Progressive radial cracking of a clamped plate subjected to crack-face closure is studied. The material behavior is assumed to be elastic-brittle. The cracks are assumed to be relatively long in the sense that the three-dimensional contact problem can be described via a statically equivalent two-dimensional idealization. The number of cracks is supposed large enough to permit a quasi-continuum ...

The application of a repro-modelling approach for the representation of chemical kinetic changes is described. The repro-model is constructed from fitted orthonormal polynomial equations describing the change in concentration of selected key species over a chemical time-step within the model. The number of key species required is established by a linear perturbation method. Application to a pro...

The interesting fight between crackers518 and DRM systems is not a match just for the sake of entertainment. It also has consequences in the real world. The cracker itself is not the most terrible danger. He is only one person who uses the forbidden digital right for own purposes. It gets more dangerous when he shares his knowledge on cracking with others. Everybody has access to all kinds of i...

The effects of hydrostatic extrusion on particle cracking and on the subsequent tensile properties of some prototypical particlereinforced metal–matrix composites are investigated. In most cases, tensile failure occurs through a plastic instability in accordance with the Considere criterion for necking. The corresponding failure strain is therefore dictated by the global flow and hardening char...

Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook.) has been an important afforestation species in northeast China. It has obvious defects of buckling and cracking easily, which are caused by its chemical components. Trametes versicolor (L.) Lloyd, a white-rot fungus, can decompose the cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin in the wood. White-rot fungus was used to biologically degrade Chinese fi...

Abstract This paper investigates cracking failure of the casing tube. There were longitudinal cracks in heavy oil thermal recovery well occurred an field. The fracture cause was analyzed by macrographic observation, chemical composition analysis, mechanical property test, metallographic scanning electron microscope (SEM) and residual stress calculation. results showed that crack failed originat...

concrete is one of the most important construction materials widely using in hydraulic structures, such as lining of irrigation canals. concrete durability might be decreased due to the environmental or inner factors with physical, chemical or mechanical reactions. since, the climatologically condition is variable in most part of the country, local studies are needed to evaluate of the weakness...

The indentation deformation and cracking responses of ion-exchanged glasses were measured using quasi-static and dynamic loading cycles. Two glass types were compared, a normal glass that deforms to a large extent by a shearing mechanism and a damage-resistant glass that comparatively deforms with less shear and more densification. The quasi-static indentation cracking threshold for median/radi...