Superelastic wires and diamond-shaped stent surrogates were manufactured from Nitinol rods and tubing, respectively, from five different mill product suppliers - Standard VAR, Standard VIM, Standard VIM+VAR, Process-Optimized VIM+VAR, and High-Purity VAR. High-cycle fatigue tests up to 10(7) cycles were conducted under tension-tension conditions for wires and bending conditions for diamonds. Th...

With the vast potential of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology, the reliability is essential for the successful applications of microdevices. Polycrystalline silicon is one of the most often used structural materials in microdevices. Tension testing for fatigue life of this material has been investigated since past years. This paper presents a micro-actuatorbased bending testing ...

Solder joint fatigue failure is a serious reliability concern in area array technologies, such as flip chip and ball grid array packages of integrated-circuit chips. The selection of different substrate materials could affect solder joint thermal fatigue life significantly. The mechanism of substrate flexibility on improving solder joint thermal fatigue was investigated by thermal mechanical an...

This study compared the biomechanical performance of 4.5-mm limited-contact dynamic compression plates and 3.5-mm locking compression plates for the fixation of unstable humeral shaft fractures. Composite humeri were divided into two groups: 3.5mm LC and 4.5-mm LCDC plates. Osteotomy gaps of 5-mm, simulating diaphyseal comminution, were created. Stiffness tests were performed in anterior-poster...

Title of Document: DEVELOPMENT OF FATIGUE MODELS FOR COPPER TRACES ON PRINTED WIRING ASSEMBLIES UNDER QUASI-STATIC CYCLIC MECHANICAL BENDING. Daniel M Farley, Doctor of Philosophy, 2010 Directed By: Professor Abhijit Dasgupta Department of Mechanical Engineering This dissertation investigates the fatigue durability of copper (Cu) traces on printed wiring assemblies (PWAs) under quasi-static cyc...

An experimental study is performed to evaluate the effect of melt-extract stainless steel fibres on mechanical and flexural properties concrete. A total seventy-two specimens are used determine an optimum fibre dosage plain reinforced Twelve full-scale beam then exposed four-point bending tests. The behaviour beams quantified in this testing. specimen bending, after being subjected 15000 cycles...