International Journal of Structural Integrity: Volume 8 Issue 6

ICMFM18-Mechanical fatigue of metals

José António Fonseca de Oliveira Correia, Miguel Muñiz Calvente, Abílio Manuel Pinho de Jesus, Alfonso Fernández-Canteli

Fatigue limit prediction of A356-T6 cast aluminum alloys with different defect sizes sampled from an actual large-scale component

Yoshihiko Uematsu, Toshifumi Kakiuchi, Akiko Tajiri, Masaki Nakajima

The purpose of this paper is the proposal of fatigue-life-prediction curve for cast aluminum alloy A356-T6 with different casting defect sizes.

Fatigue design of a twin internal combustion engine for a light helicopter by a CAE-based approach

Andrea Gilioli, Dario Braconi, Mario Guagliano

The purpose of this paper is to apply a computer-aided engineering approach in order to improve the performance and the reliability of an innovative internal combustion engine…

Fatigue damage detection and prediction of fatigue life on a cantilever beam

Manuel L. Aenlle, F. Pelayo, Alfonso Fernandez-Canteli

Fatigue failure is an important criterion to be considered in the design of structures and mechanical components. Catastrophic failure of structures in service conditions can be…

Fatigue resistance of rotary endodontic files subjected to planar and non-planar curvatures induced by in vitro tooth canals

Rui F. Martins, Alexandre Fernandes, Gonçalo Lóios, António Ginjeira

The purpose of this paper is to assess the fatigue life of different sizes of HyFlex CM™ endodontic files when submitted to planar or to non-planar curvatures, and to two…

Engineering models for softening and relaxation of Gr. 91 steel in creep-fatigue conditions

Stefan Holmström, Frits De Haan, Ulrich Führer, Rami Pohja, Jaromir Janousek

There are a number of different approaches for calculating creep-fatigue (CF) damage for design, such as the French nuclear code RCC-MRx, the American ASME III NH and the British…

Static failure load predictions in notched steel components using a combined experimental-numerical approach

Michal Jan Smolnicki, Michal Ptak, Grzegorz Lesiuk

The combined numerical-experimental approach has been presented. The purpose of this paper is to determine the critical rupture load of the notched components based on the…

Root causes analysis of differential pinion shaft assembly failure in WRX class car

Aleksandra Królicka, Grzegorz Lesiuk, Mikołaj Katkowski

The purpose of this paper is to present a case of fatigue damaging of the attacking roller of the WRC class car. Fatigue fractures are a very essential source of cognitive and…

Fatigue of adhesively bonded epoxy-AA6061T651 joints: Fatigue crack propagation and S-N behaviours

António A.M.A. Campos, Abílio M.P. de Jesus, José A.F.O. Correia, José J.L. Morais

Adhesively bonded joints are gaining importance in the structural joining processes competing against welding and bolting processes. However, long-term behaviour of adhesively…