International Journal of Structural Integrity: Volume 14 Issue 5

Cumulative fatigue damage theories for metals: review and prospects

Xintian Liu, Muzhou Ma

Scholars mainly propose and establish theoretical models of cumulative fatigue damage for their research fields. This review aims to select the applicable model from many fatigue…

Finite element analysis of stress field and fatigue life prediction of notched specimens under multiaxial load

Xuemei Pan, Jianhui Liu, Youtang Li, Feilong Hua, Xiaochuang Chen, Zhen Zhang

The stress state near the notch affects fatigue damage directly, but quantifying the stress field is difficult. The purpose of this study is to provide a mathematical description…

The optimum use of high-strength steel in the construction of gas transmission pipeline

Abdelkader Guillal, Noureddine Abdelbaki

The aim of this study is to assess the opportunity for the development of hydrocarbon transportation using high-strength steel (HSS) in pipeline construction in terms of cost…

Effects of film cooling holes on vibration characteristics of aeroengine turbine blades

Bo An, Junnan Wu

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effect of film cooling holes on the vibration characteristics of a turbine blade, and provide the design basis for the blade, which…

Research on fatigue life evaluation method of shaft parts based on small sample

Jianhui Liu, Ziyang Zhang, Longxiang Zhu, Jie Wang, Yingbao He

Due to the limitation of experimental conditions and budget, fatigue data of mechanical components are often scarce in practical engineering, which leads to low reliability of…

Study on the compressive residual strength after edge low-velocity impact of T300/69 laminates

Yaobing Wei, Xuexue Wang, Jianhui Liu, Jianwei Li, Yichen Pan

Engineering composite laminates/structures are usually subjected to complex and variable loads, which result in interlayer delamination damage. However, damaged laminate may cause…

Shear performance investigation of recycled concrete load-bearing blocks for sustainable masonry

Shahe Liang, Wenkun Liu, Zhongfan Chen

Recycled concrete is an economical and environmentally friendly green material. The shear performance of recycled concrete load-bearing masonry is studied, which is great of…

Combined SCD-SPSW system subjected to ground excitation

Mohammad Boshagh, Mojtaba Labibzadeh, Farhad Hosseinlou, Abbas Rezaeian

In this study, the application of a novel combined steel curved damper (SCD) and steel plate shear wall (SPSW) system in the 5-, 10- and 15-storey steel moment-resisting frames…

A reliability-based design and optimization strategy using a novel MPP searching method for maritime engineering structures

Shiyuan Yang, Debiao Meng, Yipeng Guo, Peng Nie, Abilio M.P. de Jesus

In order to solve the problems faced by First Order Reliability Method (FORM) and First Order Saddlepoint Approximation (FOSA) in structural reliability optimization, this paper…

Effect of rolling on crack behavior of FeCrAl alloys in ultra-long life

Min Zhan, Yajun Dai, Chang Liu, Xiangyu Wang, Lang Li, Yongjie Liu, Chao He, Qingyuan Wang

The purpose of this paper is to determine (1) the relationship between microstructure and fatigue cracking behavior and (2) effect of rolling on the process of crack initiation…