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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…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.02

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Miscellanea Views: 720 Downloads: 489 Vol. 3, No. 7 (2009) pp. pages 65-72

High-cycle fatigue strength of a pultruded composite material

C. Colombo, M. Guagliano, L. Vergani

Dealing with composites in polymeric matrix, the pultruded ones are among the more suitable for large production rates and volumes. For this reason, their use is increasing also in structural applications in civil and mechanical…

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Structural Integrity and Durability of Structures Views: 766 Downloads: 702 Vol. 15, No. 58 (2021) September 25, 2021 pp. 296-307

The effect of using polypropylene fibers on the durability and fire resistance of concrete

Hassan Suiffi, Anas El Maliki, Fatima Majid, Omar Cherkaoui

In order to study the effect of polypropylene fibers on the durability of cementitious composites, several experimental tests have been carried out in the laboratory. The composite was tested with different volume fractions of…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,103 Downloads: 620 Vol. 9, No. 34 (2015) September 28, 2015

Estimation of stepwise crack propagation in ceramic laminates with strong interfaces

L. Náhlík, K. Štegnerová, P. Hutar

During the last years many researchers put so much effort to design layered structures combining different materials in order to improve low fracture toughness and mechanical reliability of the ceramics. It has been proven, that an…

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Miscellanea Views: 703 Downloads: 420 Vol. 6, No. 19 (2012) December 20, 2011

Structural integrity of hierarchical composites

Marco Paggi

Interface mechanical problems are of paramount importance in engineering and materials science.Traditionally, due to the complexity of modelling their mechanical behaviour, interfaces are often treated asdefects and their features are not…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.19.03

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SI: Russian mechanics contributions for Structural Integrity Views: 64 Downloads: 22 Vol. 20, No. 77 (2026) May 21, 2026 pp. 281-297

Effect of ultrasonic welding conditions and energy director thickness on structure and properties of lap-joints of PEEK-based composites reinforced with short carbon fibers

Sergey Panin, Vladislav Alexenko, Alexey Zelenkov, Dmitry Buslovich, Lyudmila Kornienko, Shaowei Lu

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of thickness of energy director (EDs) and ultrasonic welding (USW) process parameters on structure formation and interlaminar shear strength (LSS) values of lap-joints of composite…

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Miscellanea Views: 903 Downloads: 676 Vol. 10, No. 38 (2016) October 3, 2016 pp. Pages 92-98

Effect of molding processes on multiaxial fatigue strength in short fibre reinforced polymer

Takahiko Sawada, Hiroshi Aoyama

This study concerns the multiaxial static and fatigue strength properties. Short-glass-fibre-reinforced phenolic-resin composites (SGP) molded by injection and compression processes were subjected to tensiontorsion combined static and…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.38.12

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SI: IGF27 - 27th International Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity Views: 1,004 Downloads: 648 Vol. 18, No. 67 (2024) December 17, 2023 pp. 192-204

Study of defects influence on chlorinated polyvinyl chloride pipes damage and analysis of their fracture

Fatima Gugouch, M. Meknassi, M. Elghorba, A. Wahid, H. Mouradi, H. Bouhssis, A. Maziri

In several industrial applications, plastic, composites and ceramics replace a number of metallic structures such as copper, aluminum and steel. Most recently installed piping water and gas systems in the world are made of thermoplastic…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,024 Downloads: 368 Vol. 8, No. 29 (2014) July 9, 2014 pp. pages 230-240

Influence of boundary conditions on the response of multilayered plates with cohesive interfaces and delaminations using a homogenized approach

R. Massabò

Stress and displacement fields in multilayered composites with interfacial imperfections, such as imperfect bonding of the layers or delaminations, or where the plies are separated by thin interlayers allowing relative motion, have large…

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Miscellanea Views: 848 Downloads: 487 Vol. 11, No. 41 (2017) June 28, 2017 pp. Pages 369-377

Dependence of mechanical characteristics from composition and structure and optimization of mechanical fracture energy of polymer composite material based on high-molecular rubbers

E. Nurullaev, A. S. Ermilov, N. Yu. Lyubimova

By means of numerical experiment the authors investigate dependence of conventional rupturing stress and mechanical fracture energy at uniaxial tension from fractional composition of dispersed filler, plasticizer volume fraction in polymer…

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Miscellanea Views: 838 Downloads: 492 Vol. 2, No. 3 (2008) pp. pages 18-29

Analisi dell’anisotropia microstrutturale in materiali compositi rinforzati con fibre corte

A. Bernasconi, F. Cosmi, D. Dreossi

Synchrotron light microtomography has proved to be particularly efficient in order to analyze the microstructural characteristics in terms of reinforce fibre distribution and orientation in glass fibre reinforced composites. The spatial…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.03.03

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Miscellanea Views: 1,097 Downloads: 565 Vol. 12, No. 43 (2018) December 28, 2017 pp. Pages 33-42

Experimental study on uniaxial tensile and compressive behavior of high toughness cementitious composite

ShiYong Jiang, Shuai Tao, Wei Fei, XueYang Li

Though the principle of orthogonal experimental design, the uniaxial compression experiment and uniaxial tensile experiment were carried out on nine groups of high toughness cementitious composites with different mixing ratios to study the…

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Miscellanea Views: 801 Downloads: 473 Vol. 6, No. 19 (2012) December 20, 2011

Characterization of fracture properties of thin aluminuminclusions embedded in anisotropic laminate composites

Gabriella Bolzon, Vladimir Buljak, Emanuele Zappa

The fracture properties of thin aluminum inclusions embedded in anisotropic paperboardcomposites, of interest for food and beverage packaging industry, can be determined by performing tensile testson non-conventional heterogeneous…

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SI: Russian mechanics contributions for Structural Integrity Views: 470 Downloads: 340 Vol. 19, No. 73 (2025) April 5, 2025 pp. 1-11

The assessment of the severity of local impact on a pro-bionic composite lattice shell by the use of fiber-optic sensors

Sergei Sapozhnikov, Evgeny Dubovikov

The paper considers a pro-bionic lattice shell (PBLS) for civil aviation structures and the problem of getting the parameters of a local low-velocity impact taking the value of residual strain by fiber optic sensors (FOS) installed in…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.73.01

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Fracture Views: 737 Downloads: 633 Vol. 16, No. 60 (2022) March 25, 2022 pp. 30-42

Mechanical behavior of unidirectional composites according different failure criteria

Adel Deliou, Benattou Bouchouicha

This work is about study of the mechanical behaviour of unidirectional Kevlar / Epoxy composite laminates according to different failure criteria. Varying strength parameters values, makes it possible to compare the ultimate mechanical…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.60.03

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Miscellanea Views: 767 Downloads: 478 Vol. 13, No. 47 (2019) December 5, 2018 pp. 367-382

Composite sandwich impact response: experimental and numerical analysis

Filippo Cucinotta, Paolo Neri, Felice Sfravara, Armando Razionale

The use of composite materials allows to have a great flexibility in terms of mechanical and physical characteristics. One of the most used composite structure in naval field, is the sandwich, which is composed by a stacking sequence of…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,294 Downloads: 601 Vol. 11, No. 42 (2017) September 29, 2017 pp. Pages 238-248

Fracture toughness and failure mechanism of high performance concrete incorporating carbon nanotubes

Anwar Khitab, Sajjad Ahmad, Rao Arsalan Khushnood, Syed Ali Rizwan, Giuseppe Andrea Ferro, Luciana Restuccia, Mustajab Ali, Imran Mehmood

Cement and concrete composites are inherently brittle and exhibit very less tensile/flexural strength capacity as compared to their compressive strength. Use of thoroughly dispersed carbon nanotubes in the concrete matrix is one of the…

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SI: Structural Integrity and Safety: Experimental and Numerical Perspectives Views: 1,469 Downloads: 682 Vol. 15, No. 55 (2021) December 28, 2020 pp. 119-135

Fatigue Behavior of Metallic Components Obtained by Topology Optimization for Additive Manufacturing

F.K. Fiorentin, B. Oliveira, J.C.R. Pereira, J.A.F.O. Correia, Abilio M.P. de Jesus, F. Berto

The main goal of the present research is to propose an integrated methodology to address the fatigue performance of topology optimized components, produced by additive manufacturing. The main steps of the component design will be…

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Structural Integrity and Durability of Structures Views: 806 Downloads: 650 Vol. 18, No. 67 (2024) December 17, 2023 pp. 163-175

Experimental and Numerical Study on Vibration-Based Damage Detection and Localization in Laminated Composite Plates

Saeesh Verenkar, I. Sridhar, Vinayak S. Uppin, P. S. Shivakumar Gouda

Damage detection in composite materials is crucial for ensuring the safety and reliability of engineering structures. Conventional methods often face challenges in accurately identifying damage in plate-like structures, particularly in…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.67.12

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SI: New Trends in Fatigue and Fracture Views: 694 Downloads: 451 Vol. 13, No. 49 (2019) June 21, 2019 pp. 568-585

Flexural testing and analysis of full-strain-fields in sandwich composites

Rosa Marat-Mendes, Ricardo Martins, Alexandre Garcia, Luis Reis

The objective of this work was to characterize the full-field flexural behavior of composite sandwich beams. Finite element analysis was used to estimate the behavior of sandwich beams under three- and four-point-bending tests and were…

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Structural Integrity and Durability of Structures Views: 873 Downloads: 797 Vol. 17, No. 65 (2023) June 22, 2023 pp. 1-16

Glass Fiber for Improved Behavior of Light Expanded Clay Aggregate Concrete Beams: An Experimental Study

Louay Aboul Nour, Mariam Gamal, Amr Ghoniem

Concrete developed from light expanded clay aggregate (LECA) and glass fiber has good performance, durability, and sustainability. Towards this, the experimental investigation was designed to study cubes, cylinders, and simply supported…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.65.01

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Miscellanea Views: 1,048 Downloads: 668 Vol. 10, No. 35 (2016) December 29, 2015 pp. pages 161-171

New experimental techniques for fracture testing of highly deformable materials

E. Dall’Asta, V. Ghizzardi, R. Brighenti, E. Romeo, R. Roncella, A. Spagnoli

A new experimental method for measuring strain fields in highly deformable materials has been developed. This technique is based on an in-house developed Digital Image Correlation (DIC) system capable of accurately capturing localized or…

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Fatigue and Fracture of non metallic materials Views: 799 Downloads: 1,008 Vol. 18, No. 68 (2024) February 15, 2024 pp. 127-139

Interleaving Carbon-Glass Veil in Glass Epoxy Composite for Improved Mode-I Fracture Toughness – A Hybrid Approach

Vinayak S. Uppin, P.S.Shivakumar Gouda, I.Sridhar, M. A. Umarfarooq, Aravind Muddebihal, Abhilash Edacherian

The present study investigates the influence of hybrid interleaving technique using Glass and Carbon veils to improve the mode-I fracture toughness in Glass epoxy laminates. Commercially available non-woven Carbon and Glass veils with…

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SI: Structural Integrity and Safety: Experimental and Numerical Perspectives Views: 542 Downloads: 497 Vol. 14, No. 53 (2020) July 19, 2020 pp. 457-473

Numerical and Experimental Analysis of Stacking Sequences Effects in Composite Mechanical Joints under Impact Loadings

Pourya Fathi, Alireza Naddaf Oskouei, Khodadad Vahedi, Amin Moslemi Petrudi

Composite structures in the field of advanced and modern structures in engineering design and according to high specification of composite materials such as high strength to weight ratio use in various industries such as aerospace, marine.…

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Structural Integrity and Safety: Experimental and Numerical Perspectives Views: 756 Downloads: 598 Vol. 17, No. 66 (2023) September 27, 2023 pp. 311-321

Nonlinearity of mechanical behavior of 3D-reinforced composites under compression

Stanislav Slovikov, Andrey Babushkin, Maria Gusina

Modern technological capabilities make it possible to produce 3D spatially-reinforced for polymer composite materials. The tasks of experimental research and analysis of the deformation process of new composite materials for aviation…

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Structural Integrity and Durability of Structures Views: 774 Downloads: 683 Vol. 16, No. 60 (2022) March 25, 2022 pp. 102-113

Experimental investigation on the mechanical behavior of concrete reinforced with Alfa plant fibers

Tidjani Messas, Djamel Achoura, Boutrid Abdelaziz, Belgacem Mamen

Currently, the reinforcement of ordinary concrete with synthetic fibers poses ecological problems because the manufacturing process of these products is very polluting. Plant fiber composites are a new challenge for environmental…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.60.08

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SI: Fracture and Structural integrity: ten years of F&IS Views: 932 Downloads: 1,211 Vol. 13, No. 47 (2019) December 3, 2018 pp. 266-276

Mechanical and fracture properties of particleboard

Liviu Marsavina, Ion Octavian POP, Emanoil LINUL

Particleboard (PB) are wood-based composites with fine wood fibers bound together by a small amount of polymeric adhesive, widely used in furniture industry and civil engineering. PB plates can be painted, laminated or veneered, and have…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.47.20

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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…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.58.20

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Impact & Dynamics Views: 626 Downloads: 535 Vol. 15, No. 55 (2021) December 28, 2020 pp. 88-109

Experimental and numerical optimization study of shock wave damping in aluminum panel sandwich

Masoud Rahmani, Amin Moslemi Petrudi

Sandwich panels with polymer composite and light core composites are widely used in aircraft and spacecraft, vessels, trains, submarines, and cars. Due to their high strength to weight ratio, high stability, and high corrosion resistance…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.55.07

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SI: Russian mechanics contributions for Structural Integrity Views: 713 Downloads: 514 Vol. 18, No. 67 (2024) December 17, 2023 pp. 311-318

Longitudinal elastic nonlinearity of composite material

Boris Fedulov, Daria Bondarchuk, Evgeny Lomakin

It is known that the initial waviness of the fiber affects the stiffness characteristics and strength of the polymer composite material. The article presents a continuum model taking into account the nonlinearity of the longitudinal…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.67.22

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Miscellanea Views: 870 Downloads: 531 Vol. 7, No. 24 (2013) March 20, 2013 pp. Pages 127-137

The numerical simulation of ceramic composites failure at axial compression

P.V. Makarov, M.O. Eremin

On the basis of the developed model of quasibrittle medium the brittle and quasibrittle failure of composite ceramic materials with zirconium dioxide matrix and various percentage of hardening particles of corundum are studied numerically.…

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SI: Steels and Composites for Engineering Structures Views: 869 Downloads: 384 Vol. 16, No. 59 (2022) December 22, 2021 pp. 198-211

Forced Vibration Analysis of Laminated Composite Plates under the Action of a Moving Vehicle

Hossein Abbaszadeh Mobaraki, Ramazan-Ali Jafari-Talookolaei, Paolo S. Valvo, Reza Haghani Dogaheh

This paper provides a finite element analysis of laminated composite plates under the action of a moving vehicle. The vehicle is modeled as a rigid body with four suspension systems, each consisting of a spring-dashpot. Overall, the…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.59.15

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Fatigue Views: 959 Downloads: 584 Vol. 15, No. 57 (2021) June 22, 2021 pp. 373-397

Effect of nano-clay addition and heat-treatment on tensile and stress-controlled low-cycle fatigue behaviors of aluminum-silicon alloy: Effect of nano-clay addition and heat-treatment

Mohammad Azadi, Adel Basiri, Ali Dadashi, G. Winter, B. Seisenbacher, F. Grün

The objective of the present paper is to investigate the stress-controlled low-cycle fatigue behavior of piston aluminum-silicon (AlSi) alloy reinforced with nano-clay particles and T6 heat-treatment. The piston aluminum-silicon alloy…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.57.27

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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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Fracture Views: 720 Downloads: 606 Vol. 17, No. 66 (2023) September 27, 2023 pp. 322-338

Fracture Load Estimations for U-Notched and V-Notched 3D Printed PLA and Graphene-Reinforced PLA plates using the ASED Criterion

Marcos Sánchez, Sergio Arrieta, Sergio Cicero

This paper addresses the estimation of critical loads in FFF (Fused Filament Fabrication) printed polymers and composites containing notches. Particularly, the analysis is focused on the fracture load estimations of 39 PLA (polylactic…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.66.20

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SI: Developments in the fracture and fatigue assessment of materials Views: 1,334 Downloads: 1,102 Vol. 12, No. 46 (2018) September 23, 2018 pp. 150-157

Fatigue Behaviour and Mean Stress Effect of Thermoplastic Polymers and Composites

Zongjin Lu, Bill Feng, Charlie Loh

More and more polymers and polymer composite materials are used in automotive industry to reduce cost and weight of vehicles to meet the environmental requirement. However, the fatigue behaviour for these materials is less understanding…

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Details: Fatigue Behaviour and Mean Stress Effect of Thermoplastic Polymers and Composites PDF Visual Abstract

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Miscellanea Views: 794 Downloads: 525 Vol. 4, No. 11 (2010) December 30, 2009 pp. pages 3-9

On the application of the Theory of Critical Distances for prediction of fracture in fibre composites

David Taylor

This paper is concerned with the fracture of composite materials containing stress concentration features such as notches and holes. In particular, it addresses the question of the use of the Theory of Critical Distances (TCD) – a method…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.11.01

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SI: Virtual Conference on Structural Integrity 2020 Views: 1,112 Downloads: 832 Vol. 14, No. 54 (2020) September 23, 2020 pp. 297-316

Biochar-based cement pastes and mortars with enhanced mechanical properties

Alice Sirico, Patrizia Bernardi, Beatrice Belletti, Alessio Malcevschi, Luciana Restuccia, Giuseppe Andrea Ferro, Daniel Suarez-Riera

Nowadays, the environmental impact of cementitious material industry and more generally of building activities is matter of concern, especially in terms of their effects on climate change and consumption of natural resources. Within this…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 1,568 Downloads: 619 Vol. 18, No. 67 (2024) December 17, 2023 pp. 231-239

Material choice to optimise the performance index of isogrid structures

Costanzo Bellini, Filippo Berto, Vittorio Di Cocco, Francesco Iacoviello, Larisa Patricia Mocanu

Three key qualities should define the structures used in the aviation industry: they should be light, rigid, and strong. These goals can be met by selecting lightweight, high-performance materials like titanium alloy or composites, but…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,626 Downloads: 659 Vol. 7, No. 24 (2013) March 20, 2013 pp. Pages 26-59

Development of a formalism of movable cellular automaton method for numerical modeling of fracture of heterogeneous elastic-plastic materials

S. Psakhie, E. Shilko, A. Smolin, S. Astafurov, V. Ovcharenko

A general approach to realization of models of elasticity, plasticity and fracture of heterogeneous materials within the framework of particle-based numerical methods is proposed in the paper. It is based on building many-body forces of…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.24.04

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Miscellanea Views: 723 Downloads: 579 Vol. 16, No. 59 (2022) December 22, 2021 pp. 566-579

Analysis of workability, mechanical strength and durability by the FT-IR method of concrete based on silica-limestone sand preserved in aggressive environments

Hima Abdelkader, Tarek Djedid, Mohammed Mani, Abdelhamid Guettala

The interest of using combined sand of equal percentage of silica and limestone becomes evident in the formulation of compacted concrete in several previous works around the world, due to the formidable percentage of fines that improves…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.59.37

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SI: Modeling in Structural Integrity Views: 692 Downloads: 354 Vol. 19, No. 71 (2025) October 31, 2024 pp. 182-192

Numerical study of delamination process of the CFRP composite

Eva Kormaníková, Kamila Kotrasova

A quasi-static approach for an interface damage model, incorporating Rayleigh damping for viscoelastic carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites, is introduced. The interface traction-relative displacement behavior is modeled using a thin…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.71.13

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Fractography and Advanced metallography Views: 891 Downloads: 750 Vol. 17, No. 65 (2023) June 22, 2023 pp. 178-193

Study on Micro-structure, Hardness and Optimization of Wear Characteristics of Al6061/TiB2/CeO2 Hotrolled MMCs using Taguchi Method

S. R. Sreenivasa Iyengar, D. Sethuramu, M. Ravikumar

Aluminium composites are extensively used in several industrial applications. The production of Metal Matrix Composite (MMCs) with varying wt. % of reinforcement/s leads to enhancement of wear and mechanical behavior. In the present work…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.65.12

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 949 Downloads: 403 Vol. 18, No. 69 (2024) April 19, 2024 pp. 60-70

The influence of technological defects on the mechanical behavior of CFRP during buckling under compression based on DIC data and acoustic emission

Stanislav Slovikov, Dmitry Lobanov, Ekaterina Chebotareva, Valeria Melnikova

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…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.69.05

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Fractography and Advanced metallography Views: 665 Downloads: 429 Vol. 14, No. 54 (2020) September 23, 2020 pp. 56-65

Mathematical data processing according to digital image correlation method for polymer composites

Dmitriy Lobanov, Elena Strungar

The paper analyses the numerical algorithms for experimental data processing using a contactless video system Vic-3D, designed for three-dimension analysis of displacement and strain fields, and digital image correlation method. The…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.54.04

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Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Views: 918 Downloads: 635 Vol. 17, No. 66 (2023) September 27, 2023 pp. 88-111

Modelling of fresh properties and strength activity index with microstructure characterisation of ternary cement incorporating waste glass and granulated blast furnace slag

Salah Eddine Daguiani, Oussama Kessal, Abdelouahed kriker, Abdessamed Mokhtari

Research in innovative construction materials has focused on utilising supplementary materials in cementitious composites to promote sustainable development and reduce CO2 emissions. Within this context, this study aims to investigate the…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.66.05

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Structural Integrity and Safety: Experimental and Numerical Perspectives Views: 852 Downloads: 715 Vol. 16, No. 61 (2022) June 19, 2022 pp. 487-495

Natural Frequency based delamination estimation in GFRP beams using RSM and ANN

T. G. Sreekanth

The importance of delamination detection can be understood from aircraft components like Vertical Stabilizer, which is subjected to heavy vibration during the flight movement and it may lead to delamination and finally even flight crash…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.61.32

Details: Natural Frequency based delamination estimation in GFRP beams using RSM and ANN PDF Visual Abstract

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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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Fatigue Views: 949 Downloads: 696 Vol. 17, No. 65 (2023) June 22, 2023 pp. 224-245

Impacts of nano-clay particles and heat-treating on out-of-phase thermo-mechanical fatigue characteristics in piston aluminum-silicon alloys

H. Bahmanabadi, Mohammad Azadi, A. Dadashi, J. Torkian, M.S.A. Parast, G. Winter, F. Grün

Abstract. In this article, the effect of nano-clay particles and heat-treating on thermo-mechanical fatigue (TMF) behaviors and failures of piston aluminum-silicon (AlSi) alloys was investigated. For this purpose, thermo-mechanical fatigue…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.65.15

Details: Impacts of nano-clay particles and heat-treating on out-of-phase thermo-mechanical fatigue characteristics in piston aluminum-silicon alloys PDF Visual Abstract

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SI: Research activities of the Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materi Views: 428 Downloads: 443 Vol. 13, No. 50 (2019) September 2, 2019 pp. 414-422

A SEM-X-Ray assisted experimental approach for the determination of mechanical and thermal load – induced damage in MMCs

Victor Kytopoulos, Emilios Sideridis, John Venetis, Chrysoula Riga, Alexandros Altzoumailis

An experimental technique is presented to evaluate mechanical and thermal load-induced microstructural damage, based on the Electron Probe Micro-Analysis (EPMA) principle, by which certain analytical potentialities of Scanning Electron…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.50.35

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