Thermal stresses : design, behavior and applications / Alfred R. Webb, editor.

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THERMAL STRESSES DESIGN, BEHAVIOR AND APPLICATIONS ; THERMAL STRESSES DESIGN, BEHAVIOR AND APPLICATIONS ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF PEM FUEL CELLS TO MINIMIZE THE MAXIMUM THERMAL STRESS; Abstract ; 1. Introduction ; 1.1. Background; 1.2. Durability ; 1.3. PEM Fuel Cells Assembly ; 1.4. PEM Fuel Cell Operation ; 2. PEM Fuel Cell Model ; 2.1. Solid Mechanics Model ; 2.1.1. Solid Mechanics Model During Assembly ; 2.1.2. Solid Mechanics Model During Operation ; 2.2. Thermal-Fluid Model ; 2.2.1. Gas Flow Channels ; 2.2.2. Gas Diffusion Layers

2.2.3. Catalyst Layers 2.2.4. Membrane ; 2.3. Computational Grid ; 3. Results and Discussion ; Conclusion ; References ; Chapter2ENERGYANALYSISOFANALYTICALMODELSOFTHERMALSTRESSESINCOMPOSITEMATERIALS ; Abstract; 1.Introduction; 2.Aims; 3.ReasonofThermalStresses; 4.CellModel; 5.Thermal-StressInducedRadialDisplacement; 6.Thermal-StressInducedElasticEnergy; 7.PrincipleofMinimumEnergy; 8.FundamentalEquations; 8.1.Cauchy'sEquations; 8.2.EquilibriumEquations; 8.3.Hooke'sLaw; 9.MathematicalProcedures; 9.1.MathematicalProcedure1; 9.2.MathematicalProcedure2; 10.BoundaryConditions

10.1.SphericalParticle10.2.CellMatrix; 10.3.RadialStressp; 11.EnergyAnalysisofAnalyticalModels; 11.1.CombinationsofSolutions; 11.2.ApplicationtoSiC-Si3N4Ceramics; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter3ANALYTICALMODELOFTHERMALSTRESSESANDCRACKFORMATIONINTWO-COMPONENTANISOTROPICMATERIALS ; Abstract; 1.Introduction; 2.CellModelandCoordinateSystem; 3.NotationofSubscripts; 4.FundamentalEquations; 5.MathematicalProcedures; 6.BoundaryConditions; 6.1.SphericalParticle; 6.2.CellMatrix; 7.ThermalStresses; 7.1.SphericalParticle; 7.2.CellMatrix; 7.3.RadialStressp

8.AnalyticalModelofCrackFormation8.1.GeneralAnalysis; 8.2.CellModel; 8.3.DeterminationofW(ij)cpandW(ij); 8.3.1.Condition 01p(', )6= 01m(', ); 8.3.2.Condition 01p(', )= 01m(', )for = pm('); 8.4.TransformationsConcerningCrackinginPlanesxixj,xjxk,xkxi; 9.CrackFormationinYBaCuOSuperconductor; Conclusion; Appendix; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4 ANALYSIS ON THERMAL LOADS OF NOZZLE IN LOW-TEMPERATURE REACTOR PIPING ; Abstract ; Introduction ; 1. Buffer Method [1] ; 1.1. Analysis of Loads Exceeding Limits ; 1.2. Supports Adjusting Analysis ; 1.3. Brief Summary ; 2. Truncating Method [2]

2.1. Analysis of Loads Exceeding Limits and Supports Setting 2.2. Brief Summary; 3. Integrated Method [3] ; 3.1. Analysis of Loads Exceeding Limits and Supports Setting ; 3.3. Brief Summary ; Conclusion ; References ; Chapter 5 EFFECT OF THERMAL STRESS ON THE PERFORMANCES OF THE MULTI-BUNDLE INTEGRATED-PLANAR SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS IP-SOFC ; Abstract ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Presentation of an IP-SOFC; 2.1. Stack Description ; 2.2. Cell Description ; 3. Material Properties ; a. Electrolyte Yettria Stabilised Zirconia (YSZ); b. Anode Ni-YSZ ; c. Strontium-Doped Lanthanum Manganite (LSM)

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