Mechanical Modeling of Frozen Coarse-Grained Materials Incorporating Microscale Investigation by Shan-Zhen Li, Liang Tang, Shuang Tian, Xian-Zhang Ling, Yang-Sheng Ye, De-Gou Cai

“…The coarse-grained material specimens exhibited strain-softening and significant dilatancy behaviors during shearing. …”
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The Shear Damage Model of the Two-Component Forming Polymer Grouting Material-Bentonite Contact Surface by Hao Zhang, Mingrui Du, Yan Zhao, Liangqiong Chen

“…Studies show that the TFPU-bentonite contact surface performs strain-softening behavior under shear and that the strain-softening behavior becomes less and less obvious when the normal stress increases. …”
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Investigations of Physical and Rheological Properties of Aged Rubberised Bitumen by Asim Hassan Ali, Nuha S. Mashaan, Mohamed Rehan Karim

“…In addition, the results showed that the softening point increment () and penetration aging ratio (PAR) of the rubberised bitumen binder decreased significantly due to crumb rubber modification. …”
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Flexural Strength Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Members with Ultra High Performance Concrete by Baek-Il Bae, Hyun-Ki Choi, Chang-Sik Choi

“…For the conservative and convenient design of section, modified rectangular stress block model can be used with strain softening type tension stress block.…”
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Study on Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Full Tailings Cemented Backfilling Impacted by Cement-Sand Ratio by Shan Yang, Zhiyong Zhou, Yifei Zhao, Wei Yang

“…At lower strain rates, specimens presented strength hardening, and at higher strain rates, the test specimens presented rapid-softening strength; the strength-hardened specimen reached the peak stress at 40 μs, and the softening specimen reached the peak stress at about 18 μs; with the increase of strain rate, dynamic compressive strength, growth factor of dynamic strength, peak strain, and dynamic-static strain ratio of specimens increased totally. …”
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Phase transformation mechanism of oxidation roasting of low-grade polymetallic chalcopyrite ore in the presence of CaO by Ma H.-F., Liao Y.-L., Wu M., Jia X.-B., Yang S.-G.

“…Low-grade polymetallic chalcopyrite ore has a high lead and iron content and a low softening point, which is difficult to treat using conventional pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical processes. …”
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Energy-dependent machining mechanism and process in water-jet guided laser processing single crystal diamond by Shilong Chen, Tianye Jin, Zihao Lin, Mingtao Wu, Junquan Huang, Junyun Chen, Anmin Nie

“…The diamond material was incompletely softened and transited to sp2-dominated amorphous composition with partial diamond polycrystallization under low energy, when the laser power was ≤ 14 W. …”
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Studying the Properties of SBS/Rice Husk Ash-Modified Asphalt Binder and Mixture by Zhen Lu, Aimin Sha, Wentong Wang, Junfeng Gao

“…The results showed that the penetration decreased and the softening point and rotational viscosity enhanced while the ductility slightly decreased with the incorporation of rice husk ash. …”
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Study on the Large Deformation Characteristics and Disaster Mechanism of a Thin-Layer Soft-Rock Tunnel by Xiulian Zhang, Manchao He, Fengnian Wang, Gan Li, Shengxin Xu, Zhigang Tao

“…Furthermore, after the surrounding rock was softened by water absorption, the floor of the tunnel, the left shoulder socket, and the right side of the tunnel are deformed greatly. …”
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Geological characteristics of coal mines in the Zagros Basin of Iran: Unveiling rock mechanical properties and time-dependent behavior by Alireza Khoshmagham, Navid Hosseini Alaee, Reza Shirinabadi, Amir Hossein Bangian Tabrizi, Mehran Gholinejad, Pooria Kianoush

“…The model integrates the Burgers and strain-softening models, simulating stress relaxation curves and rock displacement over time. …”
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An Influence Study of Face Length Effect on Floor Stability under Water-Rock Coupling Action by Baojie Fu, Bo Wang

“…The Fish program was used to adjust rocks entering the plastic failure state into a strain softening model to investigate the influence of the face length effect, the damage degree of the water-resisting floor, and the morphology and deformation bearing capacity of the failure zone. …”
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Experimental Study and Extended Finite Element Simulation of Fracture of Self-Compacting Rubberized Concrete by Xinquan Wang, Hongguo Diao, Yunliang Cui, Changguang Qi, Shangyu Han

“…Besides studying the softening characteristics of the self-compacting concrete, the constitutive softening curve of the self-compacting concrete was obtained using the bilinear model. …”
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A Binary Medium Model for Frozen Silty Sand Simplified by Breakage Parameter by Shuming Zhang, Guanlu Jiang, Junfeng Cai, Xiongwei Ye, Bin Luo, Shengyang Yuan

“…In the plastic deformation stage, the stress sharing ratio of the bonded element decreases and that of the frictional element increases. In the strain softening stage, the stress sharing ratio of the bonded element decreases rapidly, while that of the frictional element increases rapidly. …”
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Volume Changes and Mechanical Properties of Expansive Mudstone below Canals under Wet-Dry/Wet-Dry-Freeze-Thaw Cycles by Rui Zhu, Ying-hao Huang, Zhu Song, Feng Zhou

“…In addition, the freeze-thaw process in the WDFT cycles promoted the softening of the stress-strain relationships and aggravated the failure strength attenuation of expansive mudstones. …”
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A Nonmonotonous Damage Model to Characterize Mullins and Residual Strain Effects of Rubber Strings Subjected to Transverse Vibrations by Alex Elías-Zúñiga, Karen Baylón, Oscar Martínez-Romero, Ciro A. Rodríguez, Héctor R. Siller

“…The nonmonotone behavior exhibited by experimental data is captured by the proposed material model through the inclusion of a phenomenological non-monotonous softening function that depends on the strain intensity between loading and unloading cycles. …”
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Physical, Rheological, And Microsurface Characteristics of High-Viscosity Binder Modified with WMA Agents by Junhui Luo, Yuzhu Yang, Weirong Huang, Cheng Xie, Jiangcai Chen, Haobin Liu, Tianzeng Ren, Xiaofeng Huang

“…The high-viscosity modifier significantly reduced the penetration of the matrix asphalt and increased its softening point and 5°C ductility, whereas the two warm mixes increased the penetration and ductility of the high-viscosity modified asphalt and reduced its softening point. …”
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Improving wear resistance of surface layer of parts combined with electromechanical processing with tempering by V. R. Edigarov, B. Sh. Alimbaeva, S. Yu. Anokhin

“…The technology of combined electromechanical processing of machine parts with electromechanical tempering of surfaces is considered, which electromechanical processing in two passes with different values of technological factors makes it possible to obtain a modified surface layer having a multilayer structure, an upper thin softened layer, then a «white» layer, then an ordinary hardened layer and underneath is the base metal. …”
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Effect of ZnO on the Thermal Properties of Tellurite Glass by H. A. A. Sidek, S. Rosmawati, B. Z. Azmi, A. H. Shaari

“…The acoustic Debye temperature and the softening temperature (Ts) were estimated based on the longitudinal (VL) and shear ultrasonic (Vs) wave velocities propagated in each glass sample. …”
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Enhancing the performance of bituminous hot mix pavements with graphene nanoplatelet additive using taguchi optimization by Suna Işık, Fatih İrfan Baş

“…The results of the study indicated that the GNP additive led to a reduction in the RTFOT mass loss and softening point of pure bitumen, while increasing the penetration, flash point, elastic recovery, and Marshall stability. …”
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Laser Beam Welding of AA5052, AA5083, and AA6061 Aluminum Alloys by A. El-Batahgy, M. Kutsuna

“…For alloys AA5052 and AA5083, softening of the fusion zone due to the loss of its work-hardened condition was much less in comparison with AA6061 alloy.…”
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