... UV-visible irradiation (λ > 290 nm at 35 °C) has been investigated using several techniques such as infrared spectroscopy, UV-visible spectrophotometry, and gel fraction measurements. Different photo-products resulting from the photo-ageing such as alcohol, ketone, or acids as well as cross-linked...

...- and microparticles and were especially formulated for bonded-in timber connections, and the properties of bulk adhesives and adhesively bonded block shear specimens were evaluated. After 90 days of aging the results demonstrate critical temperature effects controlled by the glass transition temperature. The apparent...

... and hardness measurements and was correlated to the microstructures of the weld and base material. Stir zones (SZs) in the 5083 specimens were much softer than the strain-hardened base materials. SZs in the 6111 material are approximately as hard as the base material. Natural aging of 6111 FSW specimens...

...J. S. Robinson; D. A. Tanner Aerospace aluminum alloy forgings can have the residual stresses arising from heat treatment reduced by modification to the quench cooling rates and subsequent aging treatments. A series of propeller hubs usually made from the alloy 2014 have been closed die forged from...

...K. V. Pochiraju; G. P. Tandon This paper describes modeling of degradation behavior of high-temperature polymers under thermo-oxidative aging conditions. Thermo-oxidative aging is simulated with a diffusion-reaction model in which temperature, oxygen concentration, and weight-loss effects...

... of cure during the prescribed aging time. Results suggest that the degree of conversion is limited to 80% for the vinyl-ester oligomer and 90–95% for styrene following a postcure of 93°C. It is observed that after 300 days of ambient storage the nonpostcured samples approach the degree of conversion...

... to thermal aging has been investigated. The SP testing technique has been applied to materials aged under various aging conditions, and correlation with the results of Charpy V-notch impact tests has been examined. The experimental results reveal that SP fracture energy at room temperature decreases...

... data, including the effects of physical aging at nonuniform temperature. Modifications to classical testing methods and protocols are presented to obtain accurate and repeatable data that can support long-term predictions with nonuniform temperature conditions through time. These techniques are used...

... December 2000 viscoplasticity ageing recovery stress analysis plastic flow creep stress relaxation plasticity steel strain ageing alloy steel When the classical material modes of plasticity and creep were applied to loading, unloading and reloading histories major deficiencies...

.... Associate Editor: S. Meguid. 14 April 1999 22 September 2000 stress relaxation yield strength creep plastic deformation austenitic stainless steel yield stress ageing diffusion finite element analysis Austenitic stainless steels have been used architecturally in building...

... be associated with the normal aging phenomena or by the development of damage in the material, most previous analyses of creep data have been empirical. It has been implicitly assumed that similar forms of creep curves can be adequately represented by a single generic equation. However, it is clear...