Aerospace components, such as aircraft fuselage panels, pressurized container and turbine
blades are exposed to in-plane biaxial fatigue loading in service. Assessment of the effect of …

The work reports an extensive experimental campaign for the aluminium lithium alloy Al-Li
2198-T851. Static, fatigue and fatigue crack-growth behaviour was investigated through …

In this paper, the evolution of the plastic anisotropy of stainless steel 316L samples is
investigated under proportional loading paths using a customized cruciform specimen. The …

Fatigue crack-growth of mechanical components is stochastic in nature and deterministic
approaches do not allow for its complete study. Primary sources of this stochasticity can be …

The reliability of the damage tolerance approach to engineering design is affected by
numerous sources of uncertainty that can lead to unsafe predictions, in turn jeopardizing the …

The heterogeneity and anisotropy of fibre-reinforced polymer matrix composites results in a
highly complex mechanical response and failure under multiaxial loading states. Among the …

The purpose of this research was to present a simulation modelling of a crack propagation
trajectory in linear elastic material subjected to mixed-mode loadings and investigate the …

This study analyzes the simulation model configuration and its loading conditions in fatigue
and subsequent crack growth tests. Following the simulation principles, a full-size 3D finite …

Railway axles are designed to be highly reliable so as to ensure even more than 30 years of
service. Even though they are periodically inspected by scheduled Non Destructive Testing …

Damage tolerant design relies on accurately predicting the growth rate and path of fatigue
cracks under constant and variable amplitude loading. ANSYS Mechanical R19. 2 was used …