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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…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.75.01

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Structural Integrity and Durability of Structures Views: 635 Downloads: 567 Vol. 14, No. 53 (2020) July 19, 2020 pp. 51-65

The Effect of corrosion on the quality repair of the aluminum alloy A 5083 H11 by bonded composites

Sadek Kaddour, Benaoumeur Aour, Mohammed Salah Bennouna, Abderrahim Talha, Belabbes Bachir Bouiadjra, Morad fari bouanani

In this paper, the effect of corrosion on the performance of the bonded composite patch repair in aluminum alloy A5083 marine structure was investigated using three dimensional finite element methods. To this end, two patches made in…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.53.05

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Miscellanea Views: 1,060 Downloads: 551 Vol. 10, No. 37 (2016) June 13, 2016 pp. 265-271

On monitoring of mechanical characteristics of hot rolled S355J2 steel

D. Angelova, R. Yordanova, A. Georgiev, S. Yankova

Hot rolling normalization technology for producing sheets from a low-carbon steel, Steel S355J2, used in the Bulgarian Metallurgical Plant “STOMANA Industry SA” is under investigation. A newly introduced automatic application optimization…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.37.35

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Miscellanea Views: 906 Downloads: 704 Vol. 16, No. 61 (2022) June 19, 2022 pp. 266-281

Numerical Analysis of the Crack Growth Path in the Cement of Hip Spacers

Sahnoun Zengah, Abdeljelil Mankour, Sahli Abderahmane, Hichem Salah, Abdelhafid Mallek, Mohammed Mokhtar Bouziane

The use of temporary hip prosthesis made of orthopedic cement (spacer) in conjunction with antibiotics became a prevalent method used for prosthetic infections remedy; consequently, this method makes bone cement (PMMA) more fragile. Hence…

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Fracture Views: 914 Downloads: 539 Vol. 15, No. 58 (2021) September 25, 2021 pp. 105-113

Influence of Oxidation on Fracture Toughness of Carbon-Carbon Composites for High-Temperature Applications

Sunil Kumar B.V., Neelakantha V. Londe, M. Lokesha, S.N. Vasantha Kumar, A.O. Surendranathan

Carbon-Carbon Composites (C-CC), used as composites for their remarkable qualities in the space industry as well as in many other industry sectors. C-CC has proven to be the most efficient material in extreme temperature situations. One of…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.58.08

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Analytical, Numerical and Physical Models Views: 1,256 Downloads: 125 Vol. 14, No. 53 (2020) July 19, 2020 pp. 285-294

Forecasting bearing capacity of the mixed soil using artificial neural networking

Abdoullah Namdar

Abstract. The bearing capacity of soil changes owing to the mechanical properties of the soil and influences on structural stability. In most of the geotechnical engineering projects, there are several soil mechanic experiments, they need…

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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…

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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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Miscellanea Views: 742 Downloads: 419 Vol. 2, No. 6 (2008) pp. pages 20-29

A new method for the experimental study of fatigue behaviour of thermoplastic materials

M. Basso, A. Crevatin, M. Celotto, M. Sanità

Nowadays most industrial realities undergo a strong push to improve cost-effectiveness, productivity and quality of manufactured products. In particular we focussed our attention in the area of design of plastic structural components…

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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…

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Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Views: 834 Downloads: 677 Vol. 17, No. 66 (2023) September 27, 2023 pp. 178-190

Analyzing Microstructural Features, Surface Topography, and Scratch Resistance of Innovative Nano-Composites Coated with High Velocity Air-Fuel Technology

G. J. Naveen, P. Sampathkumaran, A. Sathyanarayanaswamy, Avinash Lakshmikanthan

New developments in thermal spraying processes may offer higher-quality alternatives to hard chrome plating and possibilities for hard chrome plating in a range of coating applications. These include spraying with high-velocity air fuel…

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Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Views: 518 Downloads: 456 Vol. 14, No. 53 (2020) July 19, 2020 pp. 325-336

A new approach of CMT seam welding deformation forecasting based on GA-BPNN

Yao Lu, Yanfeng Xing, Xuexing Li, Sha Xu

Welding deformation affects the quality of the welded parts. In this paper, by introducing improved back propagation neural network (BPNN), a cold metal transfer (CMT) welding deformation prediction model for aluminum-steel hybrid sheets…

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Miscellanea Views: 953 Downloads: 604 Vol. 13, No. 48 (2019) March 2, 2019 pp. 370-376

Characterization and Tensile Fractography of Nano ZrO2 Reinforced Copper-Zinc Alloy Composites

Madeva Nagaral, Prasad H. Nayak, H. K. Srinivas, V. Auradi

Nano particulates fortified metal lattice composites are finding extensive variety of utilizations in car and sports hardware fabricating businesses. In the present investigation, an endeavor has been made to create copper-zinc-nano ZrO₂…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.48.35

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Miscellanea Views: 1,280 Downloads: 490 Vol. 9, No. 33 (2015) June 19, 2015 pp. pages 120-133

Multi-parameter approximation of stress field in a cracked specimen using purpose-built Java applications

V. Veselý, J. Sobek, D. Tesa?, P. Frantík, T. Pail, S. Seitl

A quality of multi-parameter approximation of the stress and displacement fields around a crack tip in a non-brittle material test specimen is studied in the paper. The stress field approximation using Williams power series is intended to…

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Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Views: 1,134 Downloads: 719 Vol. 14, No. 54 (2020) September 23, 2020 pp. 153-168

Prediction of mechanical behavior of friction stir welded joints of AA3003 aluminum alloy

Ismail Chekalil, Abdelkader Miloudi, Marie-Pierre Planche, Abdelkader Ghazi

Friction stir welding (FSW) is an extremely complex process because it depends on the intrinsic and extrinsic factors of the material under consideration. The purpose of the present work is to formulate a set of recommendations concerning…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.54.11

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Reliability and Life Extension of Components Views: 490 Downloads: 393 Vol. 15, No. 58 (2021) September 25, 2021 pp. 65-76

Evaluation of rheological performance of a local modified bitumen by Styrene Butadiene Styrene polymer used in wearing course

Kebaili Kebaili, Mohammed Boucherba, Mohamed Djouhri, Mustapha Kebaili

In road construction, bitumen is the binder that gathered the different aggregates of road pavements. Bitumen, as a viscoelastic material, influences considerably the rheological behavior of bitumen concrete. The bitumen used in Algeria…

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SI: Research activities of the Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materi Views: 853 Downloads: 588 Vol. 13, No. 50 (2019) September 3, 2019 pp. 584-594

Multi-response optimization of CuZn39Pb3 brass alloy turning by implementing Grey Wolf algorithm

Nikolaos Fountas, Angelos Koutsomichalis, John Kechagias, Nikolaos Vaxevanidis

Machinability of engineering materials is crucial for industrial manufacturing processes since it affects all the essential aspects involved, e.g. workload, resources, surface integrity and part quality. Two basic machinability…

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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: 1,327 Downloads: 882 Vol. 16, No. 62 (2022) September 22, 2022 pp. 14-25

Effect of parent concrete strength on recycled concrete performance

Bachir Kebaili, Mohammed Benzerara, Souad Menadi, Nadia Kouider, Redjem Belouettar

The reuse of concrete waste as a secondary aggregate could be an efficient solution for sustainable development and long-term environmental protection. However, the variable quality of waste concrete, especially with various compressive…

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Analytical, Numerical and Physical Models Views: 685 Downloads: 659 Vol. 18, No. 67 (2024) December 17, 2023 pp. 137-152

Optimization of damage repair with piezoelectric actuators using the Taguchi method

Abdul Aabid Shaikh

Over the last two decades, piezoelectric actuators have emerged as a promising solution for structural repair. In this work, initially the stress intensity factor (SIF) estimation using the finite element (FE) approach at crack tips in…

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SI: Modeling in Structural Integrity Views: 430 Downloads: 245 Vol. 20, No. 75 (2026) November 15, 2025 pp. 339-350

Diagnostics and experimental analysis of 3D printed concrete structural elements

Kristyna Hrabova, Matěj Velát, Pavel Schmid, Petr Daněk, Richard Dvořák

This study investigates the structural behaviour of elements produced by extrusion-based 3D concrete printing (3DCP). Six full-scale columns with intentional imperfections were tested in three-point bending and subsequently analysed…

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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…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.48.37

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Reliability and Life Extension of Components Views: 1,589 Downloads: 651 Vol. 14, No. 52 (2020) March 2, 2020 pp. 211-229

Effect of aggregate type on moisture susceptibility of modified cold recycled mix asphalt: evaluation by mechanical tests and Surface Free Energy method

Hassan Latifi, Nahid Amini

There are deficiencies associated with cold mix asphalts, specifically, cold recycled mix asphalts in comparison with hot mix asphalt or hot recycled mix asphalt such as higher moisture susceptibility. Moisture damage of asphalt mixtures…

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Analytical, Numerical and Physical Models Views: 895 Downloads: 692 Vol. 17, No. 66 (2023) September 27, 2023 pp. 112-126

Analysis of damage control of thin plate with piezoelectric actuators using finite element and machine learning approach

Asraar Anjum, Abdul Aabid Shaikh, Meftah Hriari

In recent studies, piezoelectric actuators have been recognized as a practical and effective material for repairing cracks in thin-walled structures, such as plates that are adhesively bonded with piezoelectric patches due to their…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.66.06

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Impact of tool rotational speed on friction stir welded joints of AA2014-T6/AA5052-H32: synthesis, microstructural, mechanical and fractographic behaviour

The Effect of corrosion on the quality repair of the aluminum alloy A 5083 H11 by bonded composites

On monitoring of mechanical characteristics of hot rolled S355J2 steel

Numerical Analysis of the Crack Growth Path in the Cement of Hip Spacers

Influence of Oxidation on Fracture Toughness of Carbon-Carbon Composites for High-Temperature Applications

Forecasting bearing capacity of the mixed soil using artificial neural networking

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

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

A new method for the experimental study of fatigue behaviour of thermoplastic materials

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

Analyzing Microstructural Features, Surface Topography, and Scratch Resistance of Innovative Nano-Composites Coated with High Velocity Air-Fuel Technology

A new approach of CMT seam welding deformation forecasting based on GA-BPNN

Characterization and Tensile Fractography of Nano ZrO2 Reinforced Copper-Zinc Alloy Composites

Multi-parameter approximation of stress field in a cracked specimen using purpose-built Java applications

Prediction of mechanical behavior of friction stir welded joints of AA3003 aluminum alloy

Evaluation of rheological performance of a local modified bitumen by Styrene Butadiene Styrene polymer used in wearing course

Multi-response optimization of CuZn39Pb3 brass alloy turning by implementing Grey Wolf algorithm

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

Effect of parent concrete strength on recycled concrete performance

Optimization of damage repair with piezoelectric actuators using the Taguchi method

Diagnostics and experimental analysis of 3D printed concrete structural elements

Fatigue Strength Analysis of Bogie Frame In Consideration of Parameter Uncertainty

Effect of aggregate type on moisture susceptibility of modified cold recycled mix asphalt: evaluation by mechanical tests and Surface Free Energy method

Analysis of damage control of thin plate with piezoelectric actuators using finite element and machine learning approach