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A multiscale constitutive model for intergranular stress corrosion cracking in type 304 austenitic stainless steel
Intergranular stress corrosion cracking (IGSCC) is a fracture mechanism in sensitised austenitic stainless steels exposed to critical environments where the intergranular cracks extends along the network of connected susceptible grain boundaries. A constitutive model is presented to estimate the maximum intergranular crack growth by taking into consideration the materials mechanical properties and microstructure characters distribution. This constitutive model is constructed based on the assumption that each grain is a two phase material comprising of grain interior and grain boundary zone. The inherent micro-mechanisms active in the grain interior during IGSCC is based on crystal plasticity theory, while the grain boundary zone has been modelled by proposing a phenomenological constitutive model motivated from cohesive zone modelling approach. Overall, response of the representative volume is calculated by volume averaging of individual grain behaviour. Model is assessed by performing rigorous parametric studies, followed by validation and verification of the proposed constitutive model using representative volume element based FE simulations reported in the literature. In the last section, model application is demonstrated using intergranular stress corrosion cracking experiments which shows a good agreement
A multiscale constitutive model for intergranular stress corrosion cracking in type 304 austenitic stainless steel
Intergranular stress corrosion cracking (IGSCC) is a fracture mechanism in sensitised austenitic stainless steels exposed to critical environments where the intergranular cracks extends along the network of connected susceptible grain boundaries. A constitutive model is presented to estimate the maximum intergranular crack growth by taking into consideration the materials mechanical properties and microstructure characters distribution. This constitutive model is constructed based on the assumption that each grain is a two phase material comprising of grain interior and grain boundary zone. The inherent micro-mechanisms active in the grain interior during IGSCC is based on crystal plasticity theory, while the grain boundary zone has been modelled by proposing a phenomenological constitutive model motivated from cohesive zone modelling approach. Overall, response of the representative volume is calculated by volume averaging of individual grain behaviour. Model is assessed by performing rigorous parametric studies, followed by validation and verification of the proposed constitutive model using representative volume element based FE simulations reported in the literature. In the last section, model application is demonstrated using intergranular stress corrosion cracking experiments which shows a good agreement
A multiscale constitutive model for intergranular stress corrosion cracking in type 304 austenitic stainless steel
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Zamalodchikov's C-Theorem and The Logarithmic Conformal Field Theory
We consider perturbation of a conformal field theory by a pair of relevant
logarithmic operators and calculate the beta function up to two loops. We
observe that the beta function can not be derived from a potential. Thus the
renormalization group trajectories are not always along decreasing values of
the central charge. However there exists a domain of structure constants in
which the c-theorem still holds.Comment: 10 pages, latex, no figures, some references are added, The role of
coefficients of the OPE in LCFT on the beta-functions are disscuse
Case study: Class diagram restructuring
This case study is an update-in-place refactoring transformation on UML class
diagrams. Its aim is to remove clones of attributes from a class diagram, and
to identify new classes which abstract groups of classes that share common data
features.
It is used as one of a general collection of transformations (such as the
removal of redundant inheritance, or multiple inheritance) which aim to improve
the quality of a specification or design level class diagram.
The transformation is a typical example of a model refactoring, and
illustrates the issues involved in such transformations.Comment: In Proceedings TTC 2013, arXiv:1311.753
Solving the Petri-Nets to Statecharts Transformation Case with UML-RSDS
This paper provides a solution to the Petri-Nets to statecharts case using
UML-RSDS. We show how a highly declarative solution which is confluent and
invertible can be given using this approach.Comment: In Proceedings TTC 2013, arXiv:1311.753
Effects of mistuning on dynamic behavior of nonlinear cyclic systems with lump masses and cubic nonlinearity
Mistuning in cyclic symmetric systems increases severely the forced response of system and splits the modes. This paper concerns with nonlinear behavior of mistuned cyclic systems. A nonlinear, mistuned model based on the method of multiple scales is proposed and formulated in which nonlinearity and mistuning parameter is assumed to be in of low order. Next, two mistuned systems were considered and solved by the multiple scale technique. Numerical results demonstrate that mistuning can lead to repeating and scattering of jump phenomena during the excitation frequency whereas in tuned cyclic system it occurs simultaneously (synchronously).Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version
Thermal stability of a special class of black hole solutions in F(R) gravity
In this paper, we work on the topological Lifshitz-like black hole solutions
of a special class of vacuum gravity that are static and spherically
symmetric. We investigate geometric and thermodynamic properties of the
solutions with due respect to the validity of the first law of thermodynamics.
We examine the van der Waals like behavior for asymptotically AdS solutions
with spherical horizon by studying the , and
diagrams and find a consistent result. We also investigate the same behavior
for hyperbolic horizon and interestingly find that the system under study can
experience a phase transition with negative temperature.Comment: 14 pages with 7 captioned figures. Some additional notes are added.
Accepted in EPJ
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