Physical Review Letters, ISSN 0031-9007, 11/2014, Volume 113, Issue 19, p. 191101
We make precise the heretofore ambiguous statement that anisotropic stress is a sign of a modification of gravity. We show that in cosmological solutions of...
PREFERRED-FRAME THEORIES | PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | RELATIVISTIC GRAVITY | CONSERVATION LAWS | FIELD-EQUATIONS | Stresses | Gravitation | Wave propagation | Computational fluid dynamics | Anisotropy | Gravitational waves | Astronomical models | Fluid flow
PREFERRED-FRAME THEORIES | PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | RELATIVISTIC GRAVITY | CONSERVATION LAWS | FIELD-EQUATIONS | Stresses | Gravitation | Wave propagation | Computational fluid dynamics | Anisotropy | Gravitational waves | Astronomical models | Fluid flow
Journal Article
International Journal of Fracture, ISSN 0376-9429, 1/2018, Volume 209, Issue 1, pp. 77 - 90
The influence of material heterogeneities is studied in the context of dynamic failure. We consider a pre-strained plate problem, the homogeneous case of which...
Branching | Materials Science | Pre-strained plate | Classical Mechanics | Civil Engineering | Characterization and Evaluation of Materials | Automotive Engineering | Dynamic fracture | Cohesive elements | Mechanical Engineering | Crack propagation | INSTABILITY | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | MODEL | SIMULATION | CONCRETE | DAMAGE | MECHANICS | GROWTH | EQUATION | Crack tips | Wave propagation | Propagation | Stress waves | Wave interaction | Stress propagation | Inclusions | Velocity | Internal energy | Mechanics | Materials and structures in mechanics | Physics
Branching | Materials Science | Pre-strained plate | Classical Mechanics | Civil Engineering | Characterization and Evaluation of Materials | Automotive Engineering | Dynamic fracture | Cohesive elements | Mechanical Engineering | Crack propagation | INSTABILITY | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | MODEL | SIMULATION | CONCRETE | DAMAGE | MECHANICS | GROWTH | EQUATION | Crack tips | Wave propagation | Propagation | Stress waves | Wave interaction | Stress propagation | Inclusions | Velocity | Internal energy | Mechanics | Materials and structures in mechanics | Physics
Journal Article
Journal of Applied Physics, ISSN 0021-8979, 04/2019, Volume 125, Issue 14
Shock waves are common in polymer-based particulate composites that are subjected to intermediate to high-velocity impact loading. However, quantitative...
Polymer matrix composites | Deformation | Projectiles | Impact loading | Particulate composites | Impact velocity | Velocity | Shock waves | Propagation (polymerization) | Digital imaging | Spatial data | Stress distribution | Energy dissipation | Shock wave propagation | Bonding strength | Stress propagation | Polymers | Strain rate
Polymer matrix composites | Deformation | Projectiles | Impact loading | Particulate composites | Impact velocity | Velocity | Shock waves | Propagation (polymerization) | Digital imaging | Spatial data | Stress distribution | Energy dissipation | Shock wave propagation | Bonding strength | Stress propagation | Polymers | Strain rate
Journal Article
Tectonophysics, ISSN 0040-1951, 09/2019, Volume 767, Issue 128151, p. 128151
Recent observations show evidence of propagation of postseismic slip, which may contain information about the mechanical properties of faults. Here, we develop...
Postseismic slip | Slow earthquake | 3-D fault modeling | Rate-and-state friction | SCENARIOS | LAW | IZMIT EARTHQUAKE | RELAXATION | MODEL | ASPERITY | DEFORMATION | GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS | SHEAR | CREEP | Numerical simulations | Slip velocity | Propagation | Atmospheric pressure | Computer simulation | Mechanical properties | Criticism | Coefficients | Velocity | Laboratory experiments | Geological faults | Friction | Dependence | Shear stress | Mathematical models | Numerical prediction | Stress propagation | Earth Sciences | Sciences of the Universe
Postseismic slip | Slow earthquake | 3-D fault modeling | Rate-and-state friction | SCENARIOS | LAW | IZMIT EARTHQUAKE | RELAXATION | MODEL | ASPERITY | DEFORMATION | GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS | SHEAR | CREEP | Numerical simulations | Slip velocity | Propagation | Atmospheric pressure | Computer simulation | Mechanical properties | Criticism | Coefficients | Velocity | Laboratory experiments | Geological faults | Friction | Dependence | Shear stress | Mathematical models | Numerical prediction | Stress propagation | Earth Sciences | Sciences of the Universe
Journal Article
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, ISSN 1433-7851, 02/2016, Volume 55, Issue 8, pp. 2796 - 2800
The concept of using crack propagation in polymeric materials to control drug release and its first demonstration are reported. The composite drug delivery...
composites | superhydrophobicity | stimuli-responsive materials | drug delivery | polymers | ACTIVATION | MESHES | DEPOTS | WETTABILITY | STIMULI | NETWORKS | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | NANOPARTICLES | FILMS | INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND | SURFACES | Glycerin | Glycerol | Polymer industry | Carbonates | Polymers | Fluorescein | Hydrophobic surfaces | Drug delivery systems | Crack propagation | Surgical implants | Biodegradability | Cellulose | Fluorescein diacetate | Drug delivery | Propagation modes | Anticancer properties | Antitumor agents | Implants | Biocompatibility | Tension | Biodegradation | Water infiltration | Polymer matrix composites | Failure modes | Cisplatin | Esophagus | Propagation (polymerization) | Composite materials | Cancer | stimuli-responsive | superhydrophobic
composites | superhydrophobicity | stimuli-responsive materials | drug delivery | polymers | ACTIVATION | MESHES | DEPOTS | WETTABILITY | STIMULI | NETWORKS | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | NANOPARTICLES | FILMS | INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND | SURFACES | Glycerin | Glycerol | Polymer industry | Carbonates | Polymers | Fluorescein | Hydrophobic surfaces | Drug delivery systems | Crack propagation | Surgical implants | Biodegradability | Cellulose | Fluorescein diacetate | Drug delivery | Propagation modes | Anticancer properties | Antitumor agents | Implants | Biocompatibility | Tension | Biodegradation | Water infiltration | Polymer matrix composites | Failure modes | Cisplatin | Esophagus | Propagation (polymerization) | Composite materials | Cancer | stimuli-responsive | superhydrophobic
Journal Article
1989, Canadian technical report of fisheries and aquatic sciences, Volume 1699., v, 22
A barotropic shelf wave model has been developed to analyze the low frequency response of a continental shelf to external forces such as wind stress and forces...
barotropic motion | Canada | continental shelf | wind stress | mathematical models | wind pressure | ANW | Newfoundland | marine | Labrador Shelf
barotropic motion | Canada | continental shelf | wind stress | mathematical models | wind pressure | ANW | Newfoundland | marine | Labrador Shelf
Book
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, ISSN 0020-7403, 08/2018, Volume 144, pp. 897 - 908
Damage process in engineering systems is strongly affected by spatial heterogeneity and local discontinuities in the materials, which are significantly...
Nonlocal approach | Mixed-mode fracture | Non-Gaussian random field | Stochastic crack initiation angle | Fracture toughness | FRACTURE-TOUGHNESS | ROCK | INITIATION | STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS | PARAMETERS | T-STRESS | HOMOGENIZATION | ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL | SPECIMENS | MECHANICS | QUASI-BRITTLE MATERIALS
Nonlocal approach | Mixed-mode fracture | Non-Gaussian random field | Stochastic crack initiation angle | Fracture toughness | FRACTURE-TOUGHNESS | ROCK | INITIATION | STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS | PARAMETERS | T-STRESS | HOMOGENIZATION | ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL | SPECIMENS | MECHANICS | QUASI-BRITTLE MATERIALS
Journal Article
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, ISSN 1365-1609, 07/2015, Volume 77, pp. 287 - 299
Single-hole blast-induced damage in a granitic outcrop has been assessed through both controlled experiments and numerical simulations with a combined...
Stress waves | Gas expansion | Blast-induced damage | FEM–DEM | Cross-hole | Seismic tomography | FEM-DEM | FRACTURE | MINING & MINERAL PROCESSING | ENGINEERING, GEOLOGICAL | MODEL | Explosions | Wave propagation | Seismic waves | Seismology | Analysis | Methods | Numerical analysis
Stress waves | Gas expansion | Blast-induced damage | FEM–DEM | Cross-hole | Seismic tomography | FEM-DEM | FRACTURE | MINING & MINERAL PROCESSING | ENGINEERING, GEOLOGICAL | MODEL | Explosions | Wave propagation | Seismic waves | Seismology | Analysis | Methods | Numerical analysis
Journal Article
Granular Matter, ISSN 1434-5021, 11/2019, Volume 21, Issue 4, pp. 1 - 6
We discuss affine and non-affine components of particle dynamics in the context of energy propagation through dense granular matter as a consequence of...
Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics | Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics | Materials Science, general | Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer | DEM simulations | Engineering Fluid Dynamics | Dense granular matter | Energy propagation | Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering | Physics | STRESS PROPAGATION | ELASTICITY | MECHANICS | PHYSICS, APPLIED | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | SOUND | MEDIA
Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics | Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics | Materials Science, general | Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer | DEM simulations | Engineering Fluid Dynamics | Dense granular matter | Energy propagation | Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering | Physics | STRESS PROPAGATION | ELASTICITY | MECHANICS | PHYSICS, APPLIED | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | SOUND | MEDIA
Journal Article
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, ISSN 0045-7825, 01/2017, Volume 313, pp. 53 - 84
This study uses an Implicit Level Set Algorithm (ILSA) to model the propagation of planar hydraulic fractures in situations when their progress is determined...
Stress jumps | Hydraulic fracture | Multi-scale phenomena | Level set methods | Leak-off | TIP REGION | CRACK-PROPAGATION | FLUID-DRIVEN FRACTURE | TRANSPORT | MATHEMATICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS | MECHANICS | EFFICIENT SOLUTION | ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | GROWTH | MEDIA | Analysis | Models | Algorithms
Stress jumps | Hydraulic fracture | Multi-scale phenomena | Level set methods | Leak-off | TIP REGION | CRACK-PROPAGATION | FLUID-DRIVEN FRACTURE | TRANSPORT | MATHEMATICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS | MECHANICS | EFFICIENT SOLUTION | ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | GROWTH | MEDIA | Analysis | Models | Algorithms
Journal Article
Engineering Fracture Mechanics, ISSN 0013-7944, 2008, Volume 75, Issue 11, pp. 3276 - 3293
Ductile fracture is often considered as the consequences of the accumulation of plastic damage. This paper is concerned with the application of a recently...
Ductile fracture | Damage plasticity theory | Ductile rupture | Aluminum alloy | Crack propagation | ductile fracture | MECHANICS | crack propagation | CRACK-GROWTH | aluminum alloy | ductile rupture | STATE | damage plasticity theory | STRESS | STRAIN | TIP-OPENING ANGLE | VOIDS
Ductile fracture | Damage plasticity theory | Ductile rupture | Aluminum alloy | Crack propagation | ductile fracture | MECHANICS | crack propagation | CRACK-GROWTH | aluminum alloy | ductile rupture | STATE | damage plasticity theory | STRESS | STRAIN | TIP-OPENING ANGLE | VOIDS
Journal Article
Journal of Applied Physics, ISSN 0021-8979, 12/2006, Volume 100, Issue 12, pp. 124318 - 124318-4
Surface effect on the longitudinal and flexural wave propagation in straight nanofibers/nanowires is studied within the framework of continuum mechanics....
THIN-FILMS | FIBERS | ELASTIC SHELL-MODEL | SHEAR | PHYSICS, APPLIED | INSTABILITY | POLYMER | SURFACE-STRESS | DEFORMATION | CARBON NANOTUBES | MODULI | Analysis | Surface tension | Wave propagation
THIN-FILMS | FIBERS | ELASTIC SHELL-MODEL | SHEAR | PHYSICS, APPLIED | INSTABILITY | POLYMER | SURFACE-STRESS | DEFORMATION | CARBON NANOTUBES | MODULI | Analysis | Surface tension | Wave propagation
Journal Article
Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, ISSN 0955-7997, 09/2019, Volume 106, pp. 397 - 411
The efficiency of classical truly meshless local Petrov–Galerkin method with linear test function approximation in the crack growth problems of complex...
Multiple cracks | 2D interaction integral | FGM | Meshless method | Crack propagation | MESHFREE METHOD | ENERGY-BASED FORMULATION | MLPG APPROACH | FINITE THICKNESS PLATES | MATHEMATICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS | DISPLACEMENT-CONTROLLED LOADS | ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | 3-D SIMULATION | FRACTURE-ANALYSIS | GROWTH | SURFACE CRACKS | STRESS | Mechanical engineering | Analysis | Methods
Multiple cracks | 2D interaction integral | FGM | Meshless method | Crack propagation | MESHFREE METHOD | ENERGY-BASED FORMULATION | MLPG APPROACH | FINITE THICKNESS PLATES | MATHEMATICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS | DISPLACEMENT-CONTROLLED LOADS | ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | 3-D SIMULATION | FRACTURE-ANALYSIS | GROWTH | SURFACE CRACKS | STRESS | Mechanical engineering | Analysis | Methods
Journal Article
Journal of Materials Science, ISSN 0022-2461, 10/2006, Volume 41, Issue 19, pp. 6266 - 6273
The addition of liquid-filled urea-formaldehyde (UF) microcapsules to an epoxy matrix leads to significant reduction in fatigue crack growth rate and...
Polymer Sciences | Chemistry | Materials Science | Mechanics | Crystallography | Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials | Characterization and Evaluation Materials | FRACTURE-TOUGHNESS | TEMPERATURE | BEHAVIOR | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | GROWTH | GLASS SPHERES | FILLED EPOXY | PARTICLE-SIZE | COMPOSITES | RUBBER | RESINS | Plastic zones | Fatigue life | Fracture mechanics | Stress intensity factors | Propagation | Heat treating | Shielding | Fatigue failure | Cantilever beams | Propagation modes | Crack propagation | Cracks | Stress concentration | Reduction | Materials science | Paris
Polymer Sciences | Chemistry | Materials Science | Mechanics | Crystallography | Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials | Characterization and Evaluation Materials | FRACTURE-TOUGHNESS | TEMPERATURE | BEHAVIOR | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | GROWTH | GLASS SPHERES | FILLED EPOXY | PARTICLE-SIZE | COMPOSITES | RUBBER | RESINS | Plastic zones | Fatigue life | Fracture mechanics | Stress intensity factors | Propagation | Heat treating | Shielding | Fatigue failure | Cantilever beams | Propagation modes | Crack propagation | Cracks | Stress concentration | Reduction | Materials science | Paris
Journal Article
International Journal of Fracture, ISSN 0376-9429, 7/2018, Volume 212, Issue 1, pp. 15 - 40
The paper presents an extension of authors’ previous model for a 3D hydraulic fracture with Newtonian fluid, which aims to account for the Herschel–Bulkley...
Materials Science | Dual boundary element method | 3D model of hydraulic fracture propagation | Classical Mechanics | Civil Engineering | Characterization and Evaluation of Materials | Automotive Engineering | Herschel–Bulkley fluid flow in fracture | Mechanical Engineering | 3D mixed mode crack front deflection criterion | ROCK | Herschel-Bulkley fluid flow in fracture | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | SIMULATION | BOUNDARY-ELEMENT METHOD | POWER-LAW FLUID | MECHANICS | HYDRAULIC FRACTURE | STRESS | DRIVEN FRACTURE | Models | Oil wells | Analysis | Hydraulic fracturing | Fracture mechanics | Propagation | Computational fluid dynamics | Rheology | Fluid flow | Fluid | Equilibrium equations | Parameter sensitivity | Criteria | Crack propagation | Propagation modes | Numerical analysis | Stress intensity factors | Algorithms | Newtonian fluids | Non Newtonian fluids | Nonlinear programming | Fluid injection | Three dimensional models | Boundary element method | Rheological properties
Materials Science | Dual boundary element method | 3D model of hydraulic fracture propagation | Classical Mechanics | Civil Engineering | Characterization and Evaluation of Materials | Automotive Engineering | Herschel–Bulkley fluid flow in fracture | Mechanical Engineering | 3D mixed mode crack front deflection criterion | ROCK | Herschel-Bulkley fluid flow in fracture | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | SIMULATION | BOUNDARY-ELEMENT METHOD | POWER-LAW FLUID | MECHANICS | HYDRAULIC FRACTURE | STRESS | DRIVEN FRACTURE | Models | Oil wells | Analysis | Hydraulic fracturing | Fracture mechanics | Propagation | Computational fluid dynamics | Rheology | Fluid flow | Fluid | Equilibrium equations | Parameter sensitivity | Criteria | Crack propagation | Propagation modes | Numerical analysis | Stress intensity factors | Algorithms | Newtonian fluids | Non Newtonian fluids | Nonlinear programming | Fluid injection | Three dimensional models | Boundary element method | Rheological properties
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