The applicability of residual stress analysis is expanded to the full 2theta range, particularly to lower diffraction angles (2θ<<120), in order to be able to analyze residual stress in complex samples. For reliable results it is crucial that systematic errors are absent. The systematic errors considered in this paper are alignment errors like specimen displacement and incident beam misalignmen...

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the reason why the interface delaminations occurred in the QFP structure. The stress concentration was the key factor responsible for the microcrack occurrence. In order to figure out which factors affect the stress distribution, the material’s attributes and the structure’s dimension were considered. The finite element program ABAQUS6.9 together wit...

Friction stir welding is an innovative joining process being developed for use in aerospace manufacturing. Like most welding processes there exist problems with post-weld residual stresses and subsequent geometrical distortion. The residual stress-state of a welded component can be modified using suitably applied mechanical tensioning and thus distortion can be reduced or eliminated. In the pre...

In the paper there will be introduced method for relative determination of induced kinetic energy of hardened balls on treated surface, which was invented by J. Alemen. In our experimental work we were focused on measuring Barkhausen noise signals and comparison with microstructure, microhardness, and residual stress analysis of surface roughness. In process of shot peening there is occurrence ...

To test hypotheses derived from Conservation of Resources Theory (COR), research showing the ameliorative effects of a short respite from work on job stress and strain was replicated among academics on a protracted respite–Sabbatical leave. In a quasi-experiment, 16 faculty members from 10 universities in three countries completed measures of job stress, strain and coping resources before, duri...

loading conditions and complex geometry have led the cylinder heads to become the most challenging parts of diesel engines. one of the most important durability problems in diesel engines is due to the cracks valves bridge area. the purpose of this study is a thermo-mechanical analysis of cylinder heads of diesel engines using a two-layer viscoplasticity model. in this article, mechanical prope...

the brass tubes with foam cores of alsi7sic3, alsi7sic3fe1 and alsi7sic3fe3 were produced as the crush-boxes with circle and square cross-section. then axial compressive behavior and energy absorption capability of the foam-filled tubes were investigated during the quasi-static progressive plastic buckling. the uniaxial compressive stress–strain curves of the foam-filled brass tubes exhibited t...

Concrete is the material which is rapidly used in various conditions to sustain the compression loads and the corresponding bending and shear stress due to the applied compressive loads. The major drawback in concrete is that it is poor in tension though it is very efficient in compression. Hence to overcome this major drawback the concrete must be reinforced such that to make a homogeneous sub...

The interest of the method of X-ray diffraction for residual stress measurement is in continuous progress due to the advances in theoretical research and the development of new equipment. Usually, the shift and broadening of a diffraction peak reveal respectively the macrostrain (or stress) and rnicrostrain. The limits of the X-ray provided by classical tubes in laboratory are its low intensity...

Stress-induced martensitic transformations are clarified in classes of NiMnGa alloys which undergo the stress-free, thermal-induced inter-martensite transformation austenite (A) pre-martensite (PM) martensite. This study implements a comprehensive experimental approach, including analysis of the strain–temperature and stress–strain response, which discloses stress-induced inter-martensite trans...