The current study has attempted to comprehensively review ratcheting response of materials
involving various influential parameters such as loading spectra, thermal cycles, stress …

The linear matching method (LMM) subroutines and plug-in tools for structural integrity
assessment are now in extensive use in industries for the design and routine assessment of …

Based upon the kinematic theorem of Koiter (1960,“General Theorems for Elastic Plastic
Solids,” in Progress in Solid Mechanics 1, JN Sneddon and R. Hill, eds., North-Holland …

This paper presents the study of creep-fatigue interaction damage and creep rupture limit for
9–12% Cr steam turbine rotor under coupled cyclic thermal-mechanical loadings that alter in …

Mechanical fasteners, commonly used in many advanced engineering applications dealing
with composite laminates, play the main role of transferring loads between the linked …

A 3-D sequential coupling finite element simulation is performed to investigate the
temperature field and residual stress in the repair weld of a stainless steel clad plate. The …

For pressure equipment in the industrial field, the shakedown design methods presented in
the ASME and other international design codes are mainly based on the Bree problem. The …

The accurate assessment of creep–fatigue interaction is an important issue for industrial
components operating with large cyclic thermal and mechanical loads. An extensive review …

In this paper, an edge-based smoothed finite element method (ES-FEM) is formulated for
stress field determination of elastic–plastic problems using triangular meshes, in which …

Plastic design started in the early 20 th century with the arrival of steel constructions in civil
engineering. The objective was to determine the load carrying capacity in particular of steel …