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The thermal expansion of three isotropic metal-matrix composites, reinforced with SiC particles or microcellular foam, is measured between 25 degrees C and 325 degrees C. All three composites show initial coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) values in ag ...
Most previous studies of arterial wall elasticity and rheology have assumed that the properties of the wall are uniform across the thickness of the media and, therefore, that the relationship between stress and strain may be described by a constitutive equ ...
A method is introduced for reducing the degrees of freedom in simulations of mechanical behavior of materials without sacrificing important physics. The method essentially combines the quasicontinuum (QC) method with continuum defect models such as the dis ...
[1] Room temperature investigations on the shear strength, elastic moduli, elastic anisotropy, and deformation mechanisms of MgO (periclase) are performed in situ up to pressures of 47 GPa using radial X-ray diffraction and the diamond anvil cell. The calc ...
With progressing age, large arteries diminish their longitudinal stretch, which in extreme cases results in tortuosity. Increased age is also associated with loss of vessel distensibility. We measured pressure-diameter curves from muscular porcine carotid ...
We report on a Raman study of strained wurtzite GaN quantum dots embedded in AlN spacers. Various laser excitations between 2.33 and 3.81 eV were used, which allows for selective probing of the dots, through resonant enhancement of the Raman signal. A dire ...
Using a serial bilayer model we show that heterogeneous ferroelectric systems may exhibit substantial Maxwell-Wagner piezoelectric relaxation. The relaxation has its origin in the coupling of the dielectric and piezoelectric properties. The model predicts ...
A theoretical model and numerical methods were developed for testing different bone internal remodelling stimuli. The keystone of the study was the formulation of a stimulus based on the mechanical invariants of the stress tensor, which took into account b ...
The invention is concerned with an integrated process for the manufacture of polymer and/or composite products, comprising the integration of processing operations to achieve a plurality of material conversion steps, such as impregnation, consolidation and ...
Driven by the need for more cost-effective applications, researchers and design engineers of polymer composites are facing increasing demands for the development of faster and more environment-friendly processing methods. Rapid processing techniques requir ...