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Miscellanea Views: 1,808 Downloads: 987 Vol. 12, No. 44 (2018) March 18, 2018 pp. 16-24

Experimental study of the effect of water-cement ratio on compressive strength, abrasion resistance, porosity and permeability of Nano silica concrete

Kamal Rahmani, Belal Rahmanzadeh, Saber Piroti

The effect of water-cement ratio on abrasion resistance, porosity and hydraulic conductivity coefficient of Nano silica concrete have been studied in this research (paper). The compressive strength of concrete in a particular temperature…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 489 Downloads: 317 Vol. 19, No. 72 (2025) March 12, 2025 pp. 193-210

Structural behavior of GFRP-concrete composite beams

Ata El-kareim Shoeib, Mohammed Abdel-Rahman M. Khalil, Alaa Gamal Sheriff, Mohammed Salem

Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) I-sections offer a promising alternative to traditional steel reinforcement due to their reduced weight and maintenance requirements. This study aims to optimize the design of GFRP-reinforced composite…

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Analytical, Numerical and Physical Models Views: 807 Downloads: 425 Vol. 14, No. 52 (2020) January 31, 2020 pp. 33-50

Thermally active interphase inclusion in a smooth contact conditions with transversely isotropic half-spaces

Oleksandr Kryvyi, Yurii Morozov

An exact solution of the stationary thermoelasticity problem about interfacial circular absolutely rigid inclusion, which is in the smooth contact conditions in a piecewise homogeneous transversely homogeneous space, is constructed. The…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 496 Downloads: 309 Vol. 20, No. 76 (2026) January 2, 2026 pp. 31-48

Experimental calibration of a virtual raster section for high-accuracy FDM simulation in Abaqus

Taoufik Hachimi, Fouad Ait Hmazi, Fatima Ezzahra Arhouni, Hajar Rejdali, Yahya Riyad, Fatima Majid

This study presents an experimentally calibrated methodology to enhance the predictive accuracy of finite element simulations for Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) parts in Abaqus by replacing idealized filament geometry with a physically…

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Fracture Views: 1,518 Downloads: 999 Vol. 17, No. 63 (2023) December 21, 2022 pp. 169-189

Study of the slant fracture in solid and hollow cylinders: Experimental analysis and numerical prediction

Nassima Ben Chabane, Nassim Aguechari, Mohand Ould Ouali

This paper is devoted to the numerical and experimental study of ductile fracture in bulk metal forming of the 2017A-T4 aluminum alloy. From an experimental standpoint, the ductile fracture of the 2017A-T4 aluminum alloy is investigated…

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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…

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Miscellanea Views: 2,854 Downloads: 2,573 Vol. 6, No. 22 (2012) September 30, 2012 pp. pages 69-84

Cold spray technology: future of coating deposition processes

Harminder Singh, T.S. Sidhu, S.B.S. Kalsi

Cold spray (CS) belongs to a wide family of thermal spray technology with the difference that it is a solid state process in which spray particles are deposited via supersonic velocity impact at a temperature much below the melting point…

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Analytical, computational and physical models Views: 925 Downloads: 758 Vol. 18, No. 70 (2024) September 17, 2024 pp. 257-271

Exploring the elastocaloric effect of Shape Memory Alloys for innovative biomedical devices: a review

Girolamo Costanza, Ilaria Porroni, Maria Elisa Tata

This paper discusses Shape Memory Alloys’ (SMA) elastocaloric effect (EC) and underscores its potential use in substituting conventional cooling systems, for future and innovative applications in the biomedical sector, where temperature…

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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…

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Fracture Views: 1,220 Downloads: 973 Vol. 15, No. 57 (2021) June 22, 2021 pp. 331-349

Strain Energy Density as Failure Criterion for Quasi-Static Uni-axial Tensile Loading

Andrea Kusch, Simone Salamina, Daniele Crivelli, Filippo Berto

Strain energy density is successfully used as criterion for failure assessment of brittle and quasi-brittle material behavior. This work investigates the possibility to use this method to predict the strength of V-notched specimens made of…

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SI: New Trends in Fatigue and Fracture Views: 756 Downloads: 406 Vol. 13, No. 49 (2019) June 27, 2019 pp. 450-462

Characterisation and Evaluation of the Mechanical Behaviour of Endodontic-grade NiTi Wires

Samuel Pereira, André Rui Dantas Carvalho, Luís Reis, Manuel Freitas, Diogo Montalvão

With the introduction of new materials and advances in medical science, the endodontic files have changed since the early days of root canal treatments. In the late days, we have seen an increasing use of Nickel-Titanium (NiTi) alloys, to…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,881 Downloads: 622 Vol. 12, No. 44 (2018) March 18, 2018 pp. 1-15

Design of Experiment as a powerful tool when applying Finite Element Method: a case study on prediction of hot rolling process parameters

Giancarlo Giuseppe Bordonaro, Riccardo Leardi, Filippo Berto

The ultimate goal in hot roll pass design is to manufacture a rolled product with the required dimensional accuracy, defect free surface, and mechanical properties. The proper selection of process parameters is crucial to meet increasing…

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Miscellanea Views: 911 Downloads: 593 Vol. 7, No. 24 (2013) March 20, 2013 pp. Pages 89-95

Research of the effectiveness of mechanical testing methods with analysis of features of destructions and temperature effects

A.V. Babushkin, D.S. Lobanov, A.V. Kozlova, I.D. Morev

In this paper is carried out the comparative analysis of effectiveness of test methods of determination of stiffness and strength properties of highly filled unidirectional fiberglass (Direct "E" roving 0.7 - orthophthalic polyester resin…

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Fatigue and Fracture of metallic alloys Views: 550 Downloads: 457 Vol. 19, No. 72 (2025) January 7, 2025 pp. 15-25

Rolling contact fatigue of AISI 440C TiN coated by plasma based ion implantion and deposition

Maria Paula Gonzalez, Diego Colombo, Diego Omar Fernandino

In this work, the microstructural evolution, surface characteristics and wear behavior of high hardness AISI 440C samples coated with a TiN film synthesized at room temperature were investigated. The coating was deposited using a combined…

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Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Views: 1,304 Downloads: 845 Vol. 16, No. 62 (2022) September 22, 2022 pp. 75-90

Damage assessment of different FDM-processed materials adopting Infrared Thermography

Danilo D'Andrea, Giacomo Risitano, Marcello Raffaele, Filippo Cucinotta, Dario Santonocito

The use of components obtained through the additive manufacturing (AM) technique has become increasingly widespread in recent years, playing a central role in industrial production, and in particular in some fields such as automotive…

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SI: Crack Paths Views: 686 Downloads: 431 Vol. 13, No. 48 (2019) March 7, 2019 pp. 563-570

Determination of dissipated Energy in Fatigue Crack Propagation Experiments with Lock-In Thermography

Jürgen Bär, Ralf Urbanek

Lock-In thermography can be used to investigate elastic stresses and dissipative effects in dynamic processes like crack propagation. The evaluation normally is performed with a Discrete Fourier Transformation resulting in E- and…

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Fracture Views: 643 Downloads: 457 Vol. 16, No. 59 (2022) December 22, 2021 pp. 311-325

Effect of the Stress State on the Adhesive Strength of an Epoxy-Bonded Assembly

Sergey Smirnov, Dmitry Konovalov, Irina Veretennikova, Aleksander Pestov, Viktoria Osipova

The paper studies the adhesive strength of aluminum alloy specimens bonded with the use of an epoxy adhesive, under the tensile-shear stress state, depending on the testing temperature. Tension of modified Arcan specimens with load angles…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,105 Downloads: 624 Vol. 6, No. 21 (2012) June 29, 2012 pp. 46-53

Infrared thermography study of the fatigue crack propagation

A.Yu. Fedorova, M.V. Bannikov, M.V. Bannikov, O.A. Plekhov, E.V. Plekhova

The work is devoted to the experimental study of heat dissipation process caused by fatigue crack propagation. To investigate a spatial and time temperature evolution at the crack tip set of experiments was carried out using specimens with…

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SI: IGF27 - 27th International Conference on Fracture and Structural Integrity Views: 734 Downloads: 862 Vol. 18, No. 69 (2024) April 27, 2024 pp. 142-153

Experimental investigation on the fatigue and fracture properties of a fine pearlitic rail steel

Davide Leonetti, Bart Schotsman

This study reports an experimental investigation of the fatigue and fracture resistance of R350HT, a heat-treated pearlitic rail steel with refined microstructure used in rails. Monotonic tensile, rotating bending, linear elastic plane…

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Fracture Views: 869 Downloads: 554 Vol. 17, No. 65 (2023) June 22, 2023 pp. 47-58

Experimental and numerical inspection of cracks in ferrule cracking of BK1 cement crusher

Sofiane Chorfi, Fedaoui Kamel, Necib Brahim

This article defines the main actions planned in the procedure of non-destructive testing and analysis of defects in the BK1 industrial mill of the cement plant of the GICA group. One of the subjects attracting the attention of researchers…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.65.04

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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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Miscellanea Views: 876 Downloads: 544 Vol. 7, No. 24 (2013) March 20, 2013 pp. Pages 81-88

A study of the stored energy in titanium under deformation and failure using infrared data

A.Yu. Fedorova, M.V. Bannikov, O.A. Plekhov

The work is devoted to the experimental study of heat dissipation caused by plastic deformation and failure processes taking place in a titanium alloy Ti-4.2Al-1.6Mn. To investigate the spatial and time evolution of temperature, a set of…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 531 Downloads: 453 Vol. 19, No. 74 (2025) September 21, 2025 pp. 421-437

Assessment of mechanical, fracture and thermal properties of epoxy nanocomposites reinforced with low-concentration nano Boron Carbide (B4C)

Akshata Ganji, Mantesh Choukimath, N.R. Banapurmath, M.A. Umarfarooq, Adavayya Chikkamath, Ashok M. Sajjan, K. Rajesh, Ramesh M. Kenchappanavar, Kartheek Ravulapati

This study investigates the effects of low concentration (0.1-0.4 wt.%) nano-boron carbide (B4C) reinforcement on the mechanical, thermal and fracture properties of epoxy nanocomposites. The nanocomposites were prepared via solution…

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SI: IGF25 – International Conference 2019 Views: 964 Downloads: 410 Vol. 14, No. 51 (2020) October 14, 2019 pp. 1-8

Three approaches to evaluate of the heat dissipated during fatigue crack propagation experiments

Alena Vedernikova, Anastasiia Iziumova, Aleksey Vshivkov, Oleg Plekhov

This work is devoted to the comparative analysis of three techniques for measurement of energy dissipation in metals under fatigue crack propagation: original contact heat flux sensor, post-processing of the infrared thermography data and…

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SI: Crack Paths Views: 999 Downloads: 601 Vol. 13, No. 48 (2019) March 7, 2019 pp. 545-553

Evaluation of Fatigue Properties under Four-point Bending and Fatigue Crack Propagation in Austenitic Stainless Steel with a Bimodal Harmonic Structure

Shoichi Kikuchi, Yuta Nakatsuka, Yoshikazu Nakai, Masashi Nakatani, Mie Ota Kawabata, Kei Ameyama

Austenitic stainless steel (JIS-SUS304L) with a bimodal harmonic structure, which is defined as a coarse-grained structure surrounded by a network of fine grains, was fabricated using powder metallurgy to improve both the strength and…

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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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SI: IGF25 – International Conference 2019 Views: 1,353 Downloads: 592 Vol. 13, No. 50 (2019) August 20, 2019 pp. 251-263

A metallurgical and thermal analysis of Inconel 625 electron-beam welded joints

Luca Romanin, Paolo Ferro, Alberto Fabrizi, Filippo Berto

Inconel 625 is a nickel-based superalloy that finds application in many industrial sectors thanks to its high strength, excellent fabricability, and outstanding corrosion resistance. It is characterized by a good weldability and often used…

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SI: Developments in the fracture and fatigue assessment of materials Views: 748 Downloads: 458 Vol. 12, No. 46 (2018) September 23, 2018 pp. 124-139

Failure behaviour of a fire protected steel element

Georgios Drosopoulos, Siphesihle Motsa

In the present article the failure behaviour of a steel, beam type element supported against fire by protection boards, is studied. Three – dimensional, coupled temperature - displacement, non-linear finite element analysis models have…

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Failure Analysis and Forensic Engineering Views: 320 Downloads: 240 Vol. 20, No. 75 (2026) December 8, 2025 pp. 390-398

Application of the thermography method for determining the fatigue limit of a nickel alloy produced by wire‑arc additive manufacturing

Sergey Neulybin, Michael Nikhamkin, Dmitriy Trushnikov, Danil Solomonov, Ivan Konev

The development of additive technologies for manufacturing safety‑critical components operating under vibration must be accompanied by a careful analysis of the material’s resistance to high‑cycle fatigue (HCF). This paper presents a…

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SI: Russian mechanics contributions for Structural Integrity Views: 735 Downloads: 373 Vol. 13, No. 49 (2019) June 7, 2019 pp. 314-320

The approach to fracture diagnosis by means of experimental measurements of the stored energy

Alena Vedernikova, A. Iziumova, A. Vshivkov, Oleg Plekhov

The energy dissipation in metals in the process of irreversible deformation leads to intensive heat generation in the areas in the strain localization zones. This work is devoted to the measuring the power of heat sources by means of the…

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Miscellanea Views: 696 Downloads: 580 Vol. 6, No. 21 (2012) June 29, 2012 pp. 37-45

A numerical approach for the analysis of deformable journal bearings

D. Benasciutti, M. Gallina, M. Gh. Munteanu, F. Flumian

This paper presents a numerical approach for the analysis of hydrodynamic radial journal bearings. The effect of shaft and housing elastic deformation on pressure distribution within oil film is investigated. An iterative algorithm that…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 1,350 Downloads: 488 Vol. 18, No. 69 (2024) April 26, 2024 pp. 106-114

Influence of soil salinity on the bearing capacity of the frozen wall

Mikhail Semin, Lev Levin, Sergey Bublik, Andrey Brovka, Ivan Dedyulya

The article describes the results of laboratory studies on the unfrozen water content and ultimate long-term strength of frozen clay and chalk samples in the temperature range from −10 to −25 °C. The soil samples contained dissolved salt…

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SI: Research activities of the Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materi Views: 708 Downloads: 723 Vol. 13, No. 50 (2019) September 2, 2019 pp. 497-504

Metal foaming by powder metallurgy process: investigation of different parameters on the foaming efficiency

Ioannis Papantoniou, Helena Kyriakopoulou, Dimitrios Pantelis, Dimitrios Manolakos

Aluminium foams, produced by powder metallurgy process, have significant potential applications for uses in weight-sensitive structural parts. Problems in the production of metal foams arise from the lack of knowledge in the control of…

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Failure Analysis, Case Studies and Forensic Engineering Views: 1,198 Downloads: 1,230 Vol. 17, No. 64 (2023) March 21, 2023 pp. 137-147

Failure Analysis of Boron Steel Components for Automotive Applications

Marco Virginio Boniardi, Andrea Casaroli, Laura Sirangelo, Sergio Monella, Michele Mazzola

The automotive industry is continuously looking for an innovative mix of new steels and manufacturing techniques in order to improve process chain efficiency and cost reduction. To this aim, boron steels are becoming increasingly popular…

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Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Views: 474 Downloads: 463 Vol. 15, No. 56 (2021) March 28, 2021 pp. 217-228

Effect of addition of different reinforcements on the microstructure and mechanical characterization of the Al-Flyash composites

Milind K. Wasekar, Mohan P. Khond

The aim of this work is to investigate the influence of the addition of silicon carbide and molybdenum disulfide on the microstructure and the tensile strength of the Al-Flyash hybrid composites prepared using the stir casting technique.…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,568 Downloads: 950 Vol. 12, No. 43 (2018) December 29, 2017 pp. Pages 97-105

Residual life prediction of defected Polypropylene Random copolymer pipes (PPR)

Abderazzak Ouardi, Fatima Majid, Nadia Mouhib, Mohamed Elghorba

The polypropylene random copolymer (PPR) is a thermoplastic material generally used for the transport of water under pressure, especially hot water. PPR pipes are exposed to severe conditions in terms of pressure and temperature, hence the…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,299 Downloads: 682 Vol. 7, No. 23 (2013) December 28, 2012 pp. Pages 127-135

Wear surface damage of a Stainless Steel EN 3358 aeronautical component subjected to sliding

Ferdinando Felli, Andrea Brotzu, Cristian Vendittozzi, Antonio Paolozzi, Francesco Passeggio

The present paper describes the failure analysis of an aircraft component subjected to several episodes of in service failure, resulted in loss of the aircraft safety. Modern aircrafts are provided with mechanical systems which have the…

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Structural Integrity and Durability of Structures Views: 1,016 Downloads: 530 Vol. 16, No. 62 (2022) September 22, 2022 pp. 408-425

Experimentally evaluation of high-performance concrete mixes used for tunnels and containing silica fume and polypropylene fiber after exposed to high temperatures

Mohamed Elmesiri, Mohamed Fawzy Ahmed, Mohamed Bneni, Ahmed ElShami, Seleem Ahmad

This work introduces an experimental study to evaluate the effect of elevated temperatures on the mechanical properties of high-performance concrete (HPC) mix with changes in Water-Cementitious ratios, W/(C+SF), Silica Fume percent, SF…

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SI: IGF25 – International Conference 2019 Views: 1,448 Downloads: 748 Vol. 14, No. 51 (2020) November 29, 2019 pp. 189-198

Influence of biochar additions on the fracture behavior of foamed concrete

Devid Falliano, Dario De Domenico, Antonino Sciarrone, Giuseppe Ricciardi, Luciana Restuccia, Giuseppe Ferro, Jean-Marc Tulliani, Ernesto Gugliandolo

The present study concerns the experimental investigation of foamed concretes with 1600 kg/m³ density that incorporate biochar additions in the mix. A series of small notched beams are prepared to determine the fracture energy in CMOD…

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Miscellanea Views: 707 Downloads: 469 Vol. 13, No. 48 (2019) March 2, 2019 pp. 357-369

Numerical Comparison of Cruciform weld and Butt weld simulation and a Study of Fracture Mechanics on Two Types of Welds

Benattou Bouchouicha, Malika Tirenifi, El Bahri Ould Chikh, Ahmed Bensari

The modeling of the welding is desirable to guess the deformation of the components during manufacture, the position and the magnitude of maximum residual stresses and to envisage metallurgical effects in specific zones. The welding are…

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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: Developments in the fracture and fatigue assessment of materials Views: 523 Downloads: 410 Vol. 12, No. 46 (2018) September 23, 2018 pp. 25-33

Effect of Additive Elements Bi/Ni/Ge on Crack Initiation and Propagation for Low-Ag Solders

Noritake Hiyoshi, Mitsuo Yamashita, Hiroaki Hokazono

This study discusses an effect of additive elements on crack propagation behaviour for low-Ag contain Sn1.0Ag0.7Cu lead-free solders at high temperature. A cyclic push-pull loading tests for four kinds of Sn1.0Ag0.7Cu solders were…

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Fractography and Advanced metallography Views: 1,830 Downloads: 1,061 Vol. 17, No. 63 (2023) December 21, 2022 pp. 289-300

Mechanical, Wear, and Fracture Behavior of Titanium Diboride (TiB2) - Cerium Oxide (CeO2) Reinforced Al-6061 Hot-rolled Hybrid Composites

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

Development of aluminium composites by stircasting technique is an effective method for fabrication of better quality of MMCs. Stircasting technique is one of the most commonly accepted techniques. In this research work, Al6061 / TiB₂+CeO₂…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.63.22

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SI: Characterisation of Crack Tip Fields Views: 613 Downloads: 588 Vol. 13, No. 49 (2019) June 7, 2019 pp. 82-96

On relation between J-integral and heat energy dissipation at the crack tip in stainless steel specimens

Giovanni Meneghetti, Mauro Ricotta, Giuseppe Pitarresi

In this paper, an experimental procedure to evaluate the elastic-plastic J-integral at the tip of a fatigue crack is presented. According to this new approach, the elastic component of the J-integral is derived from Thermoelastic Stress…

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SI: Research activities of the Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materi Views: 827 Downloads: 2,152 Vol. 13, No. 50 (2019) September 2, 2019 pp. 481-496

Damage and failure of Orban’s gun during the bombardment of Constantinople walls in 1453

Aristotle Kakaliagos, Nikolaos Ninis

In this paper the bombardment of the Constantinople Theodosian Walls by the great cannon of Orban is numerically reproduced deploying Structural Mechanics. Overall gun dimensions were assessed based on historical reports, whereby, the…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.50.40

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SI: Design of Civil Environmental Engineering Views: 614 Downloads: 381 Vol. 13, No. 47 (2019) December 2, 2018 pp. 150-160

Development of a piezoelectric energy-harvesting sensor: from concept to reality

Konstantinos Gkoumas, Franco Bontempi, Prof.

This study focuses on the development and integrated design over a 24-month period of a high efficiency energy-harvesting (EH) temperature sensor, based on piezoelectric materials, with applications for the sustainability of smart…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.47.12

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Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Views: 870 Downloads: 850 Vol. 17, No. 65 (2023) June 22, 2023

Microstructure Characterization, Mechanical and Wear Behavior of Silicon Carbide and Neem Leaf Powder Reinforced AL7075 Alloy hybrid MMC’s.

Gururaj Hatti, Avinash Lakshmikanthan, G. J. Naveen

The demanding material quality criteria in the automotive and aerospace industries have recently had an impact on the development of lightweight aluminium alloys. The choice and application of metal-matrix composites as structural…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.65.07

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Miscellanea Views: 813 Downloads: 568 Vol. 13, No. 49 (2019) June 24, 2019 pp. 690-697

Pipeline repair by composite patch under temperature and Pressure loading

Elamine Abdelouahed, H. Benzaama, M. Mokhtari, B. Aour

In this study, the three-dimensional finite element method is used to analyze an API 5L X70 steel cylindrical pipeline subjected to an internal pressure load by calculating the stress intensity factors and the integral J at the peak of…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.49.62

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Miscellanea Views: 1,336 Downloads: 517 Vol. 6, No. 22 (2012) September 30, 2012 pp. pages 20-25

Fracture toughness of TiAl-Cr-Nb-Mo alloys produced via centrifugal casting

A. Brotzu, F. Felli, D. Pilone

Fracture toughness of a TiAl base intermetallic alloy has been investigated at room temperature. The Ti-48Al-2.5Cr-0.5Nb-2Mo (at. %) alloy produced via centrifugal casting exhibits fine nearly lamellar microstructures, consisting mainly of…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.22.03

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 409 Downloads: 262 Vol. 20, No. 75 (2026) November 6, 2025 pp. 281-296

Effect of pearlite nanoclay reinforcements on the mechanical and tribological behaviour of AA7076 metal nanocomposites

G. U. Raju, Vinod Kumar V. Meti, Amitkumar R. Nadugeri, I.G. Siddhalingeshwar, M. A. Umarfarooq, N.R. Banapurmath, Ashok M. Sajjan, B. H. Maruthi Prashanth

Aluminium alloy composites are extensively utilised in the aerospace, automobile, and marine industries due to their lightweight structure and high strength-to-density ratio. However, there remains significant potential to further improve…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.75.20

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