Using these specimens, the effects of the insulation distributions as well as the type of insulations on the material properties are investigated.
From fractography of the fracture specimen, the effect of mixity on the failure mechanisms and crack paths is established.
In a simple example using a four-point bend specimen, the effect of pooling (i.e. grouping of results from different experiments by suitable scaling procedures) on the numerical result and on the scatter of failure probability is demonstrated.
However, no significant degradation of tensile strength was confirmed in all of the specimens; therefore, the effect of corrosion on the tensile strength of the immersed specimens is considered to be negligible.
It is likely that these nonlinearities are due to the alteration of the specimens and/or the effect of MD particles.
Using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), morphological analysis was performed to observe the fracture behaviour of the specimens and the effect of water molecules.
The experimental results, combined with the analysis of variance method, indicate that, within the test ranges, the AE dosage influences all the characteristic elastic properties of the MKG specimens, whereas the effect of Ms level is insignificant.
Fatigue tests incorporating butt joint, T-joint, and longitudinal stiffener specimens present the effect of different welding parameters and the HFMI technique as post-treatment method.
These experiments were also used to determine the "bias" value between PCCv and standard compact tension (1T-C(T)) specimens and the effect of the loading rate on the MC.
