The synergistic combination of mechanical fatigue stresses and environmental agents acting
together can be more detrimental than that of the summation of the contributions of each …

A microstructural model is presented to assess pit-to-crack transition and corrosion fatigue
strength in pitted components in different environments. The model is first validated using …

The role of defects in the fatigue strength of Wire Arc Additively Manufactured (WAAMed) Ti-
6Al-4V is analysed by means of the IBESS model, a fracture mechanics short crack growth …

Current models for predicting the fatigue endurance of notched solids use the stresses along
a straight line, beginning at the notch root, as a simplification of the real crack propagation …

A new method of quantitative pre-corrosion damage of aviation aluminium (Al–Cu–Mg) alloy
was proposed, which regarded corrosion pits as equivalent semi-elliptical surface cracks. An …

Existing structural integrity assessment procedures typically assume flaws to be infinitely
sharp when they cannot be considered as local thinned areas. This assumption is often over …

Fatigue failures generally initiate at notches or discontinuities. Many methods have been
proposed to predict fatigue limits at notches. Navarro and De los Rios developed a method …

Many methods have been proposed to predict fatigue failure in the presence of notches,
among which is the Navarro-Rios model. This model is based on short-crack fracture …

The aim of this paper is to present a methodology to rapidly evaluate the strain energy
density (SED) and the notch stress intensity factor (NSIF) of a wide range of sharp V-notched …

This paper shows an implementation of the Microstructural Finite Element Alternating
Method (MFEAM) to calculate fatigue strength of engineering components subjected to …