Abstract Practical assessment of subgrade settlement induced by train operation requires developing suitable models capable describing permanent deformation characteristics filling under repeated dynamic loading. In this paper, load triaxial tests were performed on coarse-grained soil (CGS), and the axial strain CGS different confining pressures stress amplitudes was analysed. Permanent behavio...

For industrial components such as pressure vessels and piping systems, it is important to determine the shakedown domains of structures under complex variable thermo-mechanical loads avoid low cycle fatigue due alternating plasticity or incremental plastic collapse caused by ratcheting. In this paper, interaction among three common types stresses are considered based on a plane model, namely, m...

Shape memory alloys (SMAs) offer interesting perspectives in various fields such as aeronautics, robotics, biomedical sciences, or structural engineering. The distinctive properties of those materials stem from a solid/solid phase transformation occurring at microscopic level. Modeling the rather complex behavior SMAs is topic active research. Lately, SMA models coupling phase-transformation wi...

Of all materials, silicon has the highest capacity to store lithium, and is being developed as an electrode for lithium-ion batteries. Upon absorbing a large amount of lithium, the electrode swells greatly, with a volumetric change up to 300%. The swelling is inevitably constrained in practice, often leading to stress and fracture. Evidence has accumulated that the swelling-induced stress can b...

The formulation of a two surface/bubble thermo-mechanical constitutive model consistent with the principles thermodynamics is presented. This allows plastic deformations inside outer yield surface, resulting in smooth stress–strain prediction and progressive cyclic deformations. achieved by translation inner surface (also known as bubble surface) stress state soil, using kinematic rule. equatio...