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Fractography and Advanced metallography Views: 721 Downloads: 1,282 Vol. 17, No. 66 (2023) September 27, 2023 pp. 38-55

Characterization of the mechanical properties and microstructural evolution of martensitic steel in repeated tempering cycles

Amitkumar Shelar, B. P. Ronge

The purpose of this study was to understand the behavior of martensitic H13 steel in accordance with the microstructural evolution, mechanical properties and wear in repeated tempering cycles. The microstructures were characterized by axio…

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Fracture Views: 846 Downloads: 539 Vol. 14, No. 53 (2020) July 19, 2020 pp. 210-222

Stress intensity factors for mixed-mode crack growth in imitation models under biaxial loading

Rustam Yarullin, V.N. Shlyannikov, I.S. Ishtyriakov, M.M. Yakovlev

In this study a procedure to stress intensity factors calculation for imitation models made of titanium alloy is described. In service fatigue cracks are detected in a disk and blade “dovetail type” attachment. On the base of this…

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SI: Russian mechanics contributions for Structural Integrity Views: 674 Downloads: 409 Vol. 13, No. 49 (2019) June 26, 2019 pp. 201-211

Comparative study of Shot creep of single-phase titanium alloys in air and neutral gas environment on the test temperature in range from 673 to 1323 K

lev Michailovich Zamaraev, Sergey Smirnov

The paper presents the results of comparative studies of short-term creep in tensile tests of the VT1-0 commercially pure titanium (analogue Grade 2 according to ASTM A485) and the VT5-1 alloy (analogue Grade 6 according to ASTM B265) in…

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Environmentally Assisted Fracture Views: 1,641 Downloads: 1,442 Vol. 16, No. 61 (2022) June 19, 2022 pp. 20-45

Review of Current Developments on High Strength Pipeline Steels for HIC Inducing Service

Ehsan Entezari, Jorge Luis González-Velázquez, Diego Rivas López, Manuel Alejandro Beltrán Zúñiga, Jerzy A. Szpunar

Nowadays, an increasing number of oil and gas transmission pipes are constructed with high-strength low alloy steels (HSLA); however, many of these pipelines suffer from different types of hydrogen damages, such as hydrogen-induced…

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SI: Crack Paths Views: 1,018 Downloads: 462 Vol. 13, No. 48 (2019) February 24, 2019 pp. 50-57

The experimental study of heat dissipation during fatigue crack propagation under biaxial loading

Aleksei Vshivkov, Oleg Plekhov, Anastasiia Iziumova, Aleksandr Zakharov, Valery Shlyannikov

The work is devoted to experimental study of heat flow evolution at the fatigue crack tip during biaxial loading. The plane samples of titanium alloy Graid-2 with thick of 1 mm were weakened by notch to initiate fatigue crack at the center…

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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…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,286 Downloads: 752 Vol. 12, No. 43 (2018) December 28, 2017 pp. Pages 43-56

Fatigue crack growth of composite patch repaired Al-alloy plates under variable amplitude loading

Fatima Zohra Seriari, Mustapha Benachour, Mohamed Benguediab

In this paper, fatigue crack growth of edge crack in 2024 T351 aluminum alloy plate repaired with bonded composite patch under constant and variable amplitude loading (VAL) was predicted. The Al-alloy plate was repaired with symmetric…

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SI: Russian mechanics contributions for Structural Integrity Views: 651 Downloads: 305 Vol. 20, No. 75 (2026) October 16, 2025 pp. 35-45

Influence of laser shock peening on the residual strains and stresses in additively manufactured TC4

Mariia Bartolomei, Aleksei N. Vshivkov, Igor S. Kudryashev, Denis V. Lozhkin, Andrey V. Chumaevskii, Alexander M. Korsunsky

Additively manufactured materials possess significant heterogeneities and anisotropies of stiffness and strength properties between the growth and transverse directions. Residual stresses induced by the fabrication and processing stages…

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Fracture Views: 1,049 Downloads: 571 Vol. 15, No. 57 (2021) June 22, 2021 pp. 300-320

Inverse problems with the digital image correlation: approach and applications

Emanuele Sgambitterra, Fabrizio Niccoli

A viable approach to solve inverse problems in elasticity is proposed. It is based on regression algorithms to estimate materials and/or loading parameters by fitting the experimentally-evaluated displacement field to representative…

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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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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 373 Downloads: 219 Vol. 20, No. 76 (2026) January 10, 2026 pp. 67-81

Effect of B₄C variation on the mechanical, fractographic and tribological performance of hybrid composites Al7075/Gr/ZrO₂

R. Sampath Kumar, H. C. Chittappa, Praveena Bindiganavile Anand, Manjunath Vatnalmath, Madeva Nagaral

The current study focuses on the influence of varying levels of boron-carbide (B₄C) particles on mechanical and tribological characteristics of Al7075 hybrid composites that are strengthened by fixed percentages of graphite (Gr) and…

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Fracture Views: 1,190 Downloads: 841 Vol. 16, No. 60 (2022) March 25, 2022 pp. 380-391

Microstructure and anisotropic tensile performance of 316L stainless steel manufactured by selective laser melting

Lin Wang

The selective laser melting (SLM) technology is widely used to manufacture 316L stainless steel (SS) components for industrial applications. To understand the microstructure and the mechanical properties of additively manufactured 316L…

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Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Views: 858 Downloads: 567 Vol. 14, No. 53 (2020) July 19, 2020 pp. 295-305

Mechanical behavior of materials with a compact hexagonal structure obtained by an advanced identification strategy of HCP material, AZ31B-H24

Rym Harbaoui, Olfa Daghfas, Amna Znaidi, Victor Tuninetti

The use of magnesium alloys, in particular AZ31B-H24, represents an increasingly important aspect in the transport field, as well as in the aeronautical industry. In the forming processes of this material, the shapes of the product are…

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Miscellanea Views: 970 Downloads: 514 Vol. 12, No. 45 (2018) June 25, 2018 pp. 164-172

Forming Process Analysis of an AA6060 Aluminum Vessel

Gillo Giuliano, Costanzo Bellini, Luca Sorrentino, Sandro Turchetta

This work analyses the results of a simple forming process of an AA6060 aluminium alloy sheet in order to validate the development of a simulation model based on the finite element method (FEM). This work represents the starting point of a…

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Fatigue and Fracture of metallic alloys Views: 582 Downloads: 366 Vol. 19, No. 74 (2025) July 3, 2025 pp. 20-30

Modeling of the transition from transgranular to intergranular fracture at elevated temperatures in EI698 nickel alloy

Andrey Tumanov

In this study, an efficient computational method for modeling the transition from transgranular to intergranular fracture mechanisms based on phase field fracture theory is discussed. Structural heterogeneity of the material is modeled on…

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Fracture Views: 679 Downloads: 457 Vol. 15, No. 58 (2021) September 25, 2021 pp. 242-253

Supervised Machine Learning Classification Algorithms for Detection of Fracture Location in Dissimilar Friction Stir Welded Joints

Akshansh Mishra, Apoorv Vats

Machine Learning focuses on the study of algorithms that are mathematical or statistical in nature in order to extract the required information pattern from the available data. Supervised Machine Learning algorithms are further sub-divided…

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Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Views: 1,174 Downloads: 602 Vol. 15, No. 55 (2021) December 28, 2020 pp. 289-301

Microstructural and mechanical characterization of a stainless-steel wire mesh–reinforced Al-matrix composite: Bimatallic components for lightweight design

Paolo Ferro, Alberto Fabrizi, Franco Bonollo, Filippo Berto

The microstructure and mechanical properties of stainless-steel AISI 304 wire mesh–reinforced AlSi9Cu-matrix composite specimens obtained by gravity casting were investigated. Optical and scanning electron microscope analyses were carried…

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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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Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Views: 1,078 Downloads: 672 Vol. 15, No. 56 (2021) March 28, 2021 pp. 160-170

Investigations on tensile fractography and wear characteristics of Al7075-Al2O3-SiC Hybrid Metal Matrix Composites routed through liquid metallurgical techniques

M. Ravikumar, R. Suresh, H. N. Reddappa, Y. S. Ram Mohan, C. R. Nagaraja, E. R. Babu

The Al₂O₃-SiC reinforced Al7075 Metal Matrix Composite (MMCs) is fabricated through liquid metallurgical technique. Ceramic particulates were amalgamated into aluminium alloy to achieve improved mechanical properties and wear resistance.…

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