International Journal of Structural Integrity: Volume 8 Issue 1

On the effect of reduced boundary elements in steel shear walls

Sayed Behzad Talaeitaba, Hamed Esmaeili, Mohammad Ebrahim Torki

Steel shear walls have recently received exclusive remark. Respective of most building code requirements, design of shear wall vertical boundary elements (VBEs) and local boundary…

Seismic rehabilitation effect in a steel moment frame subjected to tow critical loads

Hadi Faghihmaleki, Elmira Khaksar Najafi, Ali Hooshmand Aini

The purpose of this paper is to present a probabilistic assessment and verify the effectiveness of seismic improvement schemes against earthquake, blast and progressive collapse…

A finite element analysis of bolted joints loaded in tension: protruding head and countersunk fastener

Tolga Dursun, Costas Soutis

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of fastener geometry (protruding head and countersunk fastener) and friction coefficient on the stress distributions around…

Temperature profiles obtained in thermoelastic stress test for different frequencies

António José Ramos Silva, P.M.G. Moreira, Mario A.P. Vaz, Joaquim Gabriel

Maintenance is one of the most critical and expensive operations during the life cycle of metallic structures, in particular in the aeronautic industry. However, early detection…

A study into the ability of SPD to restore the buckling strength and modes of rib stiffened panels with simulated stress corrosion cracks

Rhys Jones, Neil Matthews, Daren Peng, Nicholas Orchowski

The purpose of this paper is to describe the results of a combined numerical and experimental study into the ability of supersonic particle deposition (SPD) to restore the load…

Computational investigation of ballistic-impact behavior and penetration resistance of a nacre-like ceramic/polymer laminated composite

Mica Grujicic, S. Ramaswami, Jennifer Snipes

Nacre is a biological material constituting the innermost layer of the shells of gastropods and bivalves. It consists of polygonal tablets of aragonite, tessellated to form…

Side-vent-channels solution for improved buried-mine-blast survivability of a light-tactical-vehicle: A shape/size optimization analysis

Mica Grujicic, Ramin Yavari, S. Ramaswami, Jennifer Snipes

The purpose of this paper is to carry out a design-optimization analysis of the recently proposed side-vent-channel concept/solution for mitigation of the blast loads resulting…

Monitoring of compressive behaviour of stiffened composite panels using embedded fibre optic and strain gauge sensors

Roman Ruzek, Martin Kadlec, Konstantinos Tserpes, Evaggelos Karachalios

Compression is critical loading condition for composite airframes. Compression behaviour of structures with or without damages is a weak point for composite fuselage panels. This…