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Structural Integrity and Safety: Experimental and Numerical Perspectives Views: 899 Downloads: 562 Vol. 16, No. 59 (2022) December 22, 2021 pp. 212-231

Numerical analysis of the elastic-plastic behavior of a tubular structure in FGM under pressure and defect presence

Kouider Madani, A. Houari, A.S. Bouchikhi, M. Mokhtari

Given the field of application and the many advantages, the use of FGM (Functionally Graded Materials) materials has recently been extended in several components and more particularly in cylindrical structures, which have been the subject…

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SI: Russian mechanics contributions for Structural Integrity Views: 525 Downloads: 345 Vol. 13, No. 49 (2019) May 31, 2019 pp. 814-830

Analysis of spatial vibrations of piezoceramic eccentric cylindrical shells interacting with an annular fluid layer

Sergei Lekomtsev, Sergey Bochkarev, Alexander Senin

The work is devoted to a numerical study of the behavior of vertically oriented eccentric (non-coaxial) electroelastic shells, containing a fluid in the gap between them. The solution of the problem is found in the framework of a…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 421 Downloads: 301 Vol. 20, No. 75 (2026) October 25, 2025 pp. 179-199

Optimization of austenitic and ferritic steels for deep drawing. Part 2: FEM analyses with damage development.

Andrea Casaroli, Edoardo Scabini, Marco Virginio Boniardi, Riccardo Andreotti, Barbara Rivolta

Deep drawing of sheet metal is a crucial industrial process due to its high productivity and low cost per unit produced. Stainless steels are ideal for this process, given their high deformability compared to other steels. Despite its…

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Analytical, Numerical and Physical Models Views: 521 Downloads: 406 Vol. 14, No. 54 (2020) September 23, 2020 pp. 169-181

Numerical analysis of circular and square section concrete filled aluminum tubes under axial compression

Pan Jinlong, Li Guanhua, Jingming Cai

In this paper, the finite element (FE) method was used to investigate the axial compressive behaviors of circular and square concrete filled aluminum tubes (CFAT). Firstly, the simulational results were compared with the experimental…

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SI: Modeling in Structural Integrity Views: 443 Downloads: 303 Vol. 19, No. 74 (2025) September 4, 2025 pp. 217-226

The static and modal analysis of concrete tank filled with water

Alexander Filip, Katarina Tvrda, Mária Minárová

Tanks and reservoirs are structural systems designed for storing various liquids, gravels, granular or other bulk materials. Special attention is usually given to the potable water storage. Regarding the increasing scarcity of clean water…

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SI: IGF25 – International Conference 2019 Views: 468 Downloads: 313 Vol. 14, No. 51 (2020) December 9, 2019 pp. 459-466

Stress-strain assessment of plain dents in gas pipelines

Yaroslav Dubyk, Iryna Seliverstova

Paper presents the analytical solution of the stress-strain state for a dented pipeline, based on the method of equivalent loads. First off all solution for a harmonic imperfection is found, then using Fourier series expansion a…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,082 Downloads: 1,183 Vol. 13, No. 48 (2019) March 2, 2019 pp. 385-399

Fatigue Strength Analysis of Bogie Frame In Consideration of Parameter Uncertainty

Bingzhi Chen, Pengpeng Zhi, Yonghua Li

In this paper, a fatigue strength analysis approach based on Goodman-Smith fatigue limit diagram （GSFLD） and reliability theory is proposed to solve the problem that the traditional fatigue strength analysis of bogie frame is too…

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SI: Modeling in Structural Integrity Views: 514 Downloads: 278 Vol. 20, No. 75 (2026) October 21, 2025 pp. 124-156

Elasto-plastic truss optimization under geometric nonlinearity using a genetic algorithm

Péter Grubits, Pálma Porrogi, Majid Movahedi Rad

This paper presents an advanced optimization methodology for truss structures, addressing both elasto-plastic design cases—where plastic deformations are controlled within predefined limits—and purely elastic scenarios, in which inelastic…

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

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

Dmitry Ledon

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

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Fatigue Views: 829 Downloads: 782 Vol. 15, No. 55 (2021) December 28, 2020 pp. 316-326

Numerical analysis and thermal fatigue life prediction of solder layer in a SiC-IGBT power module

Dianhao Zhang, Xiao-guang Huang, Bin-liang Cheng, Neng Zhang

Limited by the mechanical properties of materials, silicon (Si) carbide insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) can no longer meet the requirements of high power and high frequency electronic devices. Silicon carbide (SiC) IGBT…

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SI: Russian mechanics contributions for Structural Integrity Views: 557 Downloads: 413 Vol. 13, No. 49 (2019) June 26, 2019 pp. 212-224

Algorithms for calculation damage processes

Aleksandr Dmitrievich Nikitin, Nikolay G. Burago, Ilia S. Nikitin, Boris A. Stratula

The paper reviews the existing approaches to calculating the destruction of solids. The main attention is paid to algorithms using a unified approach to the calculation of deformation both for nondestructive and for the destroyed states of…

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Miscellanea Views: 831 Downloads: 595 Vol. 6, No. 19 (2012) December 20, 2011

Damage localization and rupture with gradient damage models

K. Pham, J.-J. Marigo

We propose a method of construction of non homogeneous solutions to the problem of traction ofa bar made of an elastic-damaging material whose softening behavior is regularized by a gradient damage model.We show that, for sufficiently long…

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Structural Integrity and Durability of Structures Views: 836 Downloads: 518 Vol. 16, No. 62 (2022) September 22, 2022 pp. 349-363

Beam-like damage detection methodology using wavelet damage ratio and additional roving mass

Juliana C. Santos, Marcus V. G. de Morais, Marcela R. Machado, Ramon Silva, Erwin U. L. Palechor, Welington V. Silva

Early damage detection plays an essential role in the safe and satisfactory maintenance of structures. This work investigates techniques use only damaged structure responses. A Timoshenko beam was modeled in finite element method, and an…

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SI: Russian mechanics contributions for Structural Integrity Views: 1,776 Downloads: 979 Vol. 16, No. 61 (2022) June 19, 2022 pp. 419-436

Finite-element study of residual stress distribution in Ti-6Al-4V alloy treated by laser shock peening with varying parameters

Anastasiia Kostina, Maxim Zhelnin, Elena Gachegova, Alexander Prokhorov, Aleksei Vshivkov, Oleg Plekhov, Sathya Swaroop

Laser shock peening (LSP) is used to enhance surface quality of the metallic structures by the generation of compressive residual stresses on it. This work studies the effect of the main LSP parameters on residual stress fields by the…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,183 Downloads: 744 Vol. 10, No. 38 (2016) pp. Pages 339-350

Process of cracking in reinforced concrete beams (simulation and experiment)

I. N. Shardakov, A. P. Shestakov, I.O. Glot, A.A. Bykov

The paper presents the results of experimental and theoretical investigations of the mechanisms of crack formation in reinforced concrete beams subjected to quasi-static bending. The boundary-value problem has been formulated in the…

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Miscellanea Views: 718 Downloads: 452 Vol. 5, No. 15 (2011) December 15, 2010 pp. pages 5-13

Experimental and numerical study of cemented bone-implant interface behavior

D. Kytyr, T. Doktor, O. Jirousek, P. Zlamal, D. Pokorny

Although the total hip replacement (THR) is a long-proven method of surgical treatment of diseases and disorders of the human hip, the surgery brings some risk of long-term instability of the joint. The aim of the research was to…

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Fatigue Views: 607 Downloads: 445 Vol. 15, No. 57 (2021) June 22, 2021 pp. 182-194

Numerical modeling of the contact effect on the parameters of cracking in a 2D Fatigue Fretting Model

Mohammed Bentahar, Habib Benzaama, Mahmoudi Noureddin

The objective of this work is to study the effects of contact parameters on the cracking parameters of a specimen and a pad assembly. These parameters have been studied and evaluated by the finite element method analysis in two dimensions…

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SI: Crack Paths - CP2024 Views: 598 Downloads: 790 Vol. 19, No. 72 (2025) March 23, 2025 pp. 236-246

Effect of fracture energy estimation on the predictions of mode II behavior of bonded joints using cohesive zone models

Michele Perrella, Enrico Armentani, Giuseppe Lamanna, Valentino Paolo Berardi

Fracture behavior of adhesive joints is an important topic in structural design of new structural elements or in retrofitting of existing ones. The mechanical models available in literature capable of predicting the failure mode of these…

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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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SI: Steels and Composites for Engineering Structures Views: 874 Downloads: 571 Vol. 15, No. 58 (2021) September 25, 2021 pp. 308-318

Evaluating structural safety of trusses using Machine Learning

Tran-Hieu Nguyen, Anh-Tuan Vu

In this paper, a machine learning-based framework is developed to quickly evaluate the structural safety of trusses. Three numerical examples of a 10-bar truss, a 25-bar truss, and a 47-bar truss are used to illustrate the proposed…

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SI: IGF27 - 27th International Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity Views: 590 Downloads: 529 Vol. 18, No. 68 (2024) February 15, 2024 pp. 1-18

Revisiting classical concepts of Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics - Part II: Stretching finite strips weakened by single edge parabolically-shaped notches

Christos F. Markides, Stavros K Kourkoulis

This is the second part of a short three-paper series, aiming to revisit some classical concepts of Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics. Being the intermediate step of the analysis between infinite domains (discussed in Part-I) and finite…

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Analytical, Numerical and Physical Models Views: 1,372 Downloads: 537 Vol. 13, No. 50 (2019) September 20, 2019 pp. 667-683

Numerical simulation of subsurface defect identification by pulsed thermography and improvement of this technique for noisy data

Oleg Plekhov, Anastasiya Kostina, Sergey Aizikovich

Pulsed thermography is an active non-destructive technique which uses optical excitation source to stimulate heating of the object under investigation. This work is devoted to the simulation of the pulsed thermography method in a steel…

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Miscellanea Views: 535 Downloads: 351 Vol. 13, No. 48 (2019) March 21, 2019 pp. 768-792

An uncoupled thermoelasticity problem for a semi-infinite layer with regard of its proper weight

Anna Fesenko, Nataly Vaysfeld

The exact solution of the uncoupled thermoelasticity problem for a semi-infinite elastic layer with regard of its proper weight was constructed. The solving method is differ from the known previous and is based on reducing of Lame…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,439 Downloads: 607 Vol. 13, No. 47 (2019) December 2, 2018 pp. 104-125

Fatigue assessment of welded joints by means of the Strain Energy Density method: Numerical predictions and comparison with Eurocode 3: Numerical predictions and comparison with Eurocode 3

Pietro Foti, Filippo Berto, Stefano Filippi

The main aim of the present work is to investigate the effects of different parameters on the fatigue strength of four different welded details through an energetic approach based on the Strain Energy Density failure criteria. The results…

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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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