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...

The helix geometry model of 3D braided composites has been presented, which truly reflects the braided manner and coincides with the actual configuration of the braided composites. The longitudinal tensile stress-strain relationships and the strength of 3D braided composites under the tension loading have been predicted by a finite multiphase element method (FMEM) based on the helix geometry mo...

In this paper, an approach to aeronautical structural design based on reliability analysis is presented. In this way, the concept of level of safety is discussed and methods of its calculation using statistical data are described. Based on the concept of level of safety, a design procedure is proposed. In order to validate this design procedure, two design cases are studied. In the first case s...

In recent years, honeycomb fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) sandwich panels have been increasingly used in various industries. Low weight, low price and high mechanical strength are the benefits of these structures. However, their mechanical properties and behavior have not been fully explored. The objective of this study is to conduct a combined numerical-statistical investigation of honeycomb F...

We use molecular dynamics simulations to study the thermo-mechanical response of a thermosetting polymer (diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A with 3,30diamino-Diphenylsulfone) subject to cyclic loading for a family of tri-axial deformation paths and two different load levels and strain rates. We focus on how the relative amount of deviatoric and volumetric deformation affects strain accumulation an...

conclusions our results demonstrated the ability of pw-tdi and s/sr modalities in detection of the early subclinical abnormalities in asymptomatic patients with significant chronic ar. results ar group had significantly increased lv end systolic and end diastolic volumes, interventricular septum and posterior wall thickness compared to controls. in ar, sm and em of septal wall, sm of lateral wa...

the creep behavior of basalt fiber reinforced epoxy (bfre) and glass fiber reinforced epoxy (gfre) composites was studied through tensile testing at high temperature. to study the effect of reinforcing epoxy, the micro glass powder (mgp) was added at various volume percentage into the epoxy resin in bfre composites. the initial strain for all the specimens were evaluated and compared with each ...

Polyurethanes are the only class of polymers that display thermoplastic, elastomeric, and thermoset behavior depending on their chemical and morphological makeup. In addition to compact polyurethanes, foamed variations in particular are very widespread, and they achieve their targeted properties at very low weights. The simple production of sandwich structures and material composites in a singl...