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Spring 2021
Azadeh Ebrahimian Hosseinabadi
Approaches for accurate prediction of ductile failure of polyethylene (PE) pipe have been developed. The main objective of this thesis is to characterize deformation and mechanical behaviour of PE material under different conditions which contribute to PE failure. For this purpose, two different...
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Fall 2018
Premature failure occurred in the chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) pipes from manufacturer A at the solvent welded joints, while pipes from manufacturer B work normally under similar working conditions. Through characterization of mechanical properties and residual stresses in CPVC pipes...
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Spring 2019
Extrusion-Based Additive Manufacturing (EBAM), also known as Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) or three-dimensional (3D) printing, is a manufacturing technique in which a desired object is formed by repetitive process of extrusion and deposition of thin layers of molten material through a nozzle in...
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The Essential Work of Fracture Method Applied to Mode II Interlaminar Fracture in Fiber Reinforced Polymers
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This thesis presents a new method for determining mode II interlaminar fracture toughness in fiber reinforced polymers (FRP) using the essential work of fracture (EWF) method. Fracture tests were performed on a tabbed double edge notched shear (DENS) specimen, made from a unidirectional...