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In this paper we study a classical Maxwell question on the existence of self-stresses for frameworks, which are called tensegrities. We give a complete answer on geometric conditions of at most $(d+1)$-valent tensegrities in $\mathbb{R}^d$…

Asymptotic equilibrium stresses are defined for countably infinite tensegrities and generalisations of the Roth-Whiteley characterisation of first-order rigidity are obtained. Generalisations of prestress stability and second order rigidity…

Truesdell's empirical inequalities are considered essential in various fields of nonlinear elasticity. However, they are often used merely as a sufficient criterion for semi-invertibility of the isotropic stress strain-relation, even though…

In this paper we formulate and prove necessary and sufficient geometric conditions for existence of generic tensegrities in the plane for arbitrary graphs. The conditions are written in terms of "meet-join" relations for the configuration…

In this work we introduce novel stress-only formulations of linear elasticity with special attention to their approximate solution using weighted residual methods. We present four sets of boundary value problems for a pure stress…

For a 4th order 3-dimensional symmetric tensor with its some entries $1$ or $-1$, we show the analytic sufficient and necessary conditions of its positive definiteness. By applying these conclusions, several strict inequalities is bulit for…

In this small note we introduce a notion of self-stresses on the set functions in two variables with generic critical points. The notion naturally comes from a rather exotic representation of classical Maxwell frameworks in terms of…

Lumley [Lumley J.L.: Adv. Appl. Mech. 18 (1978) 123--176] provided a geometrical proof that any Reynolds-stress tensor $\overline{u_i'u_j'}$ (indeed any tensor whose eigenvalues are invariably nonnegative) should remain inside the so-called…

Recently, it has been proven that a tensegrity framework that arises from coning the one-skeleton of a convex polytope is rigid. Since such frameworks are not always infinitesimally rigid, this leaves open the question as to whether they…

We present a conforming setting for a mixed formulation of linear elasticity with symmetric stress that has normal-normal continuous components across faces of tetrahedral meshes. We provide a stress element for this formulation with 30…

The equations of stress equilibrium and strain compatibility/incompatibility are discussed for fields with point singularities in a planar domain. The sufficiency (or insufficiency) of the smooth maps, obtained by restricting the singular…

We formulate and discuss the relationship between polyhedral stress functions and internally self-equilibrated frameworks in 2D, and a two-mesh technique for the prediction of the stress field associated with such systems. We generalize…

The vertex model is widely used to simulate the mechanical properties of confluent epithelia and other multicellular tissues. This inherently discrete framework allows a Cauchy stress to be attributed to each cell, and its symmetric…

We derive two consequences of the distributional form of the stress equilibrium condition while incorporating piecewise smooth stress and body force fields with singular concentrations on an interface. First we obtain the local equilibrium…

We derive the stress-energy tensor for polyharmonic maps between Riemannian manifolds. Moreover, we employ the stress-energy tensor to characterize polyharmonic maps where we pay special attention to triharmonic maps.

We use the symmetry-extended Maxwell rule established by Fowler and Guest to detect states of self-stress in symmetric planar frameworks. The dimension of the space of self-stresses that are detectable in this way may be expressed in terms…

For a bar-joint framework $(G,p)$, a subgroup $\Gamma$ of the automorphism group of $G$, and a subgroup of the orthogonal group isomorphic to $\Gamma$, we introduce a symmetric averaging map which produces a bar-joint framework on $G$ with…

In 2005, Bob Connelly showed that a generic framework in $\bR^d$ is globally rigid if it has a stress matrix of maximum possible rank, and that this sufficient condition for generic global rigidity is preserved by the 1-extension operation.…

Elastomers are viscoelastic materials and their properties significantly depend on the loading rate. The actual stress experienced by these materials is the sum of equilibrium and dissipative (inelastic) terms. At very low loading rates we…

The mechanical problem discussed in this paper focuses on the stress state estimation in a composite laminate in the vicinity of a free edge or microcracks. To calculate these stresses, we use two models called Multiparticle Models of…