Sentence examples for softening zone from inspiring English sources
Indeed, the softening zone size is considerably larger than that obtained by other models which neglect adherent shear deformations.
The stress strain curve suggested for the analysis was the parabola-rectangle from the Eurocode-2 which did not capture the softening zone.
Point 1 represents the onset of damage point, the zones 1 2 are the plastic hardening zone, and the softening zone is shown in zones 2 3 4.
Size of the softening zone is reached quickly and the bearing capacity of the retrofitted beam will be relatively affected by the time increase.
Based on the numerical and experimental results, a new concept called the thermal softening zone within which thermal softening occurs is proposed in the present work.
The fatigue test showed welded zone is the weakest zone due to the existence of micropores defects in the surface of the joint, even if there is softening zone in HAZ which is shown in hardness curve.
Comparison between the measurements and the simulation showed that the model was able to capture the most significant aspects of the roof and support system behavior, particularly, the extensive slip along bedding that created a partially destressed "softened" zone in the immediate roof.
Hillerborg (1976) developed the fictitious crack model, which considers a tension softening fracture zone to avoid stress concentration at the tip of the crack.
The open hole (notched) compressive strength results obtained compare favourably to predictions by a linear softening cohesive zone fracture model developed in earlier work by the second author.
A plastic fibre kinking analysis [Budiansky B. Micromechanics. Comput Struct 1983 16 1):3 12] and a linear softening cohesive zone model (CZM) [Soutis C. Compressive failure of notched carbon fibre epoxy panels. PhD thesis.
In this paper, a new method is presented for the calculation of the fracture energy Gc associated with fibre microbuckling, a parameter required in the Soutis et al. linear softening cohesive zone model for the prediction of the open hole compression strength.
