Freeze thaw resistance, microstructure, performance mechanism, inner freeze thaw damage distribution and mechanics models of ASC were investigated by freeze thaw cycle, SEM and EDS tests.
The experimental data is shown to agree well with performance indices predicted by mechanics models.
Quantitative, experimentally validated mechanics models provide guidelines in the selection of optimized configurations and materials choices.
The observed small- and large-scale bridging phenomena are then modeled using fracture mechanics models.
Mechanics models for non-coplanar mesh designs are developed and used to predict the maximum strains.
Fracture mechanics models were used to quantify the observed crack-tip shielding due to crack-bridging.
The AFM tip-sample contact has been successfully described by means of continuum contact mechanics models [33, 47 49].
In our experiments as well as AFM experiments, the true contact area is calculated using continuum mechanics models.
Conventional contact mechanics models developed for solid spherical particles cannot be applied for calculation of the ND contact area.
Continuum damage mechanics models were formulated and implemented in the user subroutine UMAT of ABAQUS/Standard.
One might expect the hypotheses connecting chaos models with idealized physical systems to piggy back on the hypotheses connecting classical mechanics models with their corresponding idealized physical systems.
