The aim of this study is to investigate various fracture properties of gray cast iron and thus to gain an insight of it's behaviour and reliability under conditions where there is a risk of brittle fracture or fatigue ...

In this thesis, the use of crack growth rate data and analytical retardation models in predicting crack growth under variable amplitude loading is reviewed. The effective stress model developed by willenborg, et al. is ...

In this study the general elastostatic problem for an orthotropic strip containing cracks perpendicular to its boundaries is considered. Appropriate superposition of stress field solutions of edge dislocations together ...

In this study unidirectionally controlled solidification of AI-2%Cu alloy and the resulting dendritic morphology is investigated. First general information is given on given on solidificatior, then dendritic growth is ...

In this work, the transient response of a thick-walled layered spherical shell subjected to radially symmetric loadings is studied using the ray theory. Normal mode solution in the Fourier transform space is expanded into ...

In this thesis, the motion and vibration characteristics of edge dislocations are investigated. Topics included, are shear stress-dislocation velocity relation; effects of model parameters and phenomenological damping on ...

In this study, solutions to forced, convection heat transfer problems in fully developed laminar flow are obtained for Newtonian fluids with constant properties. Internal flow for square, triangular and elliptical ...

Analysis of the transient response of an isotropic, homogeneous and elastic half-space due to the application of a point, a finite line, and areal sources are presented in this thesis. The source is either buried or on the ...

There are significant efforts for improving energy efficiency of residential and of fice building for reducing total energy consumption and emission of greenhouse gases. Smart windows are one potential technology that can ...