Browsing by Subject "Fracture"
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(2022-06-06)Nuclear fuels power all the commercial carbon-free energy plants and contribute to the fight against climate change. A comprehensive understanding of the fracture behavior of nuclear fuels during normal and transient ...
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(2015-04-23)Acoustic sensing technology has a long history of being implemented in the oil and gas industry; from the early days of measuring seismic activity to determine oil and gas reserve to the present day technology such as fiber ...
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(2019-07-29)Since the addition of Hf or Zr provides a cost-effective alternative to NiTi alloyed with Pd, Pt and Au, due to the high cost of the latter, NiTiHf and NiTiZr alloys have recently attracted considerable attention [1]. In ...
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(2020-11-17)Design and material selection of bituminous mixtures (asphalt concrete) have a decisive role in mixture and pavement performance. Traditionally, the design of the mixtures has focused on the volumetric fractions of components. ...
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(2013-12-04)A major amount of degradation in battery life is in the form of chemical degradation due to the formation of Solid Electrolyte Interface (SEI) which is a passive film resulting from chemical reaction. Mechanical degradation ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)Fracture-injection/falloff sequences are routinely used as pre-frac well tests to estimate reservoir pressure and transmissibility, but the current interpretation methods are limited to analyzing specific and very ...
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(2012-08-29)Unlike in laboratory compacted asphalt mixtures, the distribution of viscoelastic properties in field layers is not uniform because of nonuniform air void distribution and aging. Therefore, characterization of field specimens ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)Hot-mix asphalt concrete (HMAC) mixture fatigue characterization constitutes a fundamental component of HMAC pavement structural design and analysis to ensure adequate field fatigue performance. HMAC is a heterogeneous ...
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(2011-02-22)Glassy polymers are extensively used to make all kinds of structural components. Polymers, such as epoxies, are often chosen as matrices in polymer matrix composites (PMC). Ever since the 1960s, these types of composites ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Over the last decade, biodegradable screws and plates have received wide acceptance over metallic fasteners for orthopedic fracture fixation. A biodegradable fastener would gradually "disappear" during healing of a fractured ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)The objective of this dissertation research was to develop improved understanding of the deformation and fracture physics of delamination in resin toughened graphite/epoxy composites. Experiments were conducted in pure ...
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(2015-04-29)Due to their low density and high specific strength, magnesium and its alloys are structural metals attractive for the aerospace and automotive industries. However, wide spread use of wrought magnesium is challenged by its ...
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(2009-05-15)Shale gas formation exhibits some unusual reservoir characteristics: nano-darcy matrix permeability, presence of natural fractures and gas storage on the matrix surface that makes it unique in many ways. It’s difficult to ...
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(2023-01-10)Pore fluid pressure in the geological formation at depth varies spatially and temporarily. An increase in pore fluid pressure at depth leads to a reduction in effective normal stress, and thus affects the rock strength and ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1976)The uses of trapping agents to trap nylon-6 radical and polyethyl-eneterephthalate (polyester) radicals produced by stress in highly oriented fibers was studied under various conditions; in the presence of solvent, in a ...
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Environmentally assisted cracking of nickel-chromium-phosphorus amorphous alloy coated 4340 steels (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)Surface modification of engineering materials has become more popular due to the scarcity of alloying elements like nickel and chromium and the increasing need for stronger and more corrosion resistant materials. On the ...
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(2018-05-01)To effectively produce from resource shale, a stimulation method is required. Typically, hydraulic fracturing is utilized for stimulation. Hydraulic fracturing methods range in size, cost, and effectiveness. Once a hydraulic ...
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(2019-03-04)Due to complex depositional textures and diagenetic processes, carbonate reservoirs are challenging in terms of recovery. This thesis will present the use of foam flooding as a tertiary recovery technique, and as a means ...
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(2012-10-24)Hydraulic Fracturing stimulation technology is used to increase the amount of oil and gas produced from low permeability reservoirs. The primary objective of the process is to increase the conductivity of the reservoir by ...
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(2015-10-01)With the rapid growth of the transportation industry (automotive and aerospace), the demands for the control of noise and enhancing the stability of structures, through the development of high damping materials are continually ...