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SI: IGF25 – International Conference 2019 Views: 545 Downloads: 433 Vol. 14, No. 51 (2020) December 3, 2019 pp. 275-287

Local zigzag effects and brittle delamination fracture of n-layered beams using a structural theory with three displacement variables

Roberta Massabò, Ilaria Monetto

Equivalent single layer theories for layered beams effectively and accurately predict global displacements and internal force and moment resultants using a limited number of displacement variables. However, they cannot reproduce local…

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SI: Developments in the fracture and fatigue assessment of materials Views: 900 Downloads: 574 Vol. 12, No. 46 (2018) September 22, 2018 pp. 54-61

A progessive damage fatigue model for unidirectional laminated composites based on finite element analysis: theory and practice

Michael Hack, D. Carrella-Payan, B. Magneville, T. Naito, Y. Urushiyama, W. Yamazaki, T. Yokozeki, W. Van Paepegem

The simulation of the fatigue damage of laminated composites under multi-axial and variable amplitude loadings has to deal with several new challenges and several methods of damage modelling. In this paper we present how to account for the…

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SI: Portuguese contributions for Structural Integrity Views: 1,173 Downloads: 1,222 Vol. 13, No. 48 (2019) March 10, 2019 pp. 676-692

Stress Intensity Factor Solutions for CTS Mixed Mode Specimen

Fernando Ventura Antunes, Ricardo Branco, José António Martins Ferreira, Luís Borrego

The Compact Tension Shear (CTS) specimen is used to study fracture and fatigue under mixed mode I/II loading conditions. Existing K solution was developed for fracture studies and it does not consider the effect of crack deflection. The…

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Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Views: 726 Downloads: 515 Vol. 14, No. 52 (2020) January 30, 2020 pp. 128-136

Three-dimensional Numerical Analysis of a Joint Bonded Reinforced with Silica Nanoparticles (SiO2)

Noureddine Djebbar, Rachid Hadj Boulenouar, Benali Boutabout

Nanostructured adhesives may be defined as those materials whose elements imbedded in an epoxy matrix have dimensions in the 1 to 100 nm range. One of the most interesting aspects of ceramic nanoparticles is that their mechanical…

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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…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 890 Downloads: 339 Vol. 19, No. 72 (2025) January 9, 2025 pp. 34-45

Improved flexural behaviour of reinforced concrete beam strengthened using stainless steel wire mesh

Shail Shah, Parth Raithatha, Sunil Raiyani

The paper presents an experimental investigation of the flexural behaviour of reinforced concrete (RC) beam elements strengthened externally with stainless steel wire mesh (SSWM). SSWM has the potential to be an alternative composite…

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SI: Fracture Mechanics versus Environment Views: 611 Downloads: 349 Vol. 13, No. 50 (2019) September 9, 2019 pp. 595-601

Effect of Environmental Conditions on the Resistance of Damaged Composite Materials

Sidi Mohammed Amine Khiat, Ramdane Zenasni, Mawloud Hamdi

The present paper proposes a strength model for unidirectional composites with Lin/Epoxy. The model assumes that, a central core of broken fibers flanked by unbroken fibers which are subject to stress concentrations from the broken fibers.…

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Fatigue and Fracture of metallic alloys Views: 729 Downloads: 541 Vol. 18, No. 68 (2024) February 15, 2024 pp. 159-174

Using the wavelet transform to process data from experimental studies of the discontinuous plastic deformation effect

Evgeniia Chechulina, Peter Trusov

Vast number of theoretical and experimental works has been devoted to the study of discontinuous plastic deformation (the Portevin-Le Chatelier effect), which manifests itself for most widely used alloys in certain ranges of both…

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Failure Analysis, Case Studies and Forensic Engineering Views: 939 Downloads: 704 Vol. 15, No. 55 (2021) December 28, 2020 pp. 110-118

Fatigue loading characteristic for the composite steel-concrete beams

Ahmed I.Hassanin, Hesham M. Fawzy, Ahmed I. Elsheikh

During the past few decades, composite beams (steel I beam and concrete slab) have had a wide range of uses, particularly in bridge construction. This is due to its relatively low economic cost compared to individual steel structures or…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 66 Downloads: 25 Vol. 20, No. 77 (2026) May 25, 2026 pp. 316-339

Parametric analysis of carbon nanofiber effects on mechanical properties and abrasion resistance of GF/PPS hybrid composites

Suresha B, Arun Y C, Ravishankar R, Pradeep Kumar V G, Tejas M R

The focus of this research was to investigate the effects of carbon nanofiber (CNF) reinforcement on the mechanical performance, interfacial characteristics, and abrasive wear behavior of short glass fiber/polyphenylene sulfide (GF/PPS)…

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Miscellanea Views: 804 Downloads: 780 Vol. 12, No. 45 (2018) June 21, 2018 pp. 135-146

Influence of limestone dust and natural pozzolan on engineering properties of self-compacting repair mortars

Mohamed Ghrici, Said Choucha, Mohamed Ghrici, Ahmed Omran

The main goal of this work is the formulation of a self-compacting repair mortars (SCRMs) containing limestone dust (LD) and natural pozzolan (NP). For this purpose, a control mortar (SCRM-0) and two different mortars types, one with 10%…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 400 Downloads: 310 Vol. 19, No. 74 (2025) August 16, 2025 pp. 115-128

An experimental study on the rehabilitation performance of CFRP-strengthened bubble deck slabs: effects of void size and preloading levels

Abdulkhalik Abdulridha, Muntadher Bader

This study examines the rehabilitation performance of reinforced concrete bubble deck slabs (with 50 mm and 60 mm voids) strengthened with externally bonded CFRP sheets. Nine specimens were tested: eight bubble slabs (grouped by void size…

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SI: Design of Civil Environmental Engineering Views: 1,831 Downloads: 888 Vol. 13, No. 47 (2019) December 2, 2018 pp. 161-168

Building irregularity issues and architectural design in seismic areas

Valerio Alecci, Mario De Stefano

When designing buildings in seismic areas, choices of the architectural designer heavily influences seismic structural performances. Namely, building morphology may lead to complex seismic responses as it occurs when building plan and…

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Fatigue and Fracture of metallic alloys Views: 955 Downloads: 751 Vol. 18, No. 68 (2024) March 10, 2024 pp. 340-356

Predictive Modeling of Fracture Behavior in Ti6Al4V Alloys Manufactured by SLM Process

Mohsen Sarparast, Majid Shafaie, Mohammad Davoodi, Ahmad Memaran Babakan, Hongyan Zhang

This study focuses on ductile fracture behavior prediction for Ti6Al4V alloys fabricated via Selective Laser Melting (SLM). A modified Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman (GTN) model characterizes void growth and shear mechanisms under uniaxial…

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Structural Integrity and Durability of Structures Views: 665 Downloads: 486 Vol. 15, No. 57 (2021) June 22, 2021 pp. 82-92

Evaluation of the behaviour of reinforced concrete beams repaired with glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) using a damage variable

Rafael Cunha, Kevin Oliveira, Antônio Brito, Camila Vieira, David Amorim

The use of fibre reinforced polymers (FRP) for increasing the strength of RC structures became a usual method. FRP presents easy application and demands low space and provide significant strength increase. Usually, the decision for FRP use…

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Damage mechanics Views: 778 Downloads: 527 Vol. 19, No. 73 (2025) April 13, 2025 pp. 41-58

Experimental investigation on mechanical behavior of sandwich structures using Digital Image Correlation (DIC)

Amina Masmoudi, Abdelhak Khechai, Ahmed Bouaziz, Guerira Belhi, Afaf Zeroual, Yassine Adimi

The aim of this work is to investigate the mechanical behavior of sandwich structures when subjected to edgewise and flatwise compression loadings, using 2D Digital Image Correlation (DIC). These structures are made of Glass Fiber…

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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…

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Miscellanea Views: 697 Downloads: 381 Vol. 13, No. 49 (2019) June 27, 2019 pp. 725-738

Estimation of tensile mechanical parameters of existing masonry through the analysis of the collapse of Volterra’s urban walls

Mario Lucio Puppio, Linda Giresini

In this work, numerical analyses on the Volterra’s ancient walls are performed to understand the causes of a collapse occurred after an extreme rainfall (2014) and to identify the mechanical parameters that most influenced it. The stretch…

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Miscellanea Views: 2,042 Downloads: 672 Vol. 7, No. 25 (2013) April 11, 2013 pp. Pages 161-166

Extension of the CJP model to mixed mode I and mode II

C. J. Christopher, G. Laboviciute, M. N. James, E. A. Patterson

The present authors have previously proposed a novel ‘plastic inclusion’ approach for dealing with the local plasticity which occurs at the tip of a growing fatigue crack. This meso-scale model provides a modified set of crack tip stress…

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SI: Russian mechanics contributions for Structural Integrity Views: 793 Downloads: 969 Vol. 18, No. 68 (2024) March 15, 2024 pp. 390-409

Ultrasonic welding of lap joints of PEI plates with PEI/CF-fabric prepregs

Vladislav Alexenko, Defang Tian, Sergey Panin, Svetlana Bochkareva, Iliya Panov

In this study, ultrasonic welding (USW) of lap joints of polyetherimide (PEI) plates (adherends) with carbon fiber (CF) prepregs impregnated with PEI was investigated. No energy director (ED) was used, so binder contents were varied in the…

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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: Research activities of the Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materi Views: 859 Downloads: 419 Vol. 13, No. 50 (2019) September 3, 2019 pp. 537-547

Fracture precursor phenomena in marble specimens under uniaxial compression by means of Acoustic Emission data

Dimos Triantis, Stavros Kourkoulis

Marble specimens are subjected to a specially designed stepwise load­­ing protocol, in an attempt to detect fracture precursor phenomena taking advantage of Acoustic Emission (AE) data. The analysis is carried out in terms of the number of…

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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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Fatigue and Fracture of metallic alloys Views: 886 Downloads: 553 Vol. 18, No. 68 (2024) March 25, 2024 pp. 410-421

Phenomenon of ignition and explosion of high-entropy alloys of systems Ti-Zr-Hf-Ni-Cu, Ti-Zr-Hf-Ni-Cu-Co under quasi-static compression

Oleksandra Zatsarna, Sergiy Kotrechko, Oleksandr Filatov, Vadim Bondarchuk, Georgiy Firstov, Vladimir Dubinko

The phenomenon of ignition and explosive failure of specimens from high-entropy alloys (HEAs) of systems Ti-Zr-Hf-Ni-Cu, Ti-Zr-Hf-Ni-Cu-Co at quasi-static compression tests was found. It physical model is proposed. It is exhibited that the…

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SI: Crack Paths Views: 594 Downloads: 385 Vol. 13, No. 48 (2019) February 24, 2019 pp. 77-86

The effect of creep damage model formulation on crack path prediction

Valery Shlyannikov, Andrey Tumanov

The stress, strain rate and process zone with respect to the creep-crack growth are analyzed by employing damage-evolution equations. The damage models for the fracture of the process zone are represented using a stress and ductility based…

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SI: Modeling in Structural Integrity Views: 631 Downloads: 381 Vol. 19, No. 71 (2025) October 18, 2024 pp. 151-163

Numerical analysis of 3D printed joint of wooden structures regarding mechanical and fatigue behaviour

Petr Lehner, Přemysl Pařenica, David Juračka, Martin Krejsa

This paper presents numerical models of a 3D printed plastic joint applicable to the connection of wooden structures. The research presented provides a comparison of two alternative solutions for the geometry of the joint and results from…

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SI: Research activities of the Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materi Views: 621 Downloads: 410 Vol. 13, No. 50 (2019) September 2, 2019 pp. 395-406

A simplified damage evolution relationship and deformation character¬istics of a pozzolanic lime mortar when subjected to unloading-reloading cycles in the pre-peak region

Kostas Kaklis, Zach Agioutantis, Stelios Mavrigiannakis, Pagona Maravelaki-Kalaitzaki

Two series of uniaxial and triaxial compression tests including unloading-reloading cycles were performed under different confining press­ures, in order to study the stress-strain and the deformation behavior of a pozzolanic lime mortar…

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