• Constitutive modeling of porous viscoelastic materials 

      Xu, F.; Sofronis, P.; Aravas, N.; Meyer, S. (2007)
      The effect of porosity on the constitutive response of an isotropic linearly viscoelastic solid that obeys a constitutive law of the standard differential form is investigated under small strain deformation conditions. The ...
    • Constitutive modeling of solid propellant materials with evolving microstructural damage 

      Xu, F.; Aravas, N.; Sofronis, P. (2008)
      Solid propellants are composite materials with complex microstructure. In a generic form, the material consists of polymeric binder, crystal oxidizer (e.g., ammonium perchlorate), and fuel particles (e.g., aluminum). Severe ...
    • Constitutive response and damage in solid propellants 

      Aravas, N.; Xu, F.; Sofronis, P.; Namazifard, A.; Fiedler, R. (2005)
      Solid propellants are composite materials with complex microstructure. In a generic form, the material consists of polymeric binder, ceramic oxidizer, and fuel particles (e.g. aluminum). Damage induced by severe stress and ...
    • Detailed simulations of propellant slumping in the titanIV SRMU PQM-1 

      Fiedler, R.; Namazifard, A.; Campbell, M.; Xu, F.; Aravas, N.; Sofronis, P. (2006)
      We utilize our tightly-coupled fluid/structure/combustion solid propellent rocket simulation package ("Rocstar") to study the unexpectedly large deformation of propellant at the center joint slot in a prequalification ...
    • Finite element modeling of porous solid propellants 

      Xu, F.; Sofronis, P.; Aravas, N.; Namazifard, A.; Fiedler, R. (2005)
      The effect of porosity on the constitutive response of a linearly viscoelastic solid that obeys a constitutive law of the standard differential form is investigated under small strain deformation conditions. It is demonstrated ...
    • Hydrogen induced shear localization of the plastic flow in metals and alloys 

      Sofronis, P.; Liang, Y.; Aravas, N. (2001)
      Hydrogen enhanced localized plasticity (HELP) is a viable mechanism for hydrogen embrittlement supported by experimental observations. According to the HELP mechanism, hydrogen induced premature failures result from hydrogen ...
    • Mechanics models for hydrogen embrittlement mechanisms 

      Liang, Y.; Sofronis, P.; Dodds Jr, R. H.; Aravas, N. (2005)
      Of the many suggestions of hydrogen-induced degradation of engineering materials, two mechanisms appear to be viable in non-hydride forming systems: hydrogen-enhanced localized plasticity (HELP) and hydrogeninduced decohesion. ...
    • On the effect of hydrogen on plastic instabilities in metals 

      Liang, Y.; Sofronis, P.; Aravas, N. (2003)
      Experimental observations and theoretical calculations have demonstrated that hydrogen solute atoms increase the dislocation mobility in metals and alloys, thus promoting highly localized plastic processes which eventually ...
    • Recent advances in the study of hydrogen embrittlement at the University of Illinois 

      Sofronis, P.; Robertson, M.; Liang, Y.; Teter, D. F.; Aravas, N. (2003)
      This paper summarizes recent work at the University of Illinois on the fundamental mechanisms of hydrogen embrittlement. Our approach combines experimental and theoretical methods. We describe the theoretical work on hydride ...