Degradation of solids bearing load due to the infusion of moisture when exposed to the environment can leads to a decrease in their load carrying capacity and can also lead to the failure of the body from performing its intended task. In this short paper, we study some qualitative properties of the solution to systems of equations that describe the degradation in a linearized elastic solid due ...

In this paper the secular equation for the Rayleigh wave speed in an incompressible orthotropic elastic solid is obtained in a form that does not admit spurious solutions. It is then shown that inequalities on the material constants that ensure positive definiteness of the strain-energy function guarantee existence and uniqueness of the Rayleigh wave speed. Finally, an explicit formula for the ...

Sumlnary--A method is described for finding the normal displacements of the surface of a semi-infinite solid, subjected to arbitrary, transient surface heating. Analytical expressions are derived for the displacements due to instantaneous and continuous point and line heat sources and these can be integrated to produce the solutions to particular problems. The method is illustrated by applicati...

Background (Ba,Sr)SO4 solid-solutions range among the most important scaling minerals, not only in geothermal energy production, but generally in applications involving hydrothermal brines, e.g. including petroleum production [e.g. (Todd and Yuan 1990, 1992; Kühn et al. 1997)]. Besides the general difficulties related to scale formation, like blockage of pipes, related decrease of well producti...

Solid solutions of Ag-Cu were prepared via ball milling process, for about 5-30 h. The Cu-20at%Ag and Cu-3.64at%Ag composition were investigated by X-ray diffraction technique. It was realized that the solid solubility level could be increased by increasing the initial solute content in the mixture. In addition, shifts in peak positions of silver and copper were observed with milling time. The ...

BiOXxY1−x (X, Y = Cl, Br, and I) solid solutions have been regarded as promising photocatalysts attributed to their unique layered structure, tunable band structure, and chemical and optical stability. In this study, BiOBrxI1−x nanoplate solid solutions with a high exposure of {001} crystal facets were prepared by a facile alcoholysis method at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. X-ray d...

The thermodynamic redox properties for a series of ceria–zirconia solid solutions have been measured by determining their oxidation isotherms between 873 and 1073 K. Isotherms were obtained using Coulometric titration and using O2 titration of samples equilibrated in flowing mixtures of H2 and H2O. Samples having the following compositions were studied after calcinations at 973 and 1323 K: CeO2...

A series of mixed Mn-Zr oxides with different molar ratios Mn/Zr (0.1-9) have been prepared by coprecipitation of manganese and zirconium nitrates and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and BET methods. It has been found that at concentrations of Mn below 30 at%, the samples are single-phase solid solutions (MnxZr1-xO2-δ) based on a ZrO2 structure. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) m...