the displacement components u, v and w it is apparent that, in so far as the flexural phenomena are concerned, the shell can be considered as a flat plate on an elastic foundation, at a~y rate in a region of sufficiently small size to be regarded as quasi-Euclidean around the vertex of the osculating paraboloid. The modulus o...

A subproblem finite element method is developed for evaluating the eddy losses due to high current leads in transformers. The structural component of the transformer is modeled with classical volumetric elements or more efficiently with a thin shell model (surface impedance technique). Tools are then developed to correct the inaccuracies near edges and corners inherent to thin shell models for ...

The sensitivity of nucleon-nucleus elastic scattering observables to the offshell structure of nucleon-nucleon t-matrices, derived from realistic NN potentials, is investigated within the context of a full-folding model based on the impulse approximation. Our study uses recently developed NN potential models, which describe a subset of the NN data base with a χ2 per datum ∼1, which means that t...

Elastic strain is a critical factor in engineering the electronic behavior of core-shell semiconductor nanowires and provides the driving force for undesirable surface roughening and defect formation. We demonstrate two independent strategies, chlorine surface passivation and growth of nanowires with low-energy sidewall facets, to avoid strain-induced surface roughening that promotes dislocatio...

Our purpose is to investigate the effect of a thin dielectric coating on the scattering of a time-harmonic electromagnetic wave by a perfectly conducting metal. An asymptotic expansion of the solution of a model problem is performed relatively to the thickness of the dielectric shell. A suitable scaling as well as an adapted writing of the the curl operator inside the thin shell make it possibl...

The problem of vibrations thin, hereditarily deformable shell elements moving in a gas under the action atmospheric turbulence is considered. work aims to study flutter phenomenon aircraft flow loads caused by turbulence. Assuming that relationship between stresses and strains for material linear-hereditary, thin used, which obeys Kirchhoff-Love hypothesis. aerodynamic force written according l...

We study the lubrication of fluid-immersed soft interfaces and show that elastic deformation couples tangential and normal forces and thus generates lift. We consider materials that deform easily, due to either geometry e.g., a shell or constitutive properties e.g., a gel or a rubber , so that the effects of pressure and temperature on the fluid properties may be neglected. Four different syste...

We explore an acoustic scattering cancellation shell for buoyant hollow cylinders submersed in a water background. A thin, low-shear, elastic coating is used to cancel the monopole scattering from an air-filled, neutrally buoyant steel shell for all frequencies where the wavelength is larger than the object diameter. By design, the uncoated shell also has an effective density close to the aqueo...