International Journal of Structural Integrity: Volume 10 Issue 6

Linear and nonlinear buckling analysis for the material design optimization of wind turbine blades

Efstathios E. Theotokoglou, Georgios Balokas, Evgenia K. Savvaki

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the buckling behavior of the load-carrying support structure of a wind turbine blade.

Predicting compressive stress‒strain curves of structural adobe cubes based on Acoustic Emission (AE) hits and Weibull distribution

Fatemeh FaghihKhorasani, Mohammad Zaman Kabir, Mehdi AhmadiNajafabad, Khosrow Ghavami

The purpose of this paper is to provide a method to predict the situation of a loaded element in the compressive stress curve to prevent failure of crucial elements in…

Computer simulation of weld toe stress concentration factor sequence for fatigue analysis

Chien-Yuan Hou

The purpose of this paper is to complete fatigue analysis of welded joints considering both the crack initiation sites and crack coalescence, and to generate virtual welded…

A study on prognostic analysis of attachment lugs under off-axis loading

Bharath Kenchappa, Lokamanya Chikmath, Bhagavatula Dattaguru

Lug joints with fasteners play a crucial role in connecting many major components of the aircraft. Most of the failures in the past were credited to the damages initiating and…

Investigation the combined effects of wear and turbulent on the performance of hydrodynamic journal bearing operating with couple stress fluids

Mushrek A. Mahdi, Ahmed Waleed Hussein

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the combined effect of wear and turbulence on the performance of a hydrodynamic journal bearing operating under Newtonian and couple…

Numerical investigation of fracture in double-edge notched FGM plates under tension load

Aboubakar Seddik Bouchikhi

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a numerical investigation used to calculate the J-integral of the main crack behavior emanating from a semicircular notch and double…

Analysis of kinematic dexterity and stiffness performance based on Spring’s wire-driven 4-SPS/U rigid‒flexible parallel trunk joint mechanism

Yitao Pan, Yuan Chen, Lin Li

The purpose of this paper is to propose a two-degrees-of-freedom wire-driven 4SPS/U rigid‒flexible parallel trunk joint mechanism based on spring, in order to improve the robot’s…

Towards hybridization of composite patch in repair of cracked aluminum panel: Numerical and experimental study

Alpesh H. Makwana, A.A. Shaikh

The maintenance of aircraft structure with lower cost is one of the prime concerns to regulatory authorities. The carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) patches are widely used to…