Mechanics of Solids Theses and Dissertations

Theses and Dissertations for the Mechanics of Solids department.

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Description:: The cluster expansion formalism for alloys is used to investigate phenomena in several refractory alloys: Co3W (superalloy), NbTiVZr, HfNbTaTiZr, and AlHfNbTaTiZr (high entropy alloys). Density …
Year:: 2021
Contributor:: Nataraj, Chiraag M (creator); van de Walle, Axel (Advisor); Henann, David (Reader); Padture, Nitin (Reader); Brown University. Engineering: Mechanics of Solids (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Density Functional Theory; Phase separation; cluster expansion; first-principles calculations; high entropy alloys; Heat resistant alloys
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Description:: Over a decade, it is known that nanopore sequencing of DNA or RNA requires substantial reduction of entropic noise in the nanopore reading process. Recently, …
Year:: 2021
Contributor:: Wang, Xincheng (creator); Kim, Kyung-Suk (Advisor); Brown University. Engineering: Mechanics of Solids (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Multiscale modeling; Finite element method; Graphene crinkle
Collection:: Engineering; Mechanics of Solids; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: The past decades have witnessed an increasing demand for characterizing mechanical properties of materials at small scales due to the miniaturization of devices. While tremendous …
Year:: 2021
Contributor:: Liu, Xing (creator); Gao, Huajian (Advisor); Sheldon, Brian (Reader); Padture, Nitin (Reader); Brown University. Engineering: Mechanics of Solids (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Machine Learning; Micromechanics; Materials--Mechanical properties; Mechanics--computational mechanics
Collection:: Engineering; Mechanics of Solids; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Elastomeric foams are widely used for impact protection due to their ability to undergo large, reversible deformations and absorb large amounts of energy. A predictive …
Year:: 2021
Contributor:: Li, Xiuqi (creator); Henann, David (Advisor); Franck, Christian (Reader); Srivastava, Vikas (Reader); Brown University. Engineering: Mechanics of Solids (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Viscoelastic materials; Constitutive Modeling; hyperelastic; elastomeric foams
Collection:: Engineering; Mechanics of Solids; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Abstract of Mechanics of 2D Material Thin Films with Applications to Health and Nanofabrication Technologies, by Dong Li, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2021. By virtue …
Year:: 2021
Contributor:: Li, Dong (creator); Gao, Huajian (Advisor); Kim, Kyung-Suk (Reader); Hurt, Robert (Reader); Wei, Lei (Reader); Brown University. Engineering: Mechanics of Solids (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: 2D Materials; Soil mechanics
Collection:: Engineering; Mechanics of Solids; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Metallic alloys including high strength steels, refractory alloys, metallic glasses, and high entropy alloys have attracted great research interests in the past decade due to …
Year:: 2021
Contributor:: li, zhi (creator); Gao, Huajian (Advisor); Bower, Allan (Reader); Kumar, Sharvan (Reader); Brown University. Engineering: Mechanics of Solids (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Solid Mechanics; Dislocations in metals; Metals--Hydrogen embrittlement; Multiscale modeling; Fracture mechanics; Alloys
Collection:: Engineering; Mechanics of Solids; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Two-dimensional (2D) materials exhibit ultra-high strength due to their nearly perfect lattice structures but low fracture toughness due to their lack of effective energy dissipation …
Year:: 2021
Contributor:: Ni, Bo (creator); Gao, Huajian (Advisor); Kim, Kyung-Suk (Reader); Lou, Jun (Reader); Brown University. Engineering: Mechanics of Solids (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Fractures; 2D Materials; Instabilities
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