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There are circumstances when acting upon expert judgement is desirable; for example: 1. In an emergency situation where a quick decision is vital. 2. Where an innovation is being made that has not...
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Mark In the Swansea University TMF test machines. Can you say more about the specimen geometry, heating, cooling and potential drop methods used?
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I borrowed this way of visualising finite element analysis (or FEM) from Bhoje and Chellapandi SB Bhoje, P Chellapandi, Creep fatigue design of FBR components, Transactions of the Indian Institute...
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