SI: Developments in the fracture and fatigue assessment of materials and structures

Guest editors
• Filippo Berto (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
• Luca Susmel (University of Sheffield, UK)

Issue 46 (October 2018)

Simulation of the behavior of aluminum alloys welded in Friction Stir Welding FSW
Bounini Bousekrine Taha, Bouchouicha Benattou, Abdelkader Ghazi

Investigating the contribution of geometrical parameters and immersion time on fracture toughness of jute fabric composites using statistical techniques
Dr. Bharath K N, G. B. Manjunatha

Effect of Additive Elements Bi/Ni/Ge on Crack Initiation and Propagation for Low-Ag Solders
Noritake Hiyoshi, Mitsuo Yamashita, Hiroaki Hokazono

Effect of cold expansion on improving of fatigue initiation life in Aluminium alloy
Mohamed El Habiri, Mustapha Benachour, Nadjia Benachour

Bending fatigue strength design method for machine components with complex geometries
Gang Deng, Tsutomu Nakanishi

A progressive damage fatigue model for unidirectional laminated composites based on finite element analysis
Michael Hack, D. Carrella-Payan, B. Magneville, T. Naito, Y. Urushiyama, W. Yamazaki, T. Yokozeki, W. Van Paepegem

Influence of the Coupling between the Mechanical Characteristics and the Welding Conditions by the FSSW Process: Case of the Bimaterial Alu-Steel
Benattou Bouchouicha, H. Mekri, A. Miloudi, H. Christophe, A. Imad

Mechanical and nanomechanical properties of MWCNT/PP nanocomposite
Konstantinos Tserpes, A. Chanteli, Sp. Pantelakis, E.P. Koumoulos, C.A. Charitidis

Probabilistic-Based Analysis for Damaging Features of Fatigue Strain Loadings
Mohd Faridz Mod Yunoh, Shahrum Abdullah, Mohamad Hanif Md. Saad, Zulkifli Mohd Nopiah, Mohd Zaki Nuawi, Salvinder Singh Karam Singh

High cycle fatigue assessment of steel load-carrying cruciform welded joints: an overview of recent results
song wei, Xuesong Liu

Optimization of the geometrical parameters of bonded composite wrap for repairing cracked pipelines
sidi Mohamed Medjdoub Nesreddine, Belabbes Bachir Bouadjra, Miloudi Abdelkader

Effect of the angles of the cracks of corroded plate in bonded composite repair
Mokadem Salem, Berrahou Mohamed, Mechab Belaïd, Bachir Bouadjra Belabbes

Failure behaviour of a fire protected steel element
Georgios Drosopoulos, Siphesihle Motsa

Analysis of the crack-crack interaction effect initiated in aeronautical structures and repaired by composite patch
Nour Chafak Ibrahim, Serier Boualem, Mechab Belaïd

Fatigue Behaviour and Mean Stress Effect of Thermoplastic Polymers and Composites
Zongjin Lu, Bill Feng, Charlie Loh

Analysis of cylindrical delamination cracks in multilayered functionally graded non-linear elastic circular shafts under combined loads
Victor Rizov