SI: Crack Paths - CP2024
This Special Issue features the scientific contributions presented at the 8th International Conference on Crack Paths (CP2024), scheduled to take place in Rimini, Italy, from 10 to 12 September 2024.
The Crack Paths 2024 Conference is jointly organized by Technical Committee TC3 – Fatigue of Engineering Materials and Structures of the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS) and the Italian Group of Fracture (IGF). The event continues a successful tradition of previous editions held in Parma (2003 and 2006), Vicenza (2009), Gaeta (2012), Ferrara (2015), Verona (2018), and online in 2021, and represents a key forum for researchers and engineers working on the mechanics of crack propagation.
The focus of the Conference is the prediction and analysis of crack paths in materials and structures under a variety of loading conditions, including both static and fatigue regimes. Understanding crack trajectory is essential in assessing the structural integrity and lifetime of components, especially in critical applications where the nature of crack growth may lead to either benign or catastrophic failure. Moreover, accurate prediction of crack paths plays a crucial role in non-destructive evaluation strategies, influencing the design and implementation of appropriate inspection techniques.
Authors contributing to CP2024 have been invited to submit full-length manuscripts to this Special Issue. All submissions underwent rigorous peer review in accordance with the journal’s standards. This Special Issue aimed to collect high-quality contributions that reflected the latest advances and practical developments discussed at CP2024, providing an important reference for academics, researchers, and practitioners engaged in the study of fracture and crack path prediction.
Guest Editors:
• Vittorio Di Cocco (Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Italy)
• Camilla Ronchei (Università di Parma, Italy)
• Daniela Scorza (Università di Parma, Italy)
• Sabrina Vantadori (Università di Parma, Italy)
Flood-induced load effects on real-scale structures: a 3D multilevel dynamic analysis
Umberto De Maio, Fabrizio Greco, Paolo Lonetti, Paolo Nevone Blasi, Girolamo Sgambitterra
Prediction of the tensile strength of FDM specimens based on Tsai Hill criteria
Cosmin Florin Popa, Sergiu Valentin Galatanu, Liviu Marsavina
Parametric study on the effect of anchor’s geometry on the stress distribution and crack initiation direction in a concrete body
Lucie Malikova, Petr Miarka
An experimental study into the net cross-sectional failure of damaged plates with holes for different steel grades and temperatures
Davide Leonetti, Bo van Schuppen, Maryam Jahanian, Sumya Mobder, Bert Snijder
Effect of contact geometry, loading, material properties and relative slip on the fretting fatigue behaviour of metallic components
Andrea Zanichelli, Andrea Carpinteri, Camilla Ronchei, Daniela Scorza
Effect of fracture energy estimation on the predictions of mode II behavior of bonded joints using cohesive zone models
Michele Perrella, Enrico Armentani, Giuseppe Lamanna, Valentino Paolo Berardi
Comparative assessment of the acoustic activity and the Pressure Stimulated Voltage in marble specimens under compression
Stavros K Kourkoulis, E. D. Pasiou, D. Triantis, I. Stavrakas