Xiaoli Wei¹, D. A. Makhloof^1,2, Xiaodan Ren^1,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.134, No.1, pp. 9-34, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.020160

Abstract Fatigue failure phenomena of the concrete structures under long-term low amplitude loading have attracted more attention. Some structures, such as wind power towers, offshore platforms, and high-speed railways, may resist millions of cycles loading during their intended lives. Over the past century, analytical methods for concrete fatigue are emerging. It is concluded that models for the concrete fatigue calculation can fall into four categories: the empirical model relying on fatigue tests, fatigue crack growth model in fracture mechanics, fatigue damage evolution model based on damage mechanics and advanced machine learning model. In this paper, a detailed review of fatigue computing… More >

Zhongmin Xiao¹, Wengang Zhang², Yanmei Zhang^{1, *}, Mu Fan³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.62, No.1, pp. 267-280, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.06567

Abstract Fluctuated loadings from currents, waves and sea ground motions are observed on offshore steel pipelines, and they will result in small cracks to propagate continuously and cause unexpected damage to offshore/geotechnical infrastructures. In spite of the availability of efficient techniques and high-power computers for solving crack problems, investigations on the fatigue life of offshore pipelines with 3D interacting cracks are still rarely found in open literature. In the current study, systematic numerical investigations are performed on fatigue crack growth behaviours of offshore pipelines containing coplanar and non-coplanar cracks. Extended finite element method (XFEM) is adopted to simulate the fatigue crack… More >

Dennis Bäcker¹, Andreas Ricoeur², Meinhard Kuna¹

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.7, No.1&2, pp. 1-22, 2011, DOI:10.3970/sdhm.2011.007.001

Abstract A new sensor concept for monitoring fatigue crack growth in technical structures is presented. It allows the in-situ determination of the position of the crack tip as well as the fracture mechanical quantities. The required data are obtained from a piezoelectric polymer film, which is attached to the surface of the monitored structure. The stress intensity factors and the crack tip position are calculated from electrical potentials obtained from a sensor array by solving the non-linear inverse problem. More >

A.P.Cisilino¹, M.H. Aliabadi²

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.6, No.3&4, pp. 213-238, 2010, DOI:10.3970/sdhm.2010.006.213

Abstract This paper presents a review of the dual boundary element method for modeling crack growth in two-dimensional and three-dimensional mixed mode problems. The modeling strategy for crack coalescence using the DBEM is presented and comparisons are made with alternative solutions where available. Also presented are three-dimensional multiple crack growth and microcrack growth problems. More >

Salman A. Albinali¹, David R. Jacques²

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.10, No.1, pp. 1-17, 2014, DOI:10.3970/sdhm.2014.010.001

Abstract An analytic approach to exploring the tradespace associated with Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems is presented. Modeling and simulation of the life cycle of a legacy aircraft and the expected operational and maintenance events that could occur is shown. A focus on the SHM system detection of a significant crack length and the possibility of False Alarm (FA), miss detection and mishap events is investigated. The modeling approach allows researchers to explore the tradespace associated with safe and critical crack lengths, sensor thresholds, scheduled maintenance intervals, falsely triggered maintenance actions, and mishaps due to missed detections. As one might expect,… More >

P.H. Wen¹, M.H. Aliabadi²

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.8, No.3, pp. 223-248, 2012, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2012.008.223

Abstract A mesh-free method for modelling crack growth in functionally graded materials is presented. Based on the variational principle of the potential energy, mesh-free method has been implemented with enriched radial bases interpolation functions to evaluate mixed-mode stress intensity factors, which are introduced to capture the singularity of stress at the crack tip. Paris law and the maximum principle stress criterion are adopted for defining the growth rate and direction of the fatigue crack growth respectively. The accuracy of the proposed method is assessed by comparison to other available solutions. More >

A. Lanciotti, L. Lazzeri¹, C. Polese², C. Rodopoulos³, P. Moreira^4,5, A. Brot⁶, G. Wang⁷, L. Velterop⁸, G. Biallas⁹, J. Klement

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.7, No.3, pp. 211-230, 2011, DOI:10.3970/sdhm.2011.007.211

Abstract An experimental activity was performed to collect test data on the fatigue crack propagation in various types of specimens, within the DaToN research project, partly funded by the EU in the FP6 programme. Only one general configuration was used, i.e. flat panels with two blade stringers, with different options for the manufacturing processes, that could be integral or welded. The purpose of this test activity was to obtain useful results for the validation and calibration of prediction methodologies, also developed in the same DaToN research project. A wide experimental programme was defined and performed by many laboratories; the materials investigated… More >

S.M.O. Tavares¹, S.M. Häusler², P.M. Baiz³, P.M.S.T. de Castro¹, P. Horst² , M.H. Aliabadi³

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.7, No.3, pp. 191-210, 2011, DOI:10.3970/sdhm.2011.007.191

Abstract This article is the second part of a two parts paper which presents, compares and discusses the different crack growth simulation models which were introduced for fatigue crack growth assessment during the DaToN project. In the first part, different simulation approaches were applied to determine a calibration of the stress intensity factors as a function of the crack length for a two stiffeners panel with a central crack. Due to the residual stress field promoted by the different manufacturing processes, its influence was included in the numerical models to determine the stress intensity factors. In this second part, the stress… More >

S.M. Häusler¹, P.M. Baiz², S.M.O. Tavares³, A. Brot⁴, P. Horst¹, M.H. Aliabadi², P.M.S.T. de Castro³, Y. Peleg-Wolfin⁴

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.7, No.3, pp. 163-190, 2011, DOI:10.3970/sdhm.2011.007.163

Abstract This article represents the first part of a two-part article which presents, compares and discusses the different crack growth simulation models which were introduced for fatigue crack growth assessment during the DaToN project. The project was funded by the EC within the 6th framework program and was specifically devoted to investigate innovative manufacturing techniques for metallic structures with special focus on the effects of residual stresses on the fatigue crack growth and residual strength behaviour. Within this first part the different simulation approaches, including the residual stress modelling approaches will be introduced and stress intensity factor results will be presented… More >

S. Abdullah¹, S. M. Beden, A. K. Ariffin, N. A. Al-Asady

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.5, No.2, pp. 109-132, 2009, DOI:10.3970/sdhm.2009.005.109

Abstract This paper presents a study on fatigue crack growth modelling of thin walled tube aluminium alloy with circumferential crack under constant and variable amplitude loadings. Three fatigue crack growth models were investigated for this purpose, i.e. Walker, Forman and NASGRO. The results showed the differences in the fatigue crack growth simulation under both loading types, although, they have the same stress ratio for the maximum value. Subsequently, it was found that, different models gave different fatigue crack growth behaviour. In another case, many factors were identified towards the fatigue crack growth affection in structures. Hence, an initial crack length and… More >