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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Effects of Central Cut Width on the Dynamical Characteristics of Box Assembly Structure by Christopher Padilla, Antonio Flores, Ezekiel Granillo, Jonah Madrid, Abdessattar Abdelkefi

“…This testing is followed by pseudo-random vibration tests and swept sinusoidal excitation tests to determine the nonlinear aspects of these systems, such as the possible existence of nonlinear softening, hardening, and/or damping. The results show that nonlinear softening and nonlinear damping are present in each system. …”
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Prediction of the toughness of date palm fruit by Ahmed M. Hassan, Mohamed M. Ibrahim, Mohamed Ghonimy, Maher Fathy

“…Saqie and Khodry varieties followed similar trends, with initial softening from Khalal to Rutab, and a slight firmness increase at Tamar due to dehydration. …”
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Laboratory investigation of high-temperature functional characterization of organo-modified nanoclay-enhanced bitumen by Hazratullah Paktin, M. Kumar, V. Vinayaka Ram, Siksha Swaroopa Kar

“…Conventionally applied softening point (SP) test and Multiple Stress Creep Recovery (MSCR) test data were used for phase separation purposes. …”
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Expansion Deformation Law and Deterioration Mechanism of Expansive Soil in Guangxi under Different Initial Water Content by ZHAO Erping, TANG Jialin, LI Zhikun, ZHANG Cong

“…The expansion deformation characteristics, structure, and strength deterioration law of expansive soil were studied, and the expansion softening mechanism of expansive soil was revealed. …”
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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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THERMOMECHANICAL PROCESSING OF CHROMOMOLIBDENUM ROLLING IN THE CONDITIONS OF JSC BMZ – MANAGEMENT COMPANY OF HOLDING BMK by V. A. Lutsenko, T. N. Golubenko, O. V. Lutsenko, P. A. Bobkov, L. A. Drobyshevsky

“…It is shown that after thermo-mechanical processing of chrome-molybdenic rolled metal including cooling with a speed of 0,6-0,8 ° C / sec, the quantity of bainite increases to 75% and the amount of lamellar pearlite decreases to 5-10% in structure that promotes reduction of the mode of subsequent softening processing. It is established that at cooling with a specified speed the transformations in chrome-molybdenic steel come to an end at temperatures of 350-370 ° C. …”
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واقع تدریس مقرر أخلاقیات المعلومات فی أقسام علوم المعلومات بالجامعات الحکومیة السعودیة: دراسة وصفیة تحلیلیة... by د. احمد فرج أحمد

“…This study focuses on the description and analysis of the current status ofteaching information ethics and legislation course at the curriculum of InformationScience Departments at Saudi governmental universities. …”
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Hot deformation physical mechanisms and a unified constitutive model of a solid solution Ti55511 alloy deformed in the two-phase region by Huijie Zhang, Y.C. Lin, Gang Su, Yongfu Xie, Wei Qiu, Ningfu Zeng, Song Zhang, Guicheng Wu

“…Furthermore, the dynamic softening, including dynamic recovery (DRV), spheroidization of lamellar α phases, and CDRX of the β matrix, are also considered. …”
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Influences of non-uniformly distributed forming loads on deformation sequence and texture evolution in tailor heat treated Al6014 blanks by Nan Xiang, Meng-han Yang, Wan-ting Sun, Tao Huang, Hai-rui Zhang, Peng-yi Wang, Fei-yang Cheng

“…Tailor heat treatment (THT)-induced local material softening of precipitation-hardening alloy sheet can provide a simplified process routine for the manufacture of shell components with regional complex shape. …”
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Effect of clay materials on phase separation in plastic bag waste-modified bitumen during high-temperature storage by Mohammed Nouali, Zohra Derriche, Elhem Ghorbel

“…Results indicate that while clay addition reduces phase separation potential of PmB as indicated by both softening point measurements and rheological derived phase separation indices, AMWD and dissolution test reveal significant phase separation occurs equally in both WP and WP/clay binders. …”
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Study on wear behaviour characteristics of ZrO2 and ZrN coated AZ91D Mg alloy by Haiter Lenin A., Kumaradhas P., Sivapragash M., Vettivel S. C.

“…The wear mechanisms such as abrasion, delamination, thermal softening, and oxidation were observed. The results showed that PVD coating increased the wear resistance of AZ91D Mg alloy. …”
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Architecture and key technologies of network on demand for small and medium enterprises by Yuan ZHANG

“…The network on demand is mainly based on SDN,NFV and cloud technologies,which realizes the softening,automation and intelligence of the network and provides users with the ability to configure the network on demand.The architecture and key technologies of the network on demand were emphasized,and the collaborative orchestration was introduced.The SDN,NFV network and cloud resources were arranged,and the network path was quickly established by introducing the SD-WAN overlay technology,and four application scenarios of the network on demand for small and medium enterprises were proposed.Network on demand can provide customers with a new web experience of “visual” “on-demand” and “self-service”.…”
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