... to a microstructural model of the cortical bone using extended finite element method (FEM). In addition, microstructural finite element models were employed to determine the influence of porosity, osteonal bone, and orientation of the Haversian system on the macroscopic elastic moduli and Poisson’s ratio...

... , 10 , pp. 81 – 91 . 31 08 2008 27 08 2009 08 02 2010 08 02 2010 acoustic wave velocity creep differentiation elastic moduli integration polynomials stress analysis stress relaxation viscoelasticity Volterra ( 1 2 ), by utilizing the theory of integral...

... stress field analysis delamination elastic moduli glass mechanical testing polymer films interface adhesion mode-mixity bulge testing PDMS Schematic illustration of the bulge test and representative image of the delamination front during a blister test on PDMS. The debond radius...

...J. Li; M. Ostoja-Starzewski Fractal patterns are observed in computational mechanics of elastic-plastic transitions in two models of linear elastic/perfectly plastic random heterogeneous materials: (1) a composite made of locally isotropic grains with weak random fluctuations in elastic moduli...

... Problems Containing Multiple Defects,” J. Eng. Mech., 130(5), pp. 589–598 . It is found that there is an inherent relation between the M -integral and the reduction of the effective elastic moduli as the orientation of one crack varies, i.e., the larger the M -integral is, the larger the reduction...

... of PID containing plastic deformation and to model the impact damped vibration system enrolling microparticles as a damping agent ( 20 ). As shown in Fig. 1 , the two colliding spheres (sphere i and sphere j ) have the following parameters: elastic moduli E i and E j...

... properties of the composite indicates the need for a mathematical model of the mechanics of load transfer and the development of an apparent modulus for the composite. automotive components belts composite materials elastic moduli elasticity internal stresses steel tyres 26 12 2006...

... 06 2008 09 03 2009 adhesion buckling ceramics cracks elastic moduli friction indentation mechanical contact polymers steel tensile strength Adhesion by surface patterning is a common reversible fixation mechanism in biology. For example, the cordulegastrid dragonfly...

..., are employed by the extended method. Finally, the global equation system is solved and the solutions give the formulations of the microstress field and the global elastic moduli of material. The introduction of quadrilateral subcells increases the efficiency of modeling the material’s microstructure...

... elastic moduli plates (structures) 05 12 2007 05 06 2008 06 11 2008 2009 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

.... Displacement fields in molecular dynamics are compared with those in the Green function, and it is shown that the results are in fair agreement. 03 05 2007 02 06 2008 21 08 2008 elastic moduli elasticity Green's function methods internal stresses Now, let us consider...

...Marek-Jerzy Pindera; Glaucio H. Paulino 24 07 2008 boundary-value problems cracks elastic moduli elasticity fracture mechanics functionally graded materials Professor Fazil Erdogan has influenced several generations of applied and solid mechanicians working in the area...

... tip are seen when the crack is situated on the compliant side of the FGM. 24 05 2007 07 02 2008 10 07 2008 cracks deformation elastic moduli filled polymers finite element analysis fracture mechanics functionally graded materials internal stresses particle reinforced...

... in an Infinite Plate Containing a Rigid Rectangular Inclusion ,” Int. J. Solids Struct. 0020-7683 10.1016/0020-7683(68)90022-X , 4 , pp. 1057 – 1066 . Jasiuk , I. , Chen , J. , and Thorpe , M. F. , 1994 , “ Elastic Moduli of Two Dimensional Materials With Polygonal and Elliptical Holes...

... buckling load accurately even for plates with large cutouts. Micromechanics based approach is used to study the effect of variation in microlevel constituents on the effective macrolevel properties like elastic moduli. Consequently, the effect of uncertainty in these material properties on the buckling...

... into account the surface/interface stress effects. A closed-form analytical solution is obtained by using the complex potential function method of Muskhelishvili. Selected numerical results are presented to investigate the size dependency of the elastic field and the effects of surface elastic moduli...

... plus linearly varying applied traction, while a homogenized Cosserat material can do so (when inclusions are less stiff than the matrix). A closely related issue is that standard homogenization results for linear elastic materials provide overall or effective elastic moduli that relate ( uniform...

... mesa. Configurations of one, two, and three islands at different positions on the mesa are considered to determine their relative energies as a function of mesa size, island size, mismatch strain between the island and substrate materials, surface energy, and elastic moduli. Insight is offered...

... entropy density specific heat elastic moduli compressible flow equations of state In thermodynamics of fluids one encounters different notions of stable equilibrium. One is that internal energy is a convex function of entropy and specific volume. Another is that certain material properties...

.... Herein, we do so by estimating the elastic moduli of periodic composites characterized by repeating unit cells obtained by rotation of an infinite square fiber array through an angle about the fiber axis. Such unit cells possess no planes of material symmetry in the rotated coordinate system, and may...