This article deals with the parameters and governing mechanisms of the early water transport between mortar and brick. Two bricks with different transport parameters were [...]

A two-layer statistically equivalent periodic unit cell with air voids is offered to predict a macroscopic response of plain weave multilayer textile composites. Two diff [...]

Concrete is represented as a two-phase material in this paper. Behaviour of a crack with its tip on the interface between two different materials - hardened cement paste [...]

Dynamic fragmentation (disintegration of continuous body into smaller pieces under dynamic loading) is a physical phenomenon observed in many fields of engineering and sc [...]

This paper elaborates the mechanisms for enhancing the ductility of the interface between substrate concrete and patched repair materials. The authors investigated four t [...]

Cracking behavior of lime mortar renders subjected to shrinkage is numerically investigated by the finite element method (FEM). The render materials selected for the stud [...]

In this paper is solved a 3D analysis of growing crack of the chevron notched three-point-bending specimen. On macroscale the specimen body is modeled as an elastic homog [...]

The occurrence of deformation twins in the ductile-to-brittle transition (DBT) temperature region were observed under different testing conditions. Mechanical twinning c [...]

Crack problem for an array of collinear cracks in composite matrix, where the cracks tips may terminate at the interfaces of inclusions with the different elastic propert [...]

The contribution deals with the 3D analysis of the chevron notched three point bending specimen which is used to determine the fracture toughness of brittle matrix compos [...]

This paper deals with analytical formulation of dispersion curves for stress waves in a free (001)-cut cubic and orthotropic plate. The direction of wave propagation is a [...]

The influence of corner singularity on crack behaviour for a threedimensional structure is described in this paper. The distribution of stress singularity through the thi [...]

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Abstrakt: Existence of the interface between regions with different elastic properties have a pronounced influence on the behaviour of cracks The aim of the present contr [...]

Building structures in the vicinity of above-ground or underground transport lines are loaded by vibrations excited by the passage of motor vehicles or trains. These vibr [...]

The aim of this paper is to investigate the beginnings of crack propagation from sharp V-notches. Stress distribution around the tip of a V-notch is described on the basi [...]

This paper presents a simulation of 3D curved crack propagation in a steam turbine blade lock. These fatigue cracks are often initiated near a blade root contact zone. Tw [...]

Under the consideration of the bi-material notch composed of two orthotropic materials the potential direction of the crack initiated from the notch tip is determined fro [...]

In case of two-parameter linear fracture mechanics a study of inhomogeneity influence on behaviour of short cracks is performed. The values of stress intensity factor (KI [...]

To the interpretation of crack growth, it is substantial to estimate the plastic region geometry in front of a crack. Performed here is a study for predicting crack growt [...]

The paper is devoted to fatigue crack propagation in layered materials. The influence of plasticity induced crack closure on threshold values for fatigue crack propagatio [...]

This article deal with problems of cracks in bodies with bimaterial interface. The stress and displacement near the front of crack located at the interface between two or [...]

The article is a contribution to numerical simulations of pitting arise phenomena on the gear teeth. The basic assumption of the presented simulations was that pitting (p [...]

The contribution discusses possible approach for the formulation of fracture criteria for the general stress concentrators – especially a surface crack terminating at t [...]

This contribution deals with reliability of railway wheels as influenced by the occurrence of impaired limiting material strength. Results are presented of material inves [...]

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Abstrakt: A stability criterion based on generalized strain energy density factor for a crack terminating at the bi-material inteiface is suggested. The strain energy den [...]

A substantial number of experimentally based works indicate the changes in crack propagation direction on bi-material interface in composite laminate materials. The paper [...]