SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, Vol. 47, No. 2 (2009), pp. 1421-1444 (24 pages) The performance of finite element computation depends strongly on the quality of the geometric mesh and the ...

Matrix algebra and the Rayleigh-Ritz technique are applied to the development of the finite element method. The minimum potential energy theorem, calculus of variations, Galerkin's and the ...

Princeton's Dr. Jean H. Prévost and Serguei Bagrianski have released a book with World Scientific, entitled, An Introduction to Matrix Structural Analysis and Finite Element Methods. Based on a course ...

A method for determining the geometric stability characteristics of a disc brake assembly is presented. Since disc brake "squeal" noise typically occurs at unstable resonant frequencies of a system, ...

Researchers have designed and fabricated a fast-response, stiffness tunable (FRST) soft actuator which is able to complete a softening-stiffening cycle within 32 seconds. Traditional robotic systems ...

MIT researchers increase 3D printing strength with SustainaPrint - developing a system that strengthens only the weakest zones of 3D prints.

D printing has come a long way since its invention in 1983 by Chuck Hull, who pioneered stereolithography, a technique that ...