This review summarizes recent advances in the area of tribology based on the outcome of a
Lorentz Center workshop surveying various physical, chemical and mechanical phenomena …

Brittle failure of components weakened by cracks or sharp and blunt V-notches is a topic of
active and continuous research. It is attractive for all researchers who face the problem of …

In a standard design practice, it is often necessary to assemble engineered structures from
individually manufactured parts. Ideally, the assembled system should perform as if the …

This study aims to provide an overview of numerical and experimental work, related to crack
nucleation under fretting fatigue conditions. In fretting fatigue, multiaxial loads and severe …

Contact problems are central to Solid Mechanics, because contact is the principal method of
applying loads to a deformable body and the resulting stress concentration is often the most …

Fretting fatigue can significantly reduce the life of components, leading to unexpected in-
service failures. This phenomenon has been studied for over a century, with significant …

The fretting problem occurs at two contact surfaces sustaining small relative displacement,
and it reduces the fatigue lifetime dramatically. Estimating accurate fretting fatigue lifetime …

During the latest 20 years, the extended finite element method (XFEM) has been gradually
used to investigate the crack growth behaviors of different materials in combination with …

Fretting fatigue is a common type of problem in the aviation and other engineering fields.
Due to its multiaxial characteristics, it leads to a shorter overall fatigue life compared to plain …

A new hybrid model (M3I) based on Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and on a non-local
multiaxial fatigue analysis has been proposed to predict fretting fatigue life. The inputs for …