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We develop a theory for drying-induced stresses in sessile, poroelastic drops undergoing evaporation on rigid surfaces. Using a lubrication-like approximation, the governing equations of three-dimensional nonlinear poroelasticity are…
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An efficient and reliable stress computation algorithm is presented, which is based on implicit integration of the local evolution equations of multiplicative finite-strain plasticity/viscoplasticity. The algorithm is illustrated by an…
Understanding the competition between brittleness and plasticity in refractory ceramics is of importance for aiding design of hard materials with enhanced fracture resistance. Inspired by experimental observations of crack shielding due to…
The one dimensional probabilistic toy model of particle scattering theory is proposed. The toy model version of scattering probability is proved to be equal to the hypervolume of a n-dimensional figure. The solution for any n-particle toy…
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When a material is subjected to an applied stress, the material will experience recoverable elastic deformation followed by permanent plastic deformation at the point when the applied stress exceeds the yield stress of the material.…
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A phenomenological model of the evolution of an ensemble of interacting dislocations in an isotropic elastic medium is formulated. The line-defect microstructure is described in terms of a spatially coarse-grained order parameter, the…
We propose an effective and flexible way to implement 2D and 3D elastoplastic problems in MATLAB using fully vectorized codes. Our technique is applied to a broad class of the problems including perfect plasticity or plasticity with…
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