• Analysis of slope movement initiation induced by rainfall using the Elastoplastic Barcelona Basic Model 

      Jamei, M.; Guiras, H.; Olivella Pastallé, Sebastià (2015-10)
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      In some arid and semi-arid regions, different types of infrastructure assets suffer from degradation of the roads, the embankment failures, erosion due to cyclic hydraulic actions and the effects of rainfall infiltration ...
    • Computational evaluation of the flexoelectric effect in dielectric solids 

      Abdollahi Hosnijeh, Amir; Peco Regales, Christian; Millán, Daniel; Arroyo Balaguer, Marino; Arias Vicente, Irene (American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2014-09-07)
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      Flexoelectricity is a size-dependent electromechanical mechanism coupling polarization and strain gradient. It exists in a wide variety of materials, and is most noticeable for nanoscale objects, where strain gradients are ...
    • Effect of shot peening on metastable austenitic stainless steels 

      Fargas Ribas, Gemma; Roa Rovira, Joan Josep; Mateo García, Antonio Manuel (2015-08-12)
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      In this work, shot peening was performed in a metastable austenitic stainless steel EN 1.4318 (AISI 301LN) in order to evaluate its effect on austenite to martensite phase transformation and also the influence on the fatigue ...
    • Fracture and fatigue behavior of cement carbides:3D focused ion beam tomography of crack-microstructure interactions 

      Tarragó Cifre, Jose María; Jiménez Piqué, Emilio; Turón Viñas, Miquel; Rivero, Lorenzo; Al-Dawery, Ihsan; Schneider, Ludwig; Llanes Pitarch, Luis Miguel (2014-09-01)
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      The fracture and fatigue phenomena in WC-cobalt cemented carbides (hard-metals) have been subjects extensively investigated in the last 30 years. From these studies, it is well established that the metallic binder phase ...
    • Mechanics and mechanisms of fatigue in a WC-Ni hardmetal and a comparative study with respect to WC-Co hardmetals 

      Tarragó Cifre, Jose María; Ferrari, Claudio; Reig, Begoña; Coureaux Mustelier, David; Schneider, Ludwig; Llanes Pitarch, Luis Miguel (2015-01-01)
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      There is a major interest in replacing cobalt binder in hardmetals (cemented carbides) aiming for materials with similar or even improved properties at a lower price. Nickel is one of the materials most commonly used as a ...