Interstellar clouds are mainly composed of hydrogen molecules whose molecular spectra are difficult to record. Major other components are polar molecules, whose rotational and ro-vibrational spectra are readily observed. Inelastic collisions of molecules with H2 and electrons are important processes to understand the formation and intensities of molecular spectral lines. We have calculated the ...

We present a detailed theoretical and experimental study of Feshbach resonances in the Li-K mixture. Particular attention is given to the inelastic scattering properties, which have not been considered before. As an important example, we thoroughly investigate both elastic and inelastic scattering properties of a resonance that occurs near 155G. Our theoretical predictions based on a coupled ch...

The elastic and inelastic response of [001] oriented silicon to laser compression has been a topic of considerable discussion for well over a decade, yet there has been little progress in understanding the basic behaviour of this apparently simple material. We present experimental x-ray diffraction data showing complex elastic strain profiles in laser compressed samples on nanosecond timescales...

In this paper we develop the governing equations of the coupled damage-plasticity model, which is capable of representing the main mechanisms of inelastic behavior including irreversible plastic deformation, change of elastic response and the localized failure. We show in particular how such model should be implemented within the stress-based variational formulation, providing an important adva...

A dual structural fused system consists of replaceable ductile elements (fuses) that sustain major seismic damage and leave the primary structure (PS) virtually undamaged. The seismic performance of a fused structural system is determined by the combined behavior of the individual PS and fuse components. In order to design a feasible and economic structural fuse concept, we need a procedure to ...

Seismic analysis and design of reinforced concrete structures are performed based on linear response, however it is universally accepted that under severe earthquakes inelastic response and cracking is accepted. Therefore element properties should reflect this condition and inertias of beams and columns should be reduced accordingly. Several procedures are suggested to considered effective rigi...

In this paper, a research study is presented focusing on the effect of substituting brittle concrete in conventional reinforced concrete column members with a ductile engineered cementitious composite (ECC). Based on the material properties of ECC, the interaction with structural reinforcement is characterized by compatible deformations of the reinforcement and ECC matrix in the elastic and ine...

By taking the spatial and temporal Fourier transforms of coordinates atoms in molecular dynamics simulations conducted using an embedded-atom-method potential, we calculate inelastic scattering x rays from copper single crystals shocked along [001] to pressures up 70 GPa. Above Hugoniot elastic limit, find that copious stacking faults generated at shock front introduce strong quasi-elastic (QES...

Decohesion parameters are computed for the tilt grain boundaries through molecular simulations and the parameters are employed in a elastoplastic deformation model of a face centered cubic (FCC) nanocrystal. The calibrated continuum grain boundary model accounts for reversible elastic and irreversible inelastic separation sliding deformations. The intragranular plasticity was modeled using a ra...

This paper summarizes the lessons learned from a full-scale test on two RC frame prototypes that have recently been tested on LNEC shaking-table using four pairs of biaxial synthetic ground motion records during 15WCEE Conference (2012). The reference structures are two single-story RC frames which are geometrically identical but with different reinforcement details. The simplified inelastic mo...