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1 online resource (xi, 313 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Intro -- ADVANCES IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH VOLUME 2 -- ADVANCES IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH VOLUME 2 -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- FRACTURE MECHANICS OF WOOD AND WOOD-LIKE REINFORCED POLYMERS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM OF FRACTURE MECHANICS -- 2.1. Basic Airy Stress Function -- 2.2. The Elliptical Flat Crack Solution -- 2.2.1. The Elliptic Hole in an Infinite Region -- 2.2.2. The Mathematical Flat Crack Solution -- 2.3. Derivation of the Mixed I- II- Mode Equation |
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2.4. Remarks Regarding Crack Propagation -- 2.5. Additional Remarks Regarding the Empirical Confirmation -- 2.6. References -- 3. MODE I SOFTENING BEHAVIOUR AND FRACTURE ENERGY -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Compliance and Energy Release Rate -- 3.3. The Softening Curve -- 3.4. Fracture Energy as Area Under the Softening Curve -- 3.5. Empirical Confirmation -- 3.6. Crack Joining Mechanism -- 3.7. References -- 4. DISCUSSION OF THE FRACTURE MECHANICS MODELS APPLIED TO WOOD -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. The Fictitious Crack Models -- 4.3. Crack Growth Models -- 4.4. Derivation of the Power Law |
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4.5. References -- 5. ENERGY THEORY OF FRACTURE -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Critical Distortional Energy as Fracture Criterion -- 5.3. Revision of the Critical Energy Release Rate Equation -- 5.4. References -- 6. ENERGY APPROACH FOR FRACTURE OF NOTCHED BEAMS -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Energy Balance -- 6.3. Experimental Verification -- 6.4. References -- 7. ENERGY APPROACH FOR FRACTURE OF JOINTS LOADED PERPENDICULAR TO THE GRAIN -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Energy Balance -- 7.3. Experimental Verification -- 7.4. Design Equation of the Eurocode 5 -- 7.5. References -- CONCLUSION |
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9. APPENDIX: WEIBULL SIZE EFFECT IN FRACTURE MECHANICS OF WIDE ANGLE NOTCHED TIMBER BEAMS -- 9.1. Summary -- 9.2. Introduction -- 9.3. Size Effect -- 9.4. Size Effect of Wide Notched Beams -- 9.5. Derivation of the Power Law Applied in Section 9.3 -- 9.6. Conclusions Regarding the Size Effect -- 9.7. References -- THULIUM-BASED CONTRAST AGENTS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- T1 Contrast Enhancement -- T2 Contrast Enhancement -- T2* or Susceptibility Contrast Enhancement -- CHEMICAL EXCHANGE SATURATION TRANSFER (CEST) CONTRAST AGENTS |
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ParaCEST Contrast Agents for MRI -- LipoCEST Contrast Agents for MRI -- TEMPERATURE-RESPONSIVE MRI CONTRAST AGENTS -- Sodium (23Na) Imaging -- Lithium (7Li) Imaging -- Fluorine (19F) Imaging -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- THULIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ATTENUATION IN A FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATION LINK -- OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS TO COMPENSATE FOR THE ATTENUATION -- THULIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS FOR OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION -- RECENT DEVELOPMENT ON THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL WORKS ON S-BAND TDFA -- TDFA ARCHITECTURES WITH 1050NM PUMPING |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Mechanical engineering.
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mechanical engineering.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mechanical.
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Mechanical engineering
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Malach, David E
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| ISBN |
9781611223934 |
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1611223938 |
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