... Keywords: Alloys, Aluminium alloys, Deformation, Failure modes, Finite element modelling, Geometric parameters, Single-lap joints, Stress (materials), Stress analysis http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/IJSI-03-2014-003 This article originally appeared in Volume 3 Number 1, 2012...

... the proposed methodology, an experimental programme has been conducted, testing 38 specimens made of aluminium alloy Al7075‐T651, each of them containing a certain stress riser. The comparison between the experimental results and the corresponding predictions provided by the proposed assessment methodology has...

...Sp. Pantelakis; Costas A. Charitidis; Dimitrios A. Dragatogiannis; Elias P. Koumoulos Purpose Lightweight alloys are of major concern, due to their applicability, in transport and industry applications. The purpose of this paper is to perform a comprehensive analysis of time dependent properties...

... aluminum alloy. Design/methodology/approach Friction stir welding is a solid‐state joining process, which emerged as an alternative technique to be used in high strength alloys that were difficult to join with conventional joining techniques. This technique has a significant effect on the local...

... aluminum alloys. In order to test the reliability of nanoindentation technique, nanohardness values for friction stir welded aluminum alloys were compared to microhardness values. Additionally, the onset of plasticity (yielding) is investigated. Design/methodology/approach Nanoindentation experiments...

...Mehdi Keikhosravy; Reza Hashemi Oskouei; Payam Soltani; Akin Atas; Constantinos Soutis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of geometric variables on the stress and strain distributions, as well as non‐linear deformation behaviour of aluminium alloy 2024‐T3 single‐lap...

... components, particularly in the applications of aircraft industry. R= stress ratio Yu‐Kui Gao can be contacted at: yukuigao@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Fatigue Residual stresses Smooth specimens Local strength Alloys Surface properties of materials Many...

...Simon A. Barter Purpose This paper aims to present some aspects associated with the life prediction of structures with fatigue cracks growing from small natural discontinuities in aluminium alloy (AA)7050‐T7451 for a surface condition that is present in F/A‐18 A/B aircraft critical structure...

.../fatigue strength. Findings This work has found that it is possible to use laser cladding as a repair technology to improve structural integrity in aluminium alloy aircraft structures in terms of corrosion reduction and geometrical restoration. Initial results have indicated a reduction of static...

...Lothar Wagner; Mansour Mhaede; Manfred Wollmann; Igor Altenberger; Yuji Sano Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of mechanical surface treatments on the surface layer properties and the fatigue performance of the aircraft alloys Al 7075‐T73 and Ti‐6Al‐4V Design...

...) of aluminium alloys no data were found available concerning fatigue behaviour under variable amplitude loading. The purpose of this paper is to determine the fatigue strength of friction stir welds in AA6082‐T6 under constant and variable amplitude loading and analyse the validity of Miner's rule...

...Goran Ivetic; Uroš Trdan; Sebastjan Žagar; Janez Grum; José Luis Ocan˜a Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of shock waves and strain hardening effect of laser and shot peening on precipitation‐hardened aluminium alloy AA 6082‐T651. Design/methodology/approach...

... aluminum alloy A2024‐T3, a low‐carbon austenitic stainless steel SUS316L (Type 316L) and a nickel‐based alloy NCF600 (Alloy 600). Design/methodology/approach The surface residual stress was measured intermittently by X‐ray diffraction during cyclic uniaxial loading. Findings The compressive...

...Goran Ivetic; Patrice Peyre; Neila Hfaiedh; Hongbin Song; Vincent Ji; Vincent Vignal; Wilfrid Seiler; Stephane Branly Purpose The purpose of this paper is to conduct a comparative study of the surface modifications induced by two different lasers on a 2050‐T8 aluminum alloy, with a specific...

... aluminum alloy sample, using the finite element software LS‐DYNA. Design/methodology/approach The pressures resulting from the laser peening are directly applied in an explicit transient analysis as forces. At the completion of the transient analysis, an implicit springback analysis is performed...