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Failure Analysis, Case Studies and Forensic Engineering Views: 1,014 Downloads: 660 Vol. 16, No. 61 (2022) June 19, 2022 pp. 198-213

An experimental study and a proposed theoretical solution for the prediction of the ductile/brittle failure modes of reinforced concrete beams strengthened with external steel plates

Hau Nguyen Van, Thanh Bui Tien, Phe Pham Van, Long Nguyen-ngoc

An experimental study and a proposed theoretical solution are conducted in the present study to investigate the ductile/brittle failure mode of reinforced concrete beams strengthened with an external steel plate. The present experimental…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.61.13

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Miscellanea Views: 1,232 Downloads: 564 Vol. 9, No. 34 (2015) September 29, 2015

A comparative study on dynamic mechanical performance of concrete and rock

Xia Zhengbing, Zhang Kefeng, Deng Yanfeng, Ge Fuwen

Recently, engineering blasting is widely applied in projects such as rock mineral mining, construction of underground cavities and field-leveling excavation. Dynamic mechanical performance of rocks has been gradually attached importance…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.34.63

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Miscellanea Views: 1,094 Downloads: 558 Vol. 8, No. 29 (2014) July 9, 2014 pp. pages 74-84

TWSME of a NiTi strip in free bending conditions: experimental and theoretical approach

A. Fortini, M. Merlin, R. Rizzoni, S. Marfia

This paper deals with the two-way shape memory effect (TWSME) induced on a strip of a nearequiatomic NiTi alloy by means of the shape memory cycling training method. This procedure is based on the deformation in martensite state to reach…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.29.08

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Damage mechanics Views: 571 Downloads: 376 Vol. 20, No. 75 (2026) October 16, 2025 pp. 55-75

Prediction of crack length in thin-walled plates under different mode conditions using machine learning algorithms

Abdul Aabid Shaikh

This study uses theoretical stress intensity factor data to assess how well machine learning models predict crack length. Thin-walled damage plate under various modes was evaluated based on the theoretical relation. Using theoretical data…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.75.06

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 475 Downloads: 423 Vol. 19, No. 72 (2025) March 26, 2025 pp. 263-279

Experimental and theoretical study of used GFRP I-profile composite columns

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

Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) is a promising alternative to steel due to its high strength, lightweight properties, corrosion resistance, and low maintenance requirements. This study examines the effect of internal GFRP I-sections…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.72.19

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Impact & Dynamics Views: 457 Downloads: 418 Vol. 16, No. 60 (2022) March 25, 2022 pp. 114-133

Experimental and computational study on dynamic analysis of cracked simply supported structures under moving mass

Shakti P. Jena, Cihan O. Bulut, Serpil Kurt

In this study, the influences of crack parameters like crack location from the left end, crack height, number of cracks and the magnitude of mass and the velocity of the transit load on the vertical displacements of the cracked simply…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.60.09

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Miscellanea Views: 984 Downloads: 702 Vol. 7, No. 26 (2013) September 25, 2013 pp. Pages 31-40

Strength on cut edge and ground edge glass beams with the failure analysis method

Stefano Agnetti

The aim of this work is the study of the effect of the finishing of the edge of glass when it has a structural function. Experimental investigations carried out for glass specimens are presented. Various series of annealed glass beam were…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.26.04

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Miscellanea Views: 990 Downloads: 609 Vol. 8, No. 27 (2014) December 23, 2013 pp. pages 28-37

Energy dissipation and storage in iron under plastic deformation (experimental study and numerical simulation)

A. Kostina, A. Iziumova, O. Plekhov

The work is devoted to the experimental and numerical investigation of thermodynamic aspects of the plastic deformation in Armco iron. Dissipation and stored energies was calculated from processed experimental data of the surface…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.27.04

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Miscellanea Views: 1,084 Downloads: 394 Vol. 8, No. 29 (2014) July 9, 2014 pp. pages 28-36

Elastic wave propagation and stop-band generation in strongly damaged solids

G. Carta, M. Brun, A.B. Movchan

In this work, we study the propagation of elastic waves in elongated solids with an array of equallyspaced deep transverse cracks, focusing in particular on the determination of stop-bands. We consider solids with different types of…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.29.04

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Miscellanea Views: 832 Downloads: 542 Vol. 9, No. 34 (2015) September 28, 2015

Applications of lattice method in the simulation of crack path in heterogeneous materials

L. E. Kosteski, F. S. Soares, I. Iturrioz

The simulation of critical and subcritical crack propagation in heterogeneous materials is not a simple problem in computational mechanics. These topics can be studied with different theoretical tools. In the crack propagation problem it…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.34.24

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Miscellanea Views: 921 Downloads: 474 Vol. 8, No. 27 (2014) December 23, 2013 pp. pages 53-65

Fracture failure analysis of baseplates in a fluidic amplifier made of WC-11Co cemented carbide

H. Liu, K. Yin, J.M. Peng, Q.L. Yin

A fluidic amplifier is a crucial automatic control component in a liquid jet hammer used to drill hard formations in the oil industry. This study aims to determine the true causes of the fracture failure of baseplates in a fluidic…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.27.07

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Miscellanea Views: 805 Downloads: 471 Vol. 3, No. 10 (2009) pp. pages 43-55

A dimensional analysis approach to fatigue in quasi-brittle materials

Marco Paggi

In this study, a generalized Barenblatt and Botvina dimensional analysis approach to fatigue crack growth is proposed in order to highlight and explain the deviations from the classical power-law equations used to characterize the fatigue…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.10.06

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Miscellanea Views: 1,106 Downloads: 612 Vol. 10, No. 38 (2016) October 3, 2016 pp. Pages 296-304

Structural mechanisms of formation of adiabatic shear bands

Mikhail Sokovikov, Dmitry Bilalov, Vladimir Oborin, Vasiliy Chudinov, Sergey Uvarov, Yuriy Bayandin, Oleg Naimark

The paper focuses on the experimental and theoretical study of plastic deformation instability and localization in materials subjected to dynamic loading and high-velocity perforation. We investigate the behavior of samples dynamically…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.38.40

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Miscellanea Views: 580 Downloads: 480 Vol. 13, No. 49 (2019) June 24, 2019 pp. 748-762

Prediction of thermomechanical behavior of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene using a newly developed nonlinear damage-reliability model

Abderrazak En-naji, N. Mouhib, H. Farid, M. El Ghorba

The aim of this work was to evaluate the influence of temperature on the mechanical behavior of an amorphous polymer, namely acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), based on a series of uniaxial tensile tests on smooth specimens at…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.49.67

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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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Reliability and Life Extension of Components Views: 765 Downloads: 655 Vol. 14, No. 54 (2020) September 23, 2020 pp. 282-296

Numerical analysis of reinforced concrete beams pre cracked reinforced by composite materials

Fatima Benaoum, Foudil Khelil, Ali Benhamena

This work constitutes a contribution to the analysis of the behavior of beams reinforced by composite materials. The analysis was made by a study on concrete elements, and in pre-cracked reinforced concrete then reinforced with carbon…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.54.20

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Miscellanea Views: 1,292 Downloads: 2,171 Vol. 10, No. 38 (2016) October 3, 2016 pp. Pages 177-183

A critical analysis of the Mises stress criterion used in frequency domain fatigue life prediction

Adam Nieslony

Multiaxial fatigue failure criteria are formulated in time and frequency domain. The number of frequency domain criteria is rather small and the most popular one is the equivalent von Mises stress criterion. This criterion was elaborated…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.38.24

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Miscellanea Views: 1,364 Downloads: 509 Vol. 10, No. 37 (2016) June 13, 2016 pp. 352-359

Analysis of time-dependent reliability of degenerated reinforced concrete structure

Zhang Hongping, Zhang Lili, Xia Zhengbing

Durability deterioration of structure is a highly random process. The maintenance of degenerated structure involves the calculation of the reliability of time-dependent structure. This study introduced reinforced concrete structure…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.37.46

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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…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.72.14

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Miscellanea Views: 951 Downloads: 798 Vol. 10, No. 36 (2016) March 22, 2016 pp. Pages 191-200

Crack formation of steel reinforced concrete structure under stress in construction period

Hua Zhu

To obtain deformation rules of steel reinforced concrete structure under stress, this study explored the crack formation in construction period. A novel structure system – steel reinforced concrete structure with shear wall and truss at…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.36.19

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Miscellanea Views: 816 Downloads: 409 Vol. 10, No. 36 (2016) March 22, 2016 pp. Pages 8-26

Modeling of edge cracks interaction

V. Petrova, S. Schmauder, A. Shashkin

From experimental and theoretical investigations it is known that cracks are sensitive to geometry, e.g., to the inclination angle to the load. A small deviation of a crack from the normal direction to a tensile load causes mixed mode…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.36.02

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Miscellanea Views: 808 Downloads: 527 Vol. 7, No. 24 (2013) March 20, 2013 pp. Pages 96-111

Study of the conditions of fracture at explosive compaction of powders

Andrey E. Buzyurkin, Evgeny I. Kraus, Yaroslav L. Lukyanov

Joint theoretical and experimental investigations have allowed to realize an approach with use of mathematical and physical modeling of processes of a shock wave loading of powder materials. In order to gain a better insight into the…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.24.11

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Miscellanea Views: 763 Downloads: 425 Vol. 12, No. 46 (2018) September 27, 2018 pp. 391-399

Experimental study on the mechanical behavior of RPC filled square steel tube columns subjected to eccentric compression

Wenxiu Hao, Xiao Xu, Zhiqiang Niu

In order to study the mechanical behavior of reactive powder concrete (RPC) filled square steel tubular columns, this paper designs an eccentric compression experiment for 12 specimens of RPC filled square steel tubular column and studies…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.36

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Miscellanea Views: 950 Downloads: 555 Vol. 16, No. 62 (2022) September 22, 2022 pp. 91-106

Numerical study of the plasticity effect on the behavior of short steel columns filled with concrete loaded axially

Yousria Boulmaali-Hacene Chaouche, Nadia Kouider, Kamel Djeghaba, Bachir Kebaili

For more than two decades, the construction technique using concrete filled steel tube (CFST) has been widespread throughout the world. Indeed, it has been demonstrated that the use of normal or high strength concrete, confined in a steel…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.62.07

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SI: New Trends in Fatigue and Fracture Views: 1,423 Downloads: 416 Vol. 13, No. 50 (2019) July 9, 2019 pp. 1-9

The effect of fatigue crack rate on the heat dissipation in metals under mixed-mode loading

Aleksei Vshivkov, Oleg Plekhov

The monitoring of a heat dissipation process can give an important information about kinetics of deformation process and current crack propagation rate. The work is devoted to the theoretical and experimental study of the problem. The…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.50.01

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SI: Crack Paths Views: 740 Downloads: 425 Vol. 13, No. 47 (2019) December 4, 2018 pp. 416-424

Brittle crack propagation acceleration in a single crystal of a 3% silicon-Fe alloy

Tomoya Kawbata, Noritaka Nakamura, Shuji Aihara

Brittle fracture in carbon steel has a serious impact on the safety of steel structures. Thus, technology that arrests crack propagation is the final line of protection for such structures. It is such an important issue that conditions…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.47.32

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Fracture Views: 1,142 Downloads: 784 Vol. 16, No. 61 (2022) June 19, 2022 pp. 496-509

Finite Fracture Mechanics and Cohesive Crack Model: Size effects through a unified formulation

Francesco Ferrian, Pietro Cornetti, Liviu Marsavina, Alberto Sapora

Finite Fracture Mechanics and Cohesive Crack Model can effectively predict the strength of plain, cracked or notched structural components, overcoming the classical drawbacks of Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics. Aim of the present work is…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.61.33

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Analytical, Numerical and Physical Models Views: 2,032 Downloads: 1,176 Vol. 17, No. 63 (2023) December 21, 2022 pp. 153-168

Numerical analysis of repaired wall loss defect pipelines for optimum composite wrap thickness

Muhammed Khaise, Silvio de Barros, Ney Rohem, Maria Banea, Sandip Budhe

The paper presents the numerical analysis of failure pressure of wall loss defect metallic pipelines and validate it with experimental results. An optimization of composite thickness for repair of wall loss defect pipeline is also carried…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.63.14

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Structural Integrity and Durability of Structures Views: 715 Downloads: 585 Vol. 16, No. 60 (2022) March 25, 2022 pp. 488-503

PVC failure modelling through experimental and digital image correlation measurements

Najat Zekriti, Fatima Majid, Rajae Rhanim, Ibrahim Mrani, Hassan Rhanim

This paper analyses industrial PVC sheets structural integrity assessment widely used for different ranges of industrial applications. We investigated combined approaches focused on fracture toughness assessment to predict PVC mechanical…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.60.33

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Fatigue and Fracture of metallic alloys Views: 549 Downloads: 128 Vol. 20, No. 75 (2026) November 1, 2025 pp. 250-264

Consecutive shock waves and fatigue loads: action invariants as optimization parameters under Laser Shock Pinning

Mikhail Bannikov, Oleg Naimark, Aleksandr Balakhnin, Vladimir Oborin, Sergey Uvarov, Aleksandra Yurina

The criteria for optimizing shock-wave modes to increase the fatigue life of aircraft engine alloys are discussed with reference to laser shock peening (LSP). They are based on the self-similarity of plastic wave fronts and the kinetics of…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.75.18

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An experimental study and a proposed theoretical solution for the prediction of the ductile/brittle failure modes of reinforced concrete beams strengthened with external steel plates

A comparative study on dynamic mechanical performance of concrete and rock

TWSME of a NiTi strip in free bending conditions: experimental and theoretical approach

Prediction of crack length in thin-walled plates under different mode conditions using machine learning algorithms

Experimental and theoretical study of used GFRP I-profile composite columns

Experimental and computational study on dynamic analysis of cracked simply supported structures under moving mass

Strength on cut edge and ground edge glass beams with the failure analysis method

Energy dissipation and storage in iron under plastic deformation (experimental study and numerical simulation)

Elastic wave propagation and stop-band generation in strongly damaged solids

Applications of lattice method in the simulation of crack path in heterogeneous materials

Fracture failure analysis of baseplates in a fluidic amplifier made of WC-11Co cemented carbide

A dimensional analysis approach to fatigue in quasi-brittle materials

Structural mechanisms of formation of adiabatic shear bands

Prediction of thermomechanical behavior of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene using a newly developed nonlinear damage-reliability model

Simulation of deformation and fracture processes in nanocomposites

Numerical analysis of reinforced concrete beams pre cracked reinforced by composite materials

A critical analysis of the Mises stress criterion used in frequency domain fatigue life prediction

Analysis of time-dependent reliability of degenerated reinforced concrete structure

Structural behavior of GFRP-concrete composite beams

Crack formation of steel reinforced concrete structure under stress in construction period

Modeling of edge cracks interaction

Study of the conditions of fracture at explosive compaction of powders

Experimental study on the mechanical behavior of RPC filled square steel tube columns subjected to eccentric compression

Numerical study of the plasticity effect on the behavior of short steel columns filled with concrete loaded axially

The effect of fatigue crack rate on the heat dissipation in metals under mixed-mode loading

Brittle crack propagation acceleration in a single crystal of a 3% silicon-Fe alloy

Finite Fracture Mechanics and Cohesive Crack Model: Size effects through a unified formulation

Numerical analysis of repaired wall loss defect pipelines for optimum composite wrap thickness

PVC failure modelling through experimental and digital image correlation measurements

Consecutive shock waves and fatigue loads: action invariants as optimization parameters under Laser Shock Pinning