Tag Archives: Mechanics

Can an Infinitesimal Have Parts?

Posted on August 3, 2011 by

Context and Motivation: The title question of this post has been lingering in my mind for quite some time—actually, years (nay, decades). Some two decades ago or so, I thought I had reached some good understanding of it. But then, … Continue reading →

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How to supply a visualization for the displacement gradient tensor

Posted on October 28, 2010 by

[This post was initially posted at iMechanica. After posting it, I realized there was some inconsistency with it, and I noted so at the thread at iMechanica. What I am posting below is a slightly modified version.] It all began … Continue reading →

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Mohr’s Circle—When Was the Last Time You Used It in Your Professional Engineering Work?

Posted on June 3, 2010 by

As a consultant in computational mechanics, I currently help write some FEM-related code, and while doing this job, an episode from a recent past came to my mind. Let me go right on to the technical issue, keeping aside the … Continue reading →

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Use Only the Angular Quantities in Analysis? Three Sample Problems to Consider…

Posted on May 27, 2010 by

A recent discussion at iMechanica following my last post there [^] leads to this post. The context of that discussion is assumed here. I present here three sample problems, thought of almost at random, just to see how the suggestions … Continue reading →

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Are Linear and Angular Momenta Interconvertible?

Posted on May 23, 2010 by

0. The Mangalore Accident: If your disposition to this blog is either friendly or indifferent, but not one of enmity (as is kept by n number of people from Indian/American/other media, business, governments, universities, etc.), then please join me in … Continue reading →

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