International Journal of Structural Integrity: Volume 10 Issue 3

Engineering against failure (5th ICEAF)

Stavros Koubias, Spiros Pantelakis

Ballistic impact of steel fiber-metal laminates and plates

George Bikakis, Nikolaos Tsigkros, Emilios Sideridis, Alexander Savaidis

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the ballistic impact response of square clamped fiber-metal laminates and monolithic plates consisting of different metal alloys using…

Piston-ring performance: limitations from cavitation and friction

Polychronis Spyridon Dellis

Cavitation in piston-ring lubrication is studied as part of the performance of piston-ring assemblies. Cavitation degrades performance in engineering applications and its effect…

Failure investigation of Cu-DHP tubes due to ant-nest corrosion

Athanasios Vazdirvanidis, Sofia Papadopoulou, Spyros Papaefthymiou, George Pantazopoulos, Dionysios Skarmoutsos

The purpose of this paper is to address the main aspects of ant-nest corrosion failure mechanism of a Cu tube in heating ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) installations and…

Elastic wave mode conversion phenomenon in glass fiber-reinforced polymers

Tomasz Wandowski, Pawel Malinowski, Wieslaw Ostachowicz

The purpose of this paper is to present the results of experimental analysis of the elastic-guided wave mode conversion phenomenon in glass fiber-reinforced polymers. The results…

Capability of non-destructive techniques in evaluating damage to composite sandwich structures

Petr Bělský, Martin Kadlec

Defects can be caused by a number of factors, such as maintenance damage, ground handling and foreign objects thrown up from runways during an in-service use of composite…

A numerical approach to determine fiber orientations around geometric discontinuities in designing against failure of GFRP laminates

Roselita Fragoudakis

Determining fiber orientations around geometric discontinuities is challenging and simultaneously crucial when designing laminates against failure. The purpose of this paper is to…

Combining FEM and MD to simulate C60/PA-12 nanocomposites

Georgios I. Giannopoulos, Stelios K. Georgantzinos, Androniki Tsiamaki, Nicolaos Anifantis

The purpose of this paper is the computation of the elastic mechanical behaviour of the fullerene C₆₀ reinforced polyamide-12 (PA-12) via a two-stage numerical technique which…

Contact modeling with a finite element model in piston ring‒liner conjunction under dry conditions

Pantelis G. Nikolakopoulos, Kyriakos Grigoriadis, Anastasios Zavos

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the creation of an isothermal elastic ring-liner model to highlight, through stresses, the occurrence of the plastic deformation in…

Investigations on prying forces in flexible connections of steel beams

Radha Athipathi G., Arunkumar C., Umamaheswari N.

The use of flexible connections throughout the steel structures provides a high level of stiffness compared to that of fully welded connections. Flexible connections allow for…

Carbon footprint and financial evaluation of an aeronautic component production using different manufacturing processes

Andreas Loukopoulos, Christos Vasilios Katsiropoulos, Spiros G. Pantelakis

The purpose of this paper is to quantify the environmental footprint and cost and thus compare different manufacturing scenarios associated with the production of aeronautical…