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Failure Analysis, Case Studies and Forensic Engineering Views: 1,202 Downloads: 656 Vol. 15, No. 56 (2021) March 28, 2021 pp. 123-136

Experimental and analytical investigations of reinforced concrete beams strengthened by different CFRP sheet schemes.

Mahmoud Madqour, Khaled Fawzy, Hilal Hassan

The use of bonded externally polymer reinforced fiber (FRP) Laminates has been introduced as an effective approach in rehabilitating (RC) structures due to their high strength, corrosion resistance, reduced weight, and ease of use. This…

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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.…

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SI: Russian mechanics contributions for Structural Integrity Views: 203 Downloads: 145 Vol. 20, No. 77 (2026) April 3, 2026 pp. 13-26

Effect of continuous carbon fiber layup architecture on tensile performance of hybrid FDM composites

Evgeniy Lobov, Mikhail Tashkinov

Hybrid continuous fiber–reinforced composites produced by fused deposition modeling (FDM) offer a promising solution for lightweight load-bearing structures. However, their mechanical performance is strongly governed by internal…

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Fatigue and Fracture of metallic alloys Views: 523 Downloads: 367 Vol. 19, No. 74 (2025) August 18, 2025 pp. 129-151

Fatigue behaviour of high-strength low-alloy steel sheets: influence of loading direction and microstructure on microcrack initiation and growth

María Cecilia Marinelli, Felipe Díaz, Raúl Bolmaro

This work presents an in-depth study of the low-cycle fatigue behaviour of ferritic-pearlitic HSLA-420 high-strength steel sheets, with emphasis on the influence of loading direction on fatigue life and damage mechanisms. Plastic…

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Fatigue and Fracture of non metallic materials Views: 655 Downloads: 547 Vol. 18, No. 67 (2024) December 17, 2023 pp. 292-310

Experimental work of effect of openings on the post-tensioned flat slab

Amal Zamrawi, Ata El-Kareim Shoeib, Angelos Abdo, Samir M. Ahmed

This study aims to evaluate the effect of various parameters on the behavior of the reinforced concrete flat slabs and the contribution of each design element in the punching shear strength. This research presents experimental results of…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,211 Downloads: 502 Vol. 11, No. 42 (2017) September 29, 2017 pp. Pages 119-127

Evaluation of mixed mode I/II fracture toughness of C 50/60 from Brazilian disc test

Stanislav Seitl, Petr Miarka

Durability and sustainability of structures made from concrete like materials is getting more into an interest of civil engineers. Structures are subjected not only to uniaxial load, this means if there is a crack inside the load could be…

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SI: Crack Paths Views: 1,154 Downloads: 1,016 Vol. 13, No. 47 (2019) December 5, 2018 pp. 425-436

Assessment of tensile and fatigue behavior of PEEK in a physiologically relevant environment

Mirco Peron, Jan Torgersen, Filippo Berto

In the last decades the necessity of implant devices is continuously increasing. The researchers have thus focused their attentions on the development of new biocompatible materials, in particular polymers. Among them, polyetheretherketone…

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Fatigue and Fracture of non metallic materials Views: 549 Downloads: 294 Vol. 19, No. 71 (2025) October 6, 2024 pp. 1-10

Effect of Internal Technological Defects and Loading Waveform on Structural Composite Fatigue Life

Anastasia Lykova, Dmitriy Lobanov, Alexander Pankov, Mikhail Ugolnikov

This paper explores the effect of internal technological defects on the fatigue life of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) under simple loading waveforms. One conducted experiments on CFRP specimens with embedded artificial defects…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 1,538 Downloads: 792 Vol. 18, No. 70 (2024) September 21, 2024 pp. 310-321

Mechanical Evaluation of Recycled PETG Filament for 3D Printing

Liviu Marsavina, Vlad, Sergiu

Additive manufacturing (AM) is revolutionizing various industries by enabling the creation of complex structures with minimal waste. In the context of a circular economy, the importance of recycling cannot be overstated, as it plays a…

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Fracture Views: 1,022 Downloads: 806 Vol. 17, No. 65 (2023) June 22, 2023 pp. 257-269

Experimental studies to evaluate tensile and bond strength of Stainless-Steel Wire Mesh (SSWM)

Paresh Patel, Digesh Joshi, Rinkesh Makawana

Structural strengthening is vital to improve the load-carrying capacity partially or severely damaged Reinforced Concrete (RC) elements. Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRPs) are widely used for strengthening purposes. In this study, use of…

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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: 786 Downloads: 455 Vol. 13, No. 48 (2019) March 7, 2019 pp. 429-441

Experimental investigation of surface roughness effect on fatigue performance of AISI 1045 carbon steel and fatigue limit prediction

Khadija Kimakh, Abdelkerim Chouaf, Amal Saoud, El Hassan Mallil, Samir Aghzer

In fatigue life, surface integrity perform a major role to determine the fatigue lifetime. It could differ greatly among specific cases even for the same solicitations. Indeed, the manufacturing process carries modifications on surface…

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SI: Developments in the fracture and fatigue assessment of materials Views: 1,132 Downloads: 470 Vol. 12, No. 46 (2018) September 23, 2018 pp. 14-24

Investigating the contribution of geometrical parameters and immersion time on fracture toughness of jute fabric composites using statistical techniques

Dr. Bharath K N, G. B. Manjunatha

The aim of this work is to evaluate the failure analysis of jute fabric reinforced composite using statistical technique for marine applications. A fracture mechanics approach is proposed to determine the failure load and fracture…

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Damage mechanics Views: 511 Downloads: 352 Vol. 19, No. 73 (2025) May 21, 2025 pp. 139-152

Damage mechanisms in hybrid composites: experimental characterisation and energy-based numerical analysis

João M. Parente, L.M. Ferreira, P.N.B. Reis

This study analyses the failure mechanisms of bilayer hybrid composites, consisting of carbon and glass fibres embedded in an epoxy matrix, under bending loads. The objective is to evaluate how different hybrid configurations influence…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 914 Downloads: 667 Vol. 18, No. 68 (2024) February 15, 2024 pp. 109-126

Evolution of prototyping in automotive engineering: a Comprehensive Study on the reliability of Additive Manufacturing for advanced powertrain components

Silvia Cecchel, Riccardo Ferraresi, Matteo Magni, Leonardo Guerini, Giovanna Cornacchia

Additive manufacturing (AM) could be used to reduce the production times of prototypes; however, further research is required to address metals structural parts. To obtain the correct properties, some relevant factors to be considered are…

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Fractography and Advanced metallography Views: 1,235 Downloads: 751 Vol. 16, No. 62 (2022) September 22, 2022 pp. 168-179

Mechanical Behaviour and Fractured Surface Analysis of Bauxite Residue and Graphite Reinforced Aluminium Hybrid Composites

K. C. Anil, J. Kumaraswamy, Mahadeva Reddy, Bhograj Prakash

Composite materials application areas have gradually grown, allowing them to reach and conquer new markets from consumer products to specialized niche applications, advanced composite materials make up a significant portion of the…

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Details: Mechanical Behaviour and Fractured Surface Analysis of Bauxite Residue and Graphite Reinforced Aluminium Hybrid Composites PDF Visual Abstract

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SI: New Trends in Fatigue and Fracture Views: 637 Downloads: 550 Vol. 13, No. 49 (2019) June 25, 2019 pp. 487-506

Analysis of the Fatigue Damage Behavior of AW2099-T83 Al-Li Alloy under Strain-Controlled Fatigue

Muhammed Jamiu Adinoyi, Nesar Merah, Prof., Jafar Albinmousa, Associate Prof

Microstructural characteristics, monotonic and strain-controlled cyclic axial behaviors of AW2099-T83 Aluminum-Lithium alloy were investigated. Grain sizes and structures are not uniform in the different orientations studied. High strength…

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SI: IGF26 - 26th International Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity Views: 2,016 Downloads: 366 Vol. 15, No. 58 (2021) September 25, 2021 pp. 272-281

Bending cyclic behavior and scatter-band analysis of aluminum alloys under beneficial and detrimental conditions through high-cycle fatigue regime

Mohammad Azadi, Hanieh Aroo

This article presents the bending fatigue behavior and the scatter-band analysis of aluminum alloys under beneficial conditions of nano-clay-particles and heat-treating, compared to detrimental conditions of the mechanical stress and the…

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Fracture Views: 682 Downloads: 455 Vol. 13, No. 50 (2019) September 13, 2019 pp. 638-648

Comparative study on the deterioration of granite under microwave irradiation and resistance-heating treatment

He Zi Shou, Qijun Hu, Junsen Zeng, Leping He, Hexi Tang, Bingsheng Li, Shunzhang Chen, Xirui Lu

To investigate the deterioration of granite under microwave irradiation and heat transfer, granite specimens were heated up to 400-1000 °C and then kept for 15 min. Uniaxial compressive strength testing results demonstrate a similar…

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Miscellanea Views: 763 Downloads: 425 Vol. 12, No. 46 (2018) September 27, 2018 pp. 391-399

Experimental study on the mechanical behavior of RPC filled square steel tube columns subjected to eccentric compression

Wenxiu Hao, Xiao Xu, Zhiqiang Niu

In order to study the mechanical behavior of reactive powder concrete (RPC) filled square steel tubular columns, this paper designs an eccentric compression experiment for 12 specimens of RPC filled square steel tubular column and studies…

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Fracture Views: 1,783 Downloads: 985 Vol. 17, No. 63 (2023) December 21, 2022 pp. 122-133

Influence of Quenching Agents on Mechanical, Wear, and Fracture Characteristics of Al2O3 / MoS2 Reinforced Al-6061 Hybrid Metal Matrix Composite (MMCs)

K. R. Suchendra, M. Sreenivasa Reddy, M. Ravikumar

Aluminium (Al) based composites enhance the mechanical and wear behavior by heat treatment. The quenching factors like cooling agent, cooling rate and temperature of cooling are expected to influence the hardness, tensile, and wear…

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Details: Influence of Quenching Agents on Mechanical, Wear, and Fracture Characteristics of Al2O3 / MoS2 Reinforced Al-6061 Hybrid Metal Matrix Composite (MMCs) PDF Visual Abstract

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SI: New Trends in Fatigue and Fracture Views: 1,423 Downloads: 416 Vol. 13, No. 50 (2019) July 9, 2019 pp. 1-9

The effect of fatigue crack rate on the heat dissipation in metals under mixed-mode loading

Aleksei Vshivkov, Oleg Plekhov

The monitoring of a heat dissipation process can give an important information about kinetics of deformation process and current crack propagation rate. The work is devoted to the theoretical and experimental study of the problem. The…

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Miscellanea Views: 2,085 Downloads: 592 Vol. 12, No. 43 (2018) December 29, 2017 pp. Pages 113-132

The effect of loading rate on fracture energy of asphalt mixture at intermediate temperatures and under different loading modes

M.R.M. Aliha, M. Fakhri, E. Haghighat Kharrazi, F. Berto

At intermediate service temperatures hot mix asphalt (HMA) concretely are subjected to different loading rates due to movement of vehicles which can significantly affect their mechanical characteristics and final service load. Hence, in…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,105 Downloads: 624 Vol. 6, No. 21 (2012) June 29, 2012 pp. 46-53

Infrared thermography study of the fatigue crack propagation

A.Yu. Fedorova, M.V. Bannikov, M.V. Bannikov, O.A. Plekhov, E.V. Plekhova

The work is devoted to the experimental study of heat dissipation process caused by fatigue crack propagation. To investigate a spatial and time temperature evolution at the crack tip set of experiments was carried out using specimens with…

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Fatigue and Fracture of metallic alloys Views: 398 Downloads: 211 Vol. 20, No. 76 (2026) February 5, 2026 pp. 154-168

The influence of temperature on the deformation behavior, strength and fracture mechanism of the heat-resistant Nickel-based alloy EI698-VD

Aleksandr Sulamanidze

A detailed investigation was conducted into the fracture mechanisms of cylindrical specimens made of a polycrystalline heat-resistant nickel-based alloy XH73MBTU-VD (EI698-VD), under uniaxial tension in the temperature range of 25–700°C.…

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Fracture Views: 955 Downloads: 0 Vol. 16, No. 61 (2022) June 19, 2022 pp. 244-253

A Study on microstructure, mechanical and fracture behavior of Al2O3 - MoS2 reinforced Al6061 hybrid composite

K. R. Suchendra, Reddy M Sreenivasa, M. Ravikumar

Al composites usage is growing and is gaining importance in aerospace, automotive and marine industries due to their excellent characteristics. Aluminum composites exhibit high resistance to wear and corrosion, possess high strength, offer…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,377 Downloads: 456 Vol. 11, No. 42 (2017) September 29, 2017 pp. Pages 147-160

Generalised fracture mechanics approach to the interfacial failure analysis of a bonded steel-concrete joint

Wouter De Corte, Peter Helincks, Veerle Boel, Jan Klusak, Stanislav Seitl, Geert De Schutter

Steel-concrete joints are often made by welded shear studs. However, this connection reduces the fatigue strength, especially in situations where locally concentrated loads occur with a large number of load cycles e.g. in bridge decks. In…

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SI: 1st Benelux Network Meeting and Workshop on Damage and Fracture Mechanics Views: 1,063 Downloads: 670 Vol. 14, No. 51 (2020) December 7, 2019 pp. 449-458

The hydrogen embrittlement sensitivity of duplex stainless steel with different phase fractions evaluated by in-situ mechanical testing

Margo Cauwels, Lisa Claeys, Tom Depover, Kim Verbeken

The influence of the austenite (γ) phase fraction on the hydrogen embrittlement of duplex stainless steel is investigated. Heat treatments are performed to create two duplex stainless steel specimens, containing 50% and 44% of austenite…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 475 Downloads: 423 Vol. 19, No. 72 (2025) March 26, 2025 pp. 263-279

Experimental and theoretical study of used GFRP I-profile composite columns

Ata El-Kariem Shoeib, Mohammed M. Salem, Alaa Gamal Sheriff, Mohammed Abdel-Rahman M. Khalil

Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) is a promising alternative to steel due to its high strength, lightweight properties, corrosion resistance, and low maintenance requirements. This study examines the effect of internal GFRP I-sections…

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SI: Russian mechanics contributions for Structural Integrity Views: 1,567 Downloads: 744 Vol. 17, No. 63 (2023) December 21, 2022 pp. 13-25

Method for weak zones location at the coal-bed – host rock joint relative to the problem of sudden outbursts: theory and laboratory experiment

Larisa A Nazarova

Within the framework of a geomechanical model that describes the deformation of a rock mass during the subhorizontal coal-bed extraction, the mechanism for the formation and implementation of a sudden outburst is substantiated: as working…

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Structural integrity of joints Views: 677 Downloads: 678 Vol. 16, No. 60 (2022) March 25, 2022 pp. 504-515

Impact behaviour of dissimilar AA2024-T351/7075-T651 FSWed butt-joints: effects of Al2O3-SiC particles addition

Cindy Morales, Mattia Merlin, Annalisa Fortini, Gian Luca Garagnani, Argelia Miranda

Dissimilar friction stir welding joints are widely employed in the industrial field due to the excellent microstructural and mechanical properties of the resulting joints. Nevertheless, to further enhance the weld properties, the addition…

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Details: Impact behaviour of dissimilar AA2024-T351/7075-T651 FSWed butt-joints: effects of Al2O3-SiC particles addition PDF Visual Abstract

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Reliability and Life Extension of Components Views: 638 Downloads: 502 Vol. 15, No. 56 (2021) March 28, 2021 pp. 1-15

Evaluation of the survivability of CFRP honeycomb-cored panels in compression after impact tests

Oleg Staroverov, Elena Strungar, Valery Wildemann

This paper is oriented to the experimental research of the mechanics of the CFRP sandwich plates, glass and carbon fiber sample panels with a large-cell honeycomb core. The method for testing polymer composite sample plates in compression…

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Miscellanea Views: 953 Downloads: 604 Vol. 13, No. 48 (2019) March 2, 2019 pp. 370-376

Characterization and Tensile Fractography of Nano ZrO2 Reinforced Copper-Zinc Alloy Composites

Madeva Nagaral, Prasad H. Nayak, H. K. Srinivas, V. Auradi

Nano particulates fortified metal lattice composites are finding extensive variety of utilizations in car and sports hardware fabricating businesses. In the present investigation, an endeavor has been made to create copper-zinc-nano ZrO₂…

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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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Miscellanea Views: 1,738 Downloads: 590 Vol. 7, No. 24 (2013) March 20, 2013 pp. Pages 96-101

Tests in tension-torsion conditions with descending sections of strain curve construction

M.P. Tretiakov, V.E. Vildeman

The paper is devoted to theoretical and experimental investigation of materials behavior on postcritical deformation stage (strain softening). Tests results, which confirm theoretical justification of specimen configuration impact on the…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 394 Downloads: 554 Vol. 19, No. 73 (2025) May 13, 2025 pp. 108-130

Influence of contact interaction character on residual stresses arising over damaged area in composite plate

Sviatoslav Eleonsky, Vladimir Pisarev, Yury Matvienko, Galina Gvozdeva

New data concerning the values of residual stresses that arise as a result of the contact interaction of a spherical indenter and a flat surface of composite plate have been obtained. The studies are performed for both static indentation…

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SI: IGF27 - 27th International Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity Views: 1,036 Downloads: 651 Vol. 18, No. 68 (2024) February 24, 2024 pp. 280-295

Numerical Cohesive Zone Modeling (CZM) of Self-Anchoring AM Metal-CFRP joints

Fikret Enes Altunok, Giorgio De Pasquale

The escalating importance of lightweight design in engineering demands innovative strategies to tackle this challenge. Traditionally, the joining of these materials involves rivets, bolts, or adhesives. However, contemporary manufacturing…

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SI: Russian mechanics contributions for Structural Integrity Views: 1,066 Downloads: 474 Vol. 16, No. 62 (2022) September 22, 2022 pp. 541-560

Quantitative description of low-cycle fatigue damage accumulation in contact interaction zone by local strain evolution

Sviatoslav Eleonsky, Yury Matvienko, Vladimir Pisarev, Igor Odintsev

The novel non-destructive method for quantitative description of low-cycle fatigue damage accumulation is expanded to a case of contact interaction in the stress concentration area. Investigated objects are plane aluminium specimens with…

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SI: Virtual Conference on Structural Integrity 2020 Views: 747 Downloads: 501 Vol. 14, No. 53 (2020) July 19, 2020 pp. 152-165

Improvement of Fatigue Properties of AZ31B Extruded Magnesium Alloy through Forging

Andrew Gryguc, Sugrib Kumar Shaha, Seyed Behzad Behravesh, Hamid Jahed, Mary Wells, Bruce Williams

Axial monotonic and load-controlled fatigue tests were performed to investigate the influence of forging at various temperatures and different deformation rates, on both the microstructural and mechanical behaviour of extruded AZ31B…

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Fatigue and Fracture of non metallic materials Views: 658 Downloads: 253 Vol. 20, No. 75 (2026) November 23, 2025 pp. 362-372

Machine learning-assisted fracture prediction: Integrating synthetic and experimental data for quasi-static notch failure analysis

Sheikh Aamir Farooq, Danah Alajaleen, Jafar Albinmousa

Machine learning has emerged as a powerful tool in various scientific fields for developing data-driven models, reducing the need for extensive physical testing. In this study, the fracture load was first predicted using Theory of Critical…

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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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Fracture Views: 568 Downloads: 826 Vol. 15, No. 58 (2021) September 25, 2021 pp. 77-85

Load bearing capacity of thin-walled rectangular and I-shaped steel sections of short both empty and concrete-filled columns

Amor Bouaricha, Naoual Handel, Aziza Boutouta, Sarah Djouimaa

In this experimental work, strength results obtained on short columns subjected to concentric loads are presented. The specimens used in the tests have made of cold-rolled, thin-walled steel. Twenty short columns of the same cross-section…

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Impact & Dynamics Views: 932 Downloads: 584 Vol. 15, No. 55 (2021) December 28, 2020 pp. 76-87

An innovative fixture for testing the crashworthiness of composite materials

Lorenzo Vigna, Iman Babaei, Ravin Garg, Giovanni Belingardi, Davide Salvatore Paolino, Andrea Calzolari, Giuseppe Galizia

Despite the growing diffusion of composite materials in automotive and aerospace sectors, a standard procedure for testing their crashworthiness has not been developed yet. At present, the international standards for testing composite…

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SI: Russian mechanics contributions for Structural Integrity Views: 632 Downloads: 366 Vol. 13, No. 49 (2019) June 26, 2019 pp. 140-155

Numerical model of fracture growth in hydraulic re-fracturing

Oleg Yurievich Smetannikov, Yuriy Aleksandrovich Kashnikov, Sergey Gennadievich Ashikhmin, Artem Eduardovich Kukhtinskiy

Simulation of fracture propagation with FEM method generates the need of re-meshing to provide more accurate results. This raises a question of determining the direction and criterion of mesh modification. In the case of general-purpose…

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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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Details: Influence of secondary dendrite arm spacing (SDAS) on the fatigue properties of different conventional automotive aluminum cast alloys PDF Visual Abstract

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Miscellanea Views: 823 Downloads: 749 Vol. 6, No. 21 (2012) June 29, 2012 pp. 30-36

Hydrogen Re-Embrittlement of Aerospace grade High Strength Steels

R. Valentini, C. Colombo, M. De Sanctis, G. Lovicu

Hydrogen Re-Embrittlement on anodically coated high strength steels is a relevant risk for aerospace structures due to the possibility of hydrogen uptake during the operative life of the components. AISI 4340 and Maraging 250 unnotched…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.21.04

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Fractography and Advanced metallography Views: 1,072 Downloads: 913 Vol. 16, No. 61 (2022) June 19, 2022 pp. 338-351

Evaluation of Tensile properties of FRP Composite Laminates under Varying Strain Rates and Temperatures

Prahlad Joshi, Sk Panigrahi

The present investigation deals with the characterization of tensile behavior of various Fiber Reinforced Polymer composites under Thermo-Mechanical loading. Five different types of Uni-Directional (UD) composites of Carbon, Glass…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.61.23

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SI: Characterisation of Crack Tip Fields Views: 587 Downloads: 427 Vol. 13, No. 49 (2019) May 28, 2019 pp. 1-11

Further investigation on microstructure refinement of internal crack initiation region in VHCF regime of high-strength steels

Yukun Chang, Liang Zheng, Xiangnan Pan, Youshi Hong

The profile samples prepared by focused ion beam (FIB) in crack initiation region (CIR) and fish-eye (FiE) region of failed specimens subjected to rotary bending (RB) and ultrasonic axial (UL) fatigue testing with various stress ratios (R)…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.49.01

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SI: Crack Paths Views: 568 Downloads: 391 Vol. 13, No. 47 (2019) December 4, 2018 pp. 394-400

Experimental Investigation on the Fracture Behaviour of Natural Stones Exposed to Monotonic and Cyclic Loading

Andrea Spagnoli, David Cendon Franco, Antonio D’Angelo

The present paper is devoted to an experimental study on the fracture behaviour of natural stones, commonly used as elements for building cladding, under both monotonic and cyclic loading, with particular emphasis to white Carrara marble.…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.47.29

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SI: Crack Paths - CP2024 Views: 656 Downloads: 331 Vol. 19, No. 72 (2025) March 23, 2025 pp. 225-235

Effect of contact geometry, loading, material properties and relative slip on the fretting fatigue behaviour of metallic components

Andrea Zanichelli, Andrea Carpinteri, Camilla Ronchei, Daniela Scorza

Metallic structural components, placed in contact with other bodies while experiencing vibrations in operating conditions, are susceptible to fretting, which can have a significant impact on their fatigue performance. Although extensive…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.72.16

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