A Biopolymer-Inspired Study on the Poynting Effect of Isotropic Materials

In recent times, soft matter has gained significant interest among researchers in the fields of biomechanics and biomedicine, especially in areas like soft robotics and biopolymers, due to its remarkable ability to undergo substantial deformations. Soft robotics often requires materials that can flexibly adapt to or mimic the movements of living...

Investigation of Potting Compounds on Thermal-Fatigue properties of Solder Interconnects

The objective of this article is to investigate the thermal-fatigue properties of a commercially available lead-free solder alloy (SnBiAgCu) under the use of different types of potting compounds. Solder alloys with lower silver content are expected to substitute the conventional solder alloys SAC305 (Sn-3.0Ag-0.5Cu). First, the tensile...

Applying the new experimental midpoint concept on strain energy density for fracture assessment of composite materials

A mixed-mode I/II fracture criterion for predicting the fracture response of composite materials is proposed. This criterion is derived based on a comprehensive study and the consideration of the physics of fracture onset. The fracture phenomenon that causes the various damage mechanisms at the vicinity of the crack tip is examined. It is...

Stretch-Based Hyperelastic Material Formulations for Isogeometric Kirchhoff–Love Shells with Application to Wrinkling

Modelling nonlinear phenomena in thin rubber shells calls for stretch-based material models, such as the Ogden model which conveniently utilizes eigenvalues of the deformation tensor. Derivation and implementation of such models have been already made in Finite Element Methods. This is, however, still lacking in shell formulations based on...

A Strain Energy Limiter Approach for Atherosclerotic Plaque Rupture Modelling

Atherosclerosis is a prevalent cardiovascular disease and defined as plaque formation inside the arterial intima layer. The atherosclerotic plaque is characterized as anisotropic, soft tissue and a potential plaque rupture could result in life-threatening clinical events, such as ischemic attack or stroke. The plaque rupture mechanism is still...

Investigating Planar Delamination Behavior in Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Panels: An evaluation of delamination criteria

The relation between planar delamination growth, induced by transverse quasi-static load case, and the coupon delamination validation tests was investigated by evaluating the delamination criteria. The delamination criterion that allowed to describe planar delamination growth was the strain energy density criterion. An analytical study was...

Development of a physics-based theory for mixed mode I/II delamination onset in orthotropic laminates

This paper demonstrates how the critical strain energy density in the delamination tip vicinity may be used to explain the physics of delamination growth under mixed mode I/II. A theory previously proposed to physically relate mode I and mode II delamination growth is further extended towards describing the onset of mixed mode I/II...

Physics of delamination onset in unidirectional composite laminates under mixed-mode I/II loading

In order to understand the physics of the delamination onset in laminated composites, an experimental investigation of delamination growth is presented. The main objective of this paper is to demonstrate that delamination onset occurs at lower values than Gc defined by the ASTM standards, and that the strain energy release rate level at which...