Spinal segments show non-linear behaviour under axial compression. It is unclear to what extent this behaviour is attributable to the different components of the segment. In this study, we quantified the separate contributions of vertebral bodies and intervertebral discs to creep of a segment. Secondly, we investigated the contribution of bone and osteochondral endplate (endplates including car...

Tensile stress develops in concrete when shrinkage deformations and restraints (internal or external) exist. Utilization of appropriate creep or relaxation functions is crucial for assessing stress and the associated cracking potential in concrete, especially at early ages when chemical and physical properties change rapidly. The existing models, developed either from compressive creep tests or...

Cow and calf performance was determined in a 2-yr, 2 x 2 factorial, grazing experiment using Coastal or Tifton 85 (T85) replicated Bermudagrass pastures (4 pastures each; each pasture 4.86 ha), without or with aeschynomene creep-grazing paddocks (n = 4, 0.202 ha each, planted in May of each year, 13.44 kg/ha). On June 10, 2004, and June 8, 2005, 96 winter-calving beef "tester" cows and their ca...

Tensile and creep properties of new austenitic steel Sanicro 25 at room temperature and operating temperature 700 °C were investigated by testing on miniature specimens. The results were correlated with testing on conventional specimens. Very good agreement of results was obtained, namely in yield and ultimate strength, as well as short-term creep properties. Although the creep rupture time was...

This paper presents the results of channel cracking experiments performed on a multilayered structure. Room temperature creep behavior of a metallic underlayer was studied by using a newly developed channel cracking method. By the analysis of a channel crack propagating under tensile load in an elastic Si3N4 topical layer, the creep properties of an aluminum underlayer were determined. The expe...

Tests of cylindrical specimens of O. 75 in. diameter up to 300.000 psi axial compression stress have been conducted for hardened portland cement paste as well as concrete with !Is in. aggregate. The specimens tightly fit into a cylindrical cavity in a pressure vessel and are loaded axially by a hard piston. The pressure vessel is very stiff, forcing the lateral expansion of specimens to be so s...

For description of the visco-elastic behavior of soft biological tissues, Fung proposed a visco-elastic model formulated in terms of a relaxation function and corresponding relaxation spectrum. For the corresponding creep function, Fung proposed an expression which needs correction to obtain a consistent formulation. This creep function and the corresponding creep spectrum are derived in this n...

The compressive creep deforrn;~tiort microstructure of polycrystalline Ni3AI h:is been observed by transnlission electron microscopy (TEM). ( 1 1 I ) rind ( 110) slip systems have been identified in primary creep. Dissociatiort of edge superparti:~l pairs perpendicular to the slip plane (both { 11 1 ) and ( 110) ) is common in crept specimens. I'he formation of this superdislocation...

Most of the previous researches conducted on shear lag of box girders were only concerned about simple types of structures, such as simply supported and cantilever beams. The structural systems concerned in these previous researches were considered as determined and unchangeable. In this paper, a finite element method considering shear lag and creep of concrete was presented to analyze the effe...