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José Luis Gómez-Royuela, Almudena Majano-Majano, Antonio José Lara-Bocanegra, José Xavier and Marcelo F. S. F. de Moura
In the present work, single- and double-dowel joints following different geometric configurations are experimentally and numerically investigated to derive the splitting behaviour of beech wood (Fagus sylvatica L.), one of the most widespread hardwood sp...
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Tao Zhang, Qingzhen Lu, Jun Yan, Shichao Wang, Qianjin Yue, Shanghua Wu, Hailong Lu and Jinlong Chen
Flexible pipes are extensively used to connect seabed and floating production systems for the development of deep-water oil and gas. In the top connection area, end fitting (EF) is the connector between the flexible pipe and floating platform, as a criti...
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Murat Demiral, Fethi Abbassi, Abolfazl Zahedi and Salih Akpinar
Single shear or single lap joints are the most prevalent type of adhesive joints used in advanced engineering applications, where they are exposed to fatigue loadings in their services. Although their mechanical performances under static loading have bee...
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Murat Demiral, Fethi Abbassi, Riaz Muhammad and Salih Akpinar
Bonded joints used in wing sections and frames of aircraft structures are mostly exposed to cyclic loadings instead of static ones during their services. Bending types of dynamic loadings are mostly encountered. In this study, the fatigue response of a s...
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Rasoul Najafi Koopas, Natalie Rauter and Rolf Lammering
Methodologies are developed for analyzing failure initiation and crack propagation in highly heterogeneous concrete mesostructures. Efficient algorithms are proposed in Python to generate and pack geometric features into a continuous phase. The continuou...
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Yinge Zhu, Huiyuan Chen, Anqi Li, Yue Wu and Xiaoli Zhang
The mechanical behaviors of rock masses are significantly affected by the distribution and shape of the holes in it. In this research, the fracture mechanism and the shear properties of rock masses containing holes were investigated by the cohesive zone ...
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Mourad Khelifa, Amar Khennane and Marc Oudjene
The rehabilitation of steel structures with Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRP?s) may appear less effective because they can be bolted or welded with steel plates that display the same mechanical properties. However, this technique has some unwanted conseque...
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Yunjung Jang, Hakgeun Kim and Kiweon Kang
Composite wind turbine blades may experience interlaminar damage, including adhesive failure, cracking, and interlaminar fracture failure, from manufacturing or external fatigue load. Among these, the adhesive failure of adhesive joints is critical. Ther...
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Julius Moritz Berges, Georg Jacobs and Joerg Berroth
Laser-based plastic?metal joints have high potential to enable cost-efficient lightweight structures in multi-material design. By an appropriate load-optimized positioning of the microstructure on the joining zone, cost- and strength-optimized joints can...
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Harsha Cheemakurthy, Zuheir Barsoum, Magnus Burman and Karl Garme
The current study focuses on the impact loading phase characteristic of thin first year ice in inland waterways. We investigate metal grillages, fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) composites and nature-inspired composites using LS Dyna. The impact mode is mo...
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