Most of the existing methods for estimating εN parameters are based on a relatively limited
amount of experimental data. In addition, sound statistical evaluation of the popular rules of …

This paper proposes a reliable and cost-effective two-phase methodology to predict crack
propagation life in generic two-dimensional (2D) structural components. First, the usually …

The objective of this work is to develop a simple multiaxial rainflow algorithm that allows the
proper calculation of multiaxial damage in NP histories. Enclosing surface methods are …

The stop-hole method is a simple and economic repair technique widely used to retard or
even to stop the propagation of a fatigue crack in structural components that cannot be …

Overload-induced fatigue crack branching is a well-known crack growth retardation or arrest
mechanism, which can quantitatively explain such effects even when arguments based on …

A novel singular seven-node crack-tip triangular element with edge-based strain smoothing
is formulated for modeling crack growth in solids. The present singular ES-FEM method uses …

The recently developed consecutive-interpolation local enriched partition-of-unity method
based on 4-node quadrilateral element (XCQ4) is used to study quasi-static crack …

Crack closure is the most used mechanism to model thickness and load interaction effects
on fatigue crack propagation. But assuming it is the only mechanism is equivalent to …

In this work, three classes of mechanisms that can cause load sequence effects on fatigue
crack growth are discussed: mechanisms acting before, at or after the crack tip. After …

The stress intensity factors (SIF) associated with branched fatigue cracks can be
considerably smaller than that of a straight crack with the same projected length, causing …