... structural engineering surface acoustic wave sensors surface acoustic waves transducers wave propagation wavelet transforms composite structural health monitoring wavelet fatigue The use of composite materials for load-bearing purposes is rapidly increasing in aerospace, mechanical...

... (machinery) thermal stress cracking structural engineering protective coatings thermal fatigue inverse method finite element method In several industrial processes, many structures are subjected to thermo-mechanical loading. According to the periodicity and the intensity of these thermal...

... analysis elasticity plasticity internal stresses structural engineering Methods using mechanical prestraining ( 27 ), cooling ( 28 ), optimizing the welding sequence ( 29 30 31 ), or using vibration ( 32 ) have been developed for residual stress control in welding. The resulting reduction...

... memory effects bridges (structures) structural engineering reviews elastic hysteresis elastic constants Conventional seismic design practice considers structural damage acceptable under strong earthquakes, provided that the structure is ductile enough to undergo large plastic deformations...

... loading must be considered. 16 06 2003 03 02 2005 grain boundaries brittle fracture creep failure analysis stress analysis work hardening voids (solid) life testing structural engineering cavity growth intercrystalline fracture cyclic loading creep Many...

.... 07 July 2000 09 March 2001 grain growth texture elasticity stress analysis structural engineering Identification of Structural Weaknesses Polycrystalline Material Grain-Orientation-Induced Anisotropy Mesoscopic Stress Numerical Techniques Damage analyses...

... manufacturing and design for manufacturability, a reliable prediction tool is needed. bending aerospace industry automobile industry structural engineering buckling compressibility elastoplasticity work hardening aluminium alloys austenitic stainless steel Contributed by the Materials...

...Raj Mohan; Rishi Raj [S0094-4289(00)02103-4] power plants gas turbines high-temperature effects structural engineering materials science This special issue of the Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology includes papers presented at the Symposium...

... vessels strain measurement nondestructive testing minimisation elastic constants Composite Materials Identification Elastic Constants Structural Engineering Optimization A method for nondestructive evaluation of material constants of laminated composite structures is presented...

.... 01 January 2000 16 March 2000 creep testing crack detection fracture mechanics life testing welding structural engineering alloy steel In recent years, there has been considerable interest in assessing the current condition and the remaining life of components subjected...

.... 15 January 2000 16 March 2000 casting finite element analysis elastoplasticity design engineering materials science structural engineering micromechanics It is possible to account for the local mechanisms of deformation in the design of a structural component. Doing so...

.... 05 December 1999 01 March 2000 combined cycle power stations heat exchangers fibre reinforced composites corrosion wear structural engineering Market forces, environmental concerns, and the worldwide abundance of low-cost coal are fueling the demand for efficient...

...; revised manuscript received March 1, 2000. Guest Editors: Raj Mohan and Rishi Raj. 15 December 1999 01 March 2000 alloy steel arc welding power plants creep fracture structural engineering crystal microstructure high-temperature effects rotors Components used...

... October 1999 15 February 2000 power plants creep fatigue creep fracture thermal stress cracking fracture toughness structural engineering welding high-temperature effects Many utility power companies in the U.S. are aggressively preparing themselves to face a possible...