underground caverns in rock salt deposits are the most secure disposal method and a type of gas-storing facility. gas storage plays a vital role in ensuring that a strategic relationship is secured between an established energy infrastructure provider and a midstream energy company. the fischells brook area is a pillow-shaped body of salts located in the st. george's bay area of southwest newfo...

We study the creep motion of an elastic string in a two-dimensional pinning landscape by means of Langevin dynamics simulations. We find that the velocity-force characteristics are well described by the creep formula predicted from phenomenological scaling arguments. We analyze the creep exponent mu and the roughness exponent zeta. Two regimes are identified: when the temperature is larger than...

A 2-yr study was conducted to evaluate the effects of a high-energy creep feed, preweaning zeranol implants and breed type on calf and cow performance. Two hundred calves sired by Brahman and Romana Red bulls out of Angus and Angus x Brown Swiss reciprocal crossbred (F1) dams were stratified by breed type and sex to three creep treatments: no creep feed (NC); long-term creep (LC), creep-fed fro...

This paper discusses recent theoretical developments on fracture at elevated temperature in the presence of overall plastic (dislocation) creep. Two topics are considered: 1. Stress fields at tips of macroscopic cracks in creeping solids: Here consideration is given to the transient development of an effectively steady state of creep in a cracked body, following sudden load application for whic...

Creep deformation in < 001 > oriented single crystals of CMSX-3 has been studied at temperatures around 850°C at a stress level of 552 MPa. Detailed observations of the evolution of the dislocation structure during creep have been made. TEM stereo pairs show creep deformation in the matrix phase, leaving the 7’ precipitates undeformed. In previously undeformed crystals there is a brief incubati...

A total of 84 sows (PIC Line 1050) were blocked according to day of farrowing and parity and allotted in a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement of treatments with lactation feed intake (ad libitum vs. restricted) and creep feeding (no vs. yes) as factors. Sows fed for ad libitum intake (ad libitum-fed) were allowed free access to a common lactation diet (3,503 kcal of ME/kg, 0.97% standardized ileal dig...

a r t i c l e i n f o A powerful and robust numerical homogenization method based on fast Fourier transform (FFT) is formulated to identify the viscoelastic behavior of calcium silicate hydrates (C-S-H) in hardened cement paste from its heterogeneous composition. The identification is contingent upon the linearity of the creep law. To characterize cement paste microstructure, the model develope...

Both polycrystalline (PC) and directionally-solidified (DS) Ni-base superalloys are commonly applied as turbine materials to primarily withstand creep conditions manifested in either marine-, airor land-based gas turbines components. The thrust for increased efficiency of these systems, however, translates into the need for these materials to exhibit considerable strength and temperature resist...

R f search has produced two major procedures for assessing creep and shrinkage; the ACI 209 method' and the CE$-FJP method.' Laboratory research into concrete creep and shrinkage has been conducted for decades, and excellent analytical procedures for evaluating structures for creep and shrinkage have been presented in the literature.'-5 Creep and shrinkage are factors in the design of a variety...

Changes in membrane current in response to an elevation of [Na]i were studied in enzymatically dispersed frog atrial cells. Na loading by either intracellular dialysis or exposure to the Na ionophore monensin produces changes in membrane current that resemble the "creep currents" originally observed in cardiac Purkinje fibers during exposure to low-K solutions. Na loading induces a transient ou...