Crack propagation within composite materials or along the interface of composite joints is a phenomenon that might result in catastrophic failure of a structure.
Ioannis Sioutis, Konstantinos Tserpes
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A novel class of high-entropy rare-earth metal diborodicarbide (Y0.25Yb0.25Dy0.25Er0.25)B2C2 (HE-REB2C2) ceramics was successfully fabricated using the in-situ reactive spark plasma sintering (SPS) technology for the first time.
Huidong Xu +4 more
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Life extension techniques for aircraft structures-Extending durability and promoting damage tolerance through bonded crack retarders [PDF]
This paper explores the viability of the bonded crack retarder concept as a device for life extension of damage tolerant aircraft structures. Fatigue crack growth behaviour in metallic substrates with bonded straps has been determined.
X. Zhang +37 more
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High-fracture-toughness ternary layered ceramics: from the MAX to MAB phases
The MAX phase of the ternary layered compound and the recently attracted attention of the MAB phase have become the research hotspots in the field of structural ceramics for more than 20 years because of their common characteristics of ceramics and ...
BAI Yue-lei +7 more
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An experimental investigation of costs of tolerance against leaf and floral herbivory in the herbaceous weed horsenettle (Solanum carolinense, Solanaceae) [PDF]
Background and aims – A plant’s tolerance of herbivory depends on its ability to endure and compensate for damage so as to lessen the impact that herbivores have on the plant’s performance (e.g. its growth, reproduction, or fitness).
Michael Wise, Erika Mudrak
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The coevolution of virulence : tolerance in perspective [PDF]
Coevolutionary interactions, such as those between host and parasite, predator and prey, or plant and pollinator, evolve subject to the genes of both interactors.
Colegrave, Nick +17 more
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Mo2Ga2C is a new MAX phase with a stacking Ga-bilayer as well as possible unusual properties. To understand this unique MAX phase structure and promote possible future applications, the structure, chemical bonding, and mechanical and thermodynamic ...
Xinxin Qi +7 more
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The influence of toughening-particles in CFRPs on low velocity impact damage resistance performance [PDF]
The role of particle-toughening for increasing impact damage resistance in carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites was investigated. Five carbon fibre reinforced systems consisting of four particle-toughened matrices and one system containing ...
D.J. Bull +7 more
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Simultaneous Disruption of Two DNA Polymerases, Pol eta and Pol zeta, in Avian DT40 Cells Unmasks the Role of Pol eta in Cellular Response to Various DNA Lesions [PDF]
Replicative DNA polymerases are frequently stalled by DNA lesions. The resulting replication blockage is released by homologous recombination (HR) and translesion DNA synthesis (TLS). TLS employs specialized TLS polymerases to bypass DNA lesions.
Sonoda, E +44 more
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Low velocity impact response and post impact compression behavior of BMI matrix composites
A novel kind of lattice-distributed ESTM-fabrics was developed by using polyethersulfone(PES) and U3160.The loading amounts of PES on ESTM-fabrics are 15 g/cm2(ES-15), 25 g/cm2(ES-25), 35 g/cm2(ES-35), respectively.
DONG Huimin +4 more
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