... can be contacted at: houjou@oyama‐ct.ac.jp © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Steel Fatigue Mechanical behaviour of materials Stress (materials) Cracking Fatigue limit Stress concentration Rendering crack harmless Shot peening In recent years, the need for improvement...

... that the accelerometer measured the actual shock profile experienced by the base of the specimens. This accelerometer was limited to measuring the profile in the direction of motion. Fracture Mechanical behaviour of materials Electronic engineering Reliability Micro‐electro‐mechanical systems Single crystal...

.... dxdy =|j| dξdη, is the determinant of the Jacobian matrix. Buckling Composite materials Mechanical behaviour of materials Woven fiber Glass/epoxy Delamination Finite element A simple two dimensional single delamination model proposed by Gim (1994) is extended by Parhi et al...

..., an original research work. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Alloys Aluminium Stress (materials) Mechanical behaviour of materials Theory of critical distances Line method Stress riser Failure assessment diagram The load‐bearing capacity of a structural component is usually...

... using the finite element software ANSYS was made to simulate this test and make improvements in the cabin before implementing the real test. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Rollover protective structure Computer‐aided engineering Simulation Mechanical behaviour of materials...

... behaviour of materials Fracture Crack interaction Stress intensity factors. Boundary collocation Orthotropic lamina a₁₁, a₁₂, a₂₂, a₁₆, a₂₆, a₆₆=elastic constants for orthotropic lamina P=applied stress in y‐direction...

... include only the values without the influence of these stresses (the offset level has been deducted). Mechanical behaviour of materials Steels Stress Friction Modelling Automotive industry Leaf springs Automotive structures Finite elements High strength steels Nonlinear behavior...

... Titanium Fatigue Stress (materials) Fracture Mechanical behaviour of materials Crack growth mitigation Laser peening Residual stress Particle swarm optimization Fatigue life The fatigue life of a component depends upon the crack initiation and growth caused during usage. In many structural...

... from small specimens on the real structures is safe and can be performed using the stress intensity factor only. Pavel Hutar can be contacted at: hutar@ipm.cz © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Plastics Mechanical behaviour of materials Cracking Polyethylene Pennsylvania...

... al., 2010) and experimental investigations (Zhao et al., 2005) seems to indicate that neither this effect can explain the rate effect on foams. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Structures Dynamic loading Dynamic analysis Mechanical behaviour of materials Metals...

... on the characterization of the steel used as regards its fatigue crack propagation behaviour. C.M.C. Albuquerque can be contacted at: carlos.albuquerque@fe.up.pt © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Steel Fatigue Mechanical behaviour of materials Fatigue crack propagation Welded steel Crack...

... material (TIM). Mechanical behaviour of materials Strength of materials Manufacturing systems Remanufacturing © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Thomas Siegmund can be contacted at: siegmund@purdue.edu Mechanical testing was performed by use of a MTS 585 Mini‐Bionix test...

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... to the extensional (A) coupling (B) and bending (D) stiffness matrices, respectively. Christopher York can be contacted at: c.york@aero.gla.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Mechanical behaviour of materials Laminates Aerodynamics Design Coupled laminates Lamination parameters...

... Limited 2010 Fracture Stress (materials) Mechanical behaviour of materials Image processing Structures Modern lightweight structures are often based on damage tolerance design principles, which means that the structure has to withstand the existence of cracks up to the next routine...

... was performed into those representing the as‐received state and after 45 and 90 days of slat‐spray exposure. Ch. Alk. Apostolopoulos can be contacted at: charrisa@mech.upatras.gr © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Mechanical behaviour of materials Steel Stress (materials) Reinforcement...

... to reduce one of the main problems concerning ultrasonic testing, i.e. the difficulties in recognition of defect type. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Ultrasonics Tests and testing Computer software Mechanical behaviour of materials The work was limited for single‐v butt‐welded...