Fatigue

For many high end microelectronics products, the long-term service life may be limited by thermal mismatch induced fatigue, a factor generally assessed by accelerated thermal cycling and extrapolation of the test results to service conditions. The sensitivities of common Lead- f…

Asphalt cement is viscoelastic material, which is time and temperature dependent. At high temperatures asphalt cement behaves as a viscous material. At below freezing temperatures it acts as a brittle solid and is more susceptible to temperature cracking. In order to improve bot…

The understanding of the cyclic deformation processes and their interaction with the kinetics of stage-I crack growth under stress control is rudimentary in copper single crystals. This understanding is necessary to conceive a method for summing damage under variable amplitude l…

This randomized, placebo-controlled trial investigated the use of biofield healing (termed energy healing), compared to mock healing, for the alleviation of fatigue and inflammation after adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy for breast cancer. Thirty-three women breast cancer survivo…