This paper studies the collapse of a void in an elastomer caused by osmosis. The void is filled with liquid water, while the elastomer is surrounded by unsaturated air. The difference in humidity motivates water molecules to permeate through the elastomer, from inside the void to outside the elastomer, leaving the liquid water inside the void in tension. When the tension is low, the void reduce...

the local solid flow structure of gas-solid bubbling fluidized bed was investigated to identify and characterize the particle clusters. extensive mathematical calculations were carried out using the energy-minimization multi-scale (emms) approach for evaluating cluster properties including the velocity, the size and the void fraction of clusters in the dense phase of the bed. the results showed...

in the present research, damage mechanisms during room temperature uniaxial tensile testing of two different modern high strength dual phase steels,dp780 and dp980, were studied. detailed microstructural characterization of the strained and sectioned samples was performed by scanning electron microscopy (sem). the results revealed that interface decohesion, especially at the triple junctions of...