Inconel group of alloys, particularly IN 625 and IN 718 are the most widely recognized
commercially available Ni-based superalloys employed for high temperature applications …

The accurate determination of residual stresses has a crucial role in understanding the
complex interactions between microstructure, mechanical state, mode (s) of failure, and …

Defects in additively manufactured materials are one of the leading sources of uncertainty in
mechanical fatigue. Fracture mechanics concepts are useful to evaluate their influence …

A novel variational framework to model the fatigue behavior of brittle materials based on a
phase-field approach to fracture is presented. The standard regularized free energy …

Post-processing methods can efficiently reduce the negative effects of the internal and
surface defects in as-built laser powder bed fusion materials. In this study, the influence of …

Mechanical failure frequently initiates at the grain level, at which intra-granular stresses are
of paramount importance. Under cyclic loading conditions regions within grains that …

Aiming at the different strength-level structural steels, fatigue crack growth rate (FCGR) tests
were conducted under a series of loading conditions, ie, constant amplitude load (CAL) …

Numerical modelling of the residual stresses and strains within mechanical components is of
great importance for improving the quality and reliability of design for structural integrity. A …

The family of additive manufacturing techniques has been attracting significant attention of
manufacturers and researchers, due to its unrivalled flexibility to fabricate and repair …

After remarkable work over the last three decades, digital image correlation (DIC)
computational technique has made incredible progress under the unremitting efforts of …