Metastasis is a dynamic process in which cancer cells navigate the tumor microenvironment,
largely guided by external chemical and mechanical cues. Our current understanding of …

An in-depth overview on an emerging area of the additive-manufacturing-enabled,
accelerated design of Ni-based alloys for improved high-cycle and very-high-cycle fatigue …

The disturbed state concept (DSC) is a unified, constitutive modelling approach for
engineering materials that allows for elastic, plastic, and creep strains, microcracking and …

Entropy production during the fatigue process can serve as a measure of degradation. We
postulate that the thermodynamic entropy of metals undergoing repeated cyclic load …

The entropy production is a non-negative quantity based on irreversible thermodynamics
and thus serves as a basis for the systematic description of the irreversible processes …

Low-cycle thermal-mechanical fatigue loadings induce progressive and permanent
degradation of mechanical properties of lead-free solder materials, and thus reduce the …

A damage degree identification method based on high-order difference mathematical
morphology gradient spectrum entropy (HMGSEDI) is proposed in this paper to solve the …

The development of power electronics technology is driven by the insatiate demand to
control electrical power. The new power electronics devices reduce the volume of the …

A series of ultrasonic vibration tests are performed on A656 grade steel samples, at a
frequency of 20 kHz. A fatigue life model based on the unified mechanics theory is …

Printed board assemblies, ie components soldered on printed circuit boards (PCBs), are
exposed to thermal cycles responsible for fatigue cracking of solder joints as a result of …