SI: Mechanical Fatigue of Metals

Guest editors
• J.A.F.O. Correia (University of Porto, Portugal)
• A.M.P. De Jesus (University of Porto, Portugal )
• M. Calvente (University of Oviedo, Spain)
• A. Fernández-Canteli (University of Oviedo, Spain)

Issue 42 (October 2017)

Influence of the stress gradient on the fatigue life calculation of a martensitic high strength steel
Igor Miloševic, Gerhard Winter, Florian Grün, Martin Kober

Effect of corrosion and sandblasting on the high cycle fatigue behavior of reinforcing B500C steel bars
Marina C. Vasco, Panagiota Polydoropoulou, Apostolos N. Chamos, Spiros G. Pantelakis

Fatigue crack growth in 2017A-T4 alloy subjected to proportional bending with torsion
D. Rozumek, S. Faszynka

Modeling of the stress-strain relationship for specimens made of S355J0 steel subjected to bending block loading with mean load
R. Pawliczek, C.T Lachowicz

Crack growth of explosive welding zirconium-steel bimetal subjected to cyclic bending
D. Rozumek, Z. Marciniak

Numerical analysis of the influence of liquid on propagation of a rolling contact fatigue crack
Miroslaw Olzak, Janusz Piechna, Pawel Pyrzanowski

Comparison of fracture toughness values of normal and high strength concrete determined by three point bend and modified disk-shaped compact tension specimens
Stanislav Seitl, José D. Ríos, Hector Cifuentes

Crack onset assessment near the sharp material inclusion tip by means of modified maximum tangential stress criterion
Ondrej Krepl, Jan Klusák

Fatigue crack propagation prediction of a pressure vessel mild steel based on a strain energy density model
P. J. Huffman, J. Ferreira, J.A.F.O. Correia, A.M.P. De Jesus, G. Lesiuk, F. Berto, A. Fernandez-Canteli, G. Glinka

Identification of fatigue and mechanical characteristics of explosively welded steel - titanium composite
M. Kowalski

Structural integrity assessment and rehabilitating of Hercilio Luz bridge
Hermes Carvalho, Ricardo Hallal Fakury, Paula Moura Leite Vilela

Probabilistic fatigue S-N curves derivation for notched components
P. Raposo, J.A.F.O. Correia, A.M.P. De Jesus, R.A.B. Calçada

Evaluation of mixed mode I/II fracture toughness of C 50/60 from Brazilian disc test
Stanislav Seitl, Petr Miarka

Over-deterministic method: The influence of rounding numbers on the accuracy of the values of Williams’ expansion terms
Vladimir Ruzicka, Lucie Malikova, Stanislav Seitl

Statistical analysis of fatigue crack propagation data of materials from ancient portuguese metallic bridges
J.A.F.O. Correia, A.M.P. De Jesus, R. Calcada, B. Pedrosa, C. Rebelo, Luis Simoes da Silva, G. ISISE, Department of Civil Engineering,

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

Pilot evaluation of a fracture process zone in a modified compact tension specimen by X-ray tomography
Jiri Klon, Stanislav Seitl, Hana Simonova, Zbynek Kersner, Ivana Kumpova, Daniel Vavrik