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Deformation behaviour and microstructure of nanocrystalline electrodeposited and high pressure torsioned nickel

Philippe Spätig, Robin Schäublin, Florian Dalla Torre

Microstructural analysis and mechanical testing have been performed on two types of nanocrystalline (NC) Ni samples and compared to coarse-grained (CG) Ni. The NC electrodeposited (ED) Ni is characterized by a mean grain size of 21 nm, a narrow grain size ...

2005

Firing, quenching and annealing studies on thick-film resistors

Peter Ryser, Thomas Maeder, Sonia Vionnet Menot

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 ...

2004

Experimental investigation of the mechanical behaviour and structure of the bovine periodontal ligament

Colin Sanctuary

One of the key problems in dental biomechanics is the prediction of tooth mobility under functional loads. Understanding tooth displacement due to load is becoming more important as new solutions in dental restorations, prosthodontics and orthodontic treat ...

EPFL2004

With applications to the periodontal ligament: a nonlinear large strain viscoelastic law

Jörn Justiz

The soft tissue, called periodontal ligament (PDL), that connects the alveolar bone and the tooth root accounts to a large extent for the mobility, stress-distribution and, due to its viscoelastic properties, damping of the bone-tooth complex. The accurate ...

EPFL2004

Structure and deformation mechanisms in UHMWPE-fibres

John Christopher Plummer

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 ...

2003

Searching for the proper law of dislocation multiplication in covalent crystals

Bernard Viguier, Corinne Dupas

A simple model based on dislocation theory allows the construction of a fully deﬁned system of differential equations and the calculation of curves that correspond to different mechanical tests such as stress relaxation, the creep test and the imposed stra ...

2002

A thermoviscoelastic analysis of process-induced internal stresses in thermoplastic matrix composites

Paul Sunderland

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 ...

2001

Growth of cubic boron nitride films by ibad and triode sputtering: development of intrinsic stress

Two methods are employed to evidenced the stress behavior in c-BN films. On the one hand, in depth stress profile of c-BN film, deposited by ion beam assisted evaporation, was performed by recording infrared spectra and substrate curvature after reactive i ...

2001

On the independence of time and strain effects in the stress relaxation of ligaments and tendons

Dominique Pioletti, Lalaonirina Rakotomanana Ravelonarivo

The hypothesis of variables separation, namely the time and the strain separation in the relaxation function, is widely used in soft tissue biomechanics. Although this hypothesis is central to several biomechanical models, only few experimental works have ...

2000

Uniaxial stress dependence of the permittivity of electroceramics

Nava Setter, Alexander Tagantsev, Olivier Steiner, Enrico Colla

The dependence of the permittivity, on uniaxial pressure of ceramics in the paraelectric, ferroelectric and relaxer phases has been investigated for BaTiO3, Pb(ZrTi)O-3 and Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O-3. In the paraelectric ic phase, upon the application of stress, a ...

1999

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