Abstract: Diffusion through soft polymer filters is a nonlinear process: the increase of the pressure on the filtrating liquid does not trigger the proportional increase of the flux through the filter. ...

Abstract: Failure of a single-atomic-layer graphene sheet is analyzed in plane tension under the varying biaxiality condition. The analysis is based on the combined use of continuum and molecular mechanics ...

Abstract: Permittivity of electroactive elastomers alters during deformation. The influence of the permittivity alterations on the electrostriction of elastomers is studied in the present work. Particularly, ...

Abstract: Closedform expressions are derived for the Bryan's factor of truncated spherical and conical shells through a Galerkin procedure. Results lead to the value obtained by G. H. Bryan for the case of the ring, thereby demonstrating ...

Abstract: Concrete beams are often retrofitted with bonded steel or composite plates. The failure of the retrofitted member is usually due to delamination of the plate from the beam. Delamination can occur either at the end of the ...

Abstract: When steel reinforcement corrodes in a concrete structure, the expansion of corrosion products often leads to cracking in the concrete. In this paper, a simple physical model is developed to relate the size of cracks to ...

Abstract: Bulk and interface material failures are often modeled via hyperelastic stored energy functions incorporating softening behavior. The softening is reversible due to the hyperelastic nature of the constitutive law and ...

Abstract: This paper presents a finite-element (FE) analysis of the effect of subsoil in a reinforced piled embankment and compares the findings with predictions from a theoretical method. It shows that the subsoil can carry as much ...

Abstract: The toughness of brittle materials can be significantly improved by the incorporation of fibers. Moreover, both theoretical and experimental investigations have shown that properly designed fiber composites can exhibit ...

Abstract: The mechanical performance of brittle and quasi‐brittle materials can be significantly improved by the introduction of fibers. Fiber debonding, which results in the formation of bridging ligaments at the wake of cracks, ...