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The behaviour of brittle matrix fibre reinforced-composites is dependent of the properties of its constituents (fibre, matrix and fibre-matrix interface) and is affected by the mechanical and environmental loads. The fracture of a unidirectional composite ...
The current study proposes a combined experimental and modeling approach to characterize the mechanical response of composite lead-free solders. The influence of the reinforcement volume fraction on the shear response of the solder material in the joint is ...
Silicon carbide (SiC) is investigated as a possible structural material for future nuclear power plants. It is utilized as fibre and/or as matrix in ceramic composite materials. The fibre reinforcement is necessary to provide the required ductility. In thi ...
Coronary artery disease is one of the main causes of death in western countries. The standard of care has become the implantation of a coronary stent, i.e. a small metal-mesh tube reopening the lumen of the artery and maintaining the blood flow to the hear ...
The tensile strength and ductility of fiber-reinforced composites containing ductile metal fibers is studied using a multiscale approach and compared to the performance of an identical composite containing elastic fibers. A finite element model of stress r ...
Fe- or Mn-powders were mixed with the diamonds and the mixtures were heat treated under different gas atmospheres like hydrogen or argon gas and at varying temperatures in order to roughen the surface of the diamond particles. Subsequently the reaction lay ...
Diamond-based metal matrix composites have been made based on pure Al and eutectic Ag-3Si alloy by gas pressure infiltration into diamond powder beds with the aim to maximize thermal conductivity and to explore the range of coefficient of thermal expansion ...
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The development of an anatomically realistic model of intestinal tissue is essential for the progress of several clinical applications of medical robotics. A hyperelastic theory of the layered structure of the intestine is proposed in this paper to reprodu ...
A model for predicting composite material strength degradation under elevated and high temperatures is proposed. This model is based on the morphology of the mixture of materials in different states. The degradation of resin-dominated shear strength can be ...
Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramics (LTCCs) are layered ceramic based components, which - in recent years - are increasingly used as high precision electronic devices (e.g. mobile and automotive technologies) in highly loaded (temperatures, inertia forces, e ...
