A nonlinear concrete damaged plasticity model for simulation reinforced concrete structures using ABAQUS by Cuong Le Thanh, Hoang-Le Minh, Thanh Sang-To

“…Especially, when cracks/crushings occurred in softening phase. Thus, It is important to find a damaged model of concrete with high reliability in the numerical simulation. …”
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EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON WORK HARDENING OF TITANIUM ALLOY BY MILLING WAYS AND TOOL WEAR by CHEN MingHua, HU Jin, YANG HouChuan, DU XiaoWei

“…The results show that titanium alloy Ti-1023 is milled in carbide cutting tools,down milling in work hardening and work hardening layer depth is smaller than up milling,new tool in work hardening is smaller than wear tool,the work hardening layer depth is less than 25 μm in new tool; the work hardening layer depth is up to 81 μm and quadratic milling causes the machined surface softening in case of tool flank wear VB = 0. 3 mm.…”
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Analysis on Characteristics of Surrounding Rocks of Roadway and Bearing Structure Based on Stress Regulation by Ruofei Zhang, Guangming Zhao, Xiangrui Meng, Jian Sun, Wensong Xu, Yingming Li, Zenghui Liu, Siming Kao

“…A rock postpeak strain softening and dilatation model was introduced to investigate the mechanical characteristics of the surrounding rock mass in the rupture residual zone and plastic softening zone in a roadway. …”
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An Investigation of the Capabilities of Resin Tire Carbon Black “N-330” as a Waste Binder in Asphalt Concrete Mixtures by Amr. A. Nada, Walid Fouad Edris, Hebah Mohammad Al-Jabali, Ahmed D. Almutairi, Abd Al-Kader A. Al Sayed, Shady Khairy

“…To assess the binders, a number of tests were carried out, including standard tests for ductility, the softening point, and penetration. DTG (Derivative Thermogravimetric Analysis) and testing the thermal susceptibility index were performed. …”
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Corporalidade brasileira na fabricação da identidade nacional by Ana Lúcia Castro, Renata Pires Pinto

“…However, in the 1990s the official tourism lobby softened the “sexy tone” of its discourse, and in 1999 Embratur received an award from the World Tourism Organization for its campaign to help fight the exploitation of children and youth by sexual tourism. …”
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Trade in Lithuania under Rule of the Nazis by Justinas Braslauskas

“…The policy of subjugation of Lithuania's trade to the needs of the Reich was softened by the Lithuanian administration that was left to function alongside the German occupying civil authorities. …”
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The Subtitling Strategies Adopted to Render the Four-Letter Words 'Fuck, Shit' and Their Variants in the French Version of 'Orange Is the New Black: 'A Corpus-Based Study by Eponine Moreau

“…Although less frequent in the corpus, these strategies, called direct compensation and pragmatic softening, are thought to better reflect French idiosyncrasies and complement existing typologies.…”
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A simplified damage evolution relationship and deformation character¬istics of a pozzolanic lime mortar when subjected to unloading-reloading cycles in the pre-peak region by Kostas Kaklis, Zach Agioutantis, Stelios Mavrigiannakis, Pagona Maravelaki-Kalaitzaki

“…The experi­ment­al results showed that the specimens exhibit a strain-softening behavior for uniaxial and low pressure triaxial tests and a strain-hardening behavior for higher triaxial compression tests. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Water-Inrush Risk Based on Permeability Evolution in Coal Mine and Backfill Prevention Discussion by Meng Li, Jixiong Zhang, Weiqing Zhang, Ailing Li, Wei Yin

“…The minimum and maximum permeabilities occurred in the sandstone specimens that were subjected to elastic deformation and strain-softening stages, respectively. The failure, and maximum permeability, of these sandstone specimens did not occur simultaneously. …”
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A simplified damage evolution relationship and deformation characteristics of a pozzolanic lime mortar when subjected to unloading-reloading cycles in the pre-peak region by Kostas Kaklis, Zach Agioutantis, Stelios Mavrigiannakis, Pagona Maravelaki-Kalaitzaki

“…The experi¬ment¬al results showed that the specimens exhibit a strain-softening behavior for uniaxial and low pressure triaxial tests and a strain-hardening behavior for higher triaxial compression tests. …”
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THERMO-MECHANICAL FATIGUE（ TMF） BEHAVIOR OF CASTING Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb INTER-METALLIC ALLOY by ZHONG Bin, JIAO ZeHui, ZHENG Fei, MA Yue, SU Bin

“…In this TMF condition,no evidence shows hardening or softening phenomenon. SEM analysis shows that inter-lamellar and inner-lamellar cracking and trans-lamellar tearing can be observed on the fracture surface.…”
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Dual Repurposing of End-of-Life BWRO Membranes: Ultrafiltration Membranes for Advanced Wastewater Treatment and Cation Exchange Membranes for Fungal Microbial Fuel Cells by Anissa Somrani, Mehri Shabani, Zaineb Mohamed, Kholoud Abohelal, Salam S. Alsharari, Ahmed Hannachi, Noreddine Ghaffour, Maxime Pontié

“…The objective of this study is to evaluate the degradation of end-of-life BWRO membranes sourced from a factory in France by analyzing their water permeability, roughness, and chemical composition in order to diagnose the level of degradation incurred during their first life cycle in water softening. Following this, two new applications for the end-of-life BWRO membranes were investigated: (i) as ultrafiltration membranes (UF) for domestic effluent treatment and (ii) as cation exchange membranes (CEM) for use in fungal microbial fuel cells (FMFC). …”
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Nursing report of a patient with dermal toxic reaction caused by antitumor drugs (1例抗肿瘤药物引起皮肤毒性反应患者的护理体会) by GONG Yonghong (龚永红), HU Wei (胡薇), GUI Meifen (桂梅芬), HAO li (郝丽)

“…The application of licorice oil, a traditional Chinese Medicine, instead of normal saline for debridement can promote the softening of scab and relieve the pain of debridement. …”
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Modyfication of the Rigid Polyurethane-Polyisocyanurate Foams by Bogusław Czupryński, Joanna Liszkowska, Joanna Paciorek-Sadowska

“…It was found that application of polyethylene glycol 1500 for synthesis of foams in amount from 0% to 20% w/w had an effect on reduction of brittleness and softening point, while the greater the increase in compressive strength the higher its content in foam composition was. …”
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Refined Rigid Block Model for In-Plane Loaded Masonry by Daniele Baraldi, Claudia Brito De Carvalho Bello, Antonella Cecchi

“…In this case, the proposed model is improved by assuming rigid quadrilateral elements connected by one-dimensional nonlinear interfaces, which are adopted both to represent mortar (or dry) joints between the blocks and also to represent inner potential cracks into the blocks. Furthermore, the softening behavior of interfaces in tension and shear is taken into account. …”
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The Effects of Temperature and Impact Velocity on the Shock Wave Response of Pore-Embedded Metallic Glasses by Indrajit Patra, Ahmed M. Abdulhadi, Fatima Safaa Fahim, Bashar S. Bashar, Taif Alawsi, Mohammad Salmani

“…It was also found that the increase in the impact velocity led to the filling of pore, which was due to the structural softening and the local temperature increment in the vicinity of pore. …”
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Improvement of the Antioxidant Properties and Postharvest Life of Three Exotic Andean Fruits by UV-C Treatment by María J. Andrade-Cuvi, Carlota Moreno, María J. Zaro, Ariel R. Vicente, Analía Concellón

“…UV-C exposure delayed softening in naranjilla and increased soluble solid content in uvilla. …”
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Sectional Analysis Procedure for Reinforced Concrete Members Subjected to Pure Torsion by Jongkwon Choi, Seong-Cheol Lee

“…Each reinforced concrete element is analyzed with the modified compression field theory (MCFT) to take into account for compression softening and tension stiffening effects in cracked reinforced concrete. …”
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Preparation and Performance of Asphalt Compound Modified with Waste Crumb Rubber and Waste Polyethylene by Yuqiao Yang, Youliang Cheng

“…The influence of different doses on the performance of modified asphalt, such as 25°C penetration, softening point, 5°C ductility, and 135°C, 165°C viscosity, was studied, and the modification mechanism of modified asphalt was discussed through the fluorescence microscope. …”
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Fatigue life assessment of a non-load carrying fillet joint considering the effects of a cyclic plasticity and weld bead shape by S. Tsutsumi, K. Morita, R. Fincato, H. Momii

“…Cyclic plasticity behaviour including cyclic hardening and softening together was investigated with an unconventional plasticity model called the subloading surface model and extended to include both elastic boundary and cyclic damage concepts. …”
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