Assessment of Existing Steel Structures - Recommendations for Estimation of the Remaining Fatigue Life [PDF]
, 2008 Due to the demand for freight volume on rail and road, traffic has increased significantly in the past years leading to an increasing number of heavy vehicles in the traffic flows and greater exploitation of their loading capacities.
ANDROIC B. +10 more
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Investigation of Lateral Stress Relief on theStability of PHI = 0 DEG Slopes Using Laboratory, Fracture Mechanics, and Finite Element Method Approaches [PDF]
, 2011 Total stress analyses of purely cohesive cut slopes utilize the undrained shear strength for slope stability analyses. These slopes can have an in-situ lateral earth pressure that is greater than the vertical pressure.
Kutschke, Walter
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Effect of Microscopic Damage Events on Static and Ballistic Impact Strength of Triaxial Braid Composites [PDF]
The reliability of impact simulations for aircraft components made with triaxial-braided carbon-fiber composites is currently limited by inadequate material property data and lack of validated material models for analysis.
Arnold, William A. +4 more
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Study on Acoustic Emission Characteristics of Fatigue Damage of A7N01 Aluminum Alloy for High-Speed Trains. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2023 Zhu R, Fang S, Sun W, Chi D.
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Research priorities for advanced fibrous composites [PDF]
Priorities for research in advanced laminated fibrous composite materials are presented. Supporting evidence is presented in two bodies, including a general literature survey and a survey of aerospace composite hardware and service experience.
Baumann, K. J., Swedlow, J. L.
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Nondestructive techniques for characterizing mechanical properties of structural materials: An overview [PDF]
An overview of nondestructive evaluation (NDE) is presented to indicate the availability and application potentials of techniques for quantitative characterization of the mechanical properties of structural materials.
Klima, S. J., Vary, A.
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An analytical and experimental study of crack extension in center-notched composites [PDF]
The normal stress ratio theory for crack extension in anisotropic materials is studied analytically and experimentally. The theory is applied within a microscopic-level analysis of a single center notch of arbitrary orientation in a unidirectional ...
Beuth, Jack L., Jr., Herakovich, Carl T.
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The Typical Damage Form and Mechanism of a Railway Prestressed Concrete Sleeper. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2022 You R, Wang J, Ning N, Wang M, Zhang J.
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Design, ancillary testing, analysis and fabrication data for the advanced composite stabilizer for Boeing 737 aircraft, volume 2 [PDF]
Results of tests conducted to demonstrate that composite structures save weight, possess long term durability, and can be fabricated at costs competitive with conventional metal structures are presented with focus on the use of graphite-epoxy in the ...
Aniversario, R. B. +7 more
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Detection of Rail Defects Using NDT Methods. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel), 2023 Xiong L, Jing G, Wang J, Liu X, Zhang Y.
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