Wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) is an efficient and cost-effective method of metal
3D printing that is well suited to structural engineering applications. Fundamental test data …

Transmission towers are essential components supporting the operation of the power grid.
Accurately predicting their ultimate bearing capacity and progressive failure improve the …

Stainless steel is a corrosion resistant iron alloy with great potential in structural engineering
due to its excellent mechanical features, durability and aesthetic properties. Since most of …

Stainless steel exhibits strain hardening characteristics under cyclic loading, hence
presenting significant potential for application in seismic design. However, the current …

Steel bridges are generally considered to perform well during seismic activity. Nevertheless,
they still suffered much unexpected seismic damage in the Kumamoto earthquake …

Wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) is a promising metal 3D printing technology with
high deposition efficiency and low cost, which makes it more applicable to the cost-sensitive …

In remanufacturing field, the laser deposition repair technology combined with annealing
heat treatment is widely used for repairing the damaged TA15 titanium alloy components …

Highlights•A general thermo-elastoplastic constitutive theory is proposed.•Physical
properties' derivatives are the connections between heat conduction and elastoplastic …

To study the differences in material performance between HRB400E steel and conventional
strength steel, this paper performed monotonic and cyclic loading tests on HRB400E and …

ABSTRACT In this investigation, 1-mm-thick SMO 254 super-austenitic stainless steel sheets
were incrementally formed to make straight grooves and varying wall angle cones using two …