Stress Analysis and Stiffness Degradation of Open Cracks Composite Laminates Subjected to External Loads [PDF]
BiomimeticsComposite laminated structures have extensive applications in the field of bionic engineering. Proficient comprehension of the mechanical properties of these structures is instrumental in the advancement of bionic composite materials.
Zhicheng Huang +3 more
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Fatigue damage stiffness degradation modeling of right circular flexure hinges
AIP Advances, 2023 Flexure hinges are susceptible to fatigue damage under cyclic loading, resulting in performance degradation. This paper investigates the stiffness degradation of the right circular flexure hinges (RCFHs) under cyclic loading.
Qiliang Wang, Yiping Long, Jianming Wei
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A Review of Mechanical Degradation, Interfacial Nonlinear Dynamics and Multi-Bolt Coupling Degradation Mechanisms of Flange-Bolted Joints [PDF]
SensorsBolted flange joints are critical load-bearing connection components of complex mechanical equipment, whose service performance is dominated by the coupled evolution of bolt preload relaxation and interfacial stiffness degradation under long-term cyclic ...
Xiaofei Feng +8 more
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Structural Optimization and Finite Element Analysis of Variable-Stiffness Biodegradable Vascular Stents [PDF]
Journal of Functional BiomaterialsPremature structural failure of biodegradable vascular stents (BVSs) induced by stress corrosion cracking (SCC) remains a critical challenge. Heterogeneous plaques compress the stent, leading to inadequate expansion and inducing stress concentration that
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Residual stiffness characterization of FRP laminates under random block spectrum
Polymer Testing, 2021 The fiber reinforced polymer/plastic (FRP) laminates are often subjected to random block spectrum loading in engineering. The simplified regular load in the laboratory fatigue tests is not sufficient to describe the actual fatigue damage history of FRP ...
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Study of stiffness and bearing capacity degradation of reinforced concrete beams under constant-amplitude fatigue. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 For a reinforced concrete beam subjected to fatigue loads, the structural stiffness and bearing capacity will gradually undergo irreversible degeneration, leading to damage.
Fangping Liu, Jianting Zhou, Lei Yan
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Structural Behavior of Concrete Beams Reinforced with Biaxial Geogrid
Buildings, 2023 In recent decades, corrosion in steel reinforcement has been one of the fundamental risks in steel-reinforced concrete (RC) structures. Geosynthetics can be an alternative approach to solve corrosion problems.
K. Rajesh Kumar +3 more
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Restoring Force Model for Composite-Shear Wall with Concealed Bracings in Steel-Tube Frame
Buildings, 2022 Establishing a restoring force model is a fundamental yet critical task for the analysis of structural responses to earthquakes. Such a model has a substantial impact on the structural analysis results.
Ding Wei, Jia Suizi
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Applied Sciences, 2020 To study the initiation and expansion of the interlayer gap of the China Railway Track System Type II (CRTS-II) ballastless slab track structure under the action of repeated thermal loading as well as the influence of the interlayer gap on the ...
Lingyu Zhou +6 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Cyclic threshold shear strain is a fundamental property of saturated soils under cyclic loading. To investigate the cyclic threshold shear strain for pore water pressure generation (γtp) and stiffness degradation (γtd), a series of strain-controlled ...
Xing Xiao +8 more
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