140 results on '"Abílio M.P. De Jesus"'
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2. Monotonic and Fracture Behaviours of Bolted Connections with Distinct Bolt Preloads and Surface Treatments
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Vítor M.G. Gomes, Mariana Rodrigues, José A.F.O. Correia, Miguel A.V. Figueiredo, Abílio M.P. de Jesus, and António A. Fernandes
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Rack Structures ,Bolted Joints ,Monotonic Behaviour ,Friction ,Numerical Simulation ,Mechanical engineering and machinery ,TJ1-1570 ,Structural engineering (General) ,TA630-695 - Abstract
This paper presents a research about the monotonic and failure behaviours of bolted joints made of thin plates of S350GD and S355MC steels grades, which are used for rack structures. A full factorial test matrix was performed considering two joints configurations (1+1 and 4+4 double shear bolted joints), two material thicknesses (2 and 3mm), three coatings (“black steel”, zinc coating, zinc plus paint) and two preload levels (25%×70%Fu and 70%Fu). Tests were performed under static monotonic loading until failure. Slip tests were also performed according to the EN 1090-2 standard to evaluate joint slip factors for the three material surface conditions. In addition to the experimental tests, numerical simulation of static tests were performed using elastoplastic material behaviour, based on Mises yield theory and isotropic hardening identified with experimental tensile testing data. The models were able to reproduce conveniently the ultimate loads of the joints and failure modes, including clamping and friction effects.
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- 2019
3. A comparison between S-N Logistic and Kohout-Věchet formulations applied to the fatigue data of old metallic bridges materials
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Joelton Fonseca Barbosa, José A.F.O. Correia, Pedro Montenegro, Raimundo Carlos Silverio Freire Júnior, Grzegorz Lesiuk, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, and Rui A.B. Calçada
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Fatigue ,Analytical modelling ,Fatigue-life curve ,Prediction ,Logistic formulation ,Mechanical engineering and machinery ,TJ1-1570 ,Structural engineering (General) ,TA630-695 - Abstract
A new formulation of a Logistic deterministic S-N curve is applied to fatigue data of metallic materials from ancient Portuguese riveted steel bridges. This formulation is based on a modified logistic relation that uses three parameters to fit the low-cycle- (LCF), finite-life- and high-cycle-fatigue (HCF) regions. This model is compared to the Kohout-Věchet fatigue model, which has a refined adjustment from very low-cycle fatigue (VLCF) to very high-cycle fatigue (VHCF). These models are also compared with other models, such as, Power law and fatigue-life curve from the ASTM E739 standard. The modelling performance of the S-N curves was made using the fatigue data considering the stress fatigue damage parameter for the materials from the Eiffel, Luiz I, Fão and Trezói riveted steel bridges. Using a qualitative methodology of graphical adjustment analysis and another quantitative using the mean square error, it was possible to evaluate the performance of the mean S-N curve formulation. The results showed that the formulation of the S-N curve using the Logistic equation applied to the metallic materials from the old bridges obtained superior performance to the analysed models, both in the estimation of fatigue behaviour in the low-cycle fatigue (LCF) region and in the lowest mean square error.
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- 2019
4. GA-BP Neural Network-Based Strain Prediction in Full-Scale Static Testing of Wind Turbine Blades
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Zheng Liu, Xin Liu, Kan Wang, Zhongwei Liang, José A.F.O. Correia, and Abílio M.P. De Jesus
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wind turbine blade ,full-scale static test ,neural networks ,strain prediction ,Technology - Abstract
This paper proposes a strain prediction method for wind turbine blades using genetic algorithm back propagation neural networks (GA-BPNNs) with applied loads, loading positions, and displacement as inputs, and the study can be used to provide more data for the wind turbine blades’ health assessment and life prediction. Among all parameters to be tested in full-scale static testing of wind turbine blades, strain is very important. The correlation between the blade strain and the applied loads, loading position, displacement, etc., is non-linear, and the number of input variables is too much, thus the calculation and prediction of the blade strain are very complex and difficult. Moreover, the number of measuring points on the blade is limited, so the full-scale blade static test cannot usually provide enough data and information for the improvement of the blade design. As a result of these concerns, this paper studies strain prediction methods for full-scale blade static testing by introducing GA-BPNN. The accuracy and usability of the GA-BPNN prediction model was verified by the comparison with BPNN model and the FEA results. The results show that BPNN can be effectively used to predict the strain of unmeasured points of wind turbine blades.
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- 2019
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5. Efficient computational approach for fatigue assessment of riveted connections
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Cláudio S., Horas, Abílio M.P., De Jesus, and Rui, Calçada
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- 2019
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6. A novel Kriging-model-assisted reliability-based multidisciplinary design optimization strategy and its application in the offshore wind turbine tower
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Debiao Meng, Shiyuan Yang, Abílio M.P. de Jesus, and Shun-Peng Zhu
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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment - Published
- 2023
7. A Novel Hybrid Adaptive Kriging and Water Cycle Algorithm for Uncertainty-Based Design and Optimization Strategy: Application in Offshore Wind Turbine Monopile
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Debiao Meng, Shiyuan Yang, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, Tiago Fazeres-Ferradosa, and Shunpeng Zhu
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- 2023
8. Determination of the Highest Potential Spots for Fatigue Failure in Parabolic Leaf Springs using the Maximum Variance Approach
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Vítor M.G. Gomes, Abílio M.P. de Jesus, José Correia, and Rui Calçada
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Earth-Surface Processes - Published
- 2022
9. A novel hybrid adaptive Kriging and water cycle algorithm for reliability-based design and optimization strategy: Application in offshore wind turbine monopile
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Debiao Meng, Shiyuan Yang, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, Tiago Fazeres-Ferradosa, and Shun-Peng Zhu
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Mechanics of Materials ,Mechanical Engineering ,Computational Mechanics ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Computer Science Applications - Published
- 2023
10. New multiphase methodology for fatigue damage screening of aging metallic railway bridges
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Cláudio S. Horas, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, and Rui Calçada
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Mechanics of Materials ,Mechanical Engineering ,Modeling and Simulation ,General Materials Science ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering - Published
- 2023
11. Fatigue performance prediction of S235 base steel plates in the riveted connections
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Haohui Xin, António A. Fernandes, José A.F.O. Correia, António L.L. da Silva, Grzegorz Lesiuk, Shun-Peng Zhu, and Abílio M.P. De Jesus
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Computer simulation ,Computer science ,business.industry ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,Base (geometry) ,Fatigue testing ,020101 civil engineering ,02 engineering and technology ,Building and Construction ,Structural engineering ,Nominal stress ,0201 civil engineering ,021105 building & construction ,Architecture ,Service life ,Performance prediction ,Steel plates ,Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality ,business ,Civil and Structural Engineering - Abstract
Although several old riveted bridges served more than 100–150 years in the world, some of them are still in the application, generally limited by the economic budget or cultural relic protection reason. Hence, the status of those bridges needed to be evaluated to support the bridge management and rehabilitation, especially with the increasing traffic flow along with their service life. Nowadays, fatigue detail class 71 in the EN 1993-1-9 is generally recommended to evaluate the fatigue behaviour of the riveted joints. But the predicted fatigue behaviour of riveted connection using the recommended S-N curves is excessive conservative because the differences of connection geometries and materials are not fully considered using the global nominal stress methods. Therefore, in this paper, a two-phase fatigue performance approach based on local strain and Paris law, respectively, fatigue crack initiation and propagation phases, combined with numerical simulation, is an effective surrogate method to predict the fatigue performance of riveted connections, considering the material and geometry effects. A good agreement is observed when compared to numerical simulation with experimental observations.
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- 2021
12. Recent advances on size effect in metal fatigue under defects: a review
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Yang Ai, Qingyuan Wang, José A.F.O. Correia, Shun-Peng Zhu, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, and Ding Liao
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Materials science ,Computational Mechanics ,Fatigue testing ,Mechanical engineering ,Fracture mechanics ,Failure mechanism ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,Fatigue limit ,010101 applied mathematics ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,0203 mechanical engineering ,Mechanics of Materials ,Modeling and Simulation ,0101 mathematics ,Statistical theory - Abstract
Structural components with different scales normally show different fatigue behaviors, which are virtually dominated by defects originated from multiple sources, including manufacturing processes. This paper reviews three types of size effects (statistical, geometrical, technological) as well as their recent advances in metal fatigue, aiming to provide a guide for fatigue strength assessment of engineering components containing defects, inclusions and material inhomogeneity. Firstly, the background of inherent defects and defect-based failure mechanism are briefly outlined, and fatigue failure analysis based on fracture mechanics as well as statistics theory are emphasized. Then, two approaches commonly applied in statistical size effect modeling, i.e. critical defect method and weakest link method, are elaborated. In addition, the highly stressed volume method is introduced for considering the geometrical size effects, and the technological (production and surface) size effect is briefly overviewed. Finally, further directions on size effect in metal fatigue under defects are explored.
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- 2021
13. Fatigue reliability of wind turbines
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Ding Liao, Shun-Peng Zhu, José A.F.O. Correia, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, Milan Veljkovic, and Filippo Berto
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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,Uncertainty ,Load variation ,Reliability analysis ,Wind turbine ,Fatigue - Abstract
Wind, as a sustainable and affordable energy source, represents a strong alternative to traditional energy sources. However, wind power is only one of the options, together with other renewable energy sources. Consequently, the core concerns for wind turbine manufacturers and operators are to increase its reliability and decrease costs, therefore enhancing commercial competitiveness. Among typical failure modes of wind turbines, fatigue is a common and critical source. Given the significance of fatigue reliability in wind turbine structural integrity, reliable probabilistic fatigue theories are necessary for design scheme optimization. By reducing the expenses on manufacturing, operation, and maintenance in reliability- and cost-optimal ways, the cost of energy can be significantly reduced. This study systematically reviews the state-of-the-art technology for fatigue reliability of wind turbines, and elaborates on the evolution of methodology in wind load uncertainty modelling. In addition, fatigue reliability assessment techniques on four typical components are summarized. Finally, discussions and conclusions are presented, intending to provide direct insights into future theoretical development and methodological innovation in this field.
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- 2022
14. Numerical study of fatigue damage under random loading using Rainflow cycle counting
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Mohamed Benguediab, José A.F.O. Correia, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, and Tayeb Kebir
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Cyclic stress ,Work (thermodynamics) ,Materials science ,Mechanical Engineering ,020101 civil engineering ,Fatigue damage ,Mechanics ,02 engineering and technology ,Small amplitude ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,0201 civil engineering ,Hysteresis ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,0203 mechanical engineering ,Mechanics of Materials ,Rainflow-counting algorithm ,Cycle count ,Constant (mathematics) ,0210 nano-technology ,Civil and Structural Engineering - Abstract
PurposeThe purpose of this scientific work is to simulate the fatigue damage under random loading, taking into account the mean stress effect on fatigue lifetime and using the Rainflow counting technique to assess the fatigue damage by the Ansys software. The used material is aluminum alloy 6082-T6. A comparison with literature results has confirmed this investigation in this paper.Design/methodology/approachThe study of fatigue under random loading is based on the same concepts as constant loading with the addition of damage summation. The proportion of damage caused by a stress cycle depends not only on the alternating stress but also on the mean stress.FindingsAnalysis of the fatigue damage shows that the number of relative damage due to each cycle.Originality/valueThis paper aims to simulate the fatigue damage under random loading for aluminum alloys.
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- 2020
15. Reliability-based optimisation for offshore structures using saddlepoint approximation
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Debiao Meng, Peng Wu, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, Zhengguo Hu, Shun-Peng Zhu, and José A.F.O. Correia
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Engineering ,business.industry ,Service life ,Offshore geotechnical engineering ,Social impact ,Ocean Engineering ,Submarine pipeline ,business ,Reliability (statistics) ,Working environment ,Reliability engineering - Abstract
Offshore structures have a long service life and involve high cost. However, the working environment of offshore structures is harsh. When an accident occurs, it causes an adverse social impact and economic loss. Therefore, in the design process of offshore structures, in order to enhance their safety, this is an important problem that needs attention. Reliability-based design and optimisation (RBDO) using saddlepoint approximation (SA) is a powerful method to enhance the reliability of offshore structures. The SA utilises a cumulant generating function and saddlepoint to approximately express the probability density function and cumulative distribution function of a limit-state function. To further improve the accuracy of reliability evaluation in RBDO with SA, in this study, a mean-value second-order SA (MVSOSA) is introduced. A RBDO with MVSOSA strategy is proposed for the design problem of a wellhead platform. An engineering case study illustrates the application of the proposed method.
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- 2020
16. Experimental characterisation of fused filament fabrication printed parts under tension, shear, and combined shear–tension loads via Arcan test
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Jorge Lino Alves, José Roberto Franco Xavier, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, João Paulo Pereira, Margarida Machado, and Isaac Ferreira
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Materials science ,Tension (physics) ,Mechanical Engineering ,Fused filament fabrication ,02 engineering and technology ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Shear (sheet metal) ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,0203 mechanical engineering ,General Materials Science ,Point (geometry) ,Composite material ,0210 nano-technology ,Anisotropy - Abstract
The mechanical performance of fused filament fabrication printed parts is considered the weak point of the technology due to its high anisotropic structure and irregular behaviour. This research focuses on the application of the Arcan-based method to fused filament fabrication printed parts, to better understand their mechanical behaviour. In order to characterise and quantify the anisotropic behaviour, a butterfly type specimen was developed, taking into account the flaws presented by the process (e.g. need for support material for tilted surfaces, low resolution, etc.). Together with the Arcan type grip, a combination of vertical–transversal (VT), vertical-longitudinal (VL) and horizontal (H) printed samples were tested under three distinct loading conditions, 90° – tensile, 45° – combined loading and 0° – pure shear. For each set of samples, digital image correlation was used to analyse the deformation fields imposed by the distinct building orientations and loading conditions. Regarding the material, two different types of Nylon® (PA 12) were used, namely FX256 and CF15, being the second a short carbon fibre reinforced version of the first, allowing a comparison of the mechanical behaviour. The results show that the building orientation prevails, originating distinct fracture types and overall behaviour difference. It was shown that fibre presence does not create a stronger material, yet an increase in stiffness is observed for all building orientations, except VT, where both materials presented similar values, indicating that the fibre orientation is critical when taking into account the loading conditions. It was also observed that of all sample types, FX256 H specimens showed the closest to isotropic behaviour.
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- 2020
17. Numerical determination of stress intensity factors: J-integral and modified virtual crack closure technique
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Abílio M.P. De Jesus, José A.F.O. Correia, Carlos D.S. Souto, and Sérgio M. O. Tavares
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Work (thermodynamics) ,biology ,Computer science ,business.industry ,Extrapolation ,Fracture mechanics ,Structural engineering ,Omicron ,biology.organism_classification ,Finite element method ,Displacement (vector) ,Crack closure ,business ,Stress intensity factor ,Earth-Surface Processes - Abstract
Together with the development of numerical tools for stress-strain analysis, approaches to deal with fracture mechanics problems have been the object of continuous improvement. For linear-elastic fracture mechanics problems, the determination of Stress Intensity Factors (SIF) is available as a post-processing possibility in most commercial finite element software packages such as Ansys and Abaqus, allowing the users to perform straightforward assessments of cracked mechanical parts or structures. However, available techniques for SIF determination in post-processing of these commercial solutions are almost limited to the so-called displacement extrapolation and J-integral techniques. In the present work, the implementation of the J-integral technique is revised considering a new finite element software, labeled as Omicron. Furthermore, a more recent technique, the modified Virtual Crack Closure Technique (mVCCT) is also implemented and evaluated. For results assessment, finite element models were built in Omicron and SIFs were determined considering the J-integral and mVCCT approaches. From this study, it is concluded that the mVCCT implementation is simpler than the J-integral and it allows to determine accurately SIFs. Nevertheless, this technique is not straightly available in the current versions of the commercial packages for finite element modeling, which require separate post-processing for SIF determination.
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- 2020
18. Probabilistic modelling of notch fatigue and size effect of components using highly stressed volume approach
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Ding Liao, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, Shun-Peng Zhu, José A.F.O. Correia, Yang Ai, and Behrooz Keshtegar
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Materials science ,business.industry ,Mechanical Engineering ,Probabilistic logic ,Titanium alloy ,Experimental data ,Structural integrity ,02 engineering and technology ,Structural engineering ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,0203 mechanical engineering ,Volume (thermodynamics) ,Mechanics of Materials ,Modeling and Simulation ,Probabilistic modelling ,General Materials Science ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Reliability (statistics) ,Weibull distribution - Abstract
Modeling of the notch and size effects on fatigue behavior of materials is vital for ensuring structural integrity and reliability of engineering components. This study presents a methodology considering both effects of notch and size to analyze the fatigue life distribution of specimens with different geometries using the highly stressed volume approach. Specifically, a dynamic model coefficient considering the influence of different maximum local stresses is developed by modeling the size effect of highly stressed volumes with Weibull distribution. Experimental data of three aluminum and titanium alloys are utilized for model validation and comparison. Fatigue lives of three materials with different geometries are evaluated respectively, and predicted P-S-N curves indicate that proposed model predictions agree well with the probabilistic scatter band of experimental results.
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- 2019
19. Fatigue assessment based on hot-spot stresses obtained from the global dynamic analysis and local static sub-model
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Abílio M.P. De Jesus, Guilherme Alencar, Cristiane Oliveira Viana, Rui Calçada, Raphael Pedrosa Heleno, P.A. Montenegro, Hermes Carvalho, and José A.F.O. Correia
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Computer science ,business.industry ,Mechanical Engineering ,Numerical analysis ,Modal analysis ,Extrapolation ,Mode (statistics) ,020101 civil engineering ,02 engineering and technology ,Structural engineering ,Static analysis ,0201 civil engineering ,Vibration ,Stress (mechanics) ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,Modal ,0203 mechanical engineering ,Mechanics of Materials ,business ,Civil and Structural Engineering - Abstract
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the fatigue process through the dynamic analysis of the global structural model and local static sub-modelling in a critical detail using the hot-spot stress approach. The detail was studied in three different positions at the “Alcácer do Sal” access viaduct, and the methodologies from the IIW and Eurocode EN 1993-1-9 were compared. Design/methodology/approach In this study, the fatigue life process based on the hot-spot stress approach was evaluated using a global dynamic analysis and a local sub-modelling based on a static analysis of welded connections in the “Alcácer do Sal” railway structure, Portugal, taking into consideration the recommendations from IIW and Eurocode EN 1993-1-9. The hot-spot stresses were calculated through the static analysis of the sub-model of the welded connection for each vibration mode with the aim to obtain the temporal stresses using the modal coordinates and modal stresses of the extrapolation points. The Ansys® and Matlab® softwares were used for the numerical analysis and the hot-spot stress calculations, respectively. Findings The proposed methodology/approach to obtain fatigue assessment is based on the modal analysis of the global structural model and local static sub-modelling. The modal analysis was used to extract the boundary conditions to be used in the local model to determine the temporal stresses of the extrapolation points. Based on the modal superposition method, the stresses as function of time were obtained for fatigue life evaluation of a critical detail by the hot-spot stress approach. The detail was studied in three different positions. Originality/value In the present study, a global-local fatigue methodology based on dynamic analysis of the global structural model and local static sub-modelling of the critical detail using the hot-spot stress approach is proposed. Herein, the modal analysis of the global structural model supported by the modal superposition method was used to obtain the matrix of modal coordinates. The static analysis of the local sub-model for each mode from the modal analysis of global structural model was done to estimate the hot-spot stresses. The fatigue damage calculation was based on S-N curve of the critical detail and rainflow method. The IIW recommendation proved to be more conservative compared to the proposed rules in the Eurocode EN 1993-1-9. The global-local modelling based on dynamic analysis is an important and effective tool for fatigue evaluation in welded joints.
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- 2019
20. Determination of manufacturing residual stresses in cold-formed thin-walled steel profiles
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Carlos D.S. Souto, Alessandro Menghini, Andrés Díaz, Juan Manuel Manso, Abílio M.P. de Jesus, and Carlo Andrea Castiglioni
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Mechanical Engineering ,Building and Construction ,Civil and Structural Engineering - Published
- 2022
21. Efficient progressive global-local fatigue assessment methodology for existing metallic railway bridges
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Cláudio S. Horas, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, and Rui Calçada
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Mechanics of Materials ,Metals and Alloys ,Building and Construction ,Civil and Structural Engineering - Published
- 2022
22. Machinability of the 18Ni300 Additively Manufactured Maraging Steel Based on Orthogonal Cutting Tests
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Tiago E. F. Silva, Ana Reis, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, and Pedro A. R. Rosa
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Rake angle ,Materials science ,Cutting tool ,Machining ,Machinability ,Compatibility (mechanics) ,engineering ,Mechanical engineering ,engineering.material ,Flow stress ,Maraging steel ,Surface finishing - Abstract
Metallic additive manufacturing is a trending topic of manufacturing, being nowadays intensively investigated due to its innumerous advantages, such as design freedom. Some challenges remain, namely the need to perform post-processing operations of the parts towards improved surface finishing, which in some cases may involve machining operations. In addition, in some industries, the compatibility of additively manufactured inserts is assured by machining operations. Therefore, understanding the machinability of additively manufactured materials leads to timely research. This paper presents research on metal cutting supported by orthogonal cutting operations, aiming at investigating the machinability of the additively manufactured 18Ni300 maraging steel. Material build direction and tool rake angle were investigated. In addition, conventional material was tested for comparison purposes. Cutting loads, specific cutting pressure, shear angle, friction and chip geometry are evaluated according to Merchant theory. Despite the higher flow stress and anisotropic behaviour of the additively manufactured steel, their specific cutting pressure is lesser influenced by the metallurgical condition than the geometric effect of the cutting tool (rake angle).
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- 2021
23. Alternative steel lattice structures for wind energy converters
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Milan Veljkovic, Slobodanka Jovašević, José A.F.O. Correia, Carlos Rebelo, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, Rita Dantas, and Marko Pavlović
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Materials science ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,020101 civil engineering ,Steel hybrid towers ,02 engineering and technology ,Built-up polygonal sections ,Turbine ,Wind speed ,0201 civil engineering ,Tower geometry ,medicine ,021108 energy ,Civil and Structural Engineering ,Wind power ,business.industry ,Mechanical Engineering ,Preloaded gusset-plate connections ,Stiffness ,Structural engineering ,Finite element method ,Renewable energy ,Lattice (module) ,Mechanics of Materials ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Tower - Abstract
PurposeIn the last decades, the demand and use of renewable energies have been increasing. The increase in renewable energies, particularly wind energy, leads to the development and innovation of powerful wind energy converters as well as increased production requirements. Hence, a higher supporting structure is required to achieve higher wind speed with less turbulence. To date, the onshore wind towers with tubular connections are the most used. The maximum diameter of this type of tower is limited by transportation logistics. The purpose of this paper is to propose an alternative wind turbine lattice structure based on half-pipe steel connections.Design/methodology/approachIn this study, a new concept of steel hybrid tower has been proposed. The focus of this work is the development of a lattice structure. Therefore, the geometry of the lattice part of the tower is assessed to decrease the number of joints and bolts. The sections used in the lattice structure are constructed in a polygonal shape. The elements are obtained by cold forming and bolted along the length. The members are connected by gusset plates and preloaded bolts. A numerical investigation of joints is carried out using the finite element (FE) software ABAQUS.FindingsBased on the proposed study, the six “legs” solution with K braces under 45° angle and height/spread ratio of 4/1 and 5/1 provides the most suitable balance between the weight of the supporting structure, number of bolts in joints and reaction forces in the foundations, when compared with four “legs” solution.Originality/valueIn this investigation, the failure modes of elements and joints of an alternative wind turbine lattice structures, as well as the rotation stiffness of the joints, are determined. The FE results show good agreement with the analytical calculation proposed by EC3-1-8 standard.
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- 2019
24. Fatigue characterization of a beam-to-column riveted joint
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António L.L. da Silva, Bruno Pedrosa, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, Filippo Berto, António A. Fernandes, José A.F.O. Correia, Carlos Rebelo, and Miguel A.V. de Figueiredo
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Computer science ,business.industry ,Numerical analysis ,General Engineering ,020101 civil engineering ,02 engineering and technology ,Eurocode ,Structural engineering ,Column (database) ,Finite element method ,0201 civil engineering ,Characterization (materials science) ,Material fatigue ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,0203 mechanical engineering ,General Materials Science ,business ,Joint (geology) ,Beam (structure) - Abstract
Fatigue failures are a concern for old riveted steel bridges since most of them were not originally designed taking into account fatigue. The usual fatigue assessment approach for riveted joints consists of using the fatigue class 71 S-N curve proposed in Eurocode 3, part 1–9. However, this approach may lead to excessive conservative predictions since it is applied indistinctly for different riveted connection geometries and materials. Riveted joints fatigue classification according to the proposal of Taras and Greiner produce more consistent description of the experimental data rather than the Class 71 S-N curve as proposed in the EC3. Local approaches are an alternative methodology to perform fatigue characterization of any type of joints, made of any material, providing that material fatigue properties are available as well as accurate numerical models of the joints. This paper presents an experimental campaign and a numerical analysis concerning down-scale riveted specimens. The fatigue behaviour of these riveted joints was also modelled using standard and extended finite element methods. The different models produced diverse predictions, depending on the failure modes considered.
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- 2019
25. Study of the influence of notch radii and temperature on the probability of failure: A methodology to perform a combined assessment
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José A.F.O. Correia, Sergio Cicero, Alfonso Fernández-Canteli, Filippo Berto, Miguel Muñiz-Calvente, S. Blasón, Adrián Álvarez-Vázquez, and Abílio M.P. De Jesus
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Probability of failure ,Materials science ,Mechanics of Materials ,Mechanical Engineering ,General Materials Science ,Mechanics - Published
- 2019
26. Influence of fillet end geometry on fatigue behaviour of welded joints
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António L.L. da Silva, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, Filippo Berto, António A. Fernandes, José A.F.O. Correia, Rui Calçada, and Grzegorz Lesiuk
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Materials science ,Mechanical Engineering ,Fillet weld ,Box girder ,Geometry ,02 engineering and technology ,Paris' law ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,Finite element method ,Crack closure ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,0203 mechanical engineering ,Mechanics of Materials ,Modeling and Simulation ,General Materials Science ,0210 nano-technology ,Fillet (mechanics) ,Stress intensity factor ,Extended finite element method - Abstract
This paper presents a fatigue analysis of a type of fillet welded joint representative of one main joint of the steel box girder of the Alcacer do Sal railway bridge. From previous studies, it was found that the welded joint between the box girder diagonal and the central hanger gusset is one of the most stressed details of the bridge. This welded joint was not fully manufactured according to current construction procedures, as regards the fillet weld end configuration. In order to assess the fatigue behaviour of such welded joint, the present study combines an experimental campaign and numerical analysis. A total of four welded joint series were produced in order to allow the comparison of the fatigue performance of similar type of welded joint of the Alcacer do Sal bridge with welded joints produced according to existing recommendations, such as EC3. Since scale-down specimens were considered, two different thicknesses were included in this study for each joint configuration, to allow the verification of any thickness effect. Concerning the numerical analyses, two main numerical tools were used: the standard Finite Element Method (FEM) with ANSYS and the eXtended Finite Element Method (XFEM) with ABAQUS. Fatigue life predictions were performed including both fatigue crack initiation and fatigue crack propagation phases. The number of cycles to initiate a fatigue crack was computed using local notch strain-life approaches, and the number of cycles for fatigue crack propagation was computed by integrating the Paris fatigue crack growth law with stress intensity factors computed with ANSYS (virtual crack closure technique) and ABAQUS (contour integral method, 3D XFEM model). Experimental tests demonstrated little influence of fillet weld end geometry on fatigue behaviour of welded joints and plate thickness effects were also reduced as also confirmed by the similar fatigue crack propagation rates. Both numerical simulations provided very accurate predictions of the experimental S-N curves, however the XFEM modelling opens new possibilities for mix-mode fatigue crack propagation simulations.
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- 2019
27. A comparison between S-N Logistic and Kohout-Vechet formulations applied to the fatigue data of old metallic bridges materials
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Grzegorz Lesiuk, P.A. Montenegro, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, Rui Calçada, José A.F.O. Correia, Joelton Fonseca Barbosa, and Raimundo Carlos Silverio Freire Júnior
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Fatigue-life curve ,Mean squared error ,business.industry ,Mechanical Engineering ,lcsh:Mechanical engineering and machinery ,Analytical modelling ,lcsh:TA630-695 ,Fatigue damage ,Structural engineering ,lcsh:Structural engineering (General) ,Power law ,Stress (mechanics) ,Logistic formulation ,Mechanics of Materials ,Metallic materials ,Kohout-Vechet model ,lcsh:TJ1-1570 ,Logistic function ,business ,Prediction ,Fatigue ,Mathematics - Abstract
A new formulation of a Logistic deterministic S-N curve is applied to fatigue data of metallic materials from ancient Portuguese riveted steel bridges. This formulation is based on a modified logistic relation that uses three parameters to fit the low-cycle- (LCF), finite-life- and high-cycle-fatigue (HCF) regions. This model is compared to the Kohout-Vechet fatigue model, which has a refined adjustment from very low-cycle fatigue (VLCF) to very high-cycle fatigue (VHCF). These models are also compared with other models, such as, power law and fatigue-life curve from the ASTM E739 standard. The modelling performance of the S-N curves was made using the fatigue data considering the stress fatigue damage parameter for the materials from the Eiffel, Luiz I, F�o and Trez�i riveted steel bridges. Using a qualitative methodology of graphical adjustment analysis and another quantitative using the mean square error, it was possible to evaluate the performance of the mean S-N curve formulation. The results showed that the formulation of the S-N curve using the Logistic equation applied to the metallic materials from the old bridges resulted in a superior performance when compared with others models under consideration, both in the estimation of fatigue behaviour in the low-cycle fatigue (LCF) region and in the lowest mean square error.
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- 2019
28. Yield behaviour of high-density polyethylene: Experimental and numerical characterization
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João P. Manaia, Francisco Pires, Shenghua Wu, and Abílio M.P. De Jesus
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Yield (engineering) ,Materials science ,Cauchy stress tensor ,General Engineering ,020101 civil engineering ,02 engineering and technology ,Pure shear ,Plasticity ,Curvature ,0201 civil engineering ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,0203 mechanical engineering ,Shear (geology) ,von Mises yield criterion ,General Materials Science ,High-density polyethylene ,Composite material - Abstract
In this work, the yielding response of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) under different stress states and strain rates was experimentally examined and the ability of classical yield criteria to capture their deformation response assessed. A series of biaxial loading tests (pure shear, combined shear and tension/compression, pure tension/compression) using a designed Arcan testing apparatus were performed. In order to investigate a wider range of stress states, flat and cylindrical notched specimens with different curvature radii were also tested. The predictive ability of the Von Mises and the Drucker-Prager yield criteria are compared against the acquired experimental data. The Drucker-Prager yield model allowed an improved description of the available experimental results, demonstrating the need to account for pressure dependency in the yield model's formulation for semi crystalline polymers. Some differences observed may be attributed to the third invariant stress tensor effects. The evolution of stress triaxiality and Lode angle parameters with equivalent plastic strain were extracted from simulations with Drucker-Prager yield criterion. The results show sensitive stress state dependency of the plastic yielding behaviour, which can be attributed to different combinations of stress triaxiality and Lode angle parameters. Also numerical simulations show that there is variation of the stress triaxiality and equivalent plastic strain along the cross section and the location of the maximum plastic strain and maximum stress triaxiality in the specimens are located at the centre of the specimens.
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- 2019
29. Reliability analysis based on hybrid algorithm of M5 model tree and Monte Carlo simulation for corroded pipelines: Case of study X60 Steel grade pipes
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Abílio M.P. De Jesus, Grzegorz Lesiuk, José A.F.O. Correia, Mohamed El Amine Ben Seghier, and Behrooz Keshtegar
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business.industry ,Calibration (statistics) ,Monte Carlo method ,General Engineering ,020101 civil engineering ,02 engineering and technology ,Structural engineering ,Hybrid algorithm ,0201 civil engineering ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,0203 mechanical engineering ,Gumbel distribution ,Log-normal distribution ,General Materials Science ,business ,Reliability (statistics) ,Statistic ,Mathematics ,Weibull distribution - Abstract
In this paper, the failure probability of corroded pipelines made by X60 steel grade is evaluated. For this complex real engineering failure problem, the burst corroded performance function is developed using an M5Tree model based on calibration with real burst test database. In addition statistical analysis of ILI-report data is conducted for best modeling of corrosion defects geometries (i.e. defects length and depth) based on Anderson-Darling statistic where different PDFs (i.e. Normal, Lognormal, Frechet, Gumbel, Weibull) were tested. Moreover, the effect of defects geometries on the failure probability of the case-studies were investigated for various operating regimes. Then the influence of distributions on the reliability analysis were also illustrated. Results indicated that increases in defects depth are strongly reduced the safety levels of this problem, where miss-selection of defects distributions could lead to conservatives results.
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- 2019
30. Fatigue Damage Tool (FDT) - A tool for fatigue damage assessment according to design codes
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Rui Calçada, Carlos D.S. Souto, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, and José A.F.O. Correia
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Engineering structures ,Computer science ,business.industry ,Steel structures ,Fatigue damage ,02 engineering and technology ,Eurocode ,Structural engineering ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Pressure vessel ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,Software ,0203 mechanical engineering ,Rainflow-counting algorithm ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Cycle count ,Earth-Surface Processes - Abstract
Engineering structures, such as bridges, pressure vessels, machines, etc., are subject to variable load cycles during their lifetime that can cause fatigue damage. Fatigue design of steel structures is based on double S-N curves and the estimation of fatigue damage caused by load cycles. This estimation is calculated by cycle counting methods combined with the Palmgren-Miner rule. The presented software, Fatigue Damage Tool (FDT), is based on the design assumptions of the Eurocode 3 EN1993-1-9 standard. The cycle counting method implemented in FDT is the rainflow counting algorithm according to the ASTM E1049-85 standard, and it uses the Palmgren-Miner rule to calculate de fatigue damage for a critical detail. In this paper, the software is applied to estimate the fatigue damage accumulation for a critical detail at the mid-span of the Varzeas railway bridge. Additionally, FDT can also be applied to several other types of engineering structures.
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- 2019
31. Elastoplastic and fracture behaviour of semi-crystalline polymers under multiaxial stress states
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Francisco Pires, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, and João P. Manaia
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Polypropylene ,Butterfly specimen ,Void (astronomy) ,Materials science ,Crazing ,Multiaxial loading ,Mechanical Engineering ,lcsh:Mechanical engineering and machinery ,Semi-crystalline polymers ,lcsh:TA630-695 ,lcsh:Structural engineering (General) ,Pure shear ,Polyethylene ,Stress triaxiality ,Crosshead ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Fracture ,chemistry ,Mechanics of Materials ,Cavitation ,SEM ,lcsh:TJ1-1570 ,High-density polyethylene ,Composite material - Abstract
The deformation behaviour and fracture mechanisms of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene (PP) and polyamide 6 (PA 6) are investigated experimentally under different stress states and at different crosshead speeds of 1, 20 and 200 mm/min. Fracture surface morphologies were investigated in a series of specimens tested at 200 mm/min under combined tension/shear loading at three different loading angles (α= 0°, 30° and 90°) at room temperature (RT) and 50 °C. In addition, the effects of notch profile radii (stress triaxiality) on HDPE, PP and PA 6 fracture behaviour have been studied at RT, using flat and cylindrical notched specimens. Specimens’ geometries were carefully designed to achieve various loading conditions and allowing to explore initial stress triaxialities ranged from 0 in pure shear loading (α= 0°) to a maximum of 0.84 for flat notched specimens with radius of 5 mm. The yield load shows an explicit dependency on temperature and crosshead speed. The fracture surfaces analysed reveals damage mechanisms such as crazing, void and cavitation formation. Two or more mechanisms are predominant, which means that the stresses along fracture process are not uniform.
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- 2019
32. Editorial of the 1st IRAS conference
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António Abel Henriques, P.A. Montenegro, Rui Calçada, José Miguel Castro, José A.F.O. Correia, and Abílio M.P. De Jesus
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Risk analysis ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,0203 mechanical engineering ,Event (computing) ,Political science ,Library science ,Technical committee ,02 engineering and technology ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,0210 nano-technology ,Young scientist ,Earth-Surface Processes - Abstract
The First International Symposium on Risk Analysis and Safety of Complex Structures and Components (IRAS 2019) was organised in-teamed with the ESIS/TC12 Technical Committee on Risk Analysis and Safety of Large Structures and Components, which took place between 1-2 July 2019 at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), in the City of Porto, located at seaside in the northwest region of Portugal. The guest editors of the IRAS 2019 deeply acknowledges all members of the International Scientific Committee, Thematic Sessions Organizers, Keynote Speakers and authors that contributed to the success of this event, that gathered more than 126 participants presenting more than 168 papers and posters. Sponsors are also fully acknowledged for their important contributions. The ESIS/TC12 2019 winners of the Robert Moskovic Award, Award of Merit TC12, and ESIS/TC12 Young Scientist Award were announced during the conference. Additionally, the guest editors (conference chairs) sincerely thank the tireless efforts of the Organizing Committee members as well as students and other FEUP and Construction Institute staff involved in the organization. Finally, the guest editors are pleased to inform that the second edition of the IRAS event will be organised by Prof. Aleksandar Sedmak (University of Belgrade, Serbia) which will take place in Belgrade in Serbia in the year 2021.
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- 2019
33. Fatigue analysis of a railway bridge based on fracture mechanics and local modelling of riveted connections
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Elsa Caetano, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, José A.F.O. Correia, Álvaro Cunha, F. Marques, and Augusto A. Fernandes
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Bending (metalworking) ,Computer science ,business.industry ,Monte Carlo method ,General Engineering ,Probabilistic logic ,020101 civil engineering ,Fracture mechanics ,Context (language use) ,02 engineering and technology ,Structural engineering ,Bridge (nautical) ,Finite element method ,0201 civil engineering ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,0203 mechanical engineering ,General Materials Science ,Train ,business - Abstract
In the context of fatigue evaluation of riveted railway bridges, cross-girder to main beam connections are frequently critical details. Secondary effects, such as out-of-plane bending and dynamic amplifications due to the proximity to loading paths which in the case of old bridges were not taken into account in the original design, may lead to severe increase of fatigue damage. The fatigue assessment of old riveted railway bridges has been addressed in the last years by developing local models of critical riveted joints that are linked to global models. This local-global modelling approach aims at evaluating local secondary stresses. Former fatigue probabilistic analyses of riveted joints have been focused on resistance variability rather than on loading/stresses (actions) variability. In this paper a probabilistic procedure to include the variability of loading in the fatigue analysis of complex riveted joints of railway bridges is proposed assuming loading as a random variable. Local finite element models were developed and later coupled with the global model in order to obtain the real stresses associated to real trains crossing the bridge. To reduce computational time, the results obtained from these local models were inputted in a Linear Fracture Mechanics model, supported by Paris fatigue crack propagation law. Monte Carlo simulation technique was applied to calculate the fatigue reliability of an old riveted railway bridge, considering traffic records from previous studies on the bridge.
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- 2018
34. Nonlinear fatigue damage accumulation and life prediction of metals: A comparative study
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Shun-Peng Zhu, Yong-Zhen Hao, Grzegorz Lesiuk, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, and José A.F.O. Correia
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Materials science ,business.industry ,Mechanical Engineering ,Fatigue damage ,02 engineering and technology ,Structural engineering ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Nonlinear system ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,0203 mechanical engineering ,Mechanics of Materials ,General Materials Science ,0210 nano-technology ,business - Published
- 2018
35. Computational framework for multiaxial fatigue life prediction of compressor discs considering notch effects
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Rui Calçada, Ding Liao, Shun-Peng Zhu, José A.F.O. Correia, and Abílio M.P. De Jesus
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Stress gradient ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Mechanical Engineering ,Structural integrity ,02 engineering and technology ,Structural engineering ,Aero engine ,Classification of discontinuities ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Finite element method ,Stress (mechanics) ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,0203 mechanical engineering ,Mechanics of Materials ,Coupling (piping) ,General Materials Science ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Gas compressor - Abstract
Aero engine components like compressor discs normally operate under harsh conditions like complex multiaxial stress states. Notch effect is often critical for structural integrity assessment in virtue of complex structure and discontinuities. According to the notch effect under cyclic loadings, a computational framework for multiaxial fatigue analysis of compressor discs is established by coupling finite element (FE) simulation of stress gradient with Fatemi-Socie (FS) criterion. Specifically, a notch support extension method accounting for stress gradient effect is elaborated through elasto-plastic FE analysis, which can be determined for fatigue life prediction of arbitrary shaped components. Experimental fatigue data for smooth and notched specimens of TC4 and GH4169 alloys demonstrated the appropriateness of the proposed computational approach. The applicability and performance of the prediction model to a compressor blade-disc attachment subjected to field spectra is presented. Results show that testing effect can be significantly reduced by using this framework with acceptable prediction accuracy.
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- 2018
36. Case Studies: Structural, Fractographic and Mechanical Aspects of the Steels Degradation of the Hyperboloid Gridshell Towers
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Grzegorz Lesiuk, Oleksandra Student, H. V. Krechkovs’ka, Grzegorz Pekalski, José A.F.O. Correia, and Abílio M.P. De Jesus
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Materials science ,fungi ,Metallurgy ,technology, industry, and agriculture ,Degradation (geology) ,Fractography ,Acid rain ,Strain rate ,Plasticity ,Stress corrosion cracking ,Tower ,Corrosion - Abstract
The typical corrosion damages of structural elements of water tower design engineer V. Shukhov in Mykolayiv (Ukraine) were analyzed. The technical state of the old and repair (used for tower renovation) steels after operation during ~110 and 70 years respectively were evaluated. For their validation the metallographic and fractographic investigations and estimation of the mechanical properties such as hardness, strength, plasticity, impact toughness and stress corrosion cracking (SCC) at slow strain rate test (SSRT) were used. Low values of hardness and brittle fracture resistance were typical for both exploited steels. The mechanical characteristics of the old steel obtained in air were worsened compared with the repair one. Moreover, the plasticity characteristics of both steels, determined at SCC tests in synthetic acid rain environment, are lower than in the air. It was suggested that fractography elements had appeared due to hydrogenation effect of steels at the influence of the corrosion environment (the really acid rain) during their long-term operation in the structural elements of the water tower. The whole complex of studies had confirmed a degradation of steels’ characteristics caused by the development of scattering damages during their operation.
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- 2021
37. Fatigue and Fracture Behaviour of Long Term Operated Bridge Materials and Components
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H. V. Krechkovs’ka, Grzegorz Lesiuk, Oleksandra Student, Grzegorz Pekalski, José A.F.O. Correia, and Abílio M.P. De Jesus
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Materials science ,business.industry ,Ultimate tensile strength ,Fracture (geology) ,Rivet ,Structural engineering ,Paris' law ,Microstructure ,business ,Bridge (interpersonal) ,Characterization (materials science) ,Term (time) - Abstract
This book chapter intends to provide a fatigue database for some representative materials of old Portuguese metallic bridges (Eiffel, Luiz I, Fao, Pinhao and Trezoi). Puddle irons and structural steels are covered, depending of construction year of the bridge. Besides the base materials, also S–N fatigue data of riveted joints made of original rivets or new rivets are presented, but in any case using original plates. As regards the materials characterization, S–N fatigue data obtained using smooth specimens is presented; also, fatigue crack propagation data obtained using CT specimens is presented. The monotonic tensile properties are also characterized as well as the microstructures. S–N fatigue data for riveted joints was also presented and compared with existing literature data, including existing design curves. This comparison shows some data falling below the design S–N curves that corroborates the presence of cracks originated by the prior operation of the bridge or material degradation. Regarding the strain-life behaviour of the materials investigated, the number of transition reversals decreases with increasing age of the materials. Only the material from the Trezoi bridge shows a transition life typical of low carbon steels. The fatigue crack propagation tests showed that Paris law gives a good description of the fatigue crack growth data with an exponent always greater than 3. The C coefficient was in same range of that recommended in literature for modern construction steels.
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- 2021
38. Sensitivity of Puddled Steels to Stress Corrosion Cracking and Estimation of Their State with Using Electrochemical Parameters
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Oleksandra Student, José A.F.O. Correia, H. V. Krechkovs’ka, Grzegorz Lesiuk, Grzegorz Pekalski, and Abílio M.P. De Jesus
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Cracking ,Materials science ,Metallurgy ,Ultimate tensile strength ,Stress corrosion cracking ,Strain rate ,Microstructure ,Sensitivity (explosives) ,Corrosion ,Structural factor - Abstract
This chapter of book is devoted to the study of the old steels from the elements of different objects of the late XIX century in Poland such as the Sand Bridge, the Main Railway Station and the Central Pomorski Bridge. It was used the metallographic and fractographic studies, determination of mechanical characteristics during tensile and impact testing, stress corrosion cracking (SCC) using slow strain rate test (SSRT) and of the electrochemical investigations in the synthetic acid rain environment. It was shown the significant role of the microstructure of the puddled steels in their corrosion characteristics. Features of the failure mechanisms of puddled steels after tensile tests and impact tests and stress-corrosion cracking are described. Such studies had enable to uncover the mechanisms of destruction under controlled conditions of laboratory corrosion-mechanical tests and to establish the key role of the structural factor in ensuring the operability of old steels. It was shown the structural components from the puddled steels were especially inclined to SSC due to their very low levels of impact toughness. However, these steels continue to be exploited in the different structures. Therefore, it is very important to take into account their actual properties to justify the reliability of their further operation.
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- 2021
39. Mechanical Properties, Microstructure and Degradation Processes in Long-Term Operated Bridge Materials from the 19th Century and Early 20th Century
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Grzegorz Pekalski, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, Grzegorz Lesiuk, José A.F.O. Correia, H. V. Krechkovs’ka, and Oleksandra Student
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Potential impact ,Materials science ,Structural material ,Carbon steel ,Metallurgy ,engineering ,Degradation (geology) ,Izod impact strength test ,engineering.material ,Paris' law ,Microstructure ,Puddle - Abstract
This chapter presents and discusses the typical properties of historical structural materials used in civil engineering. In particular, puddle iron and early 20th-century mild steel have been highlighted. The next part of this chapter presents the problem of structural degradation of long-term operated metallic materials (low carbon steel and puddle iron) and its potential impact of the degradation effect on the reduction of the materials’ functional properties and, consequently, on the reliability of the steel structure. On the basis of case studies, a significant influence of structural degradation on the dynamic properties expressed in impact strength and cyclic properties was demonstrated. This chapter also presents the results of a low-cycle fatigue and fatigue crack growth test for historical materials from the Main Railway Station in Wroclaw (Poland). The studies were conducted in the post-operated and normalized state as the one, which is supposed to imitate the initial state. The obtained results confirmed the hypothesis of the negative influence of degradation processes on the decreased fatigue life caused only by microstructural degeneration.
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- 2021
40. Probabilistic strain-fatigue life performance based on stochastic analysis of structural and WAAM-stainless steels
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Filippo Berto, Youyou Zhang, José A.F.O. Correia, Milan Veljkovic, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, and Haohui Xin
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Materials science ,business.industry ,Stochastic process ,General Engineering ,Probabilistic logic ,Sampling (statistics) ,020101 civil engineering ,Latin hypercube sampling strategy ,02 engineering and technology ,Structural engineering ,Amplitude ratio ,0201 civil engineering ,Probabilistic fatigue behaviour ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,0203 mechanical engineering ,Latin hypercube sampling ,Wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) stainless steel ,Structural steels ,Coffin-Manson and Morrow's (CMM) equation ,General Materials Science ,business - Abstract
Wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) has increasingly attracted attention in the construction sector because of its ability to produce large metallic structural parts in short times. In this paper, Coffin-Manson and Morrow (CMM) equation is employed to compare the fatigue life of WAAM stainless steel with the structural steels S355 and S690. The results showed that the fatigue performance of structural steel is better than the WAAM stainless steel, the fatigue performance vertical to printing direction (WAAM-900) is better than it along the printing direction (WAAM-00). In addition, the fatigue cycle of the transition reversals of structural steel is much less than it of WAAM stainless. With the increasing the fatigue cycle, the maximum density of the strain amplitude ratio is gradually increased to 1.0. The probabilistic parameters of CMM equation were obtained by a stochastic analysis using Latin hypercube sampling strategies. The probabilistic strain-fatigue life behaviour obtained from the constant exponent sampling strategy is higher when compared with the varied exponent sampling strategy for both WAAM stainless and structural steels.
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- 2021
41. Degradation Theory of Long Term Operated Materials and Structures
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Oleksandra Student, Grzegorz Lesiuk, Grzegorz Pekalski, H. V. Krechkovs’ka, José A.F.O. Correia, and Abílio M.P. De Jesus
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Materials science ,Waste management ,Term (time) ,Degradation (telecommunications) - Published
- 2021
42. A brief review of fatigue design criteria on offshore wind turbine support structures
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Bianca Vieira Ávila, José A.F.O. Correia, Hermes Carvalho, Paulo Mendes, Filippo Berto, and Abílio M.P. De Jesus
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Support structures ,Offshore wind turbines ,Mechanical Engineering ,lcsh:Mechanical engineering and machinery ,lcsh:TA630-695 ,lcsh:Structural engineering (General) ,Turbine ,Life extension ,Design phase ,Offshore wind power ,Mechanics of Materials ,Environmental science ,Cyclic loading ,Submarine pipeline ,lcsh:TJ1-1570 ,Design codes ,Fatigue ,Marine engineering - Abstract
In this paper, a brief review of the main fatigue design criteria and some advanced fatigue approaches applied to offshore structures (e.g. offshore wind turbines) are presented. It is extremely important to understand the fatigue phenomenon and how it affects structures since offshore structures are constantly submitted to cyclic loading and corrosive attacks that aggravate the problem. All the influencing factors and approaches used during the design phase are also discussed.
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- 2021
43. Introduction to the Degradation Theory of Low Carbon Steels
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H. V. Krechkovs’ka, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, Oleksandra Student, Grzegorz Lesiuk, José A.F.O. Correia, and Grzegorz Pekalski
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Diagnostic methods ,Materials science ,chemistry ,Basic research ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Degradation (geology) ,Composite material ,Carbon ,Degree (temperature) - Abstract
In this chapter, the problem of deterioration of the mechanical properties of metallic structural members is presented. This phenomenon is associated with microstructural changes in the long-term operated structural objects, especially heavy machinery and bridges. The basic mechanisms of degradation are presented and classified. Further, basic research and diagnostic methods are described. Next, the results of the own studies are presented and the degradation changes are illustrated by microscopic images. As it has been presented, in the case of long-term elements, the adopted test methods should aim at a detailed assessment of the degree of deterioration of mechanical properties as a result of the activity of degradation processes.
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- 2021
44. Fatigue Behavior of Metallic Components Obtained by Topology Optimization for Additive Manufacturing
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Bernardo Oliveira, Felipe K Fiorentin, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, Filippo Berto, João Pereira, and José A.F.O. Correia
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Residual Stress ,Fatigue Life Prediction ,Materials science ,Topology Optimization ,Orientation (computer vision) ,Mechanical Engineering ,lcsh:Mechanical engineering and machinery ,Topology optimization ,Process (computing) ,lcsh:TA630-695 ,Mechanical engineering ,Stiffness ,Topology (electrical circuits) ,lcsh:Structural engineering (General) ,Multiaxial Criterion ,Surface-area-to-volume ratio ,Mechanics of Materials ,Residual stress ,Component (UML) ,medicine ,lcsh:TJ1-1570 ,medicine.symptom ,Metallic Additive Manufacturing ,Building Strategy - Abstract
The main goal of the present research is to propose an integrated methodology to address the fatigue performance of topology optimized components, produced by additive manufacturing. The main steps of the component design will be presented, specially the methods and parameters applied to the topology optimization and the post-smoothing process. The SIMP method was applied in order to obtain a lighter component and a suitable stiffness for the desired application. In addition, since residual stresses are intrinsic to every metallic additive manufacturing process, the influence of those stresses will be also analyzed. The Laser Powder Bed Fusion was numerically simulated aiming at evaluating the residual stresses the workpiece during the manufacturing process and to investigate how they could influence the fatigue behavior of the optimized component. The effect of the built orientation of the workpiece on the residual stresses at some selected potential critical points are evaluated. The final design solution presented a stiffness/volume ratio nearly 6 times higher when compared to the initial geometry. By choosing the built orientation, it is possible impact favorably in the fatigue life of the component.
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- 2020
45. Minimal Invasive Diagnostic Capabilities and Effectiveness of CFRP-Patches Repairs in Long-Term Operated Metals
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W. Błażejewski, Bruno Pedrosa, Anna Zięty, Cristiano Fragassa, José A.F.O. Correia, Grzegorz Lesiuk, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, Lesiuk G., Pedrosa B.A.S., Ziety A., Blazejewski W., Correia J.A.F.O., De Jesus A.M.P., and Fragassa C.
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lcsh:TN1-997 ,Diagnostic methods ,stress intensity factors (SIF) ,Computer science ,020101 civil engineering ,02 engineering and technology ,0201 civil engineering ,Corrosion ,fatigue crack growth ,Fracture toughness ,0203 mechanical engineering ,Metallic materials ,extended finite element method (xFEM) ,hybrid materials ,General Materials Science ,Stress intensity factor ,lcsh:Mining engineering. Metallurgy ,Hybrid material ,polarization curve ,Long-term operated metal ,business.industry ,Metals and Alloys ,Structural engineering ,Paris' law ,long-term operated metals ,Term (time) ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,business ,Intensity (heat transfer) - Abstract
The paper deals with the subject of diagnostics and the quick repairs of long-term operated metallic materials. Special attention was paid to historical materials, where the structure (e.g., puddle iron) is different from modern structural steels. In such materials, the processes of microstructural degradation occur as a result of several decades of exposure, which could overpass 100 years. In some cases, their intensity can be potentially catastrophic. For this reason, the search for minimally invasive diagnostic methods is ongoing. In this paper, corrosion and fracture toughness tests were conducted, and the results of these studies were presented for two material states: post-operated and normalized (as a state &ldquo, restoring&rdquo, virgin state). Moreover, through the use of modern numerical methods, composite crack-resistant patches have been designed to reduce the stress intensity factors under cyclic loads. As a result, fatigue lifetime was extended (propagation phase) by more than 300%.
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- 2020
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46. Fatigue behaviour of bolted joints for rack structures
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Lucas Fm da Silva, Grzegorz Lesiuk, Miguel A.V. de Figueiredo, António A. Fernandes, José A.F.O. Correia, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, and Vítor M.G. Gomes
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Materials science ,business.industry ,Fatigue testing ,02 engineering and technology ,Structural engineering ,Eurocode ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Racking ,Fatigue limit ,Rack ,Stress (mechanics) ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,0203 mechanical engineering ,Bolted joint ,Fully automatic ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Earth-Surface Processes - Abstract
Racking systems applied in logistics warehouses are built with thin steel sections that are joined by bolted connections. In fully automatic systems, these structures are loaded 7/7 days and 24/24 hours raising fatigue issues due to the cyclic nature of the resulting stresses. According to the current industrial practice, those bolted joints are tight with no torque control, leading to the concept of snug tight bolts, which behaves similarly to non-preloaded bolted joints. Eurocode 3 has no reference about fatigue rules of bolted connections between thin-walled cold formed steels. This paper aims at analyzing the fatigue behaviour of bolted (snug tight vs. preloaded) joints in order to provide fatigue design rules for possible update of Eurocode 3 existing rules. A significant fatigue testing program was performed to investigate the influence of different bolts arrangements, stress R-Ratios and bolt preloads, including snug tight, on fatigue life. The obtained results were analyzed under ASTM E739 procedure in order to obtain S-N curves. This work revealed an average fatigue strength of 114 MPa at 2E6 cycles for the snug tight bolted joints. Preloaded bolt joints presented an average fatigue strength of 108 MPa at 2E6 cycles. Discrepancies between S-N curves suggested by Eurocode 3 and fatigue data obtained experimentally were verified. 
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- 2020
47. Recent advances on notch effects in metal fatigue: A review
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Abílio M.P. De Jesus, Ding Liao, Filippo Berto, José A.F.O. Correia, and Shun-Peng Zhu
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control system analysis ,Materials science ,petroleum reservoir evaluation ,Mechanical Engineering ,nominal stress approach ,metals ,Nanotechnology ,brittleness ,stress analysis ,structural optimization, control parameters ,local stress-strain ,nominal stress approaches ,notch ,theory of critical distances, fatigue of materials ,fatigue ,local stress-strain approach ,theory of critical distance ,weighting control parameter ,control parameters ,theory of critical distances ,Mechanics of Materials ,fatigue of materials ,General Materials Science ,structural optimization - Published
- 2020
48. Experimental and numerical investigation of mixed mode I + II and I + III fatigue crack growth in S355J0 steel
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Grzegorz Lesiuk, Zbigniew Marciniak, Dariusz Rozumek, José A.F.O. Correia, and Abílio M.P. De Jesus
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Materials science ,Mechanical Engineering ,Torsion (mechanics) ,Fatigue testing ,02 engineering and technology ,Paris' law ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Mixed mode ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,Fatigue crack propagation ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,0203 mechanical engineering ,Mechanics of Materials ,Modeling and Simulation ,General Materials Science ,Composite material ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation about fatigue crack paths and fatigue crack growth on S355J0 steel subjected to I + II and I + III mixed mode conditions both under load ratios R = 0 and 0.1 and different mode mixities. In particular, compact specimens with distinct notch inclinations were exposed to mixed mode I + II (tension and shear) whereas prismatic specimens provided with an external one-sided sharp notch were subjected to mixed mode I + III under distinct bending to torsion ratios. The influences of distinct load mixities on fatigue crack growth rates and fatigue crack growth directions are analysed and discussed in relation to existing theories. Also the influence of each loading mode for the resulting mixed mode fatigue crack propagation is also discussed.
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- 2018
49. Development of an efficient approach for fatigue crack initiation and propagation analysis of bridge critical details using the modal superposition technique
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Rui Calçada, Guilherme Alencar, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, and Cláudio S.C. Horas
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Computer science ,business.industry ,Computation ,Stress–strain curve ,General Engineering ,Phase (waves) ,020101 civil engineering ,Fracture mechanics ,02 engineering and technology ,Structural engineering ,Bridge (nautical) ,0201 civil engineering ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,Modal ,0203 mechanical engineering ,Normal mode ,General Materials Science ,business ,Stress intensity factor - Abstract
The fatigue damage assessment of large bridges is highly conditioned by the required computational high demands. Generally, in order to overcome the multi-scale problem, global and local models are needed to properly account for both global structural behaviour and the local nature of the fatigue damage. The analysis of such structural problems using direct time-integration algorithms is impracticable in most of the cases, which leads to the necessity of developing alternative methodologies in order to increase the computational efficiency and the accuracy of fatigue cracking assessments. In this respect, effective computational algorithms based on the modal superposition technique have been proposed and implemented in previous works. Overall, such workflow considers the interaction between the global and local models combined with the application of the modal stress intensity factor concept. Aiming at performing an efficient and accurate assessment of the fatigue damage, firstly, combining the Fracture Mechanics principles and crack propagation laws, the crack propagation phase in a complex bridge detail is analysed. In this regard, the present paper aims at proposing relevant improvements to the above-mentioned methodology, namely: i) the refinement of the implemented submodelling techniques in order to increase the accuracy of stress and strain fields computation and allow to account for smaller initial crack lengths; ii) the analysis and limitation of the considered number of vibration modes to the relevant ones for the local dynamic response; and iii) the implementation of a parallel computing approach for the calculation of the modal stress intensity factors related to the vibration modes defined in ii). The fatigue assessment procedures were applied to an assumed cracked welded detail of a recent railway composite bowstring bridge located in Portugal. Also, since the assumption of a pre-existing crack may lead to very conservative predictions, the modal superposition technique is further extended to evaluate the fatigue crack initiation phase, demonstrating the safety of the analysed case study in the absence of existing defects.
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- 2018
50. Fatigue life evaluation of a composite steel-concrete roadway bridge through the hot-spot stress method considering progressive pavement deterioration
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José Guilherme Santos da Silva, Guilherme Alencar, Abílio M.P. De Jesus, and Rui Calçada
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business.industry ,020101 civil engineering ,Context (language use) ,02 engineering and technology ,Welding ,Structural engineering ,Bridge (nautical) ,0201 civil engineering ,law.invention ,Stress (mechanics) ,Stress field ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,0203 mechanical engineering ,Asphalt ,law ,Environmental science ,business ,Joint (geology) ,Civil and Structural Engineering ,Stress concentration - Abstract
Steel and composite steel-concrete bridges are subjected to random traffic loads along their life cycle which generate significant dynamic impacts. The road-roughness of asphalt pavements is one of the most important aspects that contributes to the significant increase of the stress amplitudes and hence to serious load-induced fatigue concerns. In this context, welded joints are well known as the weakest points in bridges, since they are prone to stress concentrations leading to initiation of fatigue cracks being in current design codes evaluated using primarily the nominal stress method (NSM). However, a more accurate stress definition, which considers the complexity of the stress field at the welds, becomes necessary mainly in old roadway steel bridges that are often subjected to out-of-plane stresses. In this paper, the hot-spot stress method (HSM) is used to evaluate the fatigue life of a welded joint subjected to distortion induced-fatigue, considering the vehicle speeds and a progressive deterioration model for the road pavement. The welded joint was modelled by solid elements and was integrated with a 3D dynamic bridge model using the sub modelling technique. Besides the importance of considering the bridge-vehicle dynamic interactions with the pavement road-roughness, the dynamic amplification effects on local stresses and the relatively high scatter found in the fatigue lives considering global and local approaches show that a detailed local stress definition is fundamental to evaluate the fatigue performance of existing roadway bridges. The effects of the annual traffic increase rate on the fatigue life are also discussed.
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- 2018
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