Modello coesivo per l’avanzamento di fratture mediante rilascio nodale di strutture discretizzate con elementi finiti by P. Salvini, M. Minotti

“…Nel caso elastoplastico, incrudimento e softening di origine geometrica o legato al progressivo danneggiamento influiscono decisamente sull’andamento esponenziale del campo tensionale. …”
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Exploring the Effect of Asperity Order on Mechanical Character of Joint Specimen from the Perspective of Damage by Zhouhao Yuan, Yicheng Ye, Binyu Luo

“…This phenomenon can be used to explain the stress drop difference at the postpeak softening stage; (4) the AE b value can be used to evaluate the damage of joint specimens. …”
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EFFECTS OF AUSTENITIZATION ON STRUCTURE FORMATION СHROMO-MOLYBDENUM-VANADIUM STEEL AFTER HIGH TEMPERING by V. A. Lutsenko, T. N. Golubenko, O. V. Lutsenko, N. A. Glazunova

“…Influence of austenitization temperature of chrome-molybdenum-vanadium steel on structure formation at the softening heat treatment is studied. It is shown that the decline of the austenitization temperature promotes to reduce the micro-hardness values due to the intensification of spheroidizing of pearlite after the overcooling and high tempering. …”
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Researches on the Constitutive Models of Artificial Frozen Silt in Underground Engineering by Yugui Yang, Feng Gao, Hongmei Cheng, Yuanming Lai, Xiangxiang Zhang

“…The frozen silt presents strain softening in shear process; with increase of confining pressure, the strain softening characteristic gradually decreases. …”
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Research on M-Paul Dynamic Constitutive Relation of Q235B Steel by Li Lin, Bo Huang, Xinke Xiao, Minyuan Huang, Zhiying Liu

“…Based on the obtained results, it was found that the original model was not able to take into account temperature-softening effect. Therefore, a temperature-softening parameter was added into the temperature term of the original Paul model, and the modified M-Paul constitutive model was developed. …”
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An Experimental Study on the Water-Induced Strength Reduction in Zigong Argillaceous Siltstone with Different Degree of Weathering by Yu-chuan Yang, Jia-wen Zhou, Fu-gang Xu, Hui-ge Xing

“…The water-softening property of soft rocks is a key problem in geotechnical engineering. …”
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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 Influence of Nano Titanium as Bitumen Modifier in Stone Mastic Asphalt by Khairil Azman Masri, Nur Syafiqah Shamimi Mohd Zali, Ramadhansyah Putra Jaya, Mazlan Abu Seman, Mohd Rosli Mohd Hasan

“…The first stage discovers the physical properties of bitumen by undergoing penetration and softening point tests. Then, the nano TiO2 modified binder is evaluated in terms of its morphological and chemical properties. …”
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Preparation and characterization of sustainable plant-based blended woven fabric by Mariam Jabbar, Fatima Iftikhar, Tanveer Hussain, Sheraz Ahmad, Faheem Ahmad

“…The fabrics were then dyed and treated with softener and bio polish to assess how these treatments affect mechanical and thermphysiological comfort properties of the fabrics. …”
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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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Re-use of COVID-19 waste facemasks for modification of Nigeria’s naturally occurring bitumen for road construction by Bala Musa, Kenneth Tutu, Yaw Tuffour

“…The results showed that the neat NOB had high penetration, low softening point, and high viscosity, making it unsuitable for road construction in Nigeria’s tropical region. …”
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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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