Sökning: "Configurational mechanics"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden Configurational mechanics.
1. Finite element procedures for crack path prediction in multi-axial fatigue
Sammanfattning : Rolling Contact Fatigue (RCF) cracks in rails are among the most detrimental railway track defects regarding reliability and cost. The cracks typically grow in shear mode up to a certain length at which they might arrest or kink into a more tensile-driven growth. LÄS MER
2. Elastic-plastic fracture mechanics - Application to rolling contact fatigue in rails
Sammanfattning : Railway structures represent complex mechanical problems involving wave propagation, plastic deformations and material degradation. The wheel-rail contact loads subject the material to repeated cycles of complex stress states resulting in rolling contact fatigue (RCF). LÄS MER
3. The effect of inelastic deformation on crack loading
Sammanfattning : Rolling contact fatigue (RCF) cracks in rails are among the most detrimental railway track defects, in relation to reliability and cost. The cracks grow in a mixed mode II & III, which in combination with the rotating stress field in the neighborhood of the crack-tip, large plastic deformations on the rail surface, crack face friction due to the compressive stresses from the wheel load and anisotropic crack growth resistance, add to the complexity related to the study of RCF cracks. LÄS MER
4. Elastic-Plastic Fracture Mechanics and RCF in Rails
Sammanfattning : This thesis concerns issues regarding the modeling and numerical simulation of singularcracks and their propagation in the context of Rolling Contact Fatigue (RCF) in rails.Typically, such cracks are associated with squats and head-checks in the rail head. LÄS MER
5. Monte Carlo Simulations of the Equilibrium Properties of Semi-stiff Polymer Chains : Efficient Sampling from Compact to Extended Structures
Sammanfattning : Polymers is a class of molecules which can have many different structures due to a large number of degrees of freedom. Many biopolymers, e.g. DNA, but also synthetic macromolecules have special structural features due to their backbone stiffness. LÄS MER