Adhesive bonding is a constantly develo** technique, and the volume of its industrial
applications is rapidly increasing, which, in turn, requires improving the compatibility and …

Fatigue degradation of aging metallic bridges is a major concern for the safety of the railway
network, particularly regarding riveted details. The codes in force propose mainly global …

The assessment of fatigue crack propagation of steel structures is essential and important
especially to improve the application of high strength steel in construction. The load ratio R …

Fatigue design assessment is a crucial step in the design process of ships and offshore
structures. To date, the stochastic approach is commonly used to calculate the total lifetime …

Fatigue fracture is one of the main causes of structural failure under cyclic loading, so
accurate evaluation of fatigue fracture is very important for the design of structures subjected …

Pores are a key type of concerns in additive manufacturing technology. They can
significantly affect materials' fatigue resistance and fatigue crack growth in the structures. In …

This work presents the numerical simulation and validation of a fatigue propagation test of a
semi-elliptical crack located at the side of the rectangular section of a beam subjected to four …

The traditional finite element method (FEM) often requires a large number of refined meshes
to analyze the mechanical behavior of geometric discontinuities, its computational efficiency …

The mechanical properties such as tensile, fracture toughness, and fatigue properties of
Additive Manufacturing (AM) fabricated Ti6Al4V alloy is critically crucial for structural …

This paper proposes an extended finite element method (XFEM) modelling approach
coupled with cyclic damage mechanics criteria to simulate the fatigue crack growth (FCG) …