Volume 14, Issue 3, September 2018

In this issue (8 articles)

1. 

   OriginalPaper

   Preparations and tribological properties of soft-metal/DLC composite coatings by RF magnetron sputter using composite targets

   Minoru Goto Pages 313-327

2. 

   OriginalPaper

   Nonlinear elastoplastic analysis of pressure sensitive materials

   Mehrzad Sharifian, Mehrdad Sharifian… Pages 329-344

3. 

   OriginalPaper

   An extended layerwise/solid-element method of stiffened composite plates with delaminations and transverse crack

   X. Lu, J. Y. Yang, Y. G. Wu, F. Zhang… Pages 345-358

4. 

   OriginalPaper

   Analysis of smart damping of laminated composite beams using mesh free method

   S. R. Sahoo, M. C. Ray Pages 359-374

5. 

   OriginalPaper

   Effect of uncertainty in material properties on wave propagation characteristics of nanorod embedded in elastic medium

   Zheng Lv, Hu Liu, Qi Li Pages 375-392

6. 

   OriginalPaper

   Size-dependent behavior of slacked carbon nanotube actuator based on the higher-order strain gradient theory

   Iswan Pradiptya, Hassen M. Ouakad Pages 393-415

7. 

   OriginalPaper

   Stochastic analysis of dynamic characteristics and pull-in instability of FGM micro-switches with uncertain parameters in thermal environments

   Mohsen Mohammadi, Mohammadi Eghtesad… Pages 417-442

8. 

   OriginalPaper

   Numerical study on load-bearing capabilities of beam-like lattice structures with three different unit cells

   Jie Niu, Hui Leng Choo, Wei Sun, Sui Him Mok Pages 443-460