this study deals with the applications of a trigonometric shear deformation theory considering the effect of the transverse shear deformation on the static flexural analysis of the soft core sandwich beams. the theory gives realistic variation of the transverse shear stress through the thickness, and satisfies the transverse shear stress free conditions at the top and bottom surfaces of the bea...

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We search t-matrix poles for the ΛN − ΣN coupling interaction. The two soft core models of the Nijmegen group which bind the hypertriton at the correct binding energy and the hard core models which are still influential on hypernuclear physics are investigated. A useful method of calculating the off-shell t-matrix of a hard core potential is proposed. We find poles close to the ΣN threshold in ...