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Chapter III Phase transitions at surfaces
1995
Abstract The statistical mechanics of phase transitions is briefly reviewed, with an emphasis on surfaces. Flat surfaces of crystals may act as a substrate for adsorption of two-dimensional (d=2) monolayers and multilayers, offering thus the possibility to study phase transitions in restricted dimensionality. Critical phenomena for special universality classes can thus be investigated which have no counterpart in d=3. Also phase transitions can occur that are in a sense “in between” different dimensionalities (e.g., multilayer adsorption and wetting phenomena are transitions in between two and three dimensions, while adsorption of monolayers on stepped surfaces allows phenomena in between o…
CFRP sheets bonded to natural stone: interfacial phenomena
2004
The effectiveness of the reinforcing technique consisting of fiber reinforced polymer sheets bonded to the structural elements depends on a good connection at the joint. This has to be able to ensure the transfer length of the shear stress in order to avoid a premature failure due to debonding. In this paper, the bond phenomenon at the interface is examined with reference to the calcarenite stone and carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) sheets in order to evaluate the possibility of utilizing this technique on masonry structural members, consisting of calcarenite ashlars and mortar. An experimental investigation is carried out on nine specimens obtained by applying unidirectional CFRP she…