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Budzik, Michal K. (author), Wolfahrt, Markus (author), Reis, Paulo (author), Kozłowski, Marcin (author), Sena-Cruz, José (author), Papadakis, Loucas (author), Saleh, M. (author), Machalicka, Klara V. (author), Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), Vassilopoulos, Anastasios P. (author)The development of new adhesives has allowed to expand the application of bonding into the most diverse industrial fields. This review article presents the commonly used experimental methods for the investigation of mechanical performance of adhesively bonded joints in the aerospace, wind energy, automotive and civil engineering sectors. In...review 2021
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Medani, T.O. (author), Molenaar, A.A.A. (author)A simplified procedure for estimation of fatigue characteristics of asphaltic mixes is presented. The procedure requires the determination of the so-called master curve (Le. the relationship between the mix stiffness, the loading time and the temperature), the asphalt properties and the mix composition. It is shown that the master curve does not...journal article 2000
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Van den Bergh, W. (author), Van de Ven, M.F.C. (author)For asphalt pavement design in Belgium, healing is taken into account as a standard shift factor, representing the effect of rest periods between loadings of traffic. Because nowadays Reclaimed Asphalt Aggregate (RA) is widely used in hot mixtures, a new validation of the healing factor is needed. Given the lack of test results and a standard...journal article 2012
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Cornelissen, H.A.W. (author)Concentric tensile and flexural tensile fatigue tests were carried out on plain concrete specimens. The effects of pulsating tensile loadings as well as of alternating tensilecompressive loadings were studiep. The results of the constant-amplitude tests have been presented in S-N diagrams and a Goodman diagram. From these results it emerged that...journal article 1984
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Pascoe, J.A. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)Current prediction methods for growth of disbonds under fatigue loading are generally based on a correlation with either the maximum strain energy release rate (SERR) or the SERR range. This paper highlights some issues with this approach. In particular, it is argued that the maximum SERR or the SERR range alone do not give sufficient...journal article 2014
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Romeijn, A. (author)Circular hollow sections are frequently used in structures subjected to fatigue loading such as bridges, offshore structures and cranes. These sections are generally connected by direct welding of the sections to each other. For the design of these welded connections, information is required on the fatigue behaviour. Especially for multiplanar...journal article 1994
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Van Wingerde, A.M. (author)This work presents the results of experimental and numerical research on the fatigue behaviour of T- and X-joints between square hollow sections of which the brace is welded to the face of the chord, without any additional stiffeners. The work has been carried out in the framework of the CIDECT programme 7K "Fatigue behaviour ofuniplanar joints"...journal article 1992
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Pramesti, F.P. (author), Molenaar, A.A.A. (author), Van de Ven, M.F.C. (author)To be able to devise optimum strategies for maintenance and rehabilitation, it is essential to formulate an accurate prediction of pavement life and its maintenance needs. One of the pavement life prediction methods is based on the pavement's capability to sustain fatigue. If it were possible to have a prediction that closely represent what is...journal article 2013
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Leendertz, J.S. (author), Kolstein, M.H. (author)This article describes the behaviour and stress analysis of the crossbeams in orthotropic steel decks with continuous trapezoidal closed stiffeners. The trough stiffener to crossbeam connections, with or without cope holes, influence the behaviour of the crossbeam. The effects can be transferred to effective properties of a beam without cut outs...journal article 1995
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Porcari, G. (author), Buzzi, M. (author), Cugini, F. (author), Pellicelli, R. (author), Pernechele, C. (author), Caron, L. (author), Brück, E. (author), Solzi, M. (author)n experimental setup for the direct measurement of the magnetocaloric effect capable of simulating high frequency magnetothermal cycles on laboratory-scale samples is described. The study of the magnetocaloric properties of working materials under operative conditions is fundamental for the development of innovative devices. Frequency and time...journal article 2013
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Pascoe, J.A. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)The concept of relating fatigue disbond growth to the strain energy release rate (SERR) is critically examined. It is highlighted that the common practise of using only the maximum SERR or only the SERR range is insufficient to correctly characterize a load cycle. As crack growth requires energy, it is argued that growth should be related to the...journal article 2014
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Pascoe, J.A. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Benedictus, R. (author)An overview is given of the development of methods for the prediction of fatigue driven delamination growth over the past 40 years. Four categories of methods are identified: stress/strain-based models, fracture mechanics based models, cohesive-zone models, and models using the extended finite element method. It is highlighted that most models...journal article 2013
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Broer, Agnes A.R. (author), Galanopoulos, Georgios (author), Benedictus, R. (author), Loutas, Theodoros (author), Zarouchas, D. (author)Conducting damage diagnostics on stiffened panels is commonly performed using a single SHM technique. However, each SHM technique has both its strengths and limitations. Rather than straining the expansion of single SHM techniques going beyond their intrinsic capacities, these strengths and limitations should instead be considered in their...journal article 2021
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Perruchoud, V.P. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author), Mosleh, Yasmine (author)Biobased fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites, consisting of natural lignocellulosic fibres such as flax or hemp, are great alternatives to synthetic fibres to mitigate the environmental impact of high-performance composites in engineering structures. Natural fibres such as flax have damping and specific mechanical properties suitable to...journal article 2024
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Raimondo, A. (author), Bisagni, C. (author)This paper presents a numerical approach for investigating fatigue delamination propagation in composite stiffened panels loaded in compression in the post-buckling field. These components are widely utilized in aerospace structures due to their lightweight and high-strength properties. However, fatigue-induced damage, particularly delamination...journal article 2024
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Milanoski, Dimitrios (author), Galanopoulos, Georgios (author), Zarouchas, D. (author), Loutas, Theodoros (author)In this study, a multi-level Structural Health Monitoring methodology for stiffened composite panels is introduced. A digital twin (DT), that is, a three-dimensional finite element (FE) model, representing the pristine state baseline of the test article, is developed and verified for compressive loading in the post-buckling regime. The...journal article 2022
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Teixeira De Freitas, S. (author), Sinke, J. (author)The aim of this research is to analyse the failure of a Fiber Metal Laminate (FML) skin adhesively bonded to a Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) stiffener, under quasi-static loading at different environmental temperatures (−55 °C, Room Temperature RT and +100 °C) and under fatigue loading at RT. This bonded joint was tested using...journal article 2017
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Davila, C.G. (author), Bisagni, C. (author)The fatigue life and damage tolerance of composite stiffened panels with indentation damage are investigated experimentally using single-stringer compression specimens. The indentation damage was induced to one of the two flanges of the stringer of every panel. The advantages of indentation compared to impact are the simplicity of application...journal article 2018
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Jiménez-Peña, Carlos (author), Goulas, C. (author), Preußner, Johannes (author), Debruyne, Dimitri (author)High-strength low-alloy steels (HSLA) are gaining popularity in structural applications in which weight reduction is of interest, such as heavy duty machinery, bridges, and offshore structures. Since the fatigue behavior of welds appears to be almost independent of the base material and displays little improvement when more resistant steel...journal article 2020
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Jing, R. (author), Varveri, Aikaterini (author), Liu, X. (author), Scarpas, Athanasios (author), Erkens, S. (author)Bitumen ageing has a significant impact on the mechanical performance of asphalt concrete. This study utilises dynamic mechanical tests (frequency sweep, fatigue, and relaxation) to investigate the effect of ageing on the viscoelastic characteristics of bitumen. As ageing progressed, a shift of the Black diagrams curves towards lower phase...journal article 2019