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New polyimide cable insulation schemes improving the cooling of Nb-Ti superconducting coils were recently developed to face the severe heat loads at which the next generation of superconducting accelerator magnets will work. In order to qualify the new ins ...
The effects of structure and size on the deformation of < 110 > tilt bicrystals in copper are investigated by concurrent multiscale simulations at zero temperature. In the simulation of eleven grain boundary (GB) structures, a direct relation is shown betw ...
A 2-D numerical model for brittle creep and stress relaxation is proposed for the time-dependent brittle deformation of heterogeneous brittle rock under uniaxial loading conditions. The model accounts for material heterogeneity through a stochastic local f ...
The purpose of this paper is to explore the UHPFRC time-dependent behavior under sustained tensile loading at very early age (3 days) and to highlight its sensitivity to the level of loading by laboratory testing and numerical analysis. Uniaxial creep and ...
The determination of the thermal and athermal stress components using relaxation experiments along a stress-strain curve is critically evaluated. Short-term stress-relaxations are performed along the stress-strain curve of single crystals of Ge at 850 K, C ...
The design of timber rip shells confronts the engineer with major uncertainties during the planning process. The consideration of the elastic compound cross section during structural analysis of curved members by means of conventional calculation methods i ...
A set of constitutive equations describing the plasticity of semiconductors is compared with the results of mechanical tests. Constant strain-rate compression tests are interrupted before the peak of the initial multiplication yield point, i.e. at the mome ...
In this work, we aim to understand the firing behaviour of three representative thick-film resistor compositions used in force and pressure sensors. The dependence of the materials' microstructure and properties (sheet resistance and its temperature coeffi ...
Raman microscopy is applied to a gel-spun UHMWPE-fibre (Dyneema SK60) to determine the distribution of axial molecular stresses and their change with time (in creep and during stress relaxation). A more detailed method is proposed to quantify the observed ...
A numerical tool for predicting the evolution of internal and residual stresses during the processing of thermoplastic matrix composites has been developed. Based on a finite element formulation, the model accounts for the anisotropy, viscoelasticity and h ...