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R. F. Yükseler¹
Structural Longevity, Vol.4, No.2, pp. 57-64, 2010, DOI:10.3970/sl.2010.004.057
Abstract The mid surface of undeformed rubber-like shells undergoing finite rotations and finite strains has been considered to be the reference surface of the undeformed configuration. There have been two different definitions for the reference surface of deformed rubber-like shells, undergoing finite rotations and finite strains, used by several researchers. In this study, some comments on the stress-resultants defined relative to the mentioned two reference surfaces of deformed incompressible rubber-like shells under axisymmetrical effects, considering transverse normal and transverse shear deformations, are presented. More >

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Yang-chun Deng¹, Gang Chen²
Structural Longevity, Vol.4, No.2, pp. 65-75, 2010, DOI:10.3970/sl.2010.004.065
Abstract To use material effective and keep pressure vessel safety, large deformation analysis for pressure vessel is very important. Until 2007, the elasticplastic stress analysis method, that is the first time all over the world, is provided in ASME VIII-2 edition 2007 for boiler and pressure vessel standard that Finite Element Method is used with large deformation analysis. But there is no common recognized direct solution for the carrying capacity of pressure vessels yet and this restrict the application of large deformation analysis in pressure vessel design. This paper investigates the carrying capacity of pressure vessels… More >

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Ke Ji^1,2, Jinlong Chen^1,2, Lina Zhang^1,2, Xinhua Ji^1,2
Structural Longevity, Vol.4, No.2, pp. 77-84, 2010, DOI:10.3970/sl.2010.004.077
Abstract The stress distribution of contact area in engineering structure is complex. Automatic whole-field measurement of photo-elasticity is a feasibility method to solve the contact problem. However, the problem of isoclinic and isochromatic interaction is important in phase-shifting techniques of photo-elasticity. The technique named 8-step phase shifting technique is applied to solve the problem of isoclinic fringe pattern influenced by isochromatic fringe patterns in integer order and half-integer order. A new automatic technique of stress separation improved by an application example of contact problem of root gear, which is discussed in this paper after obtaining the More >

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Ji-Cheng Li¹, Li Lin^1,2, Di Wu¹, Xi-Meng Li¹, Ming-Kai Lei³
Structural Longevity, Vol.4, No.2, pp. 85-93, 2010, DOI:10.3970/sl.2010.004.085
Abstract Two kinds of plasma sprayed Cr₂O₃ coatings are characterized by electro-mechanical impedance (EMI) method with PZT patch in kHz and MHz frequencies. Comparing frequency shift of impedance peaks f and root mean square deviation (RMSD) of PZT electric impedance signatures, the influence of frequency on the testing sensitivity is investigated in some frequency bands among 10-238 kHz and 5.45-6.33 MHz. The results show that in the kHz frequency range, the frequency shifts f increase with testing frequency and the RMSD values first increase and then decrease. The latter may be attributed to the decreasing of peak More >

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Ji-Cheng Li¹, Li Lin^1,2, Di Wu¹, Xi-Meng Li¹, Ming-Kai Lei³
Structural Longevity, Vol.4, No.2, pp. 95-103, 2010, DOI:10.3970/sl.2010.004.095
Abstract Two kinds of plasma sprayed Cr₂O₃ coating specimens are tested by electro-mechanical impedance (EMI) method with PZT patch. Quantitative relationship between PZT excitation voltage and testing sensitivity is investigated in the frequency range of 150-180 kHz. Combined with WK 6500B precision impedance analyzer and self-established high excitation voltage electric impedance measurement system (HEVEIMS), excitation voltages with the range of 0.01 to 20 V are used to excite the PZT patch. As an evaluation indicator of sensitivity, the difference value of one minus correlation coefficient (OMCC) is calculated for each excitation voltage. The results show that in More >

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Dong Zhengzhu¹, Peng Weihong¹, Li Shuncai¹
Structural Longevity, Vol.4, No.2, pp. 105-112, 2010, DOI:10.3970/sl.2010.004.105
Abstract Due to the complexity of thermal elastic problems, analytic solutions have be obtained only for some axisymmetrical problems and simply problems. Using the Green function, the boundary integral formula and natural boundary integral equation for the boundary value problems of biharmonic equation is obtained. Then based on bending solutions to circular plates subjected to the non-axisymmetrical load, by the Fourier series and convolution formulae, the bending solutions under non-axisymmetrical thermal conditions are gained. The formulas for the solutions have high convergence velocity and computational accuracy, and the calculating process is simpler. Examples show the discussed More >

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