Journal Publications on Moving Load Problems

Dr. George G. Adams
Research Summary

Moving load problems occur in a wide variety of applications - railroad rail mechanics; mechanics of computer tapes, VCR tapes, and high-speed floppy discs; automotive and aircraft braking systems; belt drives; and web winding and transport. As modern lightweight and high-strength materials continue to be developed and employed it is expected that vibrations and instabilities due to moving loads, will become more important that strength considerations in more and more applications.


G.G. Adams, J.R. Barber, M. Ciavarella, and J.R. Rice, "Closure to Discussion of 'A Paradox in Sliding Contact With Friction'," ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 73, No. 5, 2006, p. 887. DOI: 10.1115/1.2202856

G.G. Adams, J.R. Barber, M. Ciavarella, and J.R. Rice, "A Paradox in Sliding Contact With Friction," ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics,Vol. 72, No. 3, 2005, pp. 450-452. DOI: 10.1115/1.1867992

G.G. Adams, " Critical Speeds and the Response of a Tensioned Beam on an Elastic Foundation to Repetitive Moving Loads," International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 37, No. 7, 1995, pp. 773-781. DOI: 10.1016/0020-7403(95)00008-L

A. Phylactopoulos and G.G. Adams, "The Response of a Nonuniformly Tensioned Circular String to a Moving Load," Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 182, No. 3, 1995, pp. 415-426. DOI: 10.1006/jsvi.1995.0208

G.G. Adams, "Critical Speeds for a Flexible Spinning Disk," International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 29, No. 8, 1987, pp. 525-531. DOI: 10.1016/0020-7403(86)90034-2

Li Lin and G.G. Adams, "Beam on a Tensionless Elastic Foundation," ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 113, No. 4, 1987, pp. 542-553. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(1987)113:4(542)

G.G. Adams and I. Zeid, "An Elastic Punch Moving Across the Surface of a Semi-Infinite Solid," ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 51, No. 3, 1984, pp. 622-629. DOI: 10.1115/1.3167683

H. Manor and G.G. Adams, "An Elastic Beam Moving with Constant Speed Across a Drop-Out," International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 25, No. 2, 1983, pp. 137-148. DOI: 10.1016/0020-7403(83)90006-1

G.G. Adams, "An Elastic Strip Moving Across a Rigid Step," International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 18, No. 9, 1982, pp. 763-774. DOI: 10.1016/0020-7683(82)90033-6

G.G. Adams and H. Manor, "Steady Motion of an Elastic Beam Across a Rigid Step," ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 48, No. 3, 1981, pp. 606-612. DOI: 10.1115/1.3157682

J. Choros and G.G. Adams, "A Steadily Moving Load on an Elastic Beam Resting on a Tensionless Winkler Foundation," ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 46, No. 1, 1979, pp. 175-180. DOI: 10.1115/1.3424492

G.G. Adams, "Steady Solutions for a Moving Load on an Elastic Strip Resting on an Elastic Half Plane," International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 15, No. 11, 1979, pp. 885-897. DOI: 10.1016/0020-7683(79)90057-X

G.G. Adams, "A Steadily Moving Load on an Elastic Strip Resting on a Rigid Foundation," International Journal of Engineering Science, Vol. 16, No. 9, 1978, pp. 659-667. DOI: 10.1016/0020-7225(78)90043-5

G.G. Adams, "An Elastic Strip Pressed Against an Elastic Half Plane by a Steadily Moving Force," ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 45, No. 1, 1978, pp. 89-94. DOI: 10.1115/1.3424279

G.G. Adams, "Moving Loads on Elastic Strips with One-Sided Constraints," International Journal of Engineering Science, Vol. 14, No. 12, 1976, pp. 1071-1083. DOI: 10.1016/0020-7225(76)90073-2

G.G. Adams and D.B. Bogy, "Steady Solutions for Moving Loads on Elastic Beams with One-Sided Constraints," ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 42, No. 4, 1975, pp. 800-804. DOI: 10.1115/1.3423709

Dr. George G. Adams