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The thermo-mechanical properties of hyperbranched polymer-epoxy blends and their dependence on hyperbranched polymer shell chemistry were investigated. Hyperbranched polymers were shown to be able to increase resin toughness by inducing both a heterogeneou ...
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Small specimen test technology (SSTT) has enabled, the development of fusion materials by efficiently using available irradiation volumes. The technology has also evolved in anticipation of the construction and operation of a high-energy neutron source for ...
A posteriori error estimates are derived for a nonlinear parabolic problem arising from the isothermal solidification of a binary alloy. Space discretization with continuous, piecewise linear finite elements is considered. The L-2 in time H-1 in space erro ...
In cold pilgering of tubes, a material element undergoes a series of small incremental deformations (≈100 strokes), alternatively under tensile and compressive stresses. This complex history sometimes results in surface damage, seemingly by low-cycle fatig ...
To gain insight into the physical nature of the coupling between mechanical stress and humidity variations, the behaviour of thin wood strips was studied using specially developed apparatus for creep/recovery and relaxation/blotting-out tests in a controll ...
A series of polyquasicrystalline ingots with the nominal composition Al63.6Cu24.0Fe12.4 has been prepared by conventional drop casting and subsequent annealing at 1088 K for 24 h. Compression specimens prepared from the different ingots have been deformed ...
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 ...
The crystallization kinetics of polyamide-12 has been investigated using a combination of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and hot-stage optical microscopy. The DSC data for isothermal crystallization were consistent with a simple two-parameter Avra ...