In mining regions a great hazard for masonry and concrete residential buildings are semiseismic earth tremors, which potential energy could achieved 1010 [J]. Only non-cr [...]

A two-parameter fracture mechanics method is applied to small cracks near a stress concentrator. The small crack in the present contribution is considered as crack influe [...]

The stability criteria of V-notched bodies under combination of loading modes I and II are suggested and compared in the article. Methodology of stability criterion sugge [...]

This article shows: 1. Some studies of a low-cycle material fatigue caused by cyclical contact between two spheres with the same diameters. The spheres are made up from m [...]

V příspěvku jsou uvedeny některé výsledky výzkumu MKP modelování šíření únavových trhliny v podmínkách smíšeného módu namáhání. Pro simulování r [...]

This article is focused on the computational solution of the material tests and their evaluations. Problem deals with torsion low-cycle fatigue tests of steel specimens. [...]

The objective of this paper is present the development and application of FEM software (ICS FEM) for effective numerical simulation of load-bearing capacity of structures [...]

Abstrakt: A stability criterion based on generalized strain energy density factor for a crack terminating at the bi-material inteiface is suggested. The strain energy den [...]

This contribution presents a simple numerical model for crack growth under mode-I compressive fatigue loading. Residual tensile stress at the crack tip, which is responsi [...]

This paper deals with a damage-plasticity model combining Mises plasticity with isotropic damage. Due to softening induced by damage growth, the governing differential eq [...]

The study presents three-dimensional finite element (FE) model of flow induced oscillations of the human vocal folds in interaction with acoustic processes in the simplif [...]

This paper elaborates the mechanisms for enhancing the ductility of the interface between substrate concrete and patched repair materials. The authors investigated four t [...]

The aim of this paper is to investigate the beginnings of crack propagation from sharp V-notches. Stress distribution around the tip of a V-notch is described on the basi [...]

This paper presents a simulation of 3D curved crack propagation in a steam turbine blade lock. These fatigue cracks are often initiated near a blade root contact zone. Tw [...]

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A 3D elastic-plastic FEM model with small strains was used for simulation of the deformation mechanics at the curved front of the planar fatigue crack growing in the thic [...]

The fatigue crack growth rate in the Eurofer 97 steel was measured by two different methodologies. Small crack growth data were obtained using cylindrical specimens with [...]

To the interpretation of crack growth, it is substantial to estimate the plastic region geometry in front of a crack. Performed here is a study for predicting crack growt [...]

The influence of corner singularity on crack behaviour for a threedimensional structure is described in this paper. The distribution of stress singularity through the thi [...]

The article is a contribution to numerical simulations of pitting arise phenomena on the gear teeth. The basic assumption of the presented simulations was that pitting (p [...]

This article deal with problems of cracks in bodies with bimaterial interface. The stress and displacement near the front of crack located at the interface between two or [...]

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A substantial number of experimentally based works indicate the changes in crack propagation direction on bi-material interface in composite laminate materials. The paper [...]

The contribution discusses possible approach for the formulation of fracture criteria for the general stress concentrators – especially a surface crack terminating at t [...]

The paper is devoted to fatigue crack propagation in layered materials. The influence of plasticity induced crack closure on threshold values for fatigue crack propagatio [...]