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In this volume, soil creep is analysed within the framework of other soil-rheological phenomena, such as stress relaxation and long-term resistance, to present an in-depth discussion of the effect of time on soil behaviour. As time is the only state parameter which cannot be entirely modelled in the laboratory, the presented extrapolation is based upon a combination of appropriate theoretical analysis, and the principles of the physical behaviour of soils affected by state parameters such as porosity, water content, stress, strain, time and temperature. Principal macro- and microrheological th

Soils --- Creep. --- Creep of soil --- Slow flowage --- Surficial creep --- Mass-wasting --- Soil mechanics

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Experiments to characterize the effects of moisture content and temperature on the mechanical properties of concrete were conducted. Based on these experiments, a new overall material model capable of predicting the mechanical behaviour of concrete subject to elevated temperatures up to 100 °C was developed. The material model estimates the time, temperature and moisture dependency of the compressive and tensile strength, creep and shrinkage of concrete.

concrete --- Temperatur --- Beton --- Schwinden --- Temperature --- strength --- Kriechen --- creep --- Festigkeit --- shrinkage

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This book contains 12 chapters with original and innovative research studies in the issues related to the broadly defined creep effect, which concerns not only the area of construction materials but also natural phenomena. The emphasis on the discussion of a new trend of experimental creep testing, which binds the classic creep methods to seek the correlation of parameters obtained in tests, deserves particular attention. This book aims to provide the readers, including, but not limited to, students and doctoral students and also the research personnel and engineers involved in the operation of equipment and structural components as well as specialists in high-temperature creep-resisting materials, with a comprehensive review of new trends in the field of creep-exposed materials and their research methodology. The chapters of this book were developed by respected and well-known researchers from different countries.

Creep testing machines. --- Metallurgy. --- Oxygen --- Chemical engineering --- Metals --- Ores --- Smelting --- Creep machines --- Testing-machines --- Industrial applications --- Composite Materials --- Physical Sciences --- Engineering and Technology --- Materials Science --- Metallurgy

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Although the present edition of Fundamentals of Creep in Metals and Alloys remains broadly up to date for metals, there are a range of improvements and updates that are either desirable, or required, in order to ensure that the book continues to meet the needs of researchers and scholars in the general area of creep plasticity. Besides updating the areas currently covered in the second edition with recent advances, the third edition will broaden its scope beyond metals and alloys to include ceramics, covalent solids, minerals and polymers, thus addressing the fundamentals of creep in all basic classes of materials. Numerous line drawings with consistent format and units allow easy comparison of the behavior of a very wide range of materials Transmission electron micrographs provide direct insight into the basic microstructure of metals deforming at high temperatures Extensive literature review of about 1000 references provides an excellent overview of the field.

Metals --- Alloys --- Creep. --- Plastic properties. --- Metallic alloys --- Metallic composites --- Phase rule and equilibrium --- Amalgamation --- Microalloying --- Creep of metals --- Dislocations in metals --- Plastic properties --- Material Science and Metallurgy --- General and Others

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Creep is the tendency of materials to deform when subjected to long-term stress, particularly when exposed to heat. Fatigue phenomena occur when a material is subjected to cyclic loading, causing damage which may progress to failure. Both are critical factors in the long-term performance and reliability of materials such as polymer matrix composites which are often exposed to these types of stress in civil engineering and other applications. This important book reviews the latest research in modelling and predicting creep and fatigue in polymer matrix composites.The first part of the b

Polymeric composites --- Composite polymeric materials --- Polymer-matrix composites --- Reinforced plastics --- Creep --- Mathematical models. --- Fatigue --- Chemistry --- Polymers and Plastics