A pioneering method has emerged for manipulating laser beams using sound waves alone. These days, powerful laser beams are essential in scientific research, from particle accelerators to nuclear ...

When used in structural engineering, the term deflection refers to load-induced displacement, which typically affects beam designs. It can be an extremely complicated value to calculate when ...

The integrations needed to determine beam deflections require the enforcement of the appropriate displacement and rotation boundary conditions (BCs). It is important that we be able to recognize these ...

Say we consider a beam made up of thin layers (laminae) aligned with the longitudinal axis of the beam, and for which the laminae can slide with respect to each other along the longitudinal axis as ...

Gilson is part of the Virtual National Laboratory for Heavy-Ion Fusion, a partnership between the PPPL, E.O. Lawrence Berkeley Lab and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. According ...

This video is an introduction to shear force and bending moment diagrams. What are Shear Forces and Bending Moments? Shear forces and bending moments are resultants which are used to conveniently ...

A video showed a key support beam bending on the Charlotte-based Carowinds' popular Fury 325 roller coaster, leading to the ride being closed last week. The chief of the state's Department of Labor’s ...

Scientists have demonstrated that a bent silicon crystal can bend the paths of focused, very energetic electron beams much more than magnets used today. The method could be of interest for particle ...

Led by materials scientist Xin Wen, the team froze water with varying amounts of table salt and shaped the ice into cones, ...