Browsing Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering by Subject "Fatigue"
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Assessment of failure toughening mechanisms in continuous glass fiber thermoplastic laminates subjected to cyclic loading
(Elsevier, 2019-03-15)Tensile fatigue behaviour of glass fiber/polyamide composites, including unidirectional ([0]8, [90]8) and cross-ply ([02/902]s, [04/904]s and [904/04]s) laminates, was studied and compared to that of similar glass fiber/epoxy ... -
Behaviour of Magnesium Alloy Under Load-Control Cyclic Testing
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-20)The characterization of material fatigue behaviour is crucial in the design of mechanical components. Magnesium alloys, particularly wrought magnesium alloys, are one of the most interesting materials for mechanical ... -
Characterization and Modeling of Smooth and Notched Rolled ZEK100-O under Cyclic Load
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-26)As an effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, goals on weight reduction has been fully focused by automotive manufacturers to meet the environmental regulations. Magnesium (Mg) alloys, with its high specific ... -
Characterization of the Quasi-Static and Fatigue Behavior of Forged AZ31B Magnesium Alloy
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-17)Light-weighting is being aggressively targeted by automotive manufacturers as a method to reduce emissions. Magnesium (Mg) alloys due to their low density and high specific strength have therefore gained significant interest ... -
The Effect of Cold Spray Coating on Fatigue Life of Magnesium Alloy, AZ31B
(University of Waterloo, 2011-10-27)Wrought magnesium alloys are considered attractive candidates for structural members in automotive and aerospace industries due to their high specific strength. Although new processes have helped to produce high purity ... -
Effects of post-processing on the thermomechanical fatigue properties of laser modified NiTi
(Elsevier, 2019-01-01)The multifunctional capabilities needed for advanced shape memory alloys (SMA) actuators has been shown to be achievable by locally tuning the properties through laser processing. Before the wide-spread use of these SMAs ... -
Elastic-Plastic Fatigue Crack Growth Analysis under Variable Amplitude Loading Spectra
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-13)Most components or structures experience in service a variety of cyclic stresses. In the case of cyclic constant amplitude loading the fatigue crack growth depends only on the crack, the component geometry and the applied ... -
Improvement of fatigue and corrosion-fatigue resistance of AZ31B cast alloy by cold spray coating and top coating
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-16)Recent advancements in manufacturing of light-weight structures have caused high interest in industries toward magnesium alloys because of its excellent properties such as specific strength, low density, and fatigue strength. ... -
Role of loading direction on cyclic behaviour characteristics of AM30 extrusion and its fatigue damage modelling
(Elsevier, 2017-07-18)Anisotropic fatigue and cyclic behaviour of AM30 Mg alloy extrusion is investigated by performing fully-reversed strain-controlled tension-compression cyclic tests at strain amplitudes between 0.3% and 2.3%, along extrusion ...