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Miscellanea Views: 1,023 Downloads: 666 Vol. 11, No. 39 (2017) December 15, 2016 pp. Pages 129-142

Analysis of accuracy of Williams series approximation of stress field in cracked body – influence of area of interest around crack-tip on multi-parameter regression performance

J. Sobek, P. Frantík, V. Veselý

A study on the accuracy of an approximation of the stress field in a cracked body is presented. Crack-tip stress tensor is expressed using the linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM) theory in this work, more precisely via its…

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SI: Russian mechanics contributions for Structural Integrity Views: 270 Downloads: 163 Vol. 20, No. 77 (2026) April 3, 2026 pp. 1-12

Multimodal residual stress evaluation following one-sided dimpling in a Ti-6Al-4V alloy plate

Igor Zorin, Vladimir Pisarev, Svyatoslav Eleonsky, Aleksandr Elkin, Galina Tyurina, Eugene Statnik, Alexey Salimon, Alexander Korsunsky

Residual stress significantly influences the mechanical performance, fatigue resistance, and structural reliability of titanium alloys used in engineering applications. This study investigates the residual stress distribution induced by…

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Miscellanea Views: 2,446 Downloads: 544 Vol. 9, No. 34 (2015) September 29, 2015

Crack path and fracture surface modifications in cement composites

Sajjad Ahmad, Jean Marc Tulliani, Giuseppe Andrea Ferro, Rao Arsalan Khushnood, Luciana Restuccia, Pravin Jagdale

There is a tremendous increase in the use of high strength and high performance self-consolidating cementitious composites due to their superior workability and mechanical strengths. Cement composites are quasi-brittle in nature and…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,208 Downloads: 980 Vol. 11, No. 41 (2017) June 28, 2017 pp. Pages 356-368

Study on the effect of new type liquid accelerator on the performance of shotcrete

Luchen Zhang, Shuchen Li, Qin Yan, Lin Zhu

Shotcrete is an essential preliminary support means in New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM) construction and plays a very important role in controlling the stability of surrounding rock. The accelerator is a necessary admixture in…

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Miscellanea Views: 588 Downloads: 410 Vol. 12, No. 46 (2018) September 27, 2018 pp. 361-370

Stress performance of embedded carbon fiber reinforced plastics plate consolidated reinforced concrete structure

Hua Zhu

With the development of the building industry, various novel building materials have emerged. Modern buildings requires higher on performance of building materials, and the performance of old buildings has not been able to keep up the pace…

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Fatigue and Fracture of metallic alloys Views: 569 Downloads: 229 Vol. 19, No. 74 (2025) July 9, 2025 pp. 42-54

Analyzing the Effect of Residual Stresses in the Fatigue Life of High Ultimate-Strength Steel Specimens

Danielle Lopes Zaidan, Paulo Kenedi, Luís Felipe Guimarães de Souza

An analytical model, based on Solid Mechanics, is developed based on a comprehensive analysis of the effect of residual stress on the fatigue performance of cold-drawn steel wires partially yielded specimens. In the experimental part, it…

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Miscellanea Views: 941 Downloads: 503 Vol. 10, No. 35 (2016) December 29, 2015 pp. pages 187-195

Fatigue characterization of a crankshaft steel: Use and interaction of new models

Sergio Blasón, Cristina Rodríguez, Alfonso Fernández-Canteli

The peculiar geometrical shape and working conditions of crankshafts make fatigue becoming responsible for most of the failure cases in such components. Therefore, improvement of crankshaft performance requires enhancing its fatigue life.…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,743 Downloads: 1,010 Vol. 9, No. 34 (2015) September 28, 2015

Fatigue crack growth in additive manufactured products

A. Riemer, H. A. Richard, J.-P. Brüggemann, J.-N. Wesendahl

Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a new innovative technique that allows the direct fabrication of complex, individual, delicate and high-strength products, based on their 3D data. Selective Laser Melting (SLM) is one of the AM processes that…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,112 Downloads: 762 Vol. 10, No. 37 (2016) June 13, 2016 pp. 124-130

On the assessment of multiaxial fatigue damage under variable amplitude loading

V. Anes, L. Reis, M. de Freitas

In this work, the performance of the SSF criterion is evaluated under variable amplitude loading conditions. The main objective was to inspect the validity of the hypothesis in which the SSF damage map remains valid for any high strength…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,056 Downloads: 504 Vol. 12, No. 45 (2018) June 16, 2018 pp. 45-52

Effects of weld size on stress concentration factors of CHS-CFSHS joints

Delei Yang, Lewei Tong

This paper aims to disclose the effects of weld size on hot spot stress in the calculation of fatigue performance of the joints. For this purpose, the author explored the hot spot stress of CHS-CFSHS T-joints, which consists of circular…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,156 Downloads: 532 Vol. 6, No. 21 (2012) June 29, 2012 pp. 13-20

Interference fit effect on holed single plates loaded with tension-tension stresses

D. Croccolo, M. De Agostinis, N. Vincenzi

This paper deals with the influence of interference fit coupling on the fatigue strength of holed plates. The effect was investigated both experimentally and numerically. Axial fatigue tests have been carried out on holed specimens made of…

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Damage mechanics Views: 738 Downloads: 360 Vol. 18, No. 68 (2024) February 15, 2024 pp. 209-221

Effect of fiber orientation-based composite lamina on mitigation of stress intensity factor for a repaired plate: a finite element study: Repair of thin-walled structures

Abdul Aabid Shaikh, Muneer Baig, Jaffar Syed Mohamed Ali

The bonded composite repair has proven to be an effective method for addressing crack damage propagation. Numerous studies have employed experimental and simulation techniques to demonstrate the repair performance through the composites.…

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Structural Integrity and Durability of Structures Views: 2,462 Downloads: 563 Vol. 14, No. 52 (2020) March 5, 2020 pp. 256-268

Elastoplastic analysis of cracked Aluminum plates with a hybrid repair technique using the bonded composite patch and drilling hole in opening mode I

Wahiba Nessrine Bouzitouna, Wahid Oudad, Mohamed Belhamiani, Djamel Eddine Belhadri, Leila Zouambi

The objective of this study is to analyze the performance of composite bonding repair, hole drilling and the combination of the two techniques (hybrid repairs) by tensile tests and to show the interest of a hybrid repair versus to other…

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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…

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SI: Failure Analysis of Materials and Structures Views: 917 Downloads: 615 Vol. 16, No. 61 (2022) June 19, 2022 pp. 230-243

Observing the simulation behaviour of Magnesium alloy metal sandwich panel under cyclic loadings

Muhammad Shamsul Baharin, Shahrum Abdullah, Noorsuhada Md Nor, Mohd Khairul Faidzi Muhamad Paudzi, Azli Arifin, Salvinder Singh Karam Singh

This study aims to investigate the delamination effect of a metal sandwich panel using a four-point bending simulation under continual spectrum loading. The most recent core designs of the sandwich panel have a cavity that can increase…

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SI: Fracture Fatigue and Wear Views: 1,023 Downloads: 707 Vol. 17, No. 66 (2023) September 27, 2023 pp. 127-139

Notch Sensitivity Study in U-notched Polymers Built by Additive Manufacturing (AM)

Jorge Guillermo Diaz Rodriguez, Alberto David Pertuz Comas

Onyx ® is a new material composed of Polyamide 6 reinforced with short carbon fiber, used in the novel additive manufacturing composites technique. This paper aims to present the axial fatigue performance of this material with and without…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,118 Downloads: 1,063 Vol. 10, No. 36 (2016) March 22, 2016 pp. Pages 139-150

Effects of hydrogen induced delay fracture on high-strength steel plate of automobile and the improvement

Fengzhu Liu, Yu Zhao

Delay fracture is an environmental embrittlement occurring when materials, environment and stress interact with each other and also a form of hydrogen induced material deterioration. It is a leading factor inhibiting the further…

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Miscellanea Views: 898 Downloads: 688 Vol. 11, No. 41 (2017) June 28, 2017 pp. Pages 106-113

Prediction of fatigue crack initiation under biaxial loading

J.V. Sahadi, D. Nowell, R.J.H. Paynter

This investigation revisits biaxial fatigue experiments carried out with the nickel-based superalloy termed Waspaloy. Recently, yield criteria extended to multiaxial fatigue and stress based approaches were analysed and their performance…

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Damage mechanics Views: 805 Downloads: 644 Vol. 18, No. 68 (2024) March 5, 2024 pp. 310-324

Improving the performance of damage repair in thin-walled structures with analytical data and machine learning algorithms

Abdul Aabid Shaikh, Md Abdul Raheman, Meftah Hrairi, Muneer Baig

In the last four decades, bonded composite repair has proven to be an effective method for addressing crack damage propagation. On the other hand, machine learning (ML) has made it possible to employ a variety of approaches for mechanical…

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Miscellanea Views: 4,059 Downloads: 694 Vol. 10, No. 38 (2016) October 3, 2016 pp. Pages 251-258

Tensile and fatigue behaviour of as-forged AZ31B extrusion

A. Gryguc, S.K. Shaha, H. Jahed, M. Wells, B. Williams, J. McKinley

Tensile and stress controlled fatigue tests were performed to investigate the influence of forging at a temperature of 400°C at different rates, on the performance of extruded AZ31B magnesium alloy. The obtained microstructural analysis…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,374 Downloads: 601 Vol. 9, No. 34 (2015) September 28, 2015

Static and dynamic experimental study of strengthened inforced short concrete corbel by using carbon fabrics, crack path in shear zone

I. Ivanova, J. Assih

The paper presents an experimental analysis of tracking the path of the cracks and crack growth in strengthened or repair reinforced concrete short corbels bonded by carbon fiber fabrics under static and dynamic loads. The reinforced short…

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Miscellanea Views: 833 Downloads: 587 Vol. 11, No. 39 (2017) December 15, 2016 pp. Pages 181-190

Experimental analysis on physical and mechanical properties of thermal shock damage of granite

He Xiao, Li Qing, Chen Hongkai, Tang Hongmei, Wang Linfeng

The purpose of this study was to explore the changes of mechanical and physical properties of granite under different thermal loading effects. Uniaxial compression experiments studying the rules of the influence of temperature load on…

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Miscellanea Views: 965 Downloads: 433 Vol. 10, No. 35 (2016) December 29, 2015 pp. pages 206-212

Crack initiation and fracture features of Fe–Co–B–Si–Nb bulk metallic glass during compression

S. Lesz, A. Januszka, S. Griner, R. Nowosielski

The aim of the paper was investigation crack initiation and fracture features developed during compression of Fe-based bulk metallic glass (BMG). These Fe-based BMG has received great attention as a new class of structural material due to…

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Miscellanea Views: 672 Downloads: 411 Vol. 13, No. 48 (2019) March 5, 2019 pp. 481-490

Durability method on corrosion fatigue performance of AH 32 steel

xiaoguang huang, zhiqiang wang

A durability method in view of cathodic protection is proposed to improve the corrosion fatigue resistance of AH 32 steel in seawater. By aid of corrosion fatigue tests, the effects of thermal spraying Zn (zinc) and Cr (chromium) coating…

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Fatigue and Fracture of metallic alloys Views: 425 Downloads: 255 Vol. 20, No. 75 (2026) November 5, 2025 pp. 265-280

Experimental and 3D numerical analysis on the effect of specimen thickness on fracture toughness of Al6061-SiC-cenosphere Hybrid composites

E. Ashoka, T.H. Manjunatha, H. S. Naveen Kumar, S. V. Lingaraju, H. N. Ravikumar

This study examines the fracture toughness of Al6061 alloy-based hybrid composites reinforced with silicon carbide particles and cenosphere microspheres. Aluminum alloy Al6061 is widely utilized in structural applications due to its…

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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…

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Fatigue Views: 644 Downloads: 550 Vol. 15, No. 55 (2021) December 28, 2020 pp. 213-227

Effect of thermomechanical processing defects on fatigue and fracture behaviour of forged magnesium

Andrew Gryguc, S.B. Behravesh, H. Jahed, M. Wells, B. Williams, R. Gruber, A. Duquett, T. Sparrow, M. Lambrou, X. Su

The microstructural origins of premature fatigue failures were investigated on a variety of forged components manufactured from AZ80 and ZK60 magnesium, both at the test specimen level and the full-scale component level. Both stress and…

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Fatigue and Fracture of non metallic materials Views: 701 Downloads: 291 Vol. 20, No. 75 (2026) October 16, 2025 pp. 76-87

Realization of introducing non-woven veil on interlaminar radial strength of Glass Epoxy L-Bend composites

Shivakumar Gouda, Vinayak S. Uppin, I. Sridhar, G. Hatti, M. A. Umarfarooq, A. Muddebihal, K. N. Bharath, A. Edacherian

This study investigates the effect of interleaving non-woven veils and their surface areal density on the curved beam strength (CBS) and interlaminar radial stress (ILRS) of glass/epoxy L-bend composite laminates. Carbon veils with areal…

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Fatigue and Fracture of non metallic materials Views: 777 Downloads: 556 Vol. 18, No. 67 (2024) December 17, 2023 pp. 24-42

The effect of beam width and crack-depth ratio on mode I fracture toughness of RCB: an experimental and numerical study

Seleem Ahmad, Ghada Gamiaa, Abd El-Monem El-Kholy

In the present work, the fracture performance of pre-cracked reinforced concrete beams was investigated numerically and experimentally. Experimental and numerical programs were designed to examine the effect of beam width, b, (120 and 250…

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SI: Portuguese contributions for Structural Integrity Views: 627 Downloads: 522 Vol. 13, No. 48 (2019) March 5, 2019 pp. 318-331

Damage evaluation under complex fatigue loading conditions

Luis Reis, Joao Caxias, Henrique Soares, Pedro R. Costa, Vitor Anes, Manuel Freitas

Fatigue damage and life assessment of multiaxial loadings is still an issue yet to resolve. Many methods have been proposed with promising agreements with the experimental results. However, the performance of such methods is, more than…

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Miscellanea Views: 772 Downloads: 460 Vol. 13, No. 47 (2019) December 1, 2018 pp. 54-64

Numerical Investigation on Stress Intensity Factor and J Integral in Friction Stir Welded Joint through XFEM method

Imane imane_elmeguenni Elmeguenni, Mohamed Mazari

In fracture mechanics (domain of cracked environments), it is concerned to forecast the behavior of the structures until their ruin. Friction Stir Welding (FSW) is a new process for solid-state joining, it can weld high strength aluminum…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 754 Downloads: 380 Vol. 19, No. 71 (2025) October 16, 2024 pp. 124-150

Effect of temperature and adhesive defect on repaired structure using composite patch

Mohammed Abdulla, Meftah Hrairi, Abdul Aabid Shaikh, Nur Azam Abdullah

In structural engineering, composite patch repairs are widely used to address cracked structures. However, their behavior under thermo-mechanical loading remains complex and less understood. This study examines the repair of a…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 150 Downloads: 93 Vol. 20, No. 77 (2026) April 16, 2026 pp. 89-106

Mechanical and tomographic characterisation of recycled Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymer (rCFRP) using a fully mechanical environmentally friendly process

Andrea Casaroli, Marco Virginio Boniardi, Edoardo Scabini

The widespread use of carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites in sectors such as aerospace and aviation calls for the adoption of sustainable recycling protocols. This research evaluates the mechanical and tomographic…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,377 Downloads: 456 Vol. 11, No. 42 (2017) September 29, 2017 pp. Pages 147-160

Generalised fracture mechanics approach to the interfacial failure analysis of a bonded steel-concrete joint

Wouter De Corte, Peter Helincks, Veerle Boel, Jan Klusak, Stanislav Seitl, Geert De Schutter

Steel-concrete joints are often made by welded shear studs. However, this connection reduces the fatigue strength, especially in situations where locally concentrated loads occur with a large number of load cycles e.g. in bridge decks. In…

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