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Koutsounanos, Efthymios (author)Ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) are advanced materials that consist of a ceramic matrix reinforced with a high-strength, high-stiffness material, such as carbon fibers. They offer excellent thermal and chemical stability while exhibiting low weight and exceptional mechanical properties. A novel CMC material is the C/C-SiC produced with 2/2...master thesis 2023
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Yan, R. (author)High-strength steel (HSS) has higher strength but lower ductility than mild steel. The cross-section of the structural members may be reduced using HSS instead of mild steel, provided the buckling of elements does not govern the failure. The reduced member size benefits the environment and economy by means of less energy consumption, less carbon...doctoral thesis 2023
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Flaschel, Moritz (author), Kumar, Siddhant (author), De Lorenzis, Laura (author)We extend the scope of our recently developed approach for unsupervised automated discovery of material laws (denoted as EUCLID) to the general case of a material belonging to an unknown class of constitutive behavior. To this end, we leverage the theory of generalized standard materials, which encompasses a plethora of important constitutive...journal article 2023
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Yan, R. (author), Mela, Kristo (author), Yang, Fei (author), El Bamby, H. (author), Veljkovic, M. (author)A welded connection consists of three main material zones, the base material (BM), the heat-affect zone (HAZ), and the weld metal (WM). The strength of HAZ depends on the BM grade and manufacturing process, electrode grade, and welding parameters. Under certain conditions, HAZ has the lowest material strength, especially for high-strength...journal article 2023
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Mohsan, M. (author), Vardon, P.J. (author), Vossepoel, F.C. (author)Data assimilation methods have been implemented on a slope stability problem, and the performance of different constitutive models and data assimilation schemes has been investigated. In the first part, a data assimilation scheme called the ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) is implemented using a finite element model (FEM) and its performance with...conference paper 2023
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Long, Xu (author), Chong, Kainan (author), Su, Yutai (author), Du, L. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)The stress–strain response of sintered silver nanoparticles (AgNP) materials is precisely characterized in order to adapt for numerical analysis and rational design of electronic packaging structures in this study. A framework of crystal plasticity finite element method (CPFEM) is established based on the mechanism of crystal plastic...journal article 2023
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Aarsen, Mark (author)The University of Twente performed experimental uniaxial compression tests of Poly(ether-ether-ketone) (PEEK) and the TU Delft made a comparison with a numerical model; the viscoplastic Eindhoven Glassy Polymer (EGP) model. A higher strain-rate dependency and a higher yield stress at lower temperatures are observed in the experimental results....master thesis 2022
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Gongatti, Manoj Reddy Gongati (author)The two most common Post Consumer Recycled (PCR) plastics, isotactic polypropylene (iPP) and high density polyethylene (HDPE), differ in composition and mechanical behavior when compared to their virgin counterparts. This thesis focuses on understanding and modeling the mechanical performance of these two PCR plastics separately. Within this...master thesis 2022
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Lengkeek, H.J. (author)The Netherlands is inherently challenged by water, as a large part of the country lies below sea level and several major rivers in North-western Europe cross the country. The most prevalent form of protection from coastal and river floods in the Netherlands includes approximately 22,000 km of earthen dikes, of which 3800 km are primary flood...doctoral thesis 2022
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Sousamli, M. (author), Messali, F. (author), Rots, J.G. (author)Plane-stress and shell macromodels are often preferred to analyze masonry structures because of their numerical efficiency. However, they often misestimate the hysteretic behavior of the structures. Additionally, due to the nature of smeared cracks, the cracks may be diffused. This article proposes a new orthotropic model, which focuses on...journal article 2022
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Thakolkaran, P. (author), Joshi, A. (author), Zheng, Y. (author), Flaschel, Moritz (author), De Lorenzis, Laura (author), Kumar, Siddhant (author)We propose a new approach for unsupervised learning of hyperelastic constitutive laws with physics-consistent deep neural networks. In contrast to supervised learning, which assumes the availability of stress–strain pairs, the approach only uses realistically measurable full-field displacement and global reaction force data, thus it lies...journal article 2022
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Xiao, Hong (author), Ling, Xing (author), Wang, Meng (author), Fang, Shu Wei (author), Wang, Haoyu (author)The bonding contact presents complex modes in polyurethane-mixed ballast. The commonly used parallel bond model is revised and four different contact models are developed including Ballast-Ballast Contact Bonding, Ballast-Ballast Noncontact Bonding, Ballast-Sleeper Contact Bonding, and Ballast-Sleeper Noncontact Bonding. The mechanical...journal article 2022
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Golchin, A. (author), Vardon, P.J. (author), Hicks, M.A. (author)The formulation of a new thermo-mechanical constitutive model consistent with the principles of thermodynamics is presented. The model is capable of predicting the rate-independent thermo-mechanical behavior of fine-grained soils. The constitutive equations are derived by defining only a Gibbs-type free energy and a dissipation potential, in...journal article 2022
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Yan, R. (author), Xin, Haohui (author), Yang, Fei (author), El Bamby, H. (author), Veljkovic, M. (author), Mela, Kristo (author)The heat-affected zone (HAZ) is an unmelted region of a welded joint that has changed in material properties because of high temperatures during the welding process. HAZ has a lower strength than the base (parent) material (BM) and the weld metal (WM). The lower material strength is more significant if BM is made of high strength steel and...journal article 2022
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Joshi, A. (author), Thakolkaran, P. (author), Zheng, Y. (author), Escande, Maxime (author), Flaschel, Moritz (author), De Lorenzis, Laura (author), Kumar, Siddhant (author)Within the scope of our recent approach for Efficient Unsupervised Constitutive Law Identification and Discovery (EUCLID), we propose an unsupervised Bayesian learning framework for discovery of parsimonious and interpretable constitutive laws with quantifiable uncertainties. As in deterministic EUCLID, we do not resort to stress data, but...journal article 2022
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Kongshaug, Simen Sørgaard (author), Hendriks, M.A.N. (author), Kanstad, Terje (author), Markeset, Gro (author)Alkali–silica reaction (ASR) in concrete causes expansion and degradation of the material, which might give adverse structural consequences. From the structural engineer point view, the greatest concern is if ASR leads to loss of structural integrity. Two natural questions arise when assessing existing concrete structures affected by ASR: (1)...journal article 2022
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Qian, Cheng (author), Gu, Tijian (author), Wang, Ping (author), Cai, Wei (author), Fan, Xuejun (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Fan, J. (author)Sintered nano-silver die-attach materials have been widely used in high-power electronics packaging because of their high thermal and electrical conductivities. In this study, we characterized the tensile properties of sintered nano-silver particles over a range of strain rates and temperatures, and established the constitutive models. First, 50...journal article 2022
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Fusco, Daniela (author), Messali, F. (author), Rots, J.G. (author), Addessi, Daniela (author), Pampanin, Stefano (author)Terraced houses built in the Netherland after 1980 are often characterized by the use of large units connected at corners by continuous thin layer mortar joints. Unlike the running bond pattern, usually modelled as a rigid connection, the vertical continuous connection may fail in shear and influence the global seismic capacity of the entire...journal article 2022
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Zheng, Yiwen (author)Plasticity accompanied by dislocation motion is the essential property of metals. A large number of crystal plasticity models have been developed to predict the mechanical response in the work hardening regime while little attention is paid to pre-yield behavior. In this work, we propose a novel model both pre-yield and post-yield from a...master thesis 2021
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Zhang, Xinrui (author)Masonry is one of the most common building materials globally due to its ease of construction, price, durability and fire resistance. Its heterogeneity and orthotropic nature make its mechanical behaviour rather complex, highlighting the importance of an appropriate constitutive model to describe such behaviour accurately. In literature, most of...master thesis 2021