... that a better understanding of fracture mechanisms for polymer nanocomposites at the nanoscale can be achieved, which would enable us to design materials from the bottom-up in accordance with the Materials Genome Initiative. For example, postulating the existence of a singular stress-field at a crack tip...

... 18, 2017; published online August 16, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Rui Huang. 16 02 2017 18 07 2017 Computational mechanics Design fracture Mechanical interfaces Mechanical properties of materials Multi-scale modeling In the past decades, tin–lead (Sn–Pb) solder materials...

... statistical size effects [ 1 ], and crack percolation [ 41 ]. Crack formation in individual unit elements is not a necessary process for failure of TIMs. The TD deformation theory attributes failure of TIMs and the apparent damage tolerance not to fracture processes in the unit elements but primarily...

... modeling is the definition of the traction-separation relationship across fracture surfaces, which approximates the nonlinear fracture process. Cohesive traction-separation relationships may be classified as either nonpotential-based models or potential-based models. Potential-based models are of special...

...Daining Fang; Yongping Wan; Xue Feng; Ai Kah Soh This article presents an overview of recent progress on magnetomechanical deformation and fracture of functional ferromagnetic materials. Following a brief introduction of the classical magnetoelasticity and the magnetomechanical behavior...

.... They include homogenization of particulate FGM, heat transfer issues, stress, stability and dynamic analyses, testing, manufacturing and design, applications, and fracture. The critical areas where further research is needed for a successful implementation of FGM in design are outlined in the conclusions...

... of the crack path which led to the phenomenon of crack arrest at the ply interface immediately after the resin rich region. Effects associated with the transverse optical fibers were also observed in the Mode II interlaminar fracture toughness data; here, increases of up to 100% in the G IIc value...

...T Dirgantara,, Author; L Mishnaevsky, Jr., 04 03 2003 boundary-elements methods shear deformation fracture bending reviews 3R22. Boundary Element Analysis of Cracks in Shear Deformable Plates and Shells. Topics in Engineering, Vol 43 . - T Dirgantara (Aerospace...

...W Grellmann,, Editor; S Seidler,, Editor; GI Barenblatt,, Reviewer 15 01 2003 polymers deformation fracture reviews 1R18. Deformation and Fracture Behaviour of Polymers. Engineering Materials Series . - Edited by W Grellmann (Dept of Eng Sci, Martin-Luther-Univ of Halle...

... Materials, Beijing. Particular emphasis is placed on the application of fracture mechanics methods in the analysis of delamination. The question of the extent of fracture mechanics’ success in characterizing delamination, both in laboratory-based specimens and in more realistic structural composite...

... collocation approach. Second, mesh-free Galerkin methods, which have been an active research area in recent years, are reviewed. Third, some applications of molecular dynamics (MD) in applied mechanics are discussed. The emphases of this survey are placed on simulations of finite deformations, fracture...