...T. Fongsamootr; S. Bernard Our research aims to determine the optimal screw configuration of a dynamic compressive plate (DCP) implant on a human femoral bone. The number of screws and the positioning are sensitive parameters of DCP implant stress repartition. Several previous studies have assessed...

... demonstrates the long term use of a validated computational model that uses the finite element method to visualize the magnitude and location of stresses on the polymer insert associated with abrasive wear damage that occurs in vivo. The use of component geometries generated from three-dimensional laser scans...

... or Pressure Design Basis for Thermoplastic Pipe Products ,” Annual Book of ASTM Standards , Vol. 8.04 , ASTM International , West Conshohocken, PA . “ Policies and Procedures for Developing Hydrostatic Design Basis (HDB), Hydrostatic Design Stresses (HDS), Pressure Design Basis (PDB), Strength Design...

... creep stress dependence in tension and compression will be evaluated. The results show that the: (1) In-reactor creep compliance is the same in tension and compression and (2) if total in-reactor strain is split into irradiation growth and creep components: (a) Deviatoric hoop stress component...

..., the Robinson cladding has significant waterside corrosion and hydrogen uptake. Test results to-date indicate good creep ductility for both claddings in the 360–400°C and 160–250 MPa (hoop-stress) regime. Partial recovery of radiation hardening may have occurred during the long tests at 400°C, which led...

... underground structures. Many such projects will be located in rock/soil with time-dependent behavior or under high overburden pressure. Thus, under such stress conditions, there may be a need for a deformable supporting system that can serve as a buffer layer to protect tunnel linings from time-dependent...