Abstract: Strain localization refers to the formation of narrow zones of intense deformation in materials as a result of bifurcation in the stress-strain response during loading. Bifurcation occurs before the theoretical peak strength ...

Abstract: This paper presents the results of a comprehensive micromechanical study to improve the understanding of the coupled hydro-thermo-mechanical (HTM) processes during injection of pressurized cold fluid in permeable hot rock. ...

Abstract: Implicit integration schemes for elastoplastic constitutive equations have been developed in recent years as an alternative to explicit schemes. The consistent tangent constitutive matrix

Abstract: This paper presents a detailed comparative environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) case study of three built bridges in Norway. To encompass a wide scale of bridge designs, the analysis dealt with a steel box girder ...

Abstract: The extraction of fluids from deformable underground formations has resulted in surface subsidence above the formation in several field cases. This paper demonstrates the necessity of using the coupled Biot’s equations for ...

Abstract: Recent efforts to evaluate the effects of isolated protuberances within velocity and thermal boundary layers have been performed using transient heat transfer approaches. While these approaches ...

Abstract: The propagation of incident coastal-trapped waves in the Gulf of California is investigated using a hydrostatic primitive equation model. The behavior of idealized incident wave disturbances with different amplitudes and ...

Abstract: Many flows of engineering interest are bounded by surfaces that exhibit roughness with thermal conductivities much lower than common metals and alloys. Depending on the local roughness element ...

Abstract: This paper presents a methodology for estimating the shear strength of interphase systems composed of granular materials and planar inclusions having various degrees of roughness. Existing empirical and semiempirical ...