The global plastic waste crisis remains a fundamental challenge for mankind to address, as vast amounts of plastic continue to accumulate in the environment, threatening ecosystems and human health. Biobased and biodegradable plastics, particularly materia ...
In fracture mechanics, polyacrylamide hydrogel has been widely used as a model material in experiments due to its optical transparency, the brittle nature of its failure, and low Rayleigh wave velocity. Indeed, linear elastic fracture mechanics has been us ...
This study investigates experimentally hydraulic fracture propagation, arrest and closure in permeable rocks.Through a controlled laboratory experiment on a Molasse sandstone block under a true triaxial state of stress, hydraulic fracture propagation and c ...
Reinforcing bars in structural concrete are typically designed to carry axial forces. Nevertheless, due to their bending stiffness, the bars can also carry transverse forces, that are associated with the localized bending mechanism (dowel action) resulting ...
In the present study, the effect of two distinct heat treatment conditions on microstructure, mechanical, and shape memory properties of Fe-17Mn-5Si-10Cr-4Ni-(V, C) (wt%) Fe-based shape memory alloy fabricated by laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) was investi ...
Applications of photovoltaic (PV) cells in buildings are often excluded from locations with major mechanical strains because of their brittleness and possible damages at small mechanical strains. Combinations of glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) compon ...
This study aimed to identify the fatigue crack initiation site of high-frequency mechanical impact (HFMI)-treated high-strength steel welded joints subjected to high peak stresses; the impact of HFMI treatment residual stress relaxation being of particular ...
