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  1. Perspectives on Euler angle singularities, gimbal lock, and the orthogonality of applied forces and applied moments

    Article • Multibody System Dynamics, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  2. Dynamical analysis and development of a biologically inspired SMA caterpillar robot

    Article • Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, September 2017, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  3. The roles of impact and inertia in the failure of a shoelace knot

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, April 2017, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly, Christine Gregg

  4. Modeling Nonlinear Problems in the Mechanics of Strings and Rods

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  5. Verifying the equivalence of representations of the knee joint moment vector from a drop vertical jump task

    Article • The Knee, December 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  6. On constitutive relations for a rod-based model of a pneu-net bending actuator

    Article • Extreme Mechanics Letters, September 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly, Jun.Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kristin Miriam de Payrebrune

  7. Flexing into motion: A locomotion mechanism for soft robots

    Article • International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, September 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  8. Soft hands: An analysis of some gripping mechanisms in soft robot design

    Article • International Journal of Solids and Structures, July 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  9. On the dynamics of the eye: geodesics on a configuration manifold, motions of the gaze direction and Helmholtz’s theorem

    Article • Nonlinear Dynamics, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  10. Some perspectives on Eshelby-like forces in the elastica arm scale

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, January 2015, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  11. On the formulation of cost functions for torque-optimized control of rigid bodies

    Article • Automatica, October 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  12. A Simple Treatment of Constraint Forces and Constraint Moments in the Dynamics of Rigid Bodies

    Article • Applied Mechanics Reviews, August 2014, ASME International

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  13. Energy efficiency in friction-based locomotion mechanisms for soft and hard robots: slower can be faster

    Article • Nonlinear Dynamics, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  14. The impulsive effects of momentum transfer on the dynamics of a novel ocean wave energy converter

    Article • Journal of Sound and Vibration, October 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  15. On Representations for Joint Moments Using a Joint Coordinate System

    Article • Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, September 2013, ASME International

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  16. Almost sure asymptotic stability of an oscillator with delay feedback when excited by finite-state Markov noise

    Article • Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, April 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  17. Bifurcations and instability in the adhesion of intrinsically curved rods

    Article • Mechanics Research Communications, April 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  18. On the modeling of the intervertebral joint in multibody models for the spine

    Article • Multibody System Dynamics, November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  19. On the stability of a rod adhering to a rigid surface: Shear-induced stable adhesion and the instability of peeling

    Article • Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, May 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  20. Some comments on the absence of buckling of the ligamentous human spine in the sagittal plane

    Article • Mechanics Research Communications, March 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  21. Nonlinear stability criteria for tree-like structures composed of branched elastic rods

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, September 2011, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  22. Design and Development of a Novel Modular Spine Testing Apparatus

    Article • June 2011, ASME International

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  23. On forced oscillations of a simple model for a novel wave energy converter

    Article • Nonlinear Dynamics, May 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  24. On the evolution of intrinsic curvature in rod-based models of growth in long slender plant stems

    Article • International Journal of Solids and Structures, May 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  25. A Musculoskeletal model for the lumbar spine

    Article • Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, February 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  26. On the static equilibria of branched elastic rods

    Article • International Journal of Engineering Science, February 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  27. On azimuthal shear waves in a transversely isotropic viscoelastic mixture: Application to diffuse axonal injury

    Article • Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, January 2011, SAGE Publications

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  28. On Stability Analyses of Three Classical Buckling Problems for the Elastic Strut

    Article • Journal of Elasticity, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  29. On Stability Analyses of Three Classical Buckling Problems for the Elastic Strut

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  30. Interclinician and intraclinician variability in the mechanics of the pivot shift test for posterolateral rotatory instability (PLRI) of the elbow

    Article • Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, December 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  31. On the dynamics of a novel ocean wave energy converter

    Article • Journal of Sound and Vibration, November 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  32. Minimizing errors associated with calculating the location of the helical axis for spinal motions

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, October 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  33. On Cartesian stiffness matrices in rigid body dynamics: an energetic perspective

    Article • Multibody System Dynamics, May 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  34. Engineering Dynamics

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  35. An Evolution Equation for Plant Growth

    Article • June 2009, ASME International

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  36. On the Use of Quaternions to Characterize the Dynamics of a Vertebral Motion Segment

    Article • June 2009, ASME International

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  37. Surgeon Experience Level Affects Mechanics of the Pivot Shift Test for Posterolateral Rotatory Instability of the Elbow

    Article • June 2009, ASME International

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  38. On the use of quaternions and Euler–Rodrigues symmetric parameters with moments and moment potentials

    Article • International Journal of Engineering Science, April 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  39. On the Stiffness Matrix of the Intervertebral Joint: Application to Total Disk Replacement

    Article • Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, January 2009, ASME International

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  40. Modeling the growth and branching of plants: A simple rod-based model

    Article • Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, October 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  41. P133. Revisiting the Stiffness Matrix with an Application to Total Disc Replacement Systems

    Article • The Spine Journal, September 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  42. The dynamics of Charles Taylor’s remarkable one-wheeled vehicle

    Article • Regular and Chaotic Dynamics, August 2008, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  43. Dual-mode temperature compensation for a comb-driven MEMS resonant strain gauge

    Article • Sensors and Actuators A Physical, June 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  44. Intermediate Dynamics for Engineers

    Article • January 2008, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  45. On dissipation-induced destabilization and brake squeal: A perspective using structured pseudospectra

    Article • Journal of Sound and Vibration, November 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  46. Curve Encirclement and Protein Structure

    Article • Physical Review Letters, October 2007, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  47. On the restrictions imposed by non-affine material symmetry groups for elastic rods: application to helical substructures

    Article • European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, July 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  48. The Dual Euler Basis: Constraints, Potentials, and Lagrange’s Equations in Rigid-Body Dynamics

    Article • Journal of Applied Mechanics, January 2007, ASME International

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  49. The energy jump condition for thermomechanical media in the presence of configurational forces

    Article • Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics, November 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  50. A Material Momentum Balance Law for Rods

    Article • Journal of Elasticity, October 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  51. The attitudes of constant angular velocity motions

    Article • International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, July 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  52. On Transverse and Rotational Symmetries in Elastic Rods

    Article • Journal of Elasticity, January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  53. Introduction

    Article • Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, January 2006, ASME International

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  54. Modeling MEMS resonators with rod-like components accounting for anisotropy, temperature, and strain dependencies

    Article • International Journal of Solids and Structures, December 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  55. On the transient dynamics of a multi-degree-of-freedom friction oscillator: a new mechanism for disc brake noise

    Article • Journal of Sound and Vibration, November 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  56. On Navigation Systems for Motorcycles: The Influence and Estimation of Roll Angle

    Article • Journal of Navigation, August 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  57. A method for relaxing parameter constraints in rigid body dynamics

    Article • International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, June 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  58. Geometrical Derivation of Lagrange’s Equations for a System of Rigid Bodies

    Article • Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, January 2005, SAGE Publications

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  59. Influence of Sensor Substrate Geometry on the Sensitivity of MEMS Micro-Extensometers

    Article • January 2005, ASME International

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  60. On the equations of motion for rigid bodies with surface growth

    Article • International Journal of Engineering Science, November 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  61. Steady motions of an axisymmetric satellite: an atlas of their bifurcations

    Article • International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, August 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  62. On Some Peculiar Aspects of Axial Motions of Closed Loops of String in the Presence of a Singular Supply of Momentum

    Article • Journal of Applied Mechanics, January 2004, ASME International

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  63. On the Nonlinear Dynamics of Tether Suspensions for MEMS

    Article • Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, January 2004, ASME International

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  64. On energetics and conservations for strings in the presence of singular sources of momentum and energy

    Article • Acta Mechanica, October 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  65. Automotive disc brake squeal

    Article • Journal of Sound and Vibration, October 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  66. Article • Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  67. On potential energies and constraints in the dynamics of rigid bodies and particles

    Article • Mathematical Problems in Engineering, January 2002, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  68. Article • Regular and Chaotic Dynamics, January 2002, Turpion-Moscow Limited

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  69. ON COUPLED LONGITUDINAL AND LATERAL VIBRATIONS OF ELASTIC RODS

    Article • Journal of Sound and Vibration, November 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  70. On a decomposition of generalized constraint forces

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, June 2001, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  71. A class of motions of elastic, symmetric Cosserat points: existence, bifurcation, and stability

    Article • International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, March 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  72. Engineering Dynamics

    Article • January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  73. On the Steady Motions of a Rotating Elastic Rod

    Article • Journal of Applied Mechanics, January 2001, ASME International

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  74. Article • Journal of Elasticity, January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  75. On the Dynamics of the Dynabee

    Article • Journal of Applied Mechanics, January 2000, ASME International

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  76. A treatment of shocks in one-dimensional thermomechanical media

    Article • Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics, December 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  77. A Novel Approach to Vehicle Dynamics using the Theory of a Cosserat Point and its Application to Collision Analyses of Platooning Vehicles

    Article • Vehicle System Dynamics, July 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  78. A Traveler’s Woes: Some Perspectives from Dynamical Systems

    Article • January 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  79. Article • Journal of Elasticity, January 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  80. LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ANOTHER MODE OF VIBRATION IN A TIMOSHENKO BEAM

    Article • Journal of Sound and Vibration, December 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  81. LETTER TO THE EDITOR: SOME COMMENTS ON VEHICLE INSTABILITY DUE TO BRAKE LOCKUP

    Article • Journal of Sound and Vibration, August 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  82. A properly invariant theory of infinitesimal deformations of an elastic Cosserat point

    Article • Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik, March 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  83. Reversible dynamical systems: Dissipation-induced destabilization and follower forces

    Article • Applied Mathematics and Computation, July 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  84. A properly invariant theory of small deformations superposed on large deformations of an elastic rod

    Article • Journal of Elasticity, May 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  85. Elastic equilibria of translating cables

    Article • Acta Mechanica, March 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  86. Global bifurcations in the forced vibration of a damped string

    Article • International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, May 1993, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  87. Non-linear, non-planar and non-periodic vibrations of a string

    Article • Journal of Sound and Vibration, March 1992, Elsevier

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly

  88. Cascades of homoclinic orbits to, and chaos near, a Hamiltonian saddle-center

    Article • Journal of Dynamics and Differential Equations, January 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Oliver M O'Reilly