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SI: Portuguese contributions for Structural Integrity Views: 1,513 Downloads: 701 Vol. 13, No. 48 (2019) March 5, 2019 pp. 269-285

Development of hybrid friction stir welding and adhesive bonding single lap joints in aluminium alloys

Ricardo Leite Maciel, Virginia Infante, Daniel Braga, Pedro Moreira, Tiago Bento, Lucas da Silva

Aircraft have been manufactured for decades using a wide variety of welding and joining techniques. There have been signiﬁcant developments in techniques over the last 15–20 years. In civil aeronautical industry the main materials used for…

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Analytical, Numerical and Physical Models Views: 916 Downloads: 651 Vol. 15, No. 57 (2021) June 22, 2021 pp. 169-181

Optimization of Ultimate Tensile Strength with DOE Approach for Application FSW Process in the Aluminum alloys AA6061-T651 & AA7075 -T651

Mohammed Chaib, Abdelkader Slimane, Sid Ahmed Slimane, Abdelakder Ziadi, Benattou Bouchouicha

As it is imperative to control the materials development processes well, in parallel, it will be necessary to constantly adapt very efficient assembly methods. Friction stir welding makes it much easier for us to fusion the aluminum alloys…

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Details: Optimization of Ultimate Tensile Strength with DOE Approach for Application FSW Process in the Aluminum alloys AA6061-T651 & AA7075 -T651 PDF Visual Abstract

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Miscellanea Views: 908 Downloads: 509 Vol. 10, No. 35 (2016) December 29, 2015 pp. pages 132-141

Controlling fatigue crack paths for crack surface marking and growth investigations

S. Barter, P. White, M. Burchill

While it is well known that fatigue crack growth in metals that display confined slip, such as high strength aluminium alloys, develop crack paths that are responsive to the loading direction and the local microstructural orientation, it…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.35.16

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Miscellanea Views: 849 Downloads: 667 Vol. 10, No. 38 (2016) October 3, 2016 pp. Pages 162-169

Fatigue life assessment of thin-walled welded joints under non-proportional load-time histories by the shear stress rate integral approach

A. Bolchoun, C. M. Sonsino, H. Kaufmann, T. Melz

Fatigue life tests under constant and variable amplitude loadings were performed on the tube-tube thin-walled welded specimens made of magnesium (AZ31 and AZ61) alloys. The tests included pure axial, pure torsional and combined in-phase…

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Miscellanea Views: 959 Downloads: 604 Vol. 7, No. 23 (2013) December 28, 2012 pp. Pages 34-46

Application of martensitic SMA alloys as passive dampers of GFRP laminated composites

M. Bocciolone, M. Carnevale, A. Collina, N. Lecis, A. Lo Conte, B. Previtali, C.A. Biffi, P. Bassani, A. Tuissi

This paper describes the application of SMA (Shape Memory Alloy) materials to enhance the passive damping of GFRP (Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic) laminated composite. The SMA has been embedded as reinforcement in the GFRP laminated…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.23.04

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SI: Crack Paths Views: 1,573 Downloads: 808 Vol. 13, No. 48 (2019) February 25, 2019 pp. 105-115

Influence of secondary dendrite arm spacing (SDAS) on the fatigue properties of different conventional automotive aluminum cast alloys

Sascha Gerbe, Ulrich Krupp, Wilhelm Michels

For industrial in-series castings, the presence of casting defects, like porosity, geometrically complex intermetallic precipitates and the occurrence of eutectic silicon of varying morphologies, is well known but hard to prevent due to…

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Failure Analysis and Forensic Engineering Views: 320 Downloads: 240 Vol. 20, No. 75 (2026) December 8, 2025 pp. 390-398

Application of the thermography method for determining the fatigue limit of a nickel alloy produced by wire‑arc additive manufacturing

Sergey Neulybin, Michael Nikhamkin, Dmitriy Trushnikov, Danil Solomonov, Ivan Konev

The development of additive technologies for manufacturing safety‑critical components operating under vibration must be accompanied by a careful analysis of the material’s resistance to high‑cycle fatigue (HCF). This paper presents a…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,039 Downloads: 556 Vol. 10, No. 37 (2016) June 13, 2016 pp. 22-27

Multiaxial fatigue of in-service aluminium longerons for helicopter rotor-blades

A. Shanyavskiy, A. Toushentsov

Fatigue cracking of longerons manufactured from Al-alloy AVT-1 for helicopter in-service rotorblades was considered and crack growth period and equivalent of tensile stress for different blade sections were estimated. Complicated case of…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 306 Downloads: 216 Vol. 20, No. 75 (2026) November 12, 2025 pp. 297-314

Experimental and numerical analyses of stiffness and fatigue properties of a spring element for mounts with tunable stiffness made of C85S+QT sheet steel

Volker Landersheim, Cedric Mathieu, Jan Hansmann, William Kaal

Mounting stiffness has an important impact on a system’s structural dynamics and also on the durability of many structures. Mounts with tunable stiffness allow adapting a system’s structural dynamic behavior. Furthermore, they can be used…

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Miscellanea Views: 761 Downloads: 329 Vol. 11, No. 42 (2017) September 29, 2017 pp. Pages 337-351

Investigation of mechanical properties of AlSi3Cr alloy

Marialaura Tocci, Annalisa Pola, Lorenzo Montesano, G. Marina La Vecchia, Mattia Merlin, Gian Luca Garagnani

In the present paper, microstructural and mechanical properties of an innovative AlSi3Mg alloy were studied. Particularly, the effect of the addition of Cr and Mn on tensile strength and impact toughness was evaluated. In fact, the…

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SI: IGF27 - 27th International Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity Views: 1,108 Downloads: 649 Vol. 18, No. 67 (2024) December 17, 2023 pp. 217-230

Damage-failure transition in titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V under dwell fatigue loads

Vladimir Oborin, Aleksandr Balakhnin, Oleg Naimark, Yuri Gornostyrev, Vladimir Pushin, Nataliya Kuranova, Dimitrii Rasposienko, Aleksey Svirid, Aleksey Uksusnikov

The role of structural mechanisms responsible for the consequent staging of damage-failure transition as the combination and continuity of ductile and creep kinetics of the structure evolution and the modeling in dwell fatigue regime.…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,019 Downloads: 402 Vol. 13, No. 48 (2019) March 15, 2019 pp. 740-747

Intermetallic phase kinetic formation and thermal crack development in galvanized DCI

Costanzo Bellini, Francesco Carlino

A new class of material characterized by mechanical properties close to the traditional low and medium carbon steel is the Ductile Cast Irons (DCIs). High castability and low production costs allow them to be used in many fields, ranging…

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Analytical, computational and physical models Views: 779 Downloads: 414 Vol. 19, No. 71 (2025) October 14, 2024 pp. 108-123

Integrated FEM-Multibody Co-Simulation of Additively Manufactured Hip Prosthesis containing cracks.

Domenico Gentile, Roberto Di Bona, Giuseppe Peter Vanoli, Gabriel testa, Sara Ricci

The increase in life expectancy and attention to the quality of life of elderly people spurred the need, in the last decades, to increase the capabilities of medical and surgical techniques. Among these, the development of prosthetic…

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Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Views: 1,333 Downloads: 759 Vol. 16, No. 61 (2022) June 19, 2022 pp. 510-518

The influence of sustainable reinforcing particulates on the density, hardness and corrosion resistance of AA 6063 matrix composites

Ndudim Ononiwu, Chigbogu Ozoegwu, Jacobs Ifeanyi, Victor Nwachukwu, Esther Akinlabi

The need for the fabrication of sustainable aluminium matrix composites (AMCs) is being sought after as practical alternatives to conventional metals and their alloys. This study was undertaken to investigate the effect of sustainable…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,336 Downloads: 517 Vol. 6, No. 22 (2012) September 30, 2012 pp. pages 20-25

Fracture toughness of TiAl-Cr-Nb-Mo alloys produced via centrifugal casting

A. Brotzu, F. Felli, D. Pilone

Fracture toughness of a TiAl base intermetallic alloy has been investigated at room temperature. The Ti-48Al-2.5Cr-0.5Nb-2Mo (at. %) alloy produced via centrifugal casting exhibits fine nearly lamellar microstructures, consisting mainly of…

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Fatigue and Fracture of metallic alloys Views: 729 Downloads: 541 Vol. 18, No. 68 (2024) February 15, 2024 pp. 159-174

Using the wavelet transform to process data from experimental studies of the discontinuous plastic deformation effect

Evgeniia Chechulina, Peter Trusov

Vast number of theoretical and experimental works has been devoted to the study of discontinuous plastic deformation (the Portevin-Le Chatelier effect), which manifests itself for most widely used alloys in certain ranges of both…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.68.10

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 323 Downloads: 241 Vol. 20, No. 76 (2026) January 23, 2026 pp. 117-128

Effects of Ni-P + DLC multilayer coating on cavitation erosion behavior of AlSi10Mg produced by laser powder bed fusion

Maria Beatrice Abrami, Lorenzo Montesano, Marialaura Tocci, Gianluca Di Egidio, Annalisa Pola

Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies are currently contributing to significant progress in the design of lightweight metal components. Al alloys constitute the most studied light metal, particularly the Al-Si ones, due to their high…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,299 Downloads: 1,098 Vol. 16, No. 62 (2022) September 22, 2022 pp. 134-149

Fabrication, Mechanical and Wear Properties of Aluminum (Al6061)-Silicon Carbide-Graphite Hybrid Metal Matrix Composites

Shivakumar Gouda, G. B. Veeresh Kumar, R. Pramod, N. D. Prasanna, H. S. Balasubramanya, S. M. Aradhya

In recent times, the use of aluminum alloy-based Hybrid Metal Matrix Composites (HMMCs) is being increased in aerospace and automotive applications. HMMCs compensate for the low desirable properties of each filler used. However, the…

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SI: Developments in the fracture and fatigue assessment of materials Views: 835 Downloads: 690 Vol. 12, No. 46 (2018) September 23, 2018 pp. 1-13

Simulation of the behavior of aluminum alloys welded in Friction Stir Welding FSW: (Case of AA5083 and AA 6082)

Bounini Bousekrine Taha, Bouchouicha Benattou, Abdelkader Ghazi

The friction stir welding FSW is a topical technique to date, either for experimental or numerical research topics. Based on the fact that the majority of the heat generated, comes from the contact between the workpiece and the shoulder…

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Fatigue and Fracture of metallic alloys Views: 623 Downloads: 420 Vol. 20, No. 75 (2026) October 24, 2025 pp. 167-178

Fatigue experimental characterisation of brazed joints in aluminium microchannel heat exchangers

Federico Milan, Sandro Ortolano, Gian Luca Gori, Denis Benasciutti, Enrico Salvati

Brazing is a widely employed joining technique for aluminium components due to its cost-effectiveness and compatibility with complex geometries. However, the structural integrity of brazed joints under cyclic loading remains a scarcely…

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Miscellanea Views: 930 Downloads: 625 Vol. 17, No. 66 (2023) September 27, 2023 pp. 164-177

Behavior of Zr–1Nb alloy in coarse- and ultrafine-grain states under laser-induced shock wave loading

Dmitry Ledon

The work is devoted to the study of the Zr-1Nb alloy in coarse-grained and ultrafine-grained states under laser-induced shock-wave loading. This material is of interest due to the application for the manufacture of shells for fuel elements…

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Miscellanea Views: 855 Downloads: 563 Vol. 13, No. 48 (2019) March 2, 2019 pp. 377-384

Characterizations of TIG welded joints of Unalloyed Commercially Pure Titanium Gr-2 for Weld Process Parameters

Hiralal S. Patil, D. C PATEL, C. S PATIL

Titanium and Titanium Alloys can be welded by gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, plasma arc and electron beam welding processes. Titanium material is a reactive metal and is sensitive to embrittlement by oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen gas…

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Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Views: 592 Downloads: 1,038 Vol. 16, No. 60 (2022) March 25, 2022 pp. 273-282

On the peak strength of 7050 aluminum alloy: mechanical and corrosion resistance

Barbara Rivolta, Riccardo Gerosa, Marco Boniardi, Andrea Casaroli

This work consists of an experimental study on the ageing response and resulting properties of AA7050 plate material. New heat treatments are investigated for achieving a peak-aged temper, as a T6 temper may be said to be, that achieves…

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Miscellanea Views: 756 Downloads: 390 Vol. 10, No. 38 (2016) July 12, 2018 pp. Pages 399-404

Multiaxial fatigue of in-service aluminium longerons for helicopter rotor-blades

A. Shanyavskiy, A. Toushentsov

Fatigue cracking of longerons manufactured from Al-alloy AVT-1 for helicopter in-service rotor-blades was considered and crack growth period and equivalent of tensile stress for different blade sections were estimated. Complicated case of…

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Miscellanea Views: 762 Downloads: 451 Vol. 6, No. 22 (2012) September 30, 2012 pp. pages 12-19

Fractography as a tool to assess the occurrence of fatigue fractures in complex microstructure structural components

D. Firrao, P. Matteis

Fractographic assessment of fatigue fractures may be difficult if they occur in metallic components characterized by low ductility complex microstructures. In these cases reconciliation of known fatigue rupture mechanisms with…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.22.02

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SI: Structural Integrity and Safety: Experimental and Numerical Perspectives Views: 581 Downloads: 469 Vol. 14, No. 51 (2020) October 25, 2019 pp. 45-51

Experimental investigation of fatigue crack initiation from notch for 2024 T351 Al-alloy

Mustapha Benachour, Nadjia Benachour, Mohamed Benguediab

In this investigation, fatigue criterion was established to predict crack-initiation at the tip of a notch in aged hardening aluminum alloy. This criterion was used to predict the residual lifetime in aeronautical structures using concept…

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SI: Russian mechanics contributions for Structural Integrity Views: 392 Downloads: 180 Vol. 20, No. 75 (2026) December 16, 2025 pp. 463-477

Modified elastic-plastic model: implementation algorithm and comparison of computational efficiency with the elastic-viscoplastic model

Peter Trusov, Pavel Gladkikh

The most important element of mathematical models of thermomechanical processing of metals and alloys is the constitutive model. In recent decades, multilevel physically-oriented constitutive models (CMs) have found widespread application.…

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Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Views: 915 Downloads: 1,130 Vol. 16, No. 62 (2022) September 22, 2022 pp. 385-407

Synthesis, Microstructural Characterization, Mechanical, Fractographic and Wear Behavior of Micro B4C Particles Reinforced Al2618 Alloy Aerospace Composites

Veeresha G, Manjunatha B, V. Bharath, M Nagaral, VAuradi

In the current studies an investigations were made to know the effect of 63 micron sized B₄C particles addition on the mechanical and wear behavior of aerospace alloy Al2618 metal composites. Al2618 alloy with different weight percentages…

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Details: Synthesis, Microstructural Characterization, Mechanical, Fractographic and Wear Behavior of Micro B4C Particles Reinforced Al2618 Alloy Aerospace Composites PDF Visual Abstract

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Miscellanea Views: 861 Downloads: 757 Vol. 7, No. 24 (2013) March 21, 2013 pp. Pages 7-12

The healing of damage after the plastic deformation of metals

S.V. Smirnov

The general regularities of damage healing during the annealing after cold deformation of metal materials are presented in this paper. In categories of damage mechanics the kinetic equations of damage healing during recovery and…

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Fatigue and Fracture of metallic alloys Views: 544 Downloads: 538 Vol. 20, No. 75 (2026) October 11, 2025 pp. 1-12

Impact of tool rotational speed on friction stir welded joints of AA2014-T6/AA5052-H32: synthesis, microstructural, mechanical and fractographic behaviour

N. N. Sathya, Mervin A. Herbert, Arun Kumar Shettigar, Manjunath Vatnalmath

This study examines the changes in microstructure and mechanical properties of friction stir-welded (FSW) dissimilar joints between AA2014-T6 and AA5052-H32 aluminium alloys, with an emphasis on optimizing tool rotation speed for enhanced…

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Fractography and Advanced metallography Views: 1,073 Downloads: 678 Vol. 17, No. 64 (2023) March 21, 2023 pp. 93-103

Mechanical and Fractured surface characterization of epoxy/red mud/fly ash/ aluminium powder filled hybrid composites for automotive applications

K. C. Anil, A.B. Hemavathi, A. Adeebpasha

In recent decades, one can observe a great increase in the replacement of traditional materials with polymer composites in high-strength and lightweight applications. High fuel consumption by automobile and aerospace vehicles built from…

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Fatigue and Fracture of metallic alloys Views: 562 Downloads: 379 Vol. 19, No. 73 (2025) June 6, 2025 pp. 219-235

Investigation on the tensile strength, hardness and wear properties in n-B4C reinforced Al7075 composites

Ravikumar

The impact of n-B₄C on the mechanical and tribological behavior of Al7075 particle reinforced composites were assessed by analyzing samples of the resultant nano-composites for micro-structure, hardness, tensile strength, and wear behavior…

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Fatigue and Fracture of metallic alloys Views: 1,201 Downloads: 763 Vol. 18, No. 68 (2024) March 11, 2024 pp. 357-370

Shapley additive explanation on machine learning predictions of fatigue lifetimes in piston aluminum alloys under different manufacturing and loading conditions

Mohammad Azadi, Mahmood Matin

Various input variables, including corrosion time, fretting force, stress, lubrication, heat-treating, and nano-particles, were evaluated by modeling of stress-controlled fatigue lifetimes in AlSi12CuNiMg aluminum alloy of the engine…

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Fatigue Views: 678 Downloads: 562 Vol. 14, No. 51 (2020) December 12, 2019 pp. 467-476

Simulation of the delay effect after applying a simple overload on alloys of aluminum 2024T351 using the Willemborg model

Kaddour Bahram, Mohamed Chaib, Abdelkader Slimene, Benattou Bouchouicha

The structures in service are subjected to loads whose amplitude varies most often over time. These differences in loading cycle levels will have a direct impact on the propagation of cracks that can lead to accelerations or slowdowns in…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.51.35

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Fatigue and Fracture of metallic alloys Views: 549 Downloads: 128 Vol. 20, No. 75 (2026) November 1, 2025 pp. 250-264

Consecutive shock waves and fatigue loads: action invariants as optimization parameters under Laser Shock Pinning

Mikhail Bannikov, Oleg Naimark, Aleksandr Balakhnin, Vladimir Oborin, Sergey Uvarov, Aleksandra Yurina

The criteria for optimizing shock-wave modes to increase the fatigue life of aircraft engine alloys are discussed with reference to laser shock peening (LSP). They are based on the self-similarity of plastic wave fronts and the kinetics of…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,526 Downloads: 579 Vol. 12, No. 44 (2018) March 26, 2018 pp. 106-122

Development of an optimal process for friction stir welding based on GA-RSM hybrid algorithm

Nabi Mehri Khansari, Filippo Berto, Namdar Karimi, S.M.N Ghoreishi, Mozhgan Mokari

Performance of Friction Stir Welding (FSW) as a solid-state process is approved in several engineering applications, especially aluminum industries. Identification of mechanical behavior of the associated welded zone is necessary due to…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,025 Downloads: 888 Vol. 7, No. 24 (2013) March 20, 2013 pp. Pages 151-160

Effect of weld parameter on mechanical and metallurgical properties of dissimilar joints AA6082–AA6061 in T6 condition produced by FSW

H. S. Patil, S. N. Soman

The effect of processing parameters on the mechanical and metallurgical properties of dissimilar joints of AA6082–AA6061 produced by friction stir welding was analysed in this study. Different FSW samples were produced by varying the…

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Miscellanea Views: 2,033 Downloads: 697 Vol. 11, No. 41 (2017) June 28, 2017 pp. Pages 79-89

Multiaxial fatigue strength of titanium alloys

Filippo Berto, Alberto Campagnolo, Torgeir Welo, Andrea Carpinteri

The present paper investigates the multiaxial fatigue strength of sharp V-notched components made of titanium grade 5 alloy (Ti-6Al-4V). Axisymmetric notched specimens have been tested under combined tension and torsion fatigue loadings…

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Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Views: 870 Downloads: 850 Vol. 17, No. 65 (2023) June 22, 2023

Microstructure Characterization, Mechanical and Wear Behavior of Silicon Carbide and Neem Leaf Powder Reinforced AL7075 Alloy hybrid MMC’s.

Gururaj Hatti, Avinash Lakshmikanthan, G. J. Naveen

The demanding material quality criteria in the automotive and aerospace industries have recently had an impact on the development of lightweight aluminium alloys. The choice and application of metal-matrix composites as structural…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.65.07

Details: Microstructure Characterization, Mechanical and Wear Behavior of Silicon Carbide and Neem Leaf Powder Reinforced AL7075 Alloy hybrid MMC’s. PDF Visual Abstract

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Miscellanea Views: 549 Downloads: 502 Vol. 13, No. 48 (2019) March 5, 2019 pp. 193-207

Prediction and optimizing residual stress profile induced by cold expansion in aluminum alloys using experimental design

Abdelkader Miloudi, M. Laredj, A. Lousdad, B. Benguediab

Cold expansion by hardening is a common process used in the aerospace industry to extend the fatigue lifetime of assembly holes, through a field of high compressive tangential residual stresses. The understanding and the control of the…

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Fatigue and Fracture of metallic alloys Views: 963 Downloads: 337 Vol. 19, No. 74 (2025) September 8, 2025 pp. 310-320

Correlation Between Process Parameters and Mechanical Properties of Ti6Al4V Alloys Processed by Electron Beam Melting

Carolina Schillaci, Daniela Pilone, Filippo Berto, Costanzo Bellini, Vittorio Di Cocco, Paolo Di Giamberardino, Daniela Iacoviello

The present study of Ti6Al4V alloy production via Electron Beam Melting (EBM) represents a cutting-edge research topic impacting different strategic engineering applications. This can be attributed to the widespread use of this alloy and…

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Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Views: 829 Downloads: 806 Vol. 16, No. 59 (2022) December 22, 2021 pp. 129-140

Tribological performance and corrosion behavior of CoCrMo alloy

Hadda Rezzag, Latifa Kahloul, Hacène Chadli, Alima Mebrek, Adel Saoudi

The present work focuses on the Tribological properties and corrosion behavior evaluation of sintered CoCrMo alloy. The CoCrMo alloy was elaborated by Powder metallurgy process at various sintering temperatures (1200°C, 1250°C and 1300°C).…

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Failure Analysis and Forensic Engineering Views: 1,571 Downloads: 517 Vol. 18, No. 68 (2024) February 15, 2024 pp. 222-241

Machining effects and multi-objective optimization in Inconel 718 turning with unitary and hybrid nanofluids under MQL

Satish Chinchanikar, Paresh Kulkarni

Designing tooling and cooling systems to prevent cutting tool damage is crucial while machining difficult-to-cut nickel alloys. This study investigates the machining effects during turning Inconel 718 using unitary aluminum oxide (Al₂O₃)…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.68.15

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Failure Analysis, Case Studies and Forensic Engineering Views: 888 Downloads: 674 Vol. 14, No. 51 (2020) December 7, 2019 pp. 81-91

Alloy Substitution in a Critical Raw Materials Perspective: A systematic approach

Paolo Ferro, Franco Bonollo, Sylvia Cruz

Since many years, the European Community has been monitoring some raw materials because of their high importance to the European Union economy and their high supply risk. Such raw materials, classified as critical, form a strong industrial…

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Analytical, computational and physical models Views: 439 Downloads: 268 Vol. 20, No. 75 (2026) November 19, 2025 pp. 351-361

Modified multi-scale constitutive model of Aluminum: complex loading with variable thermal conditions

Anastasiya Vshivkova, Alexey Shveykin, Kirill Romanov

During manufacturing of parts from metals and alloys through forming and subsequent thermal and mechanical treatments the materials are often subjected to complex loading. In such cases materials significantly change their structure, which…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.75.25

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 1,035 Downloads: 607 Vol. 18, No. 70 (2024) August 15, 2024 pp. 157-176

Effect of printing process parameters on tensile strength and wear rate of 17-4PH stainless steel deposited using SLM process

Priya Sahadevan, Pon Selvan Chithirai, Avinash Lakshmikanthan, Amiya Bhaumik, Agustin Flores Cuautle

In the current work 17-4PH Stainless Steel is deposited using SLM process. It is widely used to build structural parts appropriate for automotive, medical, and aerospace applications. The 17-4 PH SS samples were deposited using technical…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.70.09

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Fatigue Views: 765 Downloads: 530 Vol. 15, No. 55 (2021) December 28, 2020 pp. 327-335

Influence of different loading paths on the multiaxial fatigue behavior of 2024 aluminum alloy under the same amplitude values of the second invariant of the stress deviator tensor

Andrey Yankin, A.I. Mugatarov, V.E. Wildemann

2024 aluminum alloy is a common aeronautic material. During operations, construction elements made of aluminum alloys undertake complex cyclic loadings. Therefore, it is important to estimate the influence of these loadings on the…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.55.25

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SI: Russian mechanics contributions for Structural Integrity Views: 270 Downloads: 163 Vol. 20, No. 77 (2026) April 3, 2026 pp. 1-12

Multimodal residual stress evaluation following one-sided dimpling in a Ti-6Al-4V alloy plate

Igor Zorin, Vladimir Pisarev, Svyatoslav Eleonsky, Aleksandr Elkin, Galina Tyurina, Eugene Statnik, Alexey Salimon, Alexander Korsunsky

Residual stress significantly influences the mechanical performance, fatigue resistance, and structural reliability of titanium alloys used in engineering applications. This study investigates the residual stress distribution induced by…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.77.01

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 639 Downloads: 294 Vol. 19, No. 74 (2025) July 3, 2025 pp. 1-19

Optimizing mechanical properties of AA7075 Metal Matrix Composites reinforced with TiB2 and ZrO2 particulates

Nagaraj S. Dhongade, Vinod Kumar V. Meti, I. G. Siddhalingeshwar, G. U. Raju, M. A. Umarfarooq, N.R. Banapurmath, Ashok M. Sajjan, Vinayak S. Uppin, Balbir Singh

Hybrid metal matrix composites (MMCs), recognized for their superior strength-to-weight ratios and synergistic property enhancements, are emerging as advanced materials capable of mitigating the inherent limitations observed in…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.74.01

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Miscellanea Views: 1,041 Downloads: 893 Vol. 12, No. 43 (2018) December 29, 2017 pp. Pages 133-145

Characterization of uniaxial fatigue behavior of precipitate strengthened Cu-Ni-Si alloy (SICLANIC(TM))

B. Saadouki, M. Elghorba, PH. Pelca, T. Sapanathan, M. Rachik

Fatigue tests were conducted on cylindrical bars specimens to understand the fatigue behavior of SICLANIC®. Although it displays good resistance in monotonic tension, this material weakens and shows a softening in repeated solicitation.…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.43.10

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