Recent developments in brittle and quasi-brittle failure assessment of engineering materials by means of local approaches

F Berto, P Lazzarin - Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2014 - Elsevier
Brittle failure of components weakened by cracks or sharp and blunt V-notches is a topic of
active and continuous research. It is attractive for all researchers who face the problem of …

[HTML][HTML] Fatigue SN curves of bolts and bolted connections for application in civil engineering structures

J Maljaars, M Euler - International Journal of Fatigue, 2021 - Elsevier
Bolts and bolted connections are frequently used in civil engineering steel structures. This
paper presents a meta study where a few thousand fatigue tests on these elements are …

[HTML][HTML] The concentration of stress and strain in finite thickness elastic plate containing a circular hole

Z Yang, CB Kim, C Cho, HG Beom - International journal of Solids and …, 2008 - Elsevier
The elastic stress and strain fields of finite thickness large plate containing a hole are
systematically investigated using 3D finite element method. It is found that the stress and …

Induced out‐of‐plane mode at the tip of blunt lateral notches and holes under in‐plane shear loading

F Berto, P Lazzarin, A Kotousov… - Fatigue & Fracture of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
As it is well known the Poisson's effect in a cracked plate subjected to anti‐symmetric plane
loading leads to the generation of a coupled out‐of‐plane singular mode. Recent theoretical …

[HTML][HTML] Stress concentration analysis in functionally graded plates with elliptic holes under biaxial loadings

TA Enab - Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2014 - Elsevier
Stress concentration factors (SCFs) at the root of an elliptic hole in unidirectional functionally
graded material (UDFGM) plates under uniaxial and biaxial loads are predicted. ANSYS …

Effect of the thickness on elastic deformation and quasi-brittle fracture of plate components

A Kotousov, P Lazzarin, F Berto, S Harding - Engineering Fracture …, 2010 - Elsevier
Plane theory of elasticity lays a foundation for many important results in science and
engineering. However, the understanding of the elastic solutions derived under plane stress …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental and numerical analysis of 3D printed open-hole plates reinforced with carbon fibers

E Zappino, M Filippi, A Pagani, M Petiti… - Composites Part C: Open …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present work investigates the possibility of reducing the strain/stress concentrations in a
open-hole plate using localized 3D printed carbon fiber reinforcements. Several …

3D stress concentration around circular hole under remote biaxial loading

H Liu, L Deng, W Wang - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, a theoretical model is proposed to analyze the stress concentration in a plate of
finite thickness containing a circular hole under remote biaxial loading. The stresses in a …

Three-dimensional exact solution of free vibrations of a simply supported rectangular plate in contact with a fluid

SC Segura, P Zhang, M Porfiri - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding fluid–solid interactions between an elastic panel and the surrounding fluid is
crucial to the design of marine structures. Here, we put forward an exact, three-dimensional …

Exploiting the adaptive neural fuzzy inference system for predicting the effect of notch depth on elastic new strain-concentration factor under combined loading

R Al-Jarrah, H Tlilan, A Khreishah - Cluster Computing, 2024 - Springer
In this paper, a novel machine-learning based models are presented to predict the effect of
notch depth on elastic new strain-concentration factor of rectangular bars with single edge U …