July 2024
The browsable version is available at this LINK.
Dear friends,
I wish to thank you for all the appreciation I received concerning the new publishing timing (paper publication immediately after the proofs acceptance and the Visual Abstracts uploading). The "traditional" publishing deadlines (January, April, July and October) allow for the collection of the papers published in the three months before the deadline and for publishing the browsable version. Concerning the browsable version, I am delighted to inform you that also this service is particularly appreciated: considering only the last six months, we collected more than three hundred thousand views! … and all these “views” are additional to our journal's “traditional” users.
To improve the readability and the usefulness of the papers published in Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale - Fracture and Structural integrity, we defined the following limits for the number of references and self-references:
In June, the new evaluation of Scimago was published. I am happy to inform you that Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale – Fracture and Structural integrity has been confirmed in the Q2 quartile for the following categories:
We are grateful for the efforts of the authors, reviewers and editorial board members: they are the authors of this amazing result! But… do not hesitate to use the paper published in FIS for your refs (especially the papers published in the last two years)… this will help the journal to maintain the Q2 evaluation and, maybe… obtain something better!
Finally, don’t forget the next IGF event: The 8th International Conference on Crack Paths (CP2024; https://crackpaths.org/).
The Conference will be held in Rimini (Italy) and online on September 10-12, 2024 (https://www.crackpaths.org). This Conference follows the Conferences in Parma in 2003 and 2006, Vicenza in 2009, Gaeta in 2012, Ferrara in 2015, Verona in 2018 and online in 2021.
The deadlines are:
Mechanical processing of hole edges in large-size hull structures of single and double curvature for welding saturation parts into them is an urgent task of shipbuilding. A considerable amount of such machining has to be performed directly…
Overall structural integrity and load transfer between concrete and reinforcement enabling composite action relies on the bond between concrete and reinforcement. Bond strength determination of reinforced concrete is an essential task that…
This study explores how ageing temperature and the volume percentage of Al2O3+B4C nanoparticles influence the machinability and hardness of stir-cast Al-7075 Metal Matrix Composite (MMC). Using liquid metallurgy techniques, hybrid…
This work is devoted to an experimental investigation of fatigue behavior of pultruded fiberglass tubes under uniaxial tension, compression and torsion. Static tests were carried out; a presence of postcritical deformation stage during…
Most techniques of measuring the stress intensity factor (SIF) in the cracking process assume a crack in a planar medium. Currently, there is no effective approach for curved brittle shells, particularly for non-developable cases, i.e.…
The determination of residual stresses by combining blind hole drilling and optical interferometric measurement of relief deformation is re-visited to evaluate its applicability to aerospace structures. The experimental methodology…
The present study aims to develop a novel hybrid composite by incorporating clamshell as a secondary reinforcing filler into a bamboo-epoxy composite. The primary objective of this hybridization is to optimize the synergistic benefits of…
In the past five years, the implementation of machine learning (ML) techniques has surged in civil engineering applications, particularly for optimizing and predicting solutions to various challenges. More robust prediction models may be…
The research focuses on examining the impact of technological defects, specifically "dry-spot" and "wrinkles," on the mechanical behavior and buckling resistance of structural composites. The investigation of the buckling phenomenon was…
This paper proposes a methodology to evaluate and optimize the dynamic response of tall buildings under wind loading, controlled through semi-active Magneto-Rheological dampers (MR dampers). For this, a tall building, modeled as a 2D…
The article describes the results of laboratory studies on the unfrozen water content and ultimate long-term strength of frozen clay and chalk samples in the temperature range from −10 to −25 °C. The soil samples contained dissolved salt…
Partial confinement can provide sufficient reinforcement to enhance the compressive strength and ductility of concrete with lesser confining material. This paper presents the results of an axial compression test conducted on eighteen plain…
The flexural behavior of lightweight concrete two-way slabs is investigated in this work, with a focus on the strengthening or repairing method of externally attaching carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) sheets. Five 1000 mm by 1000 mm…
This study reports an experimental investigation of the fatigue and fracture resistance of R350HT, a heat-treated pearlitic rail steel with refined microstructure used in rails. Monotonic tensile, rotating bending, linear elastic plane…
Adopting novel sandwich structures with FRP (Fibre Reinforced Polymer) skins and a metallic lattice core, both of which have high specific strength and stiffness, is one way to achieve better mechanical performance while remaining…
