Growing environmental demands and higher fuel efficiency encourage the use of new light-weight load-bearing materials even for operation under rougher conditions. Consequently, as used in vital components chassis, brake system or exhaust are subjected to thermomechanical fatigue during due variable mechanical thermal loads, it is crucial design engineers CAE analysts understand cyclic behaviour...

Computer data acquisition is more and more widely used in today’s undergraduate laboratory courses. To meet this trend, it is necessary to bring computer data acquisition to old laboratory equipment, such as a Tinius Olsen machine. One solution is to go to the equipment’s original manufacturer or other vendors for a retrofitting package with computer data acquisition, that usually costs thousan...

How complex developmental-genetic networks are translated into organs with specific 3D shapes remains an open question. This question is particularly challenging because the elaboration of specific shapes is in essence a question of mechanics. In plants, this means how the genetic circuitry affects the cell wall. The mechanical properties of the wall and their spatial variation are the key fact...

Ion engines accelerate electrically charged plasma through two optic grids and emit the ions as exhaust. The process facilitates propulsion without use of chemical propellants. Braided carbon fiber reinforced composite (C(f)/C) optics are presently being considered for use as the accelerator and screen grids in ion propulsion engines. In this study the mechanical behavior of four candidate tow ...

In the search for alternatives to obtain more information from rock tests and make them accessible, this study applies Digital Image Correlation technique (DIC 2D) in a diametral compression test called Brazilian Test, comparing result measured by an extensometer with obtained DIC. Rock provide about characteristics applicable several engineering areas, such as mining construction. using strain...