Publications

Virgin, L. N., S. M. Spottswood, R. Perez, and C. Cervi. “Experimental probing of the configuration space of circular, clamped panels.” International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics 166 (November 1, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2024.104772.

Cervi, C., and L. N. Virgin. “An experimental parametric study assessing the effect of a certain initial geometric imperfection on cylinder buckling.” Aerospace Science and Technology 152 (September 1, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2024.109355.

Virgin, Lawrence N. “On the mechanics of monofilaments used in touch sensory perception.” Medical Engineering & Physics 123 (January 2024): 104083. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2023.104083.

Gibson, O. S., C. Knotek, L. Virgin, and E. Dowell. “Buckling of a Vertically Mounted Cantilevered Plate Under Static Torsional Corner Loads—Experiment and Theory.” Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME 90, no. 6 (June 1, 2023). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4056859.

Virgin, L. N., and P. S. Harvey. “A lateral–torsional buckling demonstration model using 3D printing.” Engineering Structures 280 (April 1, 2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.115682.

Cooley, S. A., H. Yang, and L. N. Virgin. “3D-printing and cylinder buckling: challenges and opportunities.” Philosophical Transactions. Series A, Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences 381, no. 2244 (April 2023): 20220035. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2022.0035.

Virgin, L. N. “On the elastic snapping of structural elements.” International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics 149 (March 1, 2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2022.104329.

Cervi, C., S. T. Santillan, and L. N. Virgin. “Interrogating the Configuration Space of Postbuckled Beams.” Journal of Engineering Mechanics 149, no. 3 (March 1, 2023). https://doi.org/10.1061/JENMDT.EMENG-6839.

Virgin, L. N. “A shear center demonstration model using 3D-printing.” International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education 50, no. 3 (July 1, 2022): 739–48. https://doi.org/10.1177/03064190211057429.

Virgin, L. N. “Interrogating the Lead-Up to a Critical Speed in Rotordynamics.” Journal of Vibration and Acoustics 144, no. 3 (June 1, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4053190.

Virgin, L. N., and D. B. Holland. “Experiments on the symmetry-breaking effect of orientation on a pair of connected cantilevers.” Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 164 (February 1, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2021.108236.

Virgin, L. N. “A note on lumped parameter modeling.” Mechanics Research Communications 116 (September 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechrescom.2021.103750.

Virgin, L. “Simultaneous buckling, contact, and load-carrying capacity.” Journal of Engineering Mechanics 147, no. 5 (May 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0001926.

Virgin, L. N., and R. H. Plaut. “Large deflections of folded cantilever: Experiments and elastica analysis.” International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics 129 (March 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2020.103641.

Guan, Y., and L. N. Virgin. “A Pyramidal Lattice Frame: Pathways to Inversion.” International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics 21, no. 2 (February 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219455421500206.

Xu, Y., and L. N. Virgin. “Force probing to access potential energy.” In Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, 55–57, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47626-7_9.

Xu, Y., L. N. Virgin, and R. Wiebe. “Inferring unstable equilibrium configurations from observed dynamics.” In Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, 199–201, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47626-7_29.

Ehrhardt, D., L. N. Virgin, and S. M. Spottswood. “Experiments on probing the configuration space of post-buckled panels.” Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME 87, no. 12 (December 1, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4048197.

Virgin, L. N. “Comparative structural stiffness: Exploiting 3D-printing.” American Journal of Physics 88, no. 12 (December 1, 2020): 1049–58. https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0001756.

Guan, Y., and L. N. Virgin. “Stability and Bifurcation in Discrete Mechanical Systems: An Experimental and Analytical Study.” International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos 30, no. 9 (July 1, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218127420300244.

Bishop, S. R., and L. N. Virgin. “The onset of chaotic motions of a moored semi-submersible.” IN: PROC. ASME SIXTH (1987) INT. OFFSHORE MECHANICS AND ARCTIC ENGINEERING SYMP., (HOUSTON, U.S.A.: MAR. 1-6, 1987) II, J.S. Chung; S. Berg; S.K. Chakrabarti; S.R. Montgomery (eds.), New York, U.S.A., Am. Soc. Mech. (January 1, 2020).

Thompson, J. M. T., and L. N. Virgin. “Instabilities of nonconservative fluid-loaded systems.” International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos 29, no. 14 (December 30, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218127419300398.

Xu, Y., and L. N. Virgin. “Probing the force field to identify potential energy.” Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME 86, no. 10 (October 1, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4044305.

Maki, A., L. N. Virgin, N. Umeda, T. Ueta, Y. Miino, M. Sakai, and H. Kawakami. “On the loss of stability of periodic oscillations and its relevance to ship capsize.” Journal of Marine Science and Technology (Japan) 24, no. 3 (September 13, 2019): 846–54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00773-018-0591-x.

Xu, Y., L. N. Virgin, and S. D. Ross. “On experimentally locating saddle-points on a potential energy surface from observed dynamics.” Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing 130 (September 1, 2019): 152–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2019.05.002.