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Hole patterns are common in engineering design for connections and/or assembly purposes. Geometrical discontinuities can cause stress concentration in localized areas, making them more prone to fatigue crack initiation and influencing the fatigue life of the overall unit. In the past, much effort has been exerted on fatigue modelling of holed plates from both experimental and theoretical […]

Fatigue degradation of aging metallic bridges is a major concern for the safety of the railway network, particularly regarding riveted details. The codes in force propose mainly global analysis methodologies to perform an efficient assessment, without lowering the calculations from the global to the local fatigue damage scale, with the latter being the one more

The presence of a notch or a detail which leads to stress concentration due to complex geometries has a considerable impact on the fatigue life of engineering structures. Therefore, on the one hand, the notch effect must be investigated and considered in the fatigue assessment of these structures. On the other hand, in the last

The use of recycled plastic in construction fields, among others, is becoming a turning point for resolving significant related problems such as resource management, sustainability and plastic waste generation. Hence, in the context of sustainability, the ”Three R’s”: reduce, reuse and recycle, are getting more attention day after day. There has been a huge surge