# Browse Dept. of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (1926-2006) by Subject "Engineering, Materials Science"

• (1974)

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• (1997)
Finally, an experiment was designed and constructed to perform fiber pushout tests at temperatures up to 800$\sp\circ$C and in a controlled environment. Preliminary pushout tests on both a pristine and a transversely ...

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• (1982)
This investigation pertains to the evaluation of fatigue resistance, primarily at long life, of axially-loaded circumferentially-notched cylindrical surface-hardened (carburized) members (K(,t) = 1.46 and K(,t) = 2.22) ...

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• (2009)
To investigate self-healing of an interface, a method is developed for sequestration of healing agent filled microcapsules and catalyst to the reinforcement-matrix interface. Microbond specimens, consisting of a single ...

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• (2001)
Numerical and experimental studies are performed to study residual deformation and warpage in a model multilayer circuit board construction of a common composite substrate (7628 fabric style). A numerical procedure based ...

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• (2002)
The experimental investigation in the present research is focused on the influence of surface roughness on the fracture resistance of an aluminum-epoxy interface. A layered double cantilever beam (LDCB) specimen was chosen ...

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• (1977)

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• (1984)
The titanium alloy under investigation, Ti-6Al-4V, displays time dependent deformation at room temperature. This time dependent deformation and the resulting damage are incorporated into the existing framework of the fatigue ...

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• (1978)

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• (2001)
Void growth in nonlinearly creeping solids under plane-strain conditions is studied in the fifth chapter. Numerical results reveal a rich variety of solutions; in general, void shape is controlled by the strength of the ...

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• (2003)
A traction-separation law that describes the cohesion of an interface in the presence of hydrogen is suggested and implemented through interfacial cohesive finite elements to study interfacial debonding around an elastic ...

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• (2007)
Microcapsule-based and hollow glass fiber-based self-healing composites enable a single repair of crack damage in a given location. Re-mendable polymers have demonstrated crack mending for multiple cycles, but only with ...

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• (2004)
We perform a linear stability analysis, and consider the dependence of the growth rate of instability on the wave number. This dispersion relation is a function of many parameters that describe the elasticity and chemistry ...

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• (1973)

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• (2008)
Additionally two patterning methods, traditional chemical wet-etching and a novel soft lithographic technique, are explored as a means to reduce residual stress within film features. For the soft lithographic technique, ...

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• (2007)
The self-healing performance of the elastomer is also investigated under torsional fatigue loading. The microcapsule-based self-healing PDMS is capable of recovering a significant portion of the original torsional stiffness ...

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• (2001)
The effects of stress on the response of ferroelectric thin films are measured directly by a beam bending experiment in a unique double-beam laser interferometer. Application of a compressive bending stress to relieve the ...

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• (2001)
After a specimen geometry that ensures straight crack growth was found for the experiment described above, research on crack turning was continued. As a hot glass plate is dipped into cool water, a pre-crack may grow along ...

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• (2000)
The influence of the two mechanisms on the transient stress redistribution between the composite constituents is investigated. For a composite whose matrix-reinforcement interface is either perfectly bonded, freely slipping, ...

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• (1978)

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