International Journal of Structural Integrity: Volume 6 Issue 4

Numerical stability analysis of imperfect single-walled carbon nanotubes under axial compressive loads

Stelios K. Georgantzinos, G. I. Giannopoulos, P. K. Pierou, N. K. Anifantis

A computational structural mechanics approach, based on the exclusive use of standard bar elements is utilized in order to investigate the elastic stability of single-walled…

Homogenization of selective laser melting cellular material for impact performance simulation

G. Labeas, Evangelos Ptochos

The purpose of this paper is to present, the global behaviour of sandwich structures comprising cellular cores is predicted by finite element (FE) analysis. Two modelling…

Numerical simulation of tensile behavior of corroded aluminum alloy 2024 T3

Dorothea Setsika, Konstantinos Tserpes, Spiros Pantelakis

– The purpose of this paper is to develop a multi-scale modeling approach for simulating the tensile behavior of corroded aluminum alloy 2024 T3.

Design evaluation of the fractured main landing gear of a BAE Jetstream SX-SKY aircraft

I. T. Chondrou, G Mavrantonakis, N Tsagarakis, E Vergis, D Pangalos, T. G. Chondros

– The purpose of this paper is to study the main landing gear (MLG) mechanism configuration.

On the damages detection in aluminium beam using Hilbert-Huang transformation

Pantelis G. Nikolakopoulos, Anastasios Zavos, Dimitrios A. Bompos

Continuous on-line monitoring of structural integrity are in priority in many engineering fields such as aerospace, automotive, civilian structures, and industrial applications…

Effect fracture resistance on retardation of crack growth

Jirí Behal, Petr Homola, Roman Ružek

The prediction of fatigue crack growth behaviour is an important part of damage tolerance analyses. Recently, the author’s work has focused on evaluating the FASTRAN retardation…

Micro/macro fatigue crack growth rate model for 2024-T3 aluminum panel

George Sih

Fatigue crack growth rate data for 2024-T3 aluminum are found using three parameters d*, σ* and μ* for short and long cracks for Regions I-III in conventional fatigue. Asymptotic…

Three-dimensional cracked discs under anti-plane loading and effects of the boundary conditions: A review of recent developments

Filippo Berto, Alberto Campagnolo

Accordingly to the recent multi-scale model proposed by Sih and Tang, different orders of stress singularities are related to different material dependent boundary conditions…

Guest editorial

George Sih, Konstantinos Tserpes