This paper investigates the full stress–strain response of bauxite residue concrete under uniaxial compression and presents an adapted constitutive model. This study investigates the stress–strain behavior in a series of uniaxial compress...
The effects of uniaxial tensile strain in the x direction (εx) on the mechanical properties of the Al6MgNb compound were explored by carrying out first-principles calculations based on the density functional theory (DFT). The calculation resu...
Characteristic pore-opening size O95 or O90 has been widely used in the filter design of woven geotextiles. These manufactured products have different pore size proportions of large pore diameters, medium pore diameters, and small pore diameters, res...
In this paper, we systematically studied the Raman vibration of black phosphorus (BP) transferred onto a germanium (Ge)-coated polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) substrate, which generates a much higher contrast in BP. This engineered flexible substrate all...
In this study, a homemade uniaxial strain pressure cell was designed to be directly used in the standard magnetometers whereby the magnetic properties of samples subjected to a uniaxial strain and magnetic field were characterized. Its feasibility ha...
The anisotropic strain development and releasing process in materials is largely related to their intrinsic mechanical properties and mesoscale grain interactions. Uniaxial compression can induce a large amount activation energy in a system, which bu...
With the first use of ETFE foils in building structures in the 1980s at the Burgers’ Zoo in Arnhem, Netherlands, the implementation of ETFE foils in roof and façade systems in large-span structures has become steadily more prominent. To...
Cyclic mechanical stretching, including uniaxial strain, has been manifested to regulate the cell morphology and functions directly. In recent years, many techniques have been developed to apply cyclic mechanical stretching to cells in vitro. Pneumat...
The stress–strain characteristics of compressed sandstone are affected by many different factors. The study on the evolution law of the strain field of compressed sandstone is of great significance for disaster prediction and warning during the...
The stress–strain relation of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) after carbonation is very important to the assessment of the durability of RAC. The objective of this study is to investigate the uniaxial compressive stress–strain curves of...
Monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has obtained much attention recently and is expected to be widely used in flexible electronic devices. Due to inevitable bending in flexible electronic devices, the structural and electronic properties would be i...
To expand the structural application of steel fiber reinforced expanded-shale lightweight concrete (SFRELC), a self-compacting SFRELC with high-workability was developed based on previous research. As part of the investigation, the present study focu...
The influences of uniaxial tension strain in the x direction (εx) on the mechanical stability, stress–strain relations, elastic properties, hardness, ductility, and elastic anisotropy of Al6Mg1Zr1 compound were studied by performing fir...
Uniaxial strain in the (100) direction has the effect of increasing the superconducting
Better understanding of the complex mechanical properties of ice is the foundation to predict the ice fail process and avoid potential ice threats. In the present study, uniaxial compressive strength and fracture mode of natural lake ice are investig...
The paper explores the possibility of using high-resolution fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensing technology for on-specimen strain measurement in the laboratory. The approach provides a means to assess the surface deformation of the specimen, both the a...
The recycling of waste tires in lightweight aggregate concrete (LC) would achieve huge environmental and societal benefits, but the effects of rubber particles on the partial properties of LC are not clear (e.g., the stress–strain relationship)...
A rock fracture test is a very important method in the study of rock mechanics. Based on the Mechanics Test System (MTS), the dynamic strain response of the failure process of cylindrical granite specimens under uniaxial compression was observed by u...
The potential use of graphene in various strain engineering applications requires an accurate characterization of its properties when the material is under different mechanical loads. In this work, we present the strain dependence of the geometrical...
Brass sheets are extensively utilized in the automotive, electrical, and other industries, where an in-depth understanding of their formability is crucial for achieving optimal performance in production applications. This study investigates the influ...
In this paper, the characterization of the main techniques and transducers employed to measure local and global strains induced by uniaxial loading of murine tibiae is presented. Micro strain gauges and digital image correlation (DIC) were tested to...
Promoting prefabricated steel structures is considered one of the crucial approaches to meeting the objectives of “carbon peak” and “carbon neutrality” in the construction industry. Due to insufficient practical experience and...
This work investigates the inverse problem of reconstructing the continuous displacement field of a structure using a spatially distributed set of discrete uniaxial strain data. The proposed technique is based on the inverse Finite Element Method (iF...
This work develops a probability-based numerical method for quantifying mechanical properties of non-Gaussian chains subject to uniaxial deformation, with the intention of being able to incorporate polymer–polymer and polymer–filler inter...
The incorporation of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can enhance the mechanical properties of concrete. The stress–strain curves of CNT-reinforced concrete under uniaxial compression are investigated through an experimental program with different CNT a...
To improve the construction efficiency of the manufactured sand concrete engineering at an early age, the uniaxial compressive stress–strain relationship of C50 manufactured sand concrete is investigated starting at 2 days to 28 days. With the...
In this study, the challenges associated with conducting high-strain rate uniaxial compression testing experiments are highlighted. To address these challenges, DEFORM-3D simulation was explored as an alternative approach to experimental testing. Pre...
The existence of more than thirty stress–strain equations, including those proposed by the government regulations in many countries, seems to indicate that additional, unifying, and at the same time generalizing research is necessary for this s...
Several commercial grades of homo-polymer and its blends were selected to prepare microporous membranes through melt extrusion-annealing-uniaxial stretching technique (MEAUS). Branched or very fluid polypropylene was employed to modify the polymeric...
Fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC) is widely used in the field of civil engineering. However, the research on the damage mechanism of FRC under uniaxial tension is still insufficient, and most of the constitutive relations are macroscopic phenomenologic...
Cast iron exhibits a wide range of mechanical properties, depending on its microstructural features. The microstructure of cast iron consists of several microconstituents with different elastic-plastic behavior, making the strain non-uniform across t...
Strain engineering is a promising and fascinating approach to tailoring the electrical and optical properties of 2D materials, which is of great importance for fabricating excellent nano-devices. Although previous theoretical works have proved that t...
This article presents a study on the effect of strain rate, specimen orientation, and plastic strain on the value and distribution of the temperature of dog-bone 1 mm-thick specimens during their deformation in uniaxial tensile tests. Full-field imag...
The ability of PLLA, either amorphous or semicrystalline, to plastic deformation to large strain was investigated in a wide temperature range (Td = 70–140 °C). Active deformation mechanisms have been identified and compared for two differen...
In this study, block and random copolymers of polypropylene–ethylene are selected to prepare porous membranes through the melt extrusion-annealing-uniaxial stretching technique (MEAUS), at a constant draw ratio. In some cases, these copolymers...
Aiming to provide a solution for natural resource consumption and agricultural waste pollution, jujube nucleus is utilized as a substitute for coarse aggregate in the preparation of lightweight aggregate concrete. The effect of the jujube nucleus (JN...
The component’s strength and reliability are greatly influenced by the occurrence of cracks and flaws. Material surfaces or internal defects can create stress concentration, which causes failure of the materials. To quantify the stress intensit...
To investigate the compressive dynamic properties of hydraulic asphalt concrete under various temperatures, four temperatures and four strain rates have been set to perform the uniaxial compression experiments using hydraulic servo machine in this pa...
To investigate the effects of different strain rates and fracture densities on the mechanical behavior of coal, CT scanning was employed to quantify fracture content in coal specimens. Uniaxial compression tests were conducted to analyze the mechanic...
There is increasing interest in the use of novel elastomers with inherent or modified advanced dielectric and mechanical properties, as components of dielectric elastomer actuators (DEA). This requires corresponding techniques to assess their electro...
The spherical nanoindentation macroscopic stress–macroscopic strain relationship of hierarchical honeycomb nanoporous material is defined by combining the spherical nanoindentation simulation and the uniaxial compression simulation. At the same...
For the duplex stainless steel X2CrNiMoN22-5-3, phase-specific strain pole figures (strain PFs) for the phases ferrite (bcc) and austenite (fcc) were analysed under uniaxial tensile loading for various loading states in purely elastic and elasto-plas...
The quality of simulation results significantly depends on the accuracy of the material model and parameters. In high strain rate forming processes such as, e.g., electromagnetic forming or adiabatic blanking, two superposing and opposing effects inf...
The proportion of granular ice in sea ice layers has markedly increased due to global warming. To investigate the uniaxial compressive behavior of granular sea ice, we conducted a series of experiments using natural piled and level ice samples collec...
The existence of ice in nature will threaten the safety of navigation and water operations in cold regions. In order to improve the knowledge system of ice strength, the uniaxial compressive strength of distilled water ice grown at different temperat...
This study investigated the uniaxial compressive strength of distilled water ice prepared in a low-temperature laboratory at −30 °C at varying wind speeds of 0 m/s, 1 m/s, 2 m/s, 4 m/s, 6 m/s, and 8 m/s. The crystal structure and grain size...
The beetle’s elytra have the characteristics of light weight and high energy absorption (EA). In this paper, based on the internal structure of beetle elytra, two bio-inspired honeycomb column thin-walled structures (BHTS) I and II were fabricated by...
Finite element analysis is extensively used in the design of rubber products. Rubber products can suffer from large amounts of distortion under working conditions as they are nonlinearly elastic, isotropic, and incompressible materials. Working condi...
It is well known that the performance of thermoelectric measured by figure of merit ZT linearly depends on electrical conductivity, while it is quadratic related to the Seebeck coefficient, and the improvement of Seebeck coefficient may reduce electr...
Mechanical properties are crucial parameters for scaffold design for bone tissue engineering; therefore, it is important to understand the definitions of the mechanical properties of bones and relevant analysis methods, such that tissue engineers can...
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