This paper reports the potential reuse of incineration fly ash (IFA) as cement supplements in the production of engineered cementitious composites (ECC), a unique class o [...]

Fracture energy tests were carried out on Portland blast furnace cement-type B (BB) concrete where as an internal curing material, partial replacement of course aggregate [...]

Semi-solid or mushy state processing permits a material to partially solidify before shape making operations. The understanding of material behaviour in the mushy state i [...]

The paper presents the results of the computational modelling of the stress states in the ceramic head of the hip joint endoprosthesis. The analysed system is loaded acco [...]

This paper presents the consideration on the change judgement of J integral and Q parameter as the base parameters of two-parameter elastic-plastic fracture mechanics. An [...]

This paper deals with numerical simulation of the fracture process in cementitious composite specimens. A technique based on physical discretization of continuum is emplo [...]

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 [...]

Abstrakt: The dimensioning of the metal-diaphragm depends on the maximum measured pressure and on necessary preload. Classic methods of elasticity were used to get some p [...]

An important phase of the bolt production is a bolt head trimming. It is a very fast, complicated process including material failure. For this reasons explicit solver LS- [...]

Paper is focused on comprehensive solution of probabilistic integrity assessment of pressure vessels. Engineering criteria was fully respected during solution, however fr [...]

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

This paper is aimed at the problem of limit load carrying capacity of pipeline damaged by surface corrosion defects. Burst (limit) pressure is predicted using methodology [...]

Under the assumptions of linear elastic fracture mechanics the behaviour of cracks and general singular stress concentrators is studied and compared. The stress distribu [...]

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 [...]

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The following article presents the results of analysis of slender bridge structure to dynamic loads induced by movement of people. Further is emphasized the importance of [...]

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

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Seven ductile fracture criteria are applied to simulation of cold forward extrusion and their performance in prediction of chevron cracks is presented. The criteria are i [...]

The paper deals with material models calibration from experiment tests on cylindrical bar. There are calibrated four ductile damage criteria, which seem to be generally w [...]

Ductile fracture criteria are used for fracture prediction in metal forming processes. In this paper, there is briefly described the method of criteria verification and t [...]

Abstrakt: The presented paper deals with procedure created for quality and reliability evaluation of ductile fracture criteria group. The base for criteria verification i [...]