Analytical solutions are sought for optimal temperature distributions to control the interlaminar stresses near the free edges of composite laminates subjected to uniaxial loading. Optimal through-thickness temperature gradients are obtained by minimizing appropriate performance indices that are functions of the far-field properties, with respect to the through-thickness temperature differences...

In the present investigation, an experimental study was conducted to evaluate the thermal stresses in rigid pavement. In pavements design, temperature differential is having dominant role across the depth at critical locations. Seasonal climate changes influences the characteristic of pavement track. The study influences the behavior of the pavement slab in a nonlinear manner. The critical stre...

Introduction. It is well known that when a transparent non-crystalline solid, such as glass, is heated to a uniform temperature Tx and then rapidly quenched in a bath at temperature T0(T1 > T„) there results a non-uniform stress distribution. Depending on T, , one can divide these stresses into two distinct classes. If is sufficiently lower than the softening temperature of the material, then t...

Three-dimensional finite element models are developed to investigate the effects of both tensile load and uniform temperature load on the stresses in hybrid joints. During the solution of the problem, finite element method (FEM) is preferred, as this method is very suitable for solving many engineering problems. An aluminum sheet is bonded a composite sheet. Hybrid joints are designed from both...

an infinitely long hollow cylinder containing isotropic linear elastic material is considered under the effect of arbitrary boundary stress and thermal condition. the two-dimensional coupled thermoelastodynamic pdes are specified based on equations of motion and energy equation, which are uncoupled using nowacki potential functions. the laplace integral transform and bessel-fourier series are u...

Abiotic stresses, such as high temperature, and salt stress are major factors which reduce crop productivity. Effects of high temperature (46-48° C) and salt stress (0.4 M) on French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), a major vegetable crop, were evaluated in terms of antioxidants and antioxidant enzymes in S-9 cultivar. Both stresses caused similar responses in the plant. Oxidative stress indicators s...

In this paper, an analytical solution for computing the linear plastic stresses and critical temperature and pressure in a FGM hollow cylinder under the internal pressure and temperature is developed. It has been assumed that the modulus of elasticity and thermal coefficient of expansion were varying through thickness of the FGM material according to a power law relationship. The Poisson's rati...

High temperature (HT) and water deficit (WD) are frequent environmental constraints restricting plant growth and productivity. These stresses often occur simultaneously in the field, but little is known about their combined impacts on plant growth, development and physiology. We evaluated the responses of 10 Arabidopsis thaliana natural accessions to prolonged elevated air temperature (30 °C) a...

The pressure and temperature histories on cladding inner and outer surfaces during of LBLOCA (Large Break Loss of Coolant Accident) are considered as boundary conditions for the structural analyses of three cladding materials. Since SiC (Silicon Carbide) has higher yield and ultimate strengths than Zry-4 (Zircaloy-4) under the same primary stresses, SiC has higher primary safety margin than Zry...

The unsteady free convection flow between two long vertical parallel plates withvariable temperature and mass diffusion in the presence of the thermal radiation hasbeen presented. The governing dimensionless coupled linear partial differentialequations on the flow are solved by using the Laplace transform technique. TheExact solutions have been obtained for the fluid velocity, temperature and t...