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Shearing (physics)
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TL;DR: In this paper, a series of ring shear tests was conducted to investigate the development of particle breakage with shear strain for a carbonate sand, and it was found that at very large displacements the soil reached a stable grading, but that the final grading was dependent on both the applied normal stress and the initial grading.
Abstract: A series of ring shear tests was conducted to investigate the development of particle breakage with shear strain for a carbonate sand. It was found that at very large displacements the soil reached a stable grading, but that the final grading was dependent on both the applied normal stress and the initial grading. The particle breakage caused a volumetric compression, which again ceased only when the stable grading had been attained, emphasising that critical states as observed at much smaller strains in triaxial tests are not rigorously defined. Despite the severe degradation of the soil particles the mobilised angle of shearing resistance was found not to change significantly.
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TL;DR: In this article, the static response of a simply supported rectangular plate subjected to a transverse uniform load is presented for a simple supported functionally graded rectangular plate, where material properties of the plate are assumed to be graded in the thickness direction according to a simple power-law distribution in terms of the volume fractions of the constituents.
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TL;DR: In this article, a Couette device of a R•17 Weissenberg Rheogoniometer with suspensions of polystyrene spheres, 40-50 μm in diameter, suspended in a mixture of silicone oils at volume fractions 0⩽φ0.55 was used for steady and transient shear measurements.
Abstract: Two novel phenomena were observed in steady and transient shear measurements which were made in a Couette device of a R‐17 Weissenberg Rheogoniometer with suspensions of polystyrene spheres, 40–50 μm in diameter, suspended in a mixture of silicone oils at volume fractions 0⩽φ0.55. When φ⩾0.3, the steady‐shear viscosity at a given shear rate was found to drift for many hours to an asymptotic value which, in contrast to the scatter of the initial measurements, was very reproducible. Again, when φ⩾0.3, the shear stress showed a memory for the direction of previous shearing when the shear was stopped for a while and then restarted with either the same or the opposite sign. Moreover, during oscillatory shear experiments, these suspensions exhibited a nonlinear response which in fact could be predicted from their response to a sudden reversal of the direction of steady shear. It would appear, therefore, that such concentrated two‐phase systems cannot be modeled as isotropic fluids having a scalar effective viscosity unless the solids concentration is low.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a model in which the transition between T1 and T3 does not correspond to a transition to bulk flow but to a change from unstable, velocity-weakening friction to stable, velocitystrengthening friction.
Abstract: A simple rheological model of shearing of the lithosphere that has gained wide acceptance is a two layer model with an upper brittle zone in which deformation takes place by frictional sliding on discrete fault surfaces and a lower plastic zone in which deformation takes place by bulk plastic flow. The two are separated by an abrupt brittle-plastic transition, which is assumed to be indicated by the lower limit of seismicity. Experimental studies, however, as well as the deformation structures of mylonites, indicate that a broad transitional field of semi-brittle behavior lies between these extremes. This is a field of mixed mode deformation with a strength that can be expected to be considerably higher than that predicted from the extrapolation of high temperature flow laws. For quartzofeldspathic rocks the semi-brittle field lies between T1, the onset of quartz plasticity at about 300 °C and T2, feldspar plasticity at about 450 °C. A model is presented in which the transition T1 does not correspond to a transition to bulk flow but to a change from unstable, velocity-weakening friction to stable, velocity-strengthening friction. T1 thus marks the depth limit of earthquake nucleation, but large earthquakes can propagate to a greater depth, T3, (T3
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TL;DR: Experimental characterization of shear transformation zones (STZs) for plastic flow of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) based on a newly developed cooperative shearing model provides compelling evidence that the plastic Flow of metallic glasses occurs through Cooperative shearing of unstable STZs activated by shear stresses.
Abstract: We report experimental characterization of shear transformation zones (STZs) for plastic flow of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) based on a newly developed cooperative shearing model [Johnson WL, Samwer K (2005) A universal criterion for plastic yielding of metallic glasses with a (T/Tg)2/3 temperature dependence. Phys Rev Lett 95: 195501]. The good agreement between experimental measurements and theoretical predictions in the STZ volumes provides compelling evidence that the plastic flow of metallic glasses occurs through cooperative shearing of unstable STZs activated by shear stresses. Moreover, the ductility of BMGs was found to intrinsically correlate with their STZ volumes. The experiments presented herein pave a way to gain a quantitative insight into the atomic-scale mechanisms of BMG mechanical behavior.
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