Softes Recht und harte Politik by Thorsten Keiser

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Stress-Softening Formulae of Polymer Bearings by M. H. B. M. Shariff, Anoop Sivasankaran, Zanin Kavazović

“…The motivation for this work was the absence of closed form solutions that can reasonably describe the axial deformation behaviour of stress-softening polymer bearings. In this paper, new closed form solutions that exhibit Mullins phenomenon are developed. …”
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Stress-Softening and Residual Strain Effects in Suture Materials by Alex Elías-Zúñiga, Beatriz Montoya, Wendy Ortega-Lara, Eduardo Flores-Villalba, Ciro A. Rodríguez, Hector R. Siller, José A. Díaz-Elizondo, Oscar Martínez-Romero

“…To predict experimental observations, a new constitutive material model that takes into account stress-softening and residual strain effects is developed. …”
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Pullout Characteristics and Damage Softening Model of the Geogrid-Soil Interface by Xiaoyong Liang, Jing Jin, Guangqing Yang, Xizhao Wang, Yitao Zhou

“…Based on the basic control equations of the interface and damage theory, trilinear shear stress-displacement damage softening model is proposed to describe the strain-softening characteristics of geogrid-soil interface. …”
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An Elastoplastic Softening Damage Model for Hydraulic Fracturing in Soft Coal Seams by Yang Hao, Yu Wu, Xianbiao Mao, Pan Li, Liqiang Zhang, Jing Tao

“…In order to improve the permeability of soft coal seams with low intensity and permeability by hydraulic fracturing, an elastoplastic softening damage model of soft coal seams has been established, which takes into consideration the lower elastic modulus and tensile strength and higher pore compressibility and plastic deformation. …”
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Numerical Study on Crack Propagation by Using Softening Model under Blasting by Rong Hu, Zheming Zhu, Jun Xie, Dingjun Xiao

“…A mixed failure criterion, which combined the modified maximum principal stress criterion with the damage model of tensile crack softening, was developed to simulate crack propagation of rock under blasting loads. …”
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Experimental Study on the Softening Characteristics of Sandstone and Mudstone in Relation to Moisture Content by Gui-chen Li, Chong-chong Qi, Yuan-tian Sun, Xiao-lin Tang, Bao-quan Hou

“…Two rock types, sandstone and mudstone, are selected in this work to study the correlation between the softening characteristics of the rocks and moisture content. …”
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Semianalytical Solution for Large Deformation of Salt Cavern with Strain-Softening Behavior by Lina Ran, Huabin Zhang, Qingqing Zhang

“…A semianalytical solution of stress and displacement in the strain-softening and plastic flow zones of a salt cavern is presented. …”
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Brassinosteroids Render Cell Walls Softer but Less Extensible in Growing Arabidopsis Hypocotyls by Dmitry V. Suslov, Alexandra N. Ivanova, Daria Balcerowicz, Mariia S. Tarasova, Nuria K. Koteyeva, Kris Vissenberg

“…We found that EBL rendered the walls of hypocotyl cells softer, i.e., more deformable under mechanical force, which was revealed using heat-inactivated cell walls to eliminate endogenous activities of cell-wall-loosening/tightening proteins. …”
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The Research on Strain-Softening Characteristics and Local Fracture Law of Deep Granite Roadway by Chuang Sun, Yunhe Ao, Laigui Wang

“…Based on deep roadway engineering, the mechanical properties of granite strain-softening were investigated by laboratory tests. An exponential relationship between granite peak softening modulus and confining pressure was obtained using a nonlinear fitting method. …”
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Technology for Preparation of Chemically Desalted and Softened Water According to Combined Technological Scheme by G. K. Feyziev, M. M. Jalilova

“…The paper presents results of investigations pertaining to developed technological scheme on combined production of chemically desalted and softened water without usage of soda ash for deposition of hardness salt. …”
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Retracted: An Elastoplastic Softening Damage Model for Hydraulic Fracturing in Soft Coal Seams by Advances In Civil Engineering

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Research on the Strength Prediction Model of Softened Mudstone Based on Triaxial Compressive Test of Rock by Kai Yun, Yongquan Zhu, Renyuan Wang, Zhichun Fang

“…When it comes into contact with water, the softening phenomena such as the decrease of strength and the increase of deformation are prominent. …”
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Surface grain coarsening and surface softening during machining of ultra-fine grained titanium by Symonova A.A., Verezub O.N., Sycheva A.A., Verezub N.V., Havin V.L., Kaptay G.

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Algorithm of DRM with Kinetic Damping for Finite Element Static Solution of Strain-Softening Structures by Wei Wang, Xiaozu Su

“…Two numerical examples illustrated the effectiveness of such application of DRM in the FE analysis of static equilibrium path of strain-softening structures.…”
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Fracture simulation of concrete beams to assess softening behavior by varying different fractions of aggregates by H. S. Vishwanatha, S. Muralidhara, B. K. Raghu Prasad

“…The present research focussed on assess softening behavior by varying different fractions of aggregates and cement matrix in micro details. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Bedrock Sagging Sinkholes in Strain-Softening Rock Induced by Embankment Construction by Zhen Zhang, Zhongda Chen

“…The Hoek–Brown strength parameters were obtained by laboratory tests. A strain-softening constitutive model was established according to the strain-softening behaviour exhibited by the specimens in the triaxial test. …”
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Investigating the Use of Open Air Burnt Sorghum and Wheat Straw Ashes to Soften Hard Water. by Bainomugisha, Jonan

“…This study investigated the use of open air burnt sorghum and wheat straw ashes to soften hard water, three water samples that is sample A which was collected from a borehole at the camp of CICO-UNRA on Hoima Butiaba Wanseko road project located in Hoima District, B from a borehole in wanseko village - kigwera parish Bulisa District, and sample C from Koranorya borehole Ruk:ungiri District. …”
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Shear softening of earth's inner core as indicated by its high poisson ratio and elastic anisotropy by Zhongqing Wu, Wenzhong Wang

“…The results of this study indicated that the crystal with noticeable shear softening would have strong anisotropy and an exceptionally high Poisson ratio simultaneously. …”
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Elastoplastic Analysis for Circular Tunnel Based on Modified Lade Criterion considering Strain Softening and Dilatancy by Yansheng Deng, Jianxiu Wang, Baoping Zou

“…Although the elastoplastic solution of circular tunnel has been extensively investigated, the method based on modified Lade criterion considering the effect of the intermediate principal stress, strain-softening behavior, and dilatancy has not yet been studied. …”
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