In this work, we analyse the results of the reported mechanical properties for a particular
kind of continuous fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composites (CFRTPC) manufactured by …

Strain-life models that include Walker-like products can reproduce the higher mean stress
effects in fatigue crack initiation observed in high-strength materials. These models are able …

Fatigue bending tests, under controlled displacement, were performed on a polymer matrix
composite material reinforced with continuous Kevlar fibers. The samples were fabricated …

This paper shows how temperature influences impact energy for continuous fiber additively
manufactured (AM) polymer matrix composites. AM composites were fabricated with a nylon …

Digital image correlation (DIC) techniques are used to obtain the stress intensity factor (SIF)
via experimental J-integral evaluations in an AISI 4340 steel disk-shaped compact-tension …

Additive manufacturing (AM) by electron beam melting (EBM) is a technique used to
manufacture parts by melting powder metal layer-by-layer with an electron beam in a high …

This paper analytically studies how elliptical holes affect the resistance of unidirectional
laminate plates. Although local stress and strain concentration effects induced by notches …

Elastoplastic (EP) stress gradient factors (SGF) ahead of notch tips are used to evaluate the
actual notch effects in fatigue strength due to their tolerance to non-propagating short cracks …

This work aims to improve the modeling of peak/mean normal stress effects on multiaxial
fatigue lives, applying a deviatoric strain-life model based on the critical plane approach to …

This work proposes models that can better fit and explain apparently contradictory mean
stress effects observed when superimposing axial tension or compression loads on cyclic …