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Bayesian analyses of seasonal runoff forecasts
Forecasts of seasonal snowmelt runoff volume provide indispensable information for rational decision making by water project operators, irrigation district managers, and farmers in the western United States. B...
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Foundamentals of Nonlinear Instabilities and Response Analysis of Discretized Systems
This contribution on numerical analysis concepts for unstable structural responses starts with the tangential equation of motion, the most general tangent space information for the computation of nonlinear as ...
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Applications
Thermoelastic stability of heated trusses is of technical interest for the design of e.g. space structures. These space structures are in general subjected to high temperature gradients due to intense heating ...
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Atmospheric Lead Deposition from 12,400 to ca. 2,000 yrs BP in a Peat Bog Profile, Jura Mountains, Switzerland
The bog at Etang de la Gruère (Jura Mountains, Switzerland) consists of 420 cm of Sphagnum-dominated bog peat overlying 230 cm of Carex-dominated fen peat. One hundred cm below the bog surface, there is a pron...
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Use it or lose it: Correct use of registered and unregistered trade marks
As many brands are sold worldwide, each issue of the Journal will contain developments on international branding matters.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Anisotropic Elastoplastic Material Behavior in Fabric Structures
Many composites consist of a fabric structure embedded in a matrix material. The fibres are often made of material which shows noticeable plastic deformation. The overall stiffness of the specimens is usually ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Continuum Thermodynamic Modeling and Simulation of Additional Hardening due to Deformation Incompatibility
The purpose of this work is the formulation and investigation of a phenomenological constitutive model for the inelastic material behavior of single crystals and polycrystals including the possible effects of ...
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Accommodation after Nd: YAG capsulotomy in patients with accommodative posterior chamber lens 1CU
After initial encouraging results with the accommodative 1CU posterior chamber lens (PCIOL), we investigated the rate, the postoperative time point of posterior capsular opacification (PCO) necessitating YAG c...
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Finite element modelling of rubber-like materials — a comparison between simulation and experiment
In this work finite element simulations are used based on the micro structure of polymers in order to transfer the information of the micro level to the macro level. The microscopic structure of polymers is ch...
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On a new finite element technology for electromagnetic metal forming processes
The increasing need for lightweight building components has led to the development of new methods to manufacture such components. A promising concept is the systematic application of high-speed metal forming m...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Numerical simulations of rubber-like materials under changing directions
It is well-known that especially filled rubber-like materials exhibit under cyclic loading distinct stresssoftening phenomena commonly known as Mullins effect. Another important effect associated with the Mull...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A new approach for the simulation of damage effects in rubber-like materials using chain statistics
The enormous development of computer technology in the last years has caused an increased demand for numerical investigations of industrially relevant elastomeric building components. In particular the predict...
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L12-phase cutting during high temperature and low stress creep of a Re-containing Ni-base single crystal superalloy
In the present study, we investigate dislocation processes in a Ni-base single crystal superalloy (LEK94) after high temperature and low stress creep. Specimens were creep deformed at 240 MPa and 980 °C to a s...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Anisotropic Modelling of Metals in Forming Processes
The accuracy of sheet metal forming simulations crucially relies on the quality of the material description which involves the modelling of large strains, elastic and plastic anisotropy as well as isotropic an...
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Modelling and Simulation of 3D electromagnetic metal forming processes
The purpose of this work is the formulation of a thermo-magneto-mechanical multifield model and presentation of the numerical strategies applied. In particular, this model is used to simulate electromagnetic s...
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Anisotropic finite plasticity with combined hardening and application to sheet metal forming
In this work, we discuss a finite strain constitutivemodel combining both nonlinear isotropic and nonlinear kinematic hardening. The kinematic hardening component represents a continuum extension of the classi...
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Open AccessEstablishment of a specific Real-time RT-PCR protocol to detect human leptin receptor isoforms
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Anisotropic finite plasticity based on structural tensors—different strategies and application to forming simulations
The accuracry of sheet metal forming crucially relies on the quality of the material description which involves the modelling of large strains, elastic and plastic anisotropy as well as different kinds of hard...
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On the implementation of the EAS and ANS concept into a reduced integration continuum shell element and applications to sheet forming
This contribution deals with the application of a new solid-shell finite element based on reduced integration with hourglass stabilization in the field of sheet metal forming. The formulation includes the enha...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Mechanical properties of blood clots - A new test method -
A blood clot needs to have the right degree of mechanical, chemical and biological properties to stem the flow of blood and yet to be suitable for lytic enzymes or mechanical thrombectomy so as not to form a t...
