A review on 3D-FE adaptive remeshing techniques for crack growth modelling

R Branco, FV Antunes, JD Costa - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2015‏ - Elsevier
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 …

Stress intensity factors and fatigue growth of surface cracks in notched shells and round bars: two decades of research work

A Carpinteri, C Ronchei… - Fatigue & Fracture of …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
In the present paper, some research results determined by the authors during the last two
decades are reviewed. The influence of notches (geometrical discontinuities) on the fatigue …

Fatigue crack growth in laser-shock-peened Ti–6Al–4V aerofoil specimens due to foreign object damage

B Lin, C Lupton, S Spanrad, J Schofield… - International Journal of …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Foreign object damage (FOD) has been identified as one of the primary life limiting factors
for fan and compressor blades. A comprehensive study is reported here on the fatigue crack …

An investigation about the influence of deep rolling on fatigue crack growth in railway axles made of a medium strength steel

D Regazzi, S Beretta, M Carboni - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Over the last years, deep rolling has been adopted to improve the fatigue strength of railway
axles, but very few scientific analyses and studies of this phenomenon are available in the …

Determination of the Paris law constants in round bars from beach marks on fracture surfaces

R Branco, FV Antunes, JD Costa, FP Yang… - Engineering Fracture …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
In this article, a 3-step reverse engineering technique capable of determining the Paris law
constants from the analysis of final fracture surfaces of fatigued round bars is proposed …

Influence of the cold-drawing process on fatigue crack growth of a V-notched round bar

A Carpinteri, R Brighenti, S Vantadori - International journal of fatigue, 2010‏ - Elsevier
The state of stress in a structural component is generally influenced by both service loadings
and production processes. As a matter of fact, the so-called residual stresses can be …

Analytical prediction of crack propagation under thermal cyclic loading inducing a thermal gradient in the specimen thickness–Comparison with experiments and …

HN Le, C Gardin - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2011‏ - Elsevier
This paper studies the evolution of a surface crack in a stainless steel specimen exposed to
thermal cyclic loading inducing a thermal gradient in the thickness. The crack shape and …

Corrections in numerical methodology to evaluate plasticity induced crack closure along the thickness

J Garcia-Manrique, D Camas, ME Parrón-Rubio… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The influence of the three-dimensional effects of the distribution of the stress intensity factor
in the numerical calculation of plasticity-induced crack closure is analysed in this paper. The …

Impact analysis of initial cracks' angle on fatigue failure of flange shafts

Z Xu, Y Cui, B Li, K Liu, F Shi, P Cao - Coatings, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
A fatigue test on the failure mode of flange shafts was conducted. The propagation
characteristics of the initial crack at the junction between the shaft and the flange as well as …

Crack growth under thermal cyclic loading in a 304L stainless steel–Experimental investigation and numerical prediction

C Gardin, HN Le, G Benoit, D Bertheau - International journal of fatigue, 2010‏ - Elsevier
A thermal fatigue device has been built in order to submit a notched parallelepipedic coupon
to cyclic temperature gradient in the thickness. It has been used to study the growth of this …