CHALLENGES FOR STRAIN HARDENING CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES – DEFORMABILITY VERSUS MATRIX DENSITY

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When two objects slide against each other, wear and friction occur at their interface. The accumulation of wear forms what is commonly referred to as a ``third-body''. Understanding third-body evolution has significant applications in industry, where contr ...

Titanium-based Metal Matrix Composites (MMCs) manufactured by additive manufacturing offer tremendous lightweighting opportunities. However, processing the high reinforcement contents needed to substantially improve elastic modulus while conserving signifi ...

Reinforced concrete flat slabs consist of a continuous, thin concrete plate that rests on a grid of columns. The supporting surface of the columns is very small compared to the floor plan dimensions, leading to concentrations of shear forces near the colum ...

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In typical reinforced concrete design, reinforcement is designed to carry axial forces, but it can also resist transversal forces by dowel action. This is usually neglected for simplicity's sake in the design phase, but it can be accounted for either expli ...

The microstructure evolution associated with the cold forming sequence of an Fe-14Cr-1W-0.3Ti-0.3Y2O3 grade ferritic stainless steel strengthened by dispersion of nano oxides (ODS) was investigated. The material, initially hot extruded at 1100 degrees C an ...

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Bond between reinforcing bars and concrete has been the focus of extensive research over the last century. This is well-justified as the functioning of reinforced concrete intimately depends on the interaction between rebar and concrete, as for example cra ...

This data package supports the publication 'Complexity of crack front geometry enhances toughness of brittle solids' by Xinyue Wei, Chenzhuo Li, Cían McCarthy, and John M. Kolinski Nature physics (2024) - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-024-02435-x DOI: 1 ...

Surface-based inflatables are composed of two thin layers of nearly inextensible sheet material joined together along carefully selected fusing curves. During inflation, pressure forces separate the two sheets to maximize the enclosed volume. The fusing c ...

Estimating the stress of reinforcing bars and its variations in service conditions can be useful to determine the reserve capacity of structures or to assess the risk of fatigue in the reinforcement. This paper investigates the use crack width measurements ...

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CHALLENGES FOR STRAIN HARDENING CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES – DEFORMABILITY VERSUS MATRIX DENSITY

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Modeling friction and wear using an adaptive discrete-continuum coupling

Tensile Properties of Ex-Situ Ti-TiC Metal Matrix Composites Manufactured by Laser Powder Bed Fusion

Shear and steel-fibre reinforcement for the punching resistance of flat slabs at internal and edge columns

Edible Soft Actuators based on Konjac Glucomannan for Underwater Operation

Experimental investigation of dowel action in reinforcing bars using refined measurements

Dislocation Hardening in a New Manufacturing Route of Ferritic Oxide Dispersion-Strengthened Fe-14Cr Cladding Tube

Design for demise applied to spacecraft structural panels and experiments for ClearSpace One platform

Early detection of structural damage in UHPFRC structures through the combination of acoustic emission and ultrasonic stress wave monitoring

Insights from an extensive triaxial testing campaign on a shale for comparative site characterization of a deep geological repository

Numerical Modeling of FRP-Strengthened Masonry Structures Using Equivalent Frame Models

Contributions to rebar-to-concrete interaction and its structural implications for design and monitoring applications

Dataset for "Complexity of crack front geometry enhances toughness of brittle solids"

Computational Homogenization for Inverse Design of Surface-based Inflatables

Estimation of the bar stress based on crack width measurements in reinforced concrete structures

Experimental and numerical investigation of an additively manufactured sandwich composite bridge deck utilizing gyroid building blocks

Solute-strengthening in metal alloys with short-range order

Improved Material Formulations for Thick Adhesive Joints in Wind Turbine Blades

Multi-scale characterization and modeling of notched strength and translaminar fracture in hybrid thin-ply composites based on different carbon fiber grades

Reusability assessment of reinforced concrete components prior to deconstruction from obsolete buildings