Appl. Mech. Rev.: All Topics http://scitation.aip.org/ Appl. Mech. Rev.: All Topics A Comprehensive Review of Drop Impact Modeling on Portable Electronic Devices http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1115/1.4005283 Y. H. Yau and Shijie Norman Hua<br/> This article is dedicated to the review of publications on drop impact analysis performed on consumer electronic devices such as cellular phones and two-way radios in the past decade. Prior to the highlights of this review, the scope and motivation behind this work will be briefly explained. A compr ... [Appl. Mech. Rev. 64, 020803 (2011)] published Wed Dec 7, 2011. On Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Flows http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1115/1.4005282 Giancarlo Alfonsi<br/> The direct numerical simulation of turbulence (DNS) has become a method of outmost importance for the investigation of turbulence physics, and its relevance is constantly growing due to the increasing popularity of high-performance-computing techniques. In the present work, the DNS approach is discu ... [Appl. Mech. Rev. 64, 020802 (2011)] published Wed Dec 7, 2011. Saint-Venant's Principle in Dynamics of Structures http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1115/1.4004930 B. Karp and D. Durban<br/> Research studies aiming at examination and formulation of a dynamic analog to Saint-Venant's principle (DSVP) are critically reviewed. Article concentrates on isotropic homogeneous linear elastic response over a range of structural geometries including waveguides, with either free or constrained lat ... [Appl. Mech. Rev. 64, 020801 (2011)] published Thu Oct 27, 2011.