When a metal is stressed far below its yield strength at elevated temperatures, a process known as creep can occur. Creep, the time-dependent deformation of materials, is responsible for a great ...

A recent article in Materials & Design presented an in-situ study of compression creep and stress relaxation in a Fe-based shape memory alloy (Fe-SMA; Fe-17Mn-5Si-10Cr-4Ni-1(V,C)) using high-energy ...

Design engineers with considerable experience in metals may overlook the effect creep can have on the long-term performance of a plastic part, particularly when applications involve high operating ...

• Trellebor engineers compared test data and FEA for many common plastics and elastomers. • Results show FEA is a good way to predict seal behavior. Finite-element analysis (FEA) has come of age for ...