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Analytical, computational and physical models Views: 582 Downloads: 400 Vol. 18, No. 70 (2024) August 12, 2024 pp. 105-120

Numerical study of the influence of the parameters of statistical distribution of the structural elements’ ultimate strength on deformable bodies’ fracture processes

Eugeniia Feklistova, Artur Mugatarov, Valeriy Wildemann

This work is dedicated to the numerical study of the influence of the parameters of statistical distribution of the structural elements’ ultimate strength on fracture processes of deformable bodies with stress concentrators. The loading…

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Structural Integrity and Safety: Experimental and Numerical Perspectives Views: 1,326 Downloads: 1,433 Vol. 17, No. 63 (2023) December 21, 2022 pp. 206-233

Numerical nonlinear analysis of RC beans with un-strengthened and CFRP-strengthened opening drilled under service loads within shear zones

Magdy Khalaf, L. Aboul-Nour, M. Khater, M. Ibrahim

Current research paper deals with reinforced concrete (R.C.) beams numerical modeling and suggested strengthening procedure if it is required to create an opening within their shear zones. Strengthening is assumed to be achieved during…

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Details: Numerical nonlinear analysis of RC beans with un-strengthened and CFRP-strengthened opening drilled under service loads within shear zones PDF Visual Abstract

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Miscellanea Views: 910 Downloads: 716 Vol. 10, No. 38 (2016) October 3, 2016 pp. Pages 135-140

Theorical study on mechanical properties of AZ31B Magnesium alloy Sheets under multiaxial loading

A. Znaidi, O. Daghfas, S. Guellouz, R. Nasri

Numerical simulation by plastic deformation of the shaping processes currently has a large industrial interest. It allows you to shorten the time of design and construction related products and tools to analyze and to optimize processes.…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,137 Downloads: 748 Vol. 3, No. 9 (2009) pp. pages 76-84

Fatigue design of welded joints using the finite element method and the 2007 ASME Div. 2 Master curve

T. Marin, G. Nicoletto

Fatigue design of welded structures is primarily based on a nominal stress; hot spot stress methods or local approaches each having several limitations when coupled with finite element modeling. An alternative recent structural stress…

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Miscellanea Views: 522 Downloads: 453 Vol. 13, No. 49 (2019) June 27, 2019 pp. 547-556

A 3D analysis of crack-front shape of asymmetric repaired aluminum panels with composite patches

Abdelkader Djebli, El Hadj Besseghier, Mostefa Bendouba, Abdelghani Baltach, Abdelkrim Aid

Through this study, a numerical simulation based on 3D in order to investigate the effect of Crack-front shape on the stress intensity factor and fatigue crack growth behavior of center cracked aluminum plate repaired asymmetrically with a…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,086 Downloads: 806 Vol. 8, No. 30 (2014) September 8, 2014 pp. pages 317-326

Mechanical behavior of a sandwich with corrugated GRP core: numerical modeling and experimental validation

D. Tumino, T. Ingrassia, V. Nigrelli, G. Pitarresi, V. Urso Miano

In this work the mechanical behaviour of a core reinforced composite sandwich structure is studied. The sandwich employs a Glass Reinforced Polymer (GRP) orthotropic material for both the two external skins and the inner core web. In…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 565 Downloads: 307 Vol. 19, No. 74 (2025) August 26, 2025 pp. 171-192

Behavior of steel columns with double curvature: a numerical simulation and design-oriented parametric study

Hamda Guedaoura, Mohammed Benzerara, Nadia Gouider, Yazid Hadidane, Anfel Chaima Hadidane

This research present a novel investigation, which focuses on the numerical exploration of steel columns having a double curvature, built with both hollow square and circular cross-sections. A finite element model was initially created…

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Miscellanea Views: 953 Downloads: 490 Vol. 11, No. 39 (2017) December 15, 2016 pp. Pages 62-71

Experiment and numerical modeling suspended ceiling with identification of working diagram material

J. Flodr, O. Sucharda, D. Mikolasek

The aim of this topic is to describe creating of working diagrams of structural materials. These will be used as input parameters for nonlinear analysis of real structures. Working diagrams of construction material are derived from…

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Analytical, computational and physical models Views: 1,353 Downloads: 765 Vol. 18, No. 69 (2024) May 10, 2024 pp. 154-180

A Numerical Study on Predicting Bond-Slip Relationship of Reinforced Concrete using Surface Based Cohesive Behavior

Minhajul Bari Prince, Debasish Sen

Overall structural integrity and load transfer between concrete and reinforcement enabling composite action relies on the bond between concrete and reinforcement. Bond strength determination of reinforced concrete is an essential task that…

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Miscellanea Views: 986 Downloads: 490 Vol. 10, No. 35 (2016) December 29, 2015 pp. pages 142-151

Damage and failure modeling of lotus-type porous material subjected to low-cycle fatigue

J. Kramberger, K. Sterkuš, S. Glodež

The investigation of low-cycle fatigue behaviour of lotus-type porous material is presented in this paper. Porous materials exhibit some unique features which are useful for a number of various applications. This paper evaluates a…

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Fatigue and Fracture of metallic alloys Views: 655 Downloads: 644 Vol. 18, No. 67 (2024) December 17, 2023 pp. 43-57

Fracture Simulation of Concrete Beams to assess softening behavior by varying different fractions of Aggregates

H. S. Vishwanatha, S. Muralidhara, B. K. Raghu Prasad

Simulating the concrete fracture unlike other elastic and brittle materials quite different due to its quasibrittleness. The present research focussed on assess softening behavior by varying different fractions of aggregates and cement…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,530 Downloads: 626 Vol. 7, No. 25 (2013) April 11, 2013 pp. Pages 130-137

Role of plasticity-induced crack closure in fatigue crack growth

Jesús Toribio, Viktor Kharin

The premature contact of crack surfaces attributable to the near-tip plastic deformations under cyclic loading, which is commonly referred to as plasticity induced crack closure (PICC), has long been focused as supposedly controlling…

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Miscellanea Views: 904 Downloads: 632 Vol. 16, No. 62 (2022) September 22, 2022 pp. 107-125

Experimental and numerical investigation of gap K-joints of rectangular hollow section trusses

Faycal Slimani, Mohammed Benzerara, Messaoud Saidani

This paper is concerned with investigating of the plastic behaviour on gap K-joints of truss girders, made from thin-walled rectangular hollow section members. An experimental study was carried out on a full-scale girder under a…

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SI: Additive Manufacturing Views: 757 Downloads: 560 Vol. 14, No. 51 (2020) December 13, 2019 pp. 534-540

Local scale fracture characterization of an advanced structured material manufactured by fused deposition modeling in 3D printing.

Joseph Marae Djouda, Donato Gallittelli, Marouene Zouaoui, Ali Makke, Julien Gardan, Naman Recho, Jérôme Crépin

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a promising way to produce complex structures by adding layers. It arises great interest both in industrial and academic sectors to develop new advanced structured material. To benefit from its advantages, it…

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Miscellanea Views: 700 Downloads: 380 Vol. 10, No. 37 (2016) June 13, 2016 pp. 15-21

Numerical simulation of early-age shrinkage effects on RC member deflections and cracking development

P. Bernardi, R. Cerioni, E. Michelini, A. Sirico

Shrinkage effects on short-term behavior of reinforced concrete elements are often neglected both in design code provisions and in numerical simulations. However, it is known that their influence on serviceability performance can be…

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Miscellanea Views: 870 Downloads: 718 Vol. 11, No. 39 (2017) December 15, 2016 pp. Pages 38-46

Inverse identification of the material parameters of a nonlinear concrete constitutive model based on the triaxial compression strength testing

Petr Král, Petr Hradil, Ji?í Kala

The aim of this paper is to perform the inverse identification of the material parameters of a nonlinear constitutive model intended for the modeling of concrete which is known as the Karagozian & Case Concrete model. At present, inverse…

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Fatigue and Fracture of metallic alloys Views: 806 Downloads: 538 Vol. 18, No. 68 (2024) February 19, 2024 pp. 255-266

Metastability, adiabatic shear bands initiation and plastic strain localization in the AMg6 alloy under dynamic loading

Mikhail Sokovikov, Sergey Uvarov, Mikhail Simonov, Vasiliy Chudinov, Oleg Naimark

New conception of adiabatic shear bands (ASB) and adiabatic shear failure mechanisms are proposed as special type of critical phenomen, structural-scaling transition, in the ensembles of microshears, governed by the characteristic…

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Miscellanea Views: 787 Downloads: 469 Vol. 10, No. 35 (2016) December 29, 2015 pp. pages 98-107

A non-linear procedure for the numerical analysis of crack development in beams failing in shear

P. Bernardi, R. Cerioni, E. Michelini, A. Sirico

In this work, a consistent formulation for the representation of concrete behavior before and after cracking has been implemented into a non-linear model for the analysis of reinforced concrete structures, named 2D-PARC. Several researches…

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Structural Integrity and Durability of Structures Views: 624 Downloads: 578 Vol. 15, No. 56 (2021) March 28, 2021 pp. 203-216

Experimental study and modeling of the mechanical behavior of recycled aggregates-based high-strength concrete

Kheira Camellia Nehar, Dalila Benamara

Concrete, a material of prime importance, is widely used in various works. Among the raw materials composing concrete, aggregates come first. It is widely acknowledged that the consumption of natural aggregates increases with the growth in…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,156 Downloads: 883 Vol. 7, No. 25 (2013) April 11, 2013 pp. Pages 79-86

Is notch sensitivity a stress analysis problem?

Jaime Tupiassú Pinho de Castro, Marco Antonio Meggiolaro

Semi–empirical notch sensitivity factors q have been widely used to properly account for notch effects in fatigue design for a long time. However, the intrinsically empirical nature of this old concept can be avoided by modeling it using…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 1,353 Downloads: 368 Vol. 18, No. 70 (2024) September 1, 2024 pp. 210-226

An interface-based microscopic model for the failure analysis of masonry structures reinforced with timber retrofit solutions

Fabrizio Greco, Lorenzo Leonetti, Paolo Lonetti, Paolo Nevone Blasi, Arturo Pascuzzo, Giacinto Porco

This paper presents a refined Finite Element (FE) modeling strategy for analyzing the failure behavior of regular masonry structures reinforced with timber-based retrofit solutions. The proposed model schematizes the masonry as brick…

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Miscellanea Views: 847 Downloads: 625 Vol. 16, No. 62 (2022) September 22, 2022 pp. 364-384

Seismic vulnerability analysis of reinforced concrete frame with infill wall considering in-plane and out-of-plane interactions

Dan Wang

The seismic performance of a building hinges on the seismic capacity and damage features of the reinforced concrete (RC) frame with masonry infill walls. To reasonably evaluate the seismic performance and seismic economic loss of masonry…

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Miscellanea Views: 816 Downloads: 409 Vol. 10, No. 36 (2016) March 22, 2016 pp. Pages 8-26

Modeling of edge cracks interaction

V. Petrova, S. Schmauder, A. Shashkin

From experimental and theoretical investigations it is known that cracks are sensitive to geometry, e.g., to the inclination angle to the load. A small deviation of a crack from the normal direction to a tensile load causes mixed mode…

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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)…

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Miscellanea Views: 896 Downloads: 361 Vol. 8, No. 29 (2014) July 9, 2014 pp. pages 343-350

A numerical framework for simulating fluid-structure interaction phenomena

A. De Rosis, S. de Miranda, C. Burrafato, F. Ubertini

In this paper, a numerical tool able to solve fluid-structure interaction problems is proposed. The lattice Boltzmann method is used to compute fluid dynamics, while the corotational finite element formulation together with the Time…

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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: 1,073 Downloads: 813 Vol. 17, No. 65 (2023) June 22, 2023 pp. 208-223

Investigation into effective mechanical properties of porous material produced by the additive manufacturing method

Mahdi Fakoor, Seyed Mohammad Javad Tabatabaee

Porous materials are defined as materials that contain holes, voids, or spaces in their structures, which can be interconnected or isolated. In the most complex forms of these materials, the holes can have irregular shapes with a random…

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Analytical, Numerical and Physical Models Views: 584 Downloads: 760 Vol. 14, No. 53 (2020) July 19, 2020 pp. 417-425

Modeling of mechanical behavior of cork in compression

Younès Saadallah

The present work consists of a contribution in modeling the mechanical behavior of cork in compression. For this purpose, compression tests are performed in the non-radial direction on high density reproduction cork samples. Cork shows…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,331 Downloads: 630 Vol. 11, No. 39 (2017) December 15, 2016 pp. Pages 29-37

Effect of cracking and randomness of inputs on corrosion initiation of reinforced concrete bridge decks exposed to chlorides

P. Konecny, P. Lehner

The paper is aimed at the indicative evaluation of the effect of random scatter of input parameters in case of durability of reinforced concrete bridge deck. The time to onset of corrosion of steel reinforcement of concrete bridge deck…

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SI: Steels and Composites for Engineering Structures Views: 567 Downloads: 577 Vol. 16, No. 59 (2022) December 22, 2021 pp. 188-197

DEM investigation on strain localization in a dense periodic granular assembly with high coordination number

Trung-Kien Nguyen, Thanh-Trung Vo, Nhu-Hoang Nguyen

Strain localization is one of key phenomena which have been studied extensively in geomaterials and for different kinds of materials including metals and polymers. This well-known phenomenon appears when structure/material is closed to…

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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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Fatigue and Fracture of non metallic materials Views: 112 Downloads: 86 Vol. 20, No. 77 (2026) May 3, 2026 pp. 217-229

Flexural performance of FDM-fabricated PLA composites reinforced with short carbon fiber

R. Keshavamurthy, Raghu Yogaraju, G. S. Pradeep Kumar, Mallikarjun Biradar, B. K. Pavan kumar, S. Mohan Kumar, Shijo Thomas

Adding short carbon fiber reinforcement to thermoplastic matrices can improve the mechanical performance of additively manufactured polymer-based composites. This work examines the flexural behavior of Fused Deposition Modeling…

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Failure Analysis and Forensic Engineering Views: 500 Downloads: 387 Vol. 18, No. 70 (2024) September 5, 2024 pp. 242-256

Tool wear evaluation of self-propelled rotary tool and conventional round tool during turning Inconel 718

Satish Chinchanikar, Nitin Motgi

Enhancing the machinability of difficult-to-cut materials is imperative, and a non-conventional rotary tool has shown high potential when machining these materials. This work comparatively evaluates the tool wear of conventional round…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.70.14

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Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Views: 935 Downloads: 510 Vol. 16, No. 62 (2022) September 22, 2022 pp. 613-623

The P-h2 relationship as a function of (hf/hm) in indentation

Samir Habibi

In the present study, a semi-empirical modeling of the mechanical response in pile-up mode is obtained by deriving the load-depth relationship during the indentation loading cycle. The advantage compared to the relations previously used is…

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Analytical, Numerical and Physical Models Views: 926 Downloads: 652 Vol. 14, No. 51 (2020) December 7, 2019 pp. 236-253

Finite Element Modeling of the Behavior of a Hollow Cylinder in a Hydrogen-Containing Environment

Assia Amina Lakhdari, Serguey A. Bubnov, Aissa Seddak, Ilya I. Ovchinnikov, Igor G. Ovchinnikov

The two main research orientations on the problem of hydrogen embrittlement are examined: the study of fundamental principles and the disclosure of micromechanisms and the relation between hydrogen embrittlement and metal aging; the…

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SI: Damage Mechanics of materials and structures Views: 591 Downloads: 462 Vol. 19, No. 72 (2025) March 24, 2025 pp. 247-262

Predicting the strength of 3D-printed conductive composite under tensile load: A probabilistic modeling and experimental study

Nassima Naboulsi, Fatima Majid, Taoufik Hachimi, Najoua Barhoumi, Kaouthar Khlifi, Soufyan Dadoun

Conductive PLA is an innovative composite material that combines the ecological benefits of polylactic acid, a biodegradable thermoplastic, with electrical conductivity properties. Usually used in additive manufacturing for its ease of…

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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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Miscellanea Views: 918 Downloads: 0 Vol. 8, No. 29 (2014) July 9, 2014 pp. pages 178-195

A 3D mixed frame element with multi-axial coupling for thin-walled structures with damage

D. Addessi, P. Di Re

A 3D mixed beam finite element is presented, modeling the warping of the cross-sections as an independent kinematic field. The beam formulation is derived on the basis of the Hu-Washizu variational principle, expressed as function of four…

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Miscellanea Views: 920 Downloads: 628 Vol. 16, No. 59 (2022) December 22, 2021 pp. 153-171

Numerical investigation of the cold-formed I-beams bending strength with different web shapes

Nadia Kouider, Yazid Hadidane, Mohammed Benzerara

The wide use of cold-formed sections (CFS) in the field of steel constructions, favored by the multiple advantages they offer (lightness, ease of installation, etc.), has led us to reflect on a new process for manufacture of metal beams…

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Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Views: 854 Downloads: 717 Vol. 13, No. 50 (2019) August 10, 2019 pp. 126-140

The Effects of Ply Orientation on Nonlinear Buckling of Aircraft composite Stiffened Panel

Ouadia Mouhat, Abdelmajid Bybi, Ahmed El Bouhmidi, Mohamed Rougui

In this paper, gradual demand for curved, stiffened panels composite emerged from carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP); these are structures that are frequently used in aerospace engineering. Up to 50% of the primary structure of the…

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SI: Modeling in Structural Integrity Views: 392 Downloads: 229 Vol. 19, No. 74 (2025) September 21, 2025 pp. 415-421

Numerical and experimental analysis of mechanical and fatigue properties of special shaped 3D printed sample

David Juračka, David Bujdoš, Petr Lehner

Research in the field of property analysis of 3D printed structural elements raises many new questions. A major challenge is to understand the behavior of the material, as the raw material and the resulting printed sample cannot be…

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Impact & Dynamics Views: 775 Downloads: 593 Vol. 18, No. 67 (2024) December 17, 2023 pp. 205-216

Effect of Pre-tensioning Force on Behavior of Buckling Restrained Brace (BRB) Supported by Double Pre-tensioning System

Mohamed Selim, Muhammad E. Kamel, Eman Elshamy, Mohamed Emara

The study explores the feasibility of a new all-steel buckling restrained brace (BRB) with the double pre-tensioning system as an alternative to conventional concentrically braced frames by using finite element method (ABAQUS program), And…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 237 Downloads: 137 Vol. 20, No. 77 (2026) April 25, 2026 pp. 173-206

Mechanical characterization and crack propagation in Additively Manufactured Polymers using Digital Image Correlation: a review

Taoufik Hachimi, Najat Zekriti, Fouad Ait Hmazi, Hamza Bagar, Hatim El Assad, Nassima Naboulsi

While Additive Manufacturing (AM) of polymers has matured from rapid prototyping to functional production, the layer-wise fabrication process introduces significant mechanical anisotropy and microstructural heterogeneity, which complicates…

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SI: IGF25 – International Conference 2019 Views: 727 Downloads: 450 Vol. 14, No. 51 (2020) December 3, 2019 pp. 410-422

Numerical modeling based on moving mesh method to simulate fast crack propagation

Francesco Fabbrocino, Marco Francesco Funari, Fabrizio Greco, Paolo Lonetti, Raimondo Luciano

An analysis to show the capability of moving mesh strategy to predict dynamic crack growth phenomena in 2D continuum media is proposed. The numerical method is implemented in the framework of the finite element method, which is coupled…

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SI: Modeling in Structural Integrity Views: 660 Downloads: 447 Vol. 19, No. 72 (2025) March 19, 2025 pp. 211-224

Experimental and Computational Study on the Tensile and Flexural Properties of Polylactic Acid filled with Boron Nitride Nanoplatelets

Harishbabu Sundarasetty, Santosh Kumar Sahu

Our research described in this paper focused on fabricating and characterising polylactic acid (PLA) composites reinforced with randomly dispersed boron nitride nanoplatelets (BNNP). The integrated experimental analysis with the Finite…

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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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SI: Russian mechanics contributions for Structural Integrity Views: 553 Downloads: 402 Vol. 13, No. 49 (2019) June 16, 2019 pp. 370-382

Simulation of deformation and fracture processes in nanocomposites

Alexander Vasilyevich Vakhrushev, A.Y. Fedotov

The paper studies the processes of deformation and fracture in nanocomposites. The study was curry out by the method of mathematical modeling. The behavior of the nanosystem was described by the molecular dynamics apparatus. A modified…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.49.37

Details: Simulation of deformation and fracture processes in nanocomposites PDF Visual Abstract

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SI: New Trends in Structural Health Monitoring Views: 445 Downloads: 387 Vol. 18, No. 70 (2024) August 19, 2024 pp. 177-191

Enhancing Generalizability of a Machine Learning Model for Infrared Thermographic Defect Detection by Using 3D Numerical Modeling

Vladimir Vavilov, Arsenii Chulkov, Alexey Moskovchenko

The paper describes the implementation of 3D numerical simulation in machine learning models used in infrared thermographic nondestructive testing. The enhancement of generalizability of such models emerges as a decisive factor for…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.70.10

Details: Enhancing Generalizability of a Machine Learning Model for Infrared Thermographic Defect Detection by Using 3D Numerical Modeling PDF Visual Abstract

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Structural Integrity and Durability of Structures Views: 767 Downloads: 744 Vol. 17, No. 64 (2023) March 21, 2023 pp. 121-136

Evaluating the Safety and the Effect of Blast Loading on the Shotcrete together with lattice girder Support of Tunnels

Farnoosh Basaligheh, Hamidreza Karimi Tabar, Majid Nikkhah

Damage to tunnels caused by explosions may damage the support structure and the stability. This damage is due to either blasting the working face for drilling progress or an explosion inside the tunnel. The present study investigates the…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.64.08

Details: Evaluating the Safety and the Effect of Blast Loading on the Shotcrete together with lattice girder Support of Tunnels PDF Visual Abstract

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Analytical, Numerical and Physical Models Views: 907 Downloads: 766 Vol. 14, No. 52 (2020) March 3, 2020 pp. 230-246

Numerical modeling of bending, buckling, and vibration of functionally graded beams by using a higher-order shear deformation theory

Nabil Hebbar, Imène Hebbar, Djamel Ouinas, Mohamed Bourada

The objective of this work is to analyze the behavior beams functionally graded, simply supported, under different conditions such as bending, buckling, and vibration and this by use shear deformation theories a two-dimensional (2D) and…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.52.18

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