Buckling of Lamianted Plates Using h-p Finite Strips
The paper presents a computationally efficient alternative to the finite element method for the initial buckling analysis of long, shear-deformable composite laminates. In addition the...
A Comparison of Modeling Techniques for the Buckling of Stiffened Shells
Different techniques are used to compute the collapse loads of a family of stiffened shells. Large differences are observed between the various predictions. Detailed numerical studies...
Stability Analysis of Nonlinear Frames
The second stiffness method for large deformation in-elastic stability analysis of frames is discussed. Displacement control methods for tracing the path beyond the limit point are presented....
Thermal Effects in a Transient Study of Fracture
Studies, e.g. Zehnder and Rosakis (1989), indicate that fracture is associated with temperature rises in inelastic zones near the crack edge. To gain more insight into this phenomenon,...
Characterizing Mode I Fatigue Delamination of Composite Materials
Evaluation of two techniques to characterize fatigue delamination using the double cantilever beam (DCB) specimen are presented. The two techniques were the delamination growth onset (G-N)...
Frictionless Contact of Composite Laminates
An approximate solution technique for determination of contact stress distribution under a curved, rigid punch indenting an arbitrary laminated composite plate is outlined. The individual...
Elastic Stability of a Laminated Column
Buckling load of an unsymmetric, laminated column is obtained through the use of imperfection method. The condition requiring to have non-vanishing bending moment at the ends of a pinned-pinned...
Partial Hybrid Stress Element for Higher-Order Laminated Plates Theory
The partial hybrid stress method is applied to higher-order plate theory for orthotropic laminated plates. This new element performs better than displacement formulation and approaches...
Visualization of the Microstructural Response of Lightly-Cemented Granular Soils Under Uniaxial Strain Conditions
The microstructural response of granular soil under uniaxial strain is being investigated through direct observation of micromotions. Two techniques are being refined to quantify individual...
Development of a Constitutive Model for Impact Limiters
A constitutive model is being developed for 'impact limiter' materials such as aluminum honeycombs and polyurethane foams. Among other applications, these materials...
Material Testing at High Pressure
A static test cell has been designed and fabricated to apply a peak stress of up to 2 GPa to a 2.54 cm cylindrical specimen. The cell design was based on the 'belt'...
Mechanical Behavior of Composites with Interphases
The effect of interphases on the mechanical behavior of fiber-reinforced composites is studied. Two problems, a cracked fiber in a matrix, and a fiber pulled out of a matrix, are discussed....
Theoretical and Experimental Mechanisms of Toughening in Multi-phase Materials
Multi-phase materials are an important class of materials being developed for aerospace primary structural applications. Multi-phase materials are those materials consisting of two or...
Nonlocality of Continuum Approximation of Microcracked Materials
A continuum with nonlocal damage has recently been shown to be an effective approach for the analysis of strain-softening structures. The basic idea is that only the damage, normally caused...
Micro-Damage Process Model for Polycrystalline Ice
This paper presents a micro-damage process model for freshwater polycrystalline ice deforming at the high end of the ductile-to-brittle transitional domain of strain rated. Damage is attributed...
Moisture Diffusion in Concrete and Mechanisms of Drying Creep
The Pickett effect is the excess of creep at drying over the sum of shrinkage and basic creep. Several theoretical models have been presented to speculate on the mechanisms of this effect,...
Deformation of Concrete Due to Drying
The deformation of drying concrete is numerically investigated considering the effect of random arrangement of coarse aggregates. The result indicates that a part of the statistical variation...
A Model to Predict Restrained Shrinkage Cracking of Fiber Reinforced Concrete
Cracking due to restrained shrinkage occurs very often in an engineering practice, causing serious problems such as increased water permeability of the structure and corrosion of the reinforcement....
Influence of Finite Deformations in the Stress-Strain Modelling of Granular Media
An incremental formulations of the stress-strain law is presented for quasi-static deformation of granular solids. The stress-strain relationship is derived for an element of granular...
Instability and Plastic Flow of Soils
Materials should according to Drucker's postulate become unstable when the second increment of plastic work is negative. Experimental observations however show otherwise....
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