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Journal club for August 2018: X-Mechanics – An Endless Frontier

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X-Mechanics – An Endless Frontier

Wei YANG, Hongtao WANG, Tiefeng LI and Shaoxing QU

Center for X-Mechanics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China;

 

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Theoretical search for heterogeneously architected 2D structures

Submitted by Weizhu Yang on
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heterogeneously architected structures; lattice structures; deterministic assembly; elastic properties; interface

Weizhu Yang, Qingchang Liu, Zongzhan Gao, Zhufeng Yue, and Baoxing Xu

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/07/11/1806769115

Play with your matchsticks for assembling extremely soft or hard 2D structures.

 

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Highly Stretchable and Tough Hydrogels below Water Freezing Temperature

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tough hydrogels
subzero temperatures
non-freezing ionic devices
ice-salt slurry phase
freezing point depression

Xavier P. Morelle, Widusha R. Illeperuma, Kevin Tian, Ruobing Bai, Zhigang Suo, Joost J. Vlassak

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adma.201801541

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Crack Growth Resistance in Metallic Alloys: The Role of Isotropic Versus Kinematic Hardening

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Plasticity
fracture
Kinematic Hardening
# Finite Element modeling

We have always modelled crack propagation under monotonic/static loading in metals assuming isotropic hardening. However, we show that anisotropic/kinematic hardening effects play a significant role due to non-proportional straining with crack advance; the isotropic hardening idealization leads to steady state fracture toughness predictions that could be 50% lower. I hope that some of you find this work interesting.

Emilio Martínez-Pañeda, Norman A. Fleck. Crack Growth Resistance in Metallic Alloys: The Role of Isotropic Versus Kinematic Hardening. 

Superior structural, elastic and electronic properties of 2D titanium nitride MXenes over carbide MXenes: A comprehensive first principles study

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MXenes; DFT; Carbide; Nitride

N. Zhang, Y. Hong, S. Yazdanparast, and M. Asle Zaeem. Superior structural, elastic and electronic properties of 2D titanium nitride MXenes over carbide MXenes: A comprehensive first principles study. 2D Materials 5 (2018) 045004

 

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