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Karthick Sasikumar, K (author)Unreinforced Masonry, a popular construction material with a rich historical legacy, has been resilient through centuries, despite its susceptibility to failure through various loading conditions such as seismic forces. Understanding the mechanical behaviour of masonry, particularly the cohesion and frictional mechanisms at interfaces between...master thesis 2024
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Xie, J. (author), Xu, Y. (author), Meng, Z. (author), Liang, M. (author), Wan, Z. (author), Šavija, B. (author)Auxetic cementitious cellular composites (ACCCs) exhibit desirable mechanical properties (e.g., high fracture resistance and energy dissipation), due to their unique deformation characteristics. In this study, a new type of cementitious auxetic material, referred to as peanut shaped ACCC, has been designed and subsequently architected using...journal article 2024
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Dai, Zongbiao (author), Chen, H. (author), Sun, Junjie (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author), Sun, Jun (author)The carbon partitioning and lengthening rate of bainitic ferrite (α<sub>b</sub>) are excellent experimental parameters to estimate our level of understanding of the mechanism of bainitic transformation from a continuum perspective and our ability to capture it in analytical expressions. For Fe-C alloys and relatively simple steels the...journal article 2024
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Ji, C. (author), Hu, Jiqiang (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Yang, Jinchuan (author), Zhou, Zhengong (author), Sun, Yuguo (author), Wang, Bing (author)This paper aims to illustrate the effect of the impact damage on fatigue behavior of CF/PEEK-titanium hybrid laminates. To achieve this end, a fatigue life model was proposed to predict the S–N curves of the laminates at various initial impact energy levels and stress ratios based on the energy dissipation approach. The energy dissipation...journal article 2024
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Venkata Shanmukha Sreeramagiri, Souri (author)Energy dissipation plays a crucial role in mitigating noise and vibration in a wide range of applications. In the field of assistive devices, energy dissipation is used to improve the stability of joint motion and protect the musculoskeletal system from excessive loads. It is not surprising that considerable effort has gone into developing...master thesis 2023
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Bruggeman, Kevin (author)Friction damping is common in engineering structures for the purpose of energy dissipation and vibration control. Examples of applications are bolted connections and earthquake isolation systems. However, there is a shortage of works that investigate the effects of different contact materials on the energy dissipation performance and friction...master thesis 2023
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Lu, Tao (author), Chen, Rong (author), Wang, Ping (author), Wu, Junwei (author), Steenbergen, M.J.M.M. (author)This work addresses the contribution of the wavelength composition of the spectrum of the rail support stiffness profile to the expected long-term settlement. To that aim, purely harmonic stiffness variations of different wavelength are studied. The frequency-domain model with a double periodicity level previously developed by the first and...journal article 2023
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Quan, H. (author)Fatigue failures are a major concern in aeronautics. The growth of fatigue cracks in metallic structures and adhesively bonded joints has been studied for decades. Nowadays, most researchers evaluate and predict the fatigue damage growth rate (da/dN) with empirical and phenomenon based approaches, using Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics with...doctoral thesis 2022
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Mirra, M. (author)Existing masonry buildings are very frequently part of the architectural context for several countries all over the world. These constructions often feature masonry walls as vertical structural elements, and timber floors and roofs as horizontal components. The often poor characteristics of masonry, along with the in-plane flexibility of the...doctoral thesis 2022
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Tao, R. (author), Lubineau, Gilles (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author)Carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRPs) have widely attracted the aerospace and automotive industries due to high stiffness and lightweight. Secondary adhesive bonding of CFRPs is a promising research field to fully explore their potential. However, multiple challenges have limited the further application of adhesively-bonded composite joints...conference paper 2022
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Ascencio, Jaime A. (author), Jacobsen, Niels G. (author), McFall, Brian C. (author), Groeneweg, Jacco (author), Vuik, V. (author), Reniers, A.J.H.M. (author)To address the important research question of whether implicit (bottom friction) or explicit (stem drag) dissipation models are most appropriate for the prediction of wave attenuation due to aquatic vegetation, the Simulating Waves Nearshore (SWAN) spectral wave model has been extended with an explicit frequency-dependent dissipation model...journal article 2022
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Wüthrich, D. (author), Shi, Rui (author), Chanson, Hubert (author)Abstract: Hydraulic jumps are commonly employed as energy dissipators to guarantee long-term operation of hydraulic structures. A comprehensive and in-depth understanding of their main features is therefore fundamental. In this context, the current study focused on hydraulic jumps with low Froude numbers, i.e. Fr<sub>1</sub> = 2.1 and 2.4, at...journal article 2022
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Quan, H. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author)An energy equation for fatigue crack growth in adhesive joints is proposed. Fatigue experiment on DCB adhesive joint specimens was used to derive the relation between fatigue crack growth rate (da/dN) and energy variables in this equation. The result shows plastic dissipation and change in stored strain energy, whose relation with da/dN both...journal article 2022
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Quan, H. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author)An energy equation for fatigue crack growth was proposed. It equates the total external work per cycle (dW/dN) to the sum of plastic dissipation (dU<sub>pl</sub>/dN), change in strain energy stored (dU<sub>e</sub>/dN) and the energy dissipated in new crack surface formation (dU<sub>a</sub>/dN). Fatigue crack growth experiment of 7075-T6 was...journal article 2022
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Peteroff, Noa (author)Rail wear in curves at the tramway of Amsterdam is a considerable problem since it consumes a significant part of the maintenance budget. The wear mechanism is not fully understood because some curves could suffer much more than others, while the cause for the difference is unknown. GVB, the public transport operator of Amsterdam, wants to...master thesis 2021
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Mirra, M. (author), Ravenshorst, G.J.P. (author)The inadequate seismic performance of existing masonry buildings is often linked to the excessively low in-plane stiffness of timber diaphragms and the poor quality of their connections to the walls. However, relevant past studies and seismic events have also shown that rigid diaphragms could be detrimental for existing buildings and do not...journal article 2021
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ten Eikelder, M.F.P. (author), Akkerman, I. (author)Two well-established classes of the interface capturing models are the level-set and phase-field models. Level-set formulations satisfy the maximum principle for the density but are not energy-stable. On the other hand, phase-field models do satisfy the second law of thermodynamics but lack the maximum principle for the density. In this paper...journal article 2021
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Li, H. (author), Kasyap, Sathwik S. (author), Senetakis, Kostas (author)The use of polypropylene fibers as a geosynthetic in infrastructures is a promising ground treatment method with applications in the enhancement of the bearing capacity of foundations, slope rehabilitation, strengthening of backfills, as well as the improvement of the seismic behavior of geo-systems. Despite the large number of studies...journal article 2021
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Jafari, S. (author), Rots, J.G. (author), Esposito, R. (author)In this study, tests on cores and companion tests on triplets are compared with respect to the evaluation of the nonlinear shear-sliding behaviour of masonry, including the determination of post-peak softening response. Due to its slightly-destructive sampling nature and its good agreement with triplet results, the core testing method is...journal article 2020
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Hoekstra, J. (author)The purpose of this paper is to investigate the two-capacitor paradox using circuit models developed in the analysis of circuits that include nanoelectronic single-electron tunneling devices. The two-capacitor paradox, in which it seems that energy is not conserved in a simple circuit consisting of two capacitors in parallel separated by an...journal article 2020