Experimental Mechanics

Fracture mechanics testing of irradiated RPV steels by means of sub-sized specimens: FRACTESUS project

(S. Cicero, M. Lambrecht, H. Swan, P. Arffman, E. Altstadt, T. Petit, F. Obermeier, B. Arroyo, J.A. Alvarez, R. Lacalle)

Graphene oxide does not seem to improve the fracture properties of injection molded P6

(S. Cicero, J. l. Parra, B. Arroyo, I. Procopio)

Monitoring of concrete forming by embedded fiber-optic sensors

(N. Kosheleva G. Serovaev, G. Gusev)

Temperature Dependence of the Luminescence output of CdWO4 Crystal. Comparison with CaF2:Eu

(G. Saatsakis, K. Ninos, I. Valais, N. Kalyvas, A. Bakas, I. Kandarakis, G. Panayiotakis, C. Michail)

Observations of cleavage initiation in ferritic steel

(M. Ford, A. P. Jikov, P. M. James)

Crack Detection and Localization with Multiple Potential Drop Measurements

(Levke Wiehler, Jürgen Bär)

Improved local approach to cleavage fracture captures temperature and constraint effects in the ductile to brittle transition regime of RPV steels

(M.S. Yankova, A.P. Jivkov, R. Patel, A.H. Sherry)

Shear Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete T-beams using CFRP laminates anchored with bent CFRP splay anchors

(H. H. Mhanna, R. A. Hawileh, J. A. Abdalla)

Microstructure-informed modelling of the fracture toughness of alloys representing macro-segregated zones in heavy forgings

(S. Ren, B. Marini, P. Joly, P. Todeschini)

Pitting evolution in gears

(J. Elizegi, I. Irazustabarrena, A. Arana, J. Larrañaga, I. Ulacia)

The influence of anodization process on tensile properties of Ti-13Nb-13Zr alloy

(D. Barjaktarević, B. Medjo, P. Štefane, I. Cvijović-Alagić, V. Djokic, N. Gubeljak, M. Rakin)

Development of a special specimen geometry for the experimental determination of fracture mechanical parameters of clinchable metal sheets

(D. Weiß, B. Schramm, G. Kullmer)

Use of Mini-Specimens to Study Ductile Failure of Engineering Materials

(C. Belhagj, C. Soret, Y. Madi, J. Besson)

Predicting the lifetime of nanoelements: a new trend in micromechanics

(S. Kotrechko, A. Timoshevski, E. Kolyvoshko, Y. Matviychuk, N. Stetsenko)

Estimating T0 for a low alloy structural steel: Charpy correlations and the master curve

(A.N. Connor, C. M. Davies, S.J. Garwood)

Interference-optic methods in fracture mechanics: digital photoelasticity, speckle-interferometry and computational algorithms for determination of Williams series expansion’s coefficients for higher order terms

(L. Stepanova)

Determination of the stress intensity factors KI, KII, KIII and Keqv induced at crack tip of CT specimens subjected to torsional loading

(R.F. Martins, L. Ferreira)

Acoustic Emission NDT for monitoring hygro-mechanical reactions of coated pine wood: a methodological approach

(C. Bertolin, L. de Ferri, J. Razavi, P. Aalto, F. Berto)

Strategies to increase the compressive strength of ultra-lightweight foamed concrete

(D. Falliano, L. Restuccia, G.A. Ferro, E. Gugliandolo)

Experimental approach for the study of wood strength at fracture in mode II by using a modified prototype test specimen and confrontation of the results with those of the 4ENF test. Application: Eucalyptus Grandis

(A. Saoud, A. Elamri, K. Kimakh)

Assessment of lightweight concrete properties under cryogenic temperatures

(F. Stochino, M. Valdes, F. Mistretta, M. Sassu)

Assessment of mode I stress intensity factor of SENT specimens based on Digital Image Correlation method (DIC): Case of ABS material

(R. Rhanim, M. Lahlou, F: Majid, Z. Najat, H. Rhanim, I. Mrani)

The role of the testing rate on Small Punch tests for the estimation of fracture toughness in hydrogen embrittlement

(B. Arroyo, J.A. Álvarez, F. Gutiérrez-Solana, R. Lacalle, S. Cicero)

Application of the incremental step loading technique to Small Punch Tests on S420 steel in acid environments

(B. Arroyo, L. Andrea, P. Gonzales, J.A. Alvarez, S. Cicero, R. Lacalle, A. Fernandez)

Improvement of Staircases Vibration Serviceability to Human Ergonomics: A Case Study

(P. Andrade, J. Santos, L. Maia)

Monitoring the mechanical response of early aged cement-mortar specimen using the Pressure Stimulated Current technique

(D. Triantis, I. Stavrakas, A. Kyriazopoulos, E.D. Pasiou, S.K. Kourkoulis)

An alternative analytic approach to the stress field in a flattened Brasilian disc

(Ch. F. Markides, S.K. Kourkoulis)

Formulation of Ordinary Concrete using the Dreux-Gorisse Method

(H. Chbani, B. Saadouki, M. Boudlal, M. Barakat)

On Buckling and Fracture of Thin Elastic Plastic Foils

(P. Stale, M. Shahmardani, s. Kao-Walter)

Dispersing carbon nanomaterials facilitating aqueous air nanobubble solutions for use in cement based materials

(Z.S. Metaxa, E.P. Favvas, A.C. Mitropoulos)

Partial replacement of cement by waste marble slurry

(E. Christodoulou, Z.S. Metaxa, O. Theochardidis, A. Ekmektis, A.C: Mitropoulos)

Electromechanical contact element for modelling failure due to long range interactions in electric circuit interfaces

(C. Maruccio, A. Kefal)

Parameter identification strategy for online detection of faults in smart structures

(C. Maruccio, P. Montegiglio, A. Kefal)

Experiment and modelling of the fatigue fracture of high-strenght FeMnSi-based Shape Memory Alloy

(M. Evard, F. Belyaev, A. Volkov)