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Liang, X. (author)Advanced high strength steels (AHSS) have been widely employed in the automotive industry to meet the requirements of improving crash performance while reducing vehicle weight. The excellent performance of AHSS in strength and ductility comes from a dedicated design of alloy composition and microstructure. However, the addition of some alloying...doctoral thesis 2024
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Suresh, Aswin (author)Wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) can create large parts, due to its high deposition rate. WAAM can be used to create functionally graded materials (FGMs) such as a strong core of high strength low alloy (HSLA) steel and corrosion-resistant cladding of austenitic stainless (AUS) steel. However, HSLA and AUS steel are dissimilar metals with...master thesis 2024
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van Dooren, K.S. (author)The aeronautical industry has set ambitious goals to reduce its environmental impact and become sustainable. Addressing rising emissions involves strategies such as reducing structural weight, due to its direct impact on fuel consumption, and the use of new materials and manufacturing techniques. Research and development on thermoplastic...doctoral thesis 2024
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Liang, M. (author)Since the introduction of cementitious materials, shrinkage-induced earlyage cracking (EAC) has emerged as a significant issue that negatively influences the function, durability, and aesthetics of concrete structures like dams, tunnels, and underground garages. This thesis aims to develop new experimental and modelling techniques that help...doctoral thesis 2024
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Zhang, Y. (author)Wind energy is one of the most important renewable energy sources, effectively addressing climate change issues and promoting sustainable development on a global scale. Blade failures may cause long shut-down times and may present a safety hazard. Continuous and real-time monitoring of the blade conditions is helpful for finding blade damage at...doctoral thesis 2024
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Liaudat, J. (author), Muraro, S. (author)Desiccation cracks in soils pose risks to the serviceability and safety of geotechnical infrastructure worldwide. This paper aims to investigate the potential of superabsorbent hydrogels (SAH) as innovative soil amendment to mitigate soil drying effects and cracking. Laboratory tests were conducted on an initially saturated silty soil treated...journal article 2024
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Liang, M. (author), Xie, J. (author), He, S. (author), Chen, Y. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Šavija, B. (author)Early-age cracking risk induced by autogenous deformation is high for cementitious materials of low water-binder ratios. The autogenous deformation, viscoelastic properties, and stress evolution are three important factors for understanding and quantifying the early-age cracking risk. This paper systematically reviewed the experimental and...review 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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Paz Mendez, J. (author), Raimondo, A. (author), Bisagni, C. (author)In this research, conduction welded C-struts, part of a thermoplastic composite fuselage designed and manufactured in the framework of the Clean Sky 2 STUNNING project, are investigated. Five specimens made of two C-section profiles are manufactured and welded using conduction welding in three different configurations with variations in the...journal article 2024
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Aydin, B.B. (author), Binici, Baris (author), Aktas, Saime Selin (author), Hendriks, M.A.N. (author), Tuncay, Kagan (author)Assessment of existing reinforced concrete (RC) structures after an earthquake is a challenging task that must somehow relate qualitative and quantitative observations in the plastic hinge regions and the associated residual deformation capacity of damaged structures. Having an estimate available for the remaining drift capacity will result...journal article 2024
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Wu, W. (author), Veljkovic, M. (author), Kolstein, M.H. (author), Maljaars, Johan (author), Pijpers, Richard (author)Fatigue cracks in the stiffener-to-deck plate connections of orthotropic bridge decks, initiating from the weld toe or root and propagating into the stiffener or weld throat, are experimentally and numerically studied. A statistical analysis of the structural stress is carried out using the experimental data. Automatic welded specimens show a...journal article 2024
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Romarís Villanueva, Javier (author), Kassapoglou, C. (author)Strain energy release rate calculations for various cases of delaminations emanating from matrix cracks are developed and used to predict the onset of delaminations and their growth size as a function of applied tension and shear loads in composite laminates. The method determines the matrix crack spacing, the delamination onset load, the...journal article 2024
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Qin, Guojin (author), Li, Ruiling (author), Yang, M. (author), Wang, Bohong (author), Ni, Pingan (author), Wang, Yihuan (author)The estimation of failure probability is challenging in hydrogen embrittlement in steel pipelines due to the complexity of the synergistic effect of multiple factors. The present study proposed a hybrid methodology to estimate the failure probability of steel pipelines due to hydrogen embrittlement. The methodology integrates the fault tree...journal article 2024
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Li, K. (author), Pluymakers, Anne (author)Sealants that can guarantee long-term wellbore sealing integrity are of great significance to the safe and sustainable storage of CO<sub>2</sub> in carbon capture and storage (CCS). In this study, we investigate how abrupt cyclic thermal shocks affect the integrity of four sealants of different compositions. These sealants include two...journal article 2024
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Wu, W. (author), Veljkovic, M. (author), Kolstein, M.H. (author), Pijpers, Richard (author), Maljaars, Johan (author)Steel Orthotropic Bridge Decks (OBDs) are widely used in long-span and movable bridges. Fatigue resistance analysis plays an important role in the design or assessment of OBDs. One possible fatigue failure is the crack initiating from the weld root of stiffener-to-deck plate connections at crossbeams. A full-scale experimental investigation...journal article 2024
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Liu, Baoju (author), Ye, Huiwen (author), Jiang, Junyi (author), Shi, Jinyan (author), Yalçınkaya, Çağlar (author), Šavija, B. (author)Crystalline admixture (CA) is an effective self-healing agent for mortar. However, the effects of crack parameters (i.e. crack width and cracking age) and the service environment on the self-healing behavior of CA-containing mortar are not well understood. Herein, the self-healing behavior of mortar containing a self-developed CA was assessed...journal article 2024
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Monticeli, F.M. (author), Fuga, Felipe Ruivo (author), Arbelo, Mariano Andrés (author), Donadon, Maurício Vicente (author)The demand to capture translaminar crack growth under fatigue loading scenarios led this work contribution to carry out the Finite Fracture Mechanics (FFM) method in fatigue damage growth and the application of the Paris model to generate the translaminar damage propagation prediction. The purpose of this study is to analyse the effect of...journal article 2024
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Gomez, A. (author), Banis, A. (author), Avella, M. (author), Molina-Aldareguia, J. M. (author), Petrov, R.H. (author), Dutta, A. (author), Sabirov, I. (author)Numerous studies have demonstrated the viability of lightweight Fe-Mn-Al-C steels for exhibiting an improved balance of high strength and high ductility in automotive applications. However, their high-cycle fatigue behaviour has been scarcely studied. This work examines the effect of κ-carbides formed during the aging treatment on the high...journal article 2024
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Zheng, Kaifeng (author), Feng, Xiaoyang (author), He, Xiaohui (author), Heng, J. (author), Li, Le (author), Wang, Hongfu (author)In order to improve the fatigue resistance of orthotropic steel decks (OSDs), the steel bridge deck was annealed to reduce the welding residual stress of key welds. This work at first presented a systematical review and discussion over the distribution pattern of welding residual stress in OSDs, in accordance with a conceptual analysis...journal article 2024
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Shakeri, I. (author), Wu, W. (author), Michel, Alexander (author), Eder, Martin A. (author)The present study proposes a novel model to modify master S-N curves of components according to their load redistribution capability reflected in different boundary conditions (BCs) based on the fracture mechanics analysis. To that end, a comprehensive numerical study was conducted on a Single Edge Notch Bend (SENB) specimen constrained with...journal article 2024