this work is an attempt towards employing ductile damage criterion and finite elementsimulations for prediction of fracture initiation and evolution in deep drawing of copper/stainlesssteel clad sheets. the material mechanical properties and ductile damage parameters weredetermined through standard and notched tensile tests. the effect of some important processparameters on damage evolution wer...

BACKGROUND It has not yet been shown that ossification of ungular cartilages (OUC) is a pathological condition. Beside heredity, factors such as sex, age, repeated concussion, local trauma, hoof and body size have been suggested as contributing factors for OUC development. By comparing radiographs of front hooves from cold-blooded trotters with different age we wanted to evaluate when developme...

This paper focuses on diagnosing biases in the seasonal climate of the tropical Atlantic in the twentiethcentury simulation of the Community Climate System Model, version 4 (CCSM4). The biases appear in both atmospheric and oceanic components. Mean sea level pressure is erroneously high by a few millibars in the subtropical highs and erroneously low in the polar lows (similar to CCSM3). As a re...

Data are presented for magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca) and strontium (Sr) analyses for surface samples and conductivity–temperature–depth profiles of waters along three main transects across the Subtropical Front (STF) and the Subantarctic Front (SAF) in a region between Tasmania and New Zealand down to 57°S. This area is at the confluence of the Indian, Pacific and Southern Oceans where the Suban...

Finite Fracture Mechanics and Cohesive Crack Model can effectively predict the strength of plain, cracked or notched structural components, overcoming classical drawbacks Linear Elastic Mechanics. Aim present work is to investigate size effects by expressing each model as a unified system two equations, describing stress requirement energy balance, respectively. Brittle crack onset in different...

This paper presents the mixed mode I/II stress intensity factors (SIFs) of slanted cracks/notches under tension loading. A two-dimensional finite element analysis (FEA) was employed using ABAQUS program. Based on literature survey, there is a lack solutions for SIFs cracks in plane plates. The strain energy approach (SEA) adopted to analyze notched cases. Mode I and II are derived via SEA metho...