Fiber-reinforced polymer matrix composites are increasingly considered for lightweight
cryogenic pressure vessels due to their excellent combination of tailorability, specific …

Ceramic fuel pellets used in nuclear light water reactors experience significant fracture due
to the high thermal gradients experienced under normal operating conditions. This has …

The intralaminar crack propagation of unidirectional glass fiber reinforced polymer
composite (GFRP) laminate has been investigated by quasi-static tensile/compression …

Encapsulation-based materials are produced introducing some small healing fluid-filled
capsules in a matrix. These materials can self-heal when internal cracks intercept and break …

Interfaces adjacent to a 90° ply in laminated composites show a typical zigzag path during
the mode I delamination propagation process, which is considered to be closely related to …

Dimensionality reduction methods construct a low dimensional or reduced space. Complex
structural mechanics problems can be approximated on a low dimensional space with a …

Based on the extended finite element method (XFEM) and cohesive surface (CS) technique,
the interface cracks between healing agent and cementitious materials in the self-healing …

Macro-scale fractures of asphalt mixture usually exhibit multiple failure mechanisms
including aggregate cracking, interfacial debonding between bitumen and aggregate, and …

A material model based on the Puck phenomenological failure criteria for fibre and inter-
fibre failure of glass-fibre and carbon-fibre reinforced polymer composites is presented. The …

Liquid invasion in tight gas reservoirs may damage near-wellbore permeability during the
well drilling, completion, and stimulation processes. This study focused on a tight gas …