International Journal of Structural Integrity: Volume 14 Issue 2

A review on fatigue monitoring of structures

Natalia García-Fernández, Manuel Aenlle, Adrián Álvarez-Vázquez, Miguel Muniz-Calvente, Pelayo Fernández

The purpose of this study is to review the existing fatigue and vibration-based structural health monitoring techniques and highlight the advantages of combining both approaches.

Forward and backward mixed-mode crack estimation using artificial neural network

Abdolghafour Khademalrasoul, Zahra Hatampour, Masoud Oulapour, Seyed Enayatollah Alavi

In this manuscript, the authors aimed to demonstrate the influences of influential parameters in mixed-mode crack propagation phenomenon. The authors attempted to cover almost all…

Thermo-mechanical deformation and stress analysis of a rotating FG hollow cylindrical body

Lakshman Sondhi, Rakesh Kumar Sahu, Shubhankar Bhowmick, Royal Madan

The purpose of this study was to perform thermo-mechanical deformation and stress analysis in a functionally graded (FG) hollow cylinder considering steady-state temperature…

Experimental investigation on structural response of multi-story buildings subjected to differential settlement of its foundations

Wenxue Chen, Adel Hanna

This article aims to address an outstanding problem dealing with the structure of multi-story buildings subjected to differential settlement of the building's foundation.

Effect of adhesive de-bond and crack in adherent plate on single lap joint with bi-adhesive

Lokamanya Chikmath, M.N. Ramanath, Syed Imtiaz, H. Murthy

This paper aims to study the benefits of use of bi-adhesive (combination of two different adhesives) over conventional single adhesive in bonded lap joints. Characterise damage…

Robust optimization design method for structural reliability based on active-learning MPA-BP neural network

Zhao Dong, Ziqiang Sheng, Yadong Zhao, Pengpeng Zhi

Mechanical products usually require deterministic finite element analysis in the design phase to determine whether their structures meet the requirements. However, deterministic…

Fatigue reliability framework using enhanced active Kriging-based hierarchical collaborative strategy

Hong Zhang, Lu-Kai Song, Guang-Chen Bai, Xue-Qin Li

The purpose of this study is to improve the computational efficiency and accuracy of fatigue reliability analysis.

Numerical and experimental investigation of dynamic tube hydroforming to examine the prediction on it by genetic programming

Arman Mohseni, Javad Rezapour, Sina Gohari Rad, Reza Rajabiehfard

The process of hydroforming is defined as the formation of parts into the internal mold design using internal pressure. This process can extensively reduce parts and secondary…

Microscopic and mesoscopic/macroscopic structural characteristics of material extrusion Steel 316L: influence of the fabrication process

Solomon O. Obadimu, Kyriakos I. Kourousis

The material extrusion (ME) process induces variations in the final part’s microscopic and macroscopic structural characteristics. This viewpoint article aims to uncover the…

A hybrid intelligent gearbox fault diagnosis method based on EWCEEMD and whale optimization algorithm-optimized SVM

Zhihui Men, Chaoqun Hu, Yong-Hua Li, Xiaoning Bai

This paper proposes an intelligent fault diagnosis method, which aims to obtain the outstanding fault diagnosis results of the gearbox.