It is important to account for nonlinearity in the deformation of a thermoplastic matrix, as well as fibre fracture and matrix cracking, when predicting progressive failure in unidirectional fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composites. In this research, a new high-fidelity model approach is developed incorporating elastic-plastic nonlinearity. In ord...
We present, for the first time, an original experimental study on the effect of ageing process (seasoned in the aqueous environment) on the mechanical behaviour of adhesive tubular butt joints. In order to manufacture adhesive tubular butt joints, tubes with a diameter of 20 1 mm, made of three different materials (polypropylene, carbon steel and g...
Background Critically ill traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients experience extensive muscle damage during their stay in the intensive care unit. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) has been considered a promising treatment to reduce the functional and clinical impacts of this. However, the time needed for NMES to produce effects over the mu...
Austenitic high-Mn steels present a dominant deformation mechanism of TWinning Induced Plasticity (TWIP) or TRansformation Induced Plasticity (TRIP), which effectively enables be used for various cryogenic applications. This mechanism affects significantly tensile or impact properties, and can be carefully tuned by adjusting alloying compositions; ...
Published in The American journal of medicine
Fatty acids derived from fish oil are long-chain omega-3 (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids. The important polyunsaturated fatty acids of fish oil are eicosapentaenoic acid, and docosahexaenoic acid. For decades, there has been a debate about the use of omega-3 fatty acids and their benefits on cardiovascular health. The more recent trials including...
Incorporation of additives into silicon carbide (SiC) ceramics in low temperature, atmospheric pressure sintering is challenging because uniform mixing of additives and raw SiC powders is quite difficult. Herein, an impregnation coating process in which a precise amount of Al2O3 is introduced to raw SiC granules on the nanoscale is described and hi...
Incorporation of additives into silicon carbide (SiC) ceramics in low temperature, atmospheric pressure sintering is challenging because uniform mixing of additives and raw SiC powders is quite difficult. Herein, an impregnation coating process in which a precise amount of Al2O3 is introduced to raw SiC granules on the nanoscale is described and hi...
Published in Trials
BackgroundCritically ill patients lose up to 2% of muscle mass per day. We assessed the feasibility of administering a leucine-enriched essential amino acid (L-EAA) supplement to mechanically ventilated trauma patients with the aim of assessing the effect on skeletal muscle mass and function.MethodsA randomised feasibility study was performed over ...
10.1016/j.msea.2019.138252 / MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING / 764 / completed
