...Yosef Dayan; David Durban; Sefi Givli The postbuckling behavior of a clamped-clamped elastic fiber constrained inside a rigid cylinder is analyzed theoretically, numerically, and experimentally. We concentrate on characterizing the contact configuration between the fiber and the cylinder wall...

... that enable in-depth analysis of the deformation of the fiber as well as contact characteristics between the fiber and the inner wall of the flexible tube. Finally, a simple mathematical model, aimed at providing analytical insights, is presented. Overall, the theoretical, numerical, and experimental results...

... deflections has yet to be presented. In this work, a pioneering mathematical model of the force–deflection response of multiple, inline, interacting (i.e., contacting) cantilever beams is presented. The math model enables the determination of the force–deflection response of a system of interacting cantilever...

... not depend on the mode number and enable simple and easy prediction of the contact conditions and of the mode-switching force (the force at which the system undergoes instantaneous transition from one equilibrium configuration (or mode) to another). The predictions of the mathematical model are validated...

...Thomas Sattel; Peter Hagedorn; Joachim Schmidt In this paper the contact mechanism between stator and rotor will be considered in detail, which plays a key role in ultrasonic motors. A planar contact model for the stator-rotor interaction in traveling-wave type ultrasonic motors is derived...

... elastic theory. This approach has been applied for such engineering problems as contact between two conducting solid bodies under electrical load. Love , A. E. H. , 1927 , A Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity , 4th ed. , Cambridge University Press , Cambridge, UK...