The Mechanics of Jointed Structures -

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Résumé :

Part 1: Perspectives on the Challenges of Joints Research.- Introduction to Research on the Mechanics of Jointed Structures.- An Overview of the Analysis of Jointed Structures.- Are Joints Necessary?.-Considerations for Defining the Mechanisms of Friction.- Part 2: Experimental Techniques for Studying Energy Dissipation Mechanisms.- Round Robin Systems.- The Gaul Resonator: Experiments for the Isolated Investigation of a Bolted Lap Joint.- The Cut Beam Benchmark System: Developing Measurement Techniques for Nonlinear Damping and Stiffness in Frictional Interfaces.- The Ampair 600 Wind Turbine: An In-Context Benchmark System.- The Brake-Reu? Beams: A System Designed for the Measurements and Modeling of Variability and Repeatability of Jointed Structures with Frictional Interfaces.- Considerations for Measurements of Jointed Structures.- Damping Due to Joints in Built-Up Structures.- A Survey of Contact Hysteresis Measurement Techniques.- Under-Platform Damper Measurements atPolitecnico di Torino.- Part 3: Derivation of Constitutive Equations Based on Physical Parameters.- An Overview of Constitutive Models.- Assessment of Coulomb Friction in Modeling Joint Mechanics via a Parameter Study of Dissipation.- The Reduced Iwan Plus Pinning (RIPP) Joint Model.- Modal Iwan Models for Structures with Bolted Joints.- Constitutive Modeling of Contact for ElasticPlastic Materials Engaged in Micro/Macroslip.- Microslip Induced Damping in the Contact of Nominally Flat Surfaces with Geometric Defects.- Elements of a Nonlinear System Identification Methodology of Broad Applicability With Application to Bolted Joints.- Parameter Estimation via Instantaneous Frequency and Damping from Transient Ring-Down Data.- Part 4: Numerical Techniques for the Analysis of Jointed Structures.- Historical Perspective on Numerical Techniques for Modeling Joints.- A Standard Practice for Modeling Bolted Joints in a Finite Element Package.- Reduced Order Modeling of Nonlinear Structures with Frictional Interfaces.- The Craig-Mayes Reduction: A Craig-Bampton Experimental Dynamic Substructure using the Transmission Simulator Method.- A Comparison of Reduced Order Modeling Techniques Used in Dynamic Substructuring.- Calculating the Dynamic Response of Jointed Structures in the Frequency Domain using Contact Interface Elements.- Application of Continuum Shell Models for Joint Dissipation.- Nonlinear Modal Analysis and Modal Reduction of Jointed Structures.- Numerical Methods for Assessing Response Metrics.- Predicting the Shakedown Limits of Joints Subject to Fretting and High Cycle Fatigue.- Part 5: Epistemic and Aleatoric Uncertainty in Modeling and Measurements.- A Primer for Uncertainty Modeling in Jointed Structures.- Epistemic and Aleatoric Uncertainty in Modeling.- A Practical Application of a Maximum Entropy, Non-Parametric Approach to Account for Epistemic Uncertainty Using Random Matrices.- Stochastic Iwan-Type Models for Joint Variability Modeling.- Quantifying-Epistemic and Aleatoric Uncertainty in the Ampair 600 Wind Turbine.- Part 6: Perspectives on the Future of Joints Research.- The Next Generation of Joints Research.