..., and failure load. A failure mechanism map for this system is reported that can be used to inform the design of such laminated composites. composite materials laminated beams damage tolerance failure criteria laminates structures The reinforcement plies were sectioned from polycrystalline...

... the effects of several design parameters on the thermomechanical behavior of the SMP based syntactic foam. It is concluded that the model is a useful tool for designing and training this novel self-healing composite. shape memory polymer syntactic foam composite material programming glassy temperature...

... dominates the mode shape and the sine part is much smaller. 23 04 2010 19 03 2011 24 08 2011 bending composite materials elastic constants fibres forming processes friction vibrational modes winding (process) filament winding semigeodesic fiber path shell...

...L. A. Spyrou; N. Aravas A three-dimensional constitutive model for muscle and tendon tissues is developed. Muscle and tendon are considered as composite materials that consist of fibers and the connective tissues and biofluids surrounding the fibers. The model is nonlinear, rate dependent...

... is not accurate due to internal loss. 22 06 2009 28 07 2010 21 09 2010 01 02 2011 01 02 2011 composite materials energy harvesting fluctuations piezoelectric materials shape memory effects stress-strain relations piezoelectrics shape memory alloys composite Eshelby...

... 2010 composite materials Galerkin method integration linear momentum partial differential equations plates (structures) stability vibrations axially moving composite plate natural frequency Galerkin method differential quadrature method parametric resonance multiple scale...

... frequency and dynamic properties of glulam reinforced composite beams when conducted in nonlinear equation forms. glulam composite materials exp-function method GRP natural frequency Glued laminated wood (glulam) can be fabricated in many shapes and sizes for use in various structural...

... heterogeneities is investigated by analyzing the relevant dispersive wave propagation properties. Scattering of traveling waves is shown to be associated with the microcrack density in the bar. 30 05 2009 05 02 2010 20 04 2010 16 08 2010 16 08 2010 composite material interfaces...

... extensively conducted in the 1980s and 1990s. random heterogeneous materials elastic-plastic transition fractals composite materials elastic moduli fluctuations fractals pattern formation plastic flow random processes stress-strain relations white noise 31 10 2008 03 04...

... 12 2009 barium compounds cobalt compounds composite materials magnetoelastic effects plates (structures) vibrations The dynamical responses of elastic bodies under various external conditions have drawn significant attentions and researches by many professional engineers...

...Anthony J. Paris An elasticity approach to the mechanics of load transfer in cord-reinforced composite materials is developed. Finite cords embedded in an elastic matrix and subjected to axial loading is considered, and the extension-twist coupling of the cords is taken into account. Closed form...

... 2009 bending boundary layers bubbles composite materials compressible flow explosions sandwich structures shock wave effects shock waves Since the pioneering analytical works of Taylor ( 1 ), it has been recognized that fluid-structure interaction (FSI) can be exploited to reduce...

... composite materials elastic moduli elasticity finite volume methods micromechanics periodic structures FVDAM computational mechanics multiscale modeling elastic properties Equation 27 is written in terms of the surface-average displacement using Eq. 23 30 K p ( 3...

.... This result, combined with robustness benefits and fabrication facility, emphasizes the potential of this alloy for scramjets. 24 02 2008 06 06 2008 22 08 2008 aerospace components carbon chromium alloys combustion equipment composite materials fuel systems iron alloys...

.... It is seen from the numerical results that the maximum thermal stress can be reduced by about 34% when the structure of the composite disk is designed optimally. composite materials discs (structures) multilayers piezoceramics thermal stresses thermoelasticity thermo-elasticity stress control...

... are documented in the Appendix for a three-sphere RVE. To illustrate the application of the shell model, we consider a simple homogenization example of a two-phase composite material, with elastic modulus C 2 = C e in Ω 2 and C 1 = C 3 = C in Ω 1 and Ω...

... homogenization determine micropolar elastic constants? If so, is the homogeneous (effective) Cosserat material determined in this way a more accurate representation of composite material response than the usual effective Cauchy material? Direct answers to these questions are provided in this paper for both two...

... of a complex engineering structure by allowing the designer to control the material distribution among the subdomains during the optimal design process, to use multiple materials or composite materials in the various subdomains of the structure, and to follow a desired pattern or tendency for the material...

... phenomena. 27 05 2004 13 06 2005 composite materials plates (structures) elastodynamics finite element analysis integration Fourier transforms elastic waves Recently, Mal ( 1 ) provided an overview of mechanics-based methods currently used in structural health monitoring (SHM...

.... One class of contemporary materials, widely used in engineering in devices (in sensor, transducer, actuator components, etc.), are the piezoelectric and piezomagnetic composite materials. Due to their exceptional functions, such as flat frequency response ( 1 2 3 4 ) and transformation of energy...