Creep in Structures VI

Chapter 1: Phase-Field Damage Modeling in Generalized Mechanics by using a Mixed Finite Element Method (FEM).- Chapter 2: Creep-Damage Processes in Cyclic Loaded Double Walled Structures.- Chapter 3: Creep Mechanics - Some Historical Remarks and New Trends.- Chapter 4: Various State-of-the-Art Methods for Creep Evaluation of Power Plant Components in a Wide Load and Temperature Range.- Chapter 5: Creep and Irradiation Effects in Reactor Vessel Internals.- Chapter 6: Analysis of Damage and Fracture in Anisotropic Sheet Metals Based on Biaxial Experiments.- Chapter 7: Effect of Physical Aging on the Flexural Creep in 3D Printed Thermoplastic.- Chapter 8: Development of a Microstructure-Based Finite Element Model of Thermomechanical Response of a Fully Metallic Composite Phase Change Material.- Chapter 9: The Effect of Dynamic Loads on the Creep of Geomaterials.- Chapter 10: A Novel Simulation Method for Phase Transition of Single Crystal Ni based Superalloys in Elevated Temperature Creep Regions via Discrete Cosine Transform and Maximum Entropy Method.- Chapter 11: Anisotropic Creep Analysis of Fiber Reinforced Load Point Support Structures for Thermoplastic Sandwich Panels.- Chapter 12: Time-Swelling Superposition Principle for the Linear Viscoelastic Properties of Polyacrylamide Hydrogels.- Chapter 13: Application of Nonlinear Viscoelastic Material Models for the Shrinkage and Warpage Analysis of Blow Molded Parts.- Chapter 14: Modeling Solid Materials in DEM Using the Micropolar Theory.- Chapter 15: The Development of a Cavitation-Based Model for Creep Lifetime Prediction Using Cu-40Zn-2Pb Material.- Chapter 16: Self-heating Analysis with Respect to Holding Times of an Additive Manufactured Aluminium Alloy.- Chapter 17: Creep Under High Temperature Thermal Cycling and Low Mechanical Loadings.- Chapter 18: The Development and Application of Optimisation Technique for the