Mechanical parts are more frequently subjected to cyclic loads than solely static loads. Fatigue issues are commonly observed in turbine blades, aerospace components, locomotive systems, large ...

Researchers at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with research groups from the University of Electronic Science ...

Danish researchers have developed a fracture mechanics test showing that tearing energy, not strain, governs fatigue crack ...

This study proposes a novel approach for predicting the corrosion fatigue life of steel bridges by integrating continuum damage mechanics. The methodology accounts for the coupled effects of the ...

A bio-based nano sodium alginate rejuvenator significantly extended fatigue life and self-healing capacity in asphalt ...

An overview of fatigue failure and how it affects mechanical systems. How FEA software enables engineers to predict fatigue failure points on structural designs, before the manufacturing process. From ...

Novel identified mechanisms of dynamic plastic delocalization in metal enabled by competing deformation mechanisms to significantly enhanced fatigue performance of metallic materials. Metal alloys ...