Although much is known about the effects of uniaxial mechanical loading on fibrocartilage development, the stress fields to which fibrocartilaginous regions are subjected to during development are mutiaxial. That fibrocartilage develops at tendon-to-bone attachments and in compressive regions of tendons is well established. However, the three-dimensional (3D) nature of the stresses needed for t...

Diamond coatings have been increasingly used in cutting tools applications. Coating delamination is the major tool failure mode and occurs due to deposition-induced residual stresses and thermomechanical loading in machining. This study applies finite element analysis to investigate stress distributions, with the edge radius focused, in diamond coating tools considering depositions and machinin...

this study simulates the temperature field and temperature stress of concrete face slabs, considering the cold waves that occur during construction as well as the contact friction between the face slabs and the cushion layer. the results show that when a cold wave occurs during construction, the surface and center temperature of the face slabs continually drop with the outside air temperature, ...

This work presents the effects of strain rate on the tensile properties and fracture morphologies of AHSS-DP 350/600 subjected to LSP. Fatigue crack growth test was performed to evaluate fatigue behavior in the metallic plate of AHSS-DP350/600. However, this material is used in automobile industry and enhancing it fatigue resistance is a challenge in material engineering. In order to evaluate a...

An in vitro morphological study on the relation of the stress field and the orientation of cells with the use of the time lapse video recording system was carried out. Specimens of thin collagen gel membrane, within which cells are proliferating, were examined under various mechanical conditions. Cell stretching, cell orientation, cell migration, cell proliferation and generation of tensile str...

Fatigue crack growth observed in tubular K-joint specimens, typical of tubular bridge structures, always initiates at the chord crown toe locations whether the applied stress range is tensile or compressive. Even though other locations around the weld have highest hot-spot stresses, chord crown toe locations are still the most critical. This raises the question about the relevant tensile residu...

The geometric optimization of orthopedic screws can considerably increase their orthopedic efficiency. Due to the high geometric parameters of orthopedic screws, a finite element simulation is an effective tool for analyzing and forecasting the effect of the parameters on the load-bearing capacity of different types of screws and bones. Thus, in the present study, the tensile strength of a typi...

Introduction: Osteoarthritis (OA) may be initiated by abnormal mechanical loading, which can alter both cartilage metabolism and mechanical behavior [1]. OA of the hip affects approximately 10% of the population [2]. Understanding the causes of hip OA is the first step in developing treatment strategies to delay or reverse disease progression. Surface fibrillation is common in early-stage OA, a...

This paper describes a nano-scale tensile test to study the fatigue properties of LPCVD silicon nitride thin films using a novel electrostatic actuator design. Mechanical-amplifier devices made in silicon nitride thin films can apply controllable tensile stress (2.0–7.8 GPa) to test structures with relatively low actuation voltages (5.7–35.4 VRMS) at the resonant frequencies of the devices. The...

The effect of Au addition on the microstructural and the tensile properties of Sn–0.7 mass%Cu alloy was examined. Tensile strength and 0.2% proof stress remarkably increase up to 0.3 mass%Au primarily due to solid solution hardening. Beyond 0.3 mass%Au, due to precipitation of large intermetallic compounds, elongation decreases while tensile strength and 0.2% proof stress increase slightly. Wit...