The hydroelastic interaction between an underwater explosion and an elastic plate is investigated num- erically through a domain-decomposition strategy. The three-dimensional features of the problem require a large computational effort, which is reduced through a weak coupling between a one-dimensional radial blast solver, which resolves the blast evolution far from the boundaries, and a three-...

6 Patient-specific high order finite-element (FE) models of human femurs based on quantitative computer tomography (QCT) with inhomogeneous orthotropic and isotropic material properties are addressed. The point-wise orthotropic properties are determined by a micromechanics (MM) based approach in conjunction with experimental observations at the osteon level, and two methods for determining the ...

The propagation of flexural waves across a gap of finite width in an infinite ice sheet is solved using the residue calculus technique (RCT). The boundary value problem is defined by a thin elastic plate equation coupled with hydrodynamic effects from inviscid and incompressible fluid under the plate. The method of solution is based on the recent application of the RCT to the semi-infinite ice ...