The mixed mode fracture behavior measured using the previous two methodologies shows that the adhesive seems to follow the Benzeggagh Kenane failure criterion (expressed in 2D).
The resulting design criterion, expressed as SuDS volume per unit catchment area, assuming a DB type SuDS, varies between 7 and 10 l/m2.
A procedure for designing the absorbing layer is proposed by targeting a performance criterion expressed in terms of logarithmic decrement of the wave amplitude in the layer thickness.
For borderline cases, we tend to accept author's criterion, expressed as the presence of the corresponding _geom_bond_distance data item in the CIF file.
Furthermore, an equivalent plastic strain based fracture initiation criterion expressed as a function of stress triaxiality is adopted to depict the fracture behavior of the tank car steel material.
The applicability of this criterion, expressed in terms of nominal stresses, to the fatigue life prediction of welded specimens is investigated by using experimental data available in the literature.
The minimality of L attends a criterion expressed in Gabbay 1999 (see also Section 5) and also conforms to the ideal of fusing logics, cf. Kracht and Wolter 1991.
It is shown that the model quantified in terms of two conflicting criteria, that is (a) a coverage criterion expressing to which extent the resulting information granules "cover" include data and (b) specificity criterion articulating how detailed (specific) the obtained information granules are.
The bayesian information criterion expressed the same result – the value for the third model M 3 was −0.55, whereas it was −2.97 for the fourth model M 4. The Akaike information criterion further confirmed this situation – the third model M 3 had a value of 231.50 and the fourth model M 4 a value of 231.00.
