The prediction of fatigue crack growth is a major concern in the design of mechanical
components and engineering structures subjected to cyclic loading. One of the best-known …

Typical civil infrastructures are prone to fatigue-induced failure due to repeated loading
during their service life. To effectively manage the consequences of fatigue-induced failure …

This study determines the equivalent stress intensity factor (SIF) model that best fits the
experimental behavior of low-carbon steel under mixed modes (I and II). The study assessed …

This paper deals with the initiation of a short crack and subsequent growth of the long crack
in a type of carbon steel under cyclic loading, concluded with the estimation of the complete …

A numerical procedure was employed to study the shape evolution of fatigue cracks in
Middle Cracked Tension specimens. This iterative procedure consists of a 3D finite element …

The appropriateness of some common similitude principles with respect to describing and
predicting fatigue damage propagation is discussed. Linear elastic fracture mechanics have …

Mechanical size effects are a well known phenomenon when the sample volume is reduced
or the characteristic length of the microstructure is changed. While size effects in micropillar …

For most engineering alloys, the long fatigue crack growth under a certain stress level can
be described by the Paris law. The law provides a correlation between the fatigue crack …

An experimental and numerical investigation of fatigue life and crack propagation in two-
dimensional perforated aluminum structures is presented. Specifically, the performance of …

Abstract 3D numerical simulations of fatigue damage of multiscale fiber reinforced polymer
composites with secondary nanoclay reinforcement are carried out. Macro–micro FE models …