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Diffusion-induced stress of electrode particles with spherically isotropic elastic properties in lithium-ion batteries
Mechanical degradation generated by crack nucleation and pulverization can lead to the capacity fade in lithium-ion batteries, which has been attributed to diffusion-induced stress inside battery electrodes in...
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Anti-plane Yoffe-type crack in ferroelectric materials
Extending the polarization saturation (PS) model and Yoffe crack model for ferroelectric materials, a moving PS model is proposed to study the problems of crack propagation considering the electrical nonlinear...
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Mechanics of advanced fiber reinforced lattice composites
Fiber reinforced lattice composites are light-weight attractive due to their high specific strength and specific stiffness. In the past 10 years, researchers developed three-dimensional (3D) lattice trusses an...
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On the behaviour characterization of metallic cellular materials under impact loading
This paper reviews the common mechanical features of the metallic cellular material under impact loading as well as the characterization methods of such behaviours. The main focus is on the innovations of vari...
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Modeling of growth stress gradient effect on the oxidation rate at high temperature
A new oxidation kinetics model is established for high-temperature oxidation. We assume that the interface reaction is fast enough and the oxidation rate is controlled by diffusion process at high temperature....
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Damage mode effects on fracture strength of ultra-high temperature ceramics
Improving the fracture strength of ceramics has been one of the most important concerns in the ceramics field, and highly accurate evaluation of the fracture strength of ceramics is the right foundation of thi...
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Assessment of failure temperature of ultra-high temperature ceramic plates
A theoretical model is presented to assess the failure temperature for ultra-high temperature ceramics (UHTCs). The parameters in the present work, such as thermal expansion coefficient and Young’s modulus, ar...
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The coefficient of thermal expansion of biomimetic composites
The excellent mechanical properties of biocomposites has attracted a lot of research attention, and people have started attempting to fabricate biomimetic staggered composites. In this paper, the relationship ...
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Finite Element Analysis of Mechanical Properties of 3D Four-directional Rectangular Braided Composites—Part 2: Validation of the 3D Finite Element Model
In the first part of the work, we have established a new parameterized three-dimensional (3D) finite element model (FEM) which precisely simulated the spatial configuration of the braiding yarns and considered...
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Finite Element Analysis of Mechanical Properties of 3D Four-Directional Rectangular Braided Composites Part 1: Microgeometry and 3D Finite Element Model
Based on the microstructure of three-dimensional (3D) four-directional rectangular braided composites, a new parameterized 3D finite element model (FEM) is established. This model precisely simulates the spati...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Mechanical Properties and Design of Lattice Composites and Structures
Recently, lattice materials have been attractive for use as cores in light-weight sandwich panels, for energy-absorption and packaging applications, or as heat transfer devices. Lattice structure is a kind of ...
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Nonlinear behavior of 0-3 type ferroelectric composites with polymer matrices
The nonlinear electric and mechanical behavior of 0-3 type (particle-reinforced) ferroelectric composites with different viscoelastic and dielectric relaxation polymer-matrixes was observed experimentally. The...
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An approach for analysis of poled/depolarized piezoelectric materials with a crack
In this paper, the influence of dielectric medium inside a crack on crack growth, in an infinite poled or depolarized ceramic, has been studied by employing an electric boundary condition derived from the exac...
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A Model for Predicting Effective Properties of Piezocomposites with Non-piezoelectric Inclusions
Most piezocomposites, which have been widely used in engineering, consist of piezoelectric inclusions and a non-piezoelectric matrix. Due to the limits of fabrication technology, it is hard to avoid the matrix...
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Nonlinear electric-mechanical behavior of PZT-5 fiber reinforced composite with epoxy resin matrix
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On the effect of remanent polarization on electro-mechanical fields near an elliptic cavity in poled or depolarized piezoelectric ceramics
In this paper the effect of remanent polarization on electric-mechanical fields near an elliptic cavity in piezoelectric ceramics is studied. The analysis is based on the application of exact electric boundary...
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Pseudoelastic behavior of a CuAlNi single crystal under uniaxial loading
In order to study the basic properties of pseudoelasticity of a CuAlNi single crystal, an investigation was carried out to observe and analyze the orientation dependence of the stress-induced martensitic trans...
