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    Cyclic Stress-Strain Behavior and Low Cycle Fatigue Life of AA6061 Aluminum Alloy

    AA6061 alloy is one of the most widely used aluminum alloy in modern aerospace and automotive industries due to low cost, good formability and high specific strength. Most of aluminum structural components exp...

    F. A. Mirza, K. Liu, X. -G. Chen in Light Metals 2017 (2017)

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    Microstructure and Fatigue Properties of Ultrasonic Spot Welded Joints of Aluminum 5754 Alloy

    The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the microstructural change, lap shear tensile load, and fatigue resistance of ultrasonic spot welded joints of aluminum 5754 alloy for automotive applications...

    F. A. Mirza, A. Macwan, S. D. Bhole, D. L. Chen in JOM (2016)

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    Cyclic Deformation Behavior of a Rare-Earth Containing Extruded Magnesium Alloy: Effect of Heat Treatment

    The present study was aimed at evaluating strain-controlled cyclic deformation behavior of a rare-earth (RE) element containing Mg-10Gd-3Y-0.5Zr (GW103K) alloy in different states (as-extruded, peak-aged (T5),...

    F. A. Mirza, D. L. Chen, D. J. Li, X. Q. Zeng in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A (2015)

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    Finite element modeling of transient heat transfer and microstructural evolution in welds: Part II. Modeling of grain growth in austenitic stainless steels

    During welding, structures are subjected to localized heating and cooling cycles, as described in Part I.[1] A mathematical model is proposed to determine the metallurgical changes that occur in austenitic sta...

    S. E. Chidiac, D. S. Wilkinson, F. A. Mirza in Metallurgical Transactions B (1992)

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    Thermoforming of Thermoplastics

    A finite element analysis of inflation of axisymmetric sheet of finite thickness is presented. Total Lagrangian description and isothermally hyperelastic behavior with incompressibility are used. Both single a...

    W. N. Song, F. A. Mirza, J. Vlachopoulos in Third European Rheology Conference and Gol… (1990)

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    Inelastic Analysis of Rectangular Hollow Section T-Joints by Finite Element Method

    A unified approach to inelastic finite element modelling of single and back-to-back, double chord rectangular hollow section (RHS) T-joints, shown in Figure 1, is presented in this paper. Switching from one ty...

    F. A. Mirza, A. A. Shehata, R. M. Korol in Computational Methods and Experimental Mea… (1984)

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    Instability of Large Ice Masses by Finite Element Method

    In contrast to the apparently stable behaviour of most ice masses, a small group of glaciers undergo rapid changes in velocity and geometry over a short period of time after having been stable for a large numb...

    D. F. E. Stolle, F. A. Mirza in Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements (1984)

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    Application of Transitional Finite Element in Linear Elastic Mixed Mode Fracture

    Faster energy convergence rate and more accurate calculation of the stress intensity factor KI have been reported, using the mixed finite element method, by Mirza and Olson (1978). However, the three node linear ...

    F. A. Mirza, P. T. P. Leung in Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements (1984)

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    Finite Element Method Simulation of Large Ice Mass Flow Behaviour

    The use of explicit and implicit finite element methods to simulate the flow behaviour of ice masses is described. Basal sliding and discontinuities are represented by soft elements and joint elements, respect...

    J. J. Emery, F. A. Mirza in Physics and Mechanics of Ice (1980)

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    Energy convergence and evaluation of stress intensity factor K 1 for stress singular problems by mixed finite element method

    The energy convergence of stress singular problems using the mixed finite element method is established. A mixed finite element method for determination of elastic crack tip stress intensity factor by energy r...

    F. A. Mirza, M. D. Olson in International Journal of Fracture (1978)