International Journal of Structural Integrity: Volume 10 Issue 5

Deformation and damage mechanisms of materials and structures

Mohd Nasir Bin Tamin, Shahrum Abdullah

Reliability assessment on automobile suspension system using wavelet analysis

Airee Afiq Abd Rahim, Shahrum Abdullah, Salvinder Singh Karam Singh, Mohd. Zaki Nuawi

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the reliability assessment on the basis of automobile suspension fatigue life using wavelet decomposition method.

Fatigue damage severity assessment of RC beam

Noorsuhada Md Nor, Soffian Noor Mat Saliah, Azmi Ibrahim, Hamidah Mohd Saman, Norazura Muhamad Bunnori

The purpose of this paper is to present the investigation of damage severity of reinforced concrete (RC) beam subjected to increasing fatigue loading using intensity of acoustic…

Reciprocating compressor valve damage estimation under varying speeds through the acoustic emission technique

Hoi-Yin Sim, Rahizar Ramli, Ahmad Saifizul

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of reciprocating compressor speeds and valve conditions on the roor-mean-square (RMS) value of burst acoustic emission (AE…

Performance of polymeric viscosity improver as bio-lubricant additives

Muhammad Arif Dandan, Syahrullail Samion, Nurul Farhanah Azman, Fazila Mohd Zawawi, Mohd Kameil Abdul Hamid, Mohamad Nor Musa

The purpose of this paper is to study the influence of polymeric viscosity improver on the tribological performance of palm kernel methyl ester (PKME).

Elastic-plastic J-Tz dominance in bending and tension loadings

Feizal Yusof, Karh Heng Leong

Crack tip stresses are used to relate the ability of structures to perform under the influence of cracks and defects. One of the methods to determine three-dimensional crack tip…

Characterization of elastic-plastic corner deformation and stress fields

Norwahida Yusoff, Feizal Yusof

The purpose of this paper is to present the characteristics of elastic-plastic deformation and stress fields at the intersection of a crack front and the free surface of a…

Finite element analysis (FEA) of polylactic acid/polypropylene carbonate (PLA/PPC) blends fixation plate for craniomaxillofacial surgery

Intan Najwa Humaira Mohamed Haneef, Norhashimah Shaffiar, Yose Fachmi Buys, Abdul Malek Abd. Hamid

The internal fixation plate of bone fractures by using polylactic acid (PLA) has attracted the attention of many researchers, as it is biodegradable and biocompatible to the human…

Finite element analysis of plasticity behaviour of aluminium alloys in high-pressure torsion compressive loading stage

Fauziana Lamin, Ahmad Kamal Ariffin Ahmad Kamal Ariffin, Intan Fadhlina Mohamed

The purpose of this paper is to examine the plasticity behaviour of aluminium alloys in high-pressure torsion (HPT) compressive loading stage. It is a part of the strengthen…

Tensile and wettability properties of electrospun polycaprolactone coated with pectin/polyaniline composite for drug delivery application

Mohd Syahir Anwar Hamzah, Azhan Austad, Saiful Izwan Abd Razak, Nadirul Hasraf Mat Nayan

Over the years, electrical stimulation in drug delivery system holds particular interest in producing spatially and temporally controlled release mechanism. These systems helped…

The anti-wear and extreme pressure performance of CuO and graphite nanoparticles as an additive in palm oil

Nurul Farhanah Azman, Syahrullail Samion, Muhammad Amirrul Amin Moen, Mohd Kameil Abdul Hamid, Mohamad Nor Musa

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the anti-wear (AW) and extreme pressure (EP) performances of CuO and graphite nanoparticles as a palm oil additive.

Fatigue life-based reliability assessment of a heavy vehicle leaf spring

Lennie Abdullah, Salvinder Singh Karam Singh, Abdul Hadi Azman, Shahrum Abdullah, Ahmad Kamal Ariffin Mohd Ihsan, Yat Sheng Kong

This study aims to determine the reliability assessment based on the predicted fatigue life of leaf spring under random strain loading.

Reliability-based fatigue life of vehicle spring under random loading

Reza Manouchehry Nya, Shahrum Abdullah, Salvinder Singh Karam Singh

The purpose of this paper is to analyse fatigue-life prediction based on a reliability assessment for coil springs of vehicle suspension systems using different road excitations…