Stating Failure Modelling Limitations of High Strength Sheets: Implications to Sheet Metal Forming.

This article discusses the fracture modelling accuracy of strain-driven ductile fracture models when introducing damage of high strength sheet steel. Numerical modelling of well-known fracture mechanical tests was conducted using a failure and damage model to control damage and fracture evolution. A thorough validation of the simulation results was conducted against results from laboratory testing.

Novel Methodology for Experimental Characterization of Micro-Sandwich Materials.

Lightweight components are in demand from the automotive industry, due to legislation regulating greenhouse gas emissions, e.g., CO.

Evaluation of the Use of Cold Plasma for Microtiter Plate Cleaning to Reduce Plastic Biohazard Waste.

Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects in the Earth's environment and is a global problem of increasing importance. The laboratory and health care industries contribute to this problem by the widely accepted single use of plastics, including microtiter plates used for compound testing. At AstraZeneca, we predict the use of more than 45,000 384-well and more than 11,000 1536-well microtiter plates per year.

Dislocation Density Based Flow Stress Model Applied to the PFEM Simulation of Orthogonal Cutting Processes of Ti-6Al-4V.

Machining of metals is an essential operation in the manufacturing industry. Chip formation in metal cutting is associated with large plastic strains, large deformations, high strain rates and high temperatures, mainly located in the primary and in the secondary shear zones. During the last decades, there has been significant progress in numerical methods and constitutive modeling for machining operations.