International Journal of Structural Integrity: Volume 7 Issue 5

Guest editorial

Spiros Pantelakis

Investigation of cold water pitting corrosion failure of deoxidized high phosphorus (DHP) copper tube: A case study

George Pantazopoulos, Athanasios Vazdirvanidis, Andreas Rikos, Dionysios Skarmoutsos

The purpose of this paper is to identify the corrosion failure mechanism of a Cu tube in a hydraulic installation and recommend corrective actions to improve the reliability of…

Fast damaging processes in the TaN thin film absorbers under action of nanosecond electrical pulses

Linas Ardaravičius, Skirmantas Keršulis, Oleg Kiprijanovič, Česlovas Šimkevicius, Bonifacas Vengalis

The purpose of this paper is to investigate damaging processes in TaN thin film absorbers under action of high-voltage electrical pulse of nanosecond duration. Despite having…

Effect of sliding friction on spline surface failure under misaligned condition in aero engines

Govindarajan Narayanan

The misaligned condition in splines coupling brings more relative motion between the engaging tooth surface and subsequently a rise of wear phenomenon. The sliding friction…

Mechanical properties of a carbon fabric-reinforced epoxy composite with carbon nanotubes and a flame retardant

Martin Kadlec, Robin Hron, Liberata Guadagno

The purpose of this paper is to present the mechanical and morphological characterization of new multifunctional carbon fibre-reinforced composites (CFRCs) that are able to…

Typical defects in plate and long steel products

Spyros Papaefthymiou, Theofani Tzevelekou, Alexandros Antonopoulos, Antonios Gypakis

During steel plate and long-product production, numerous imperfections and defects appear that deteriorate product quality and consequently reduce revenue. The purpose of this…

Self-repairing CFRPs targeted towards structural aerospace applications

Marialuigia Raimondo, Felice De Nicola, Ruggero Volponi, Wolfgang Binder, Philipp Michael, Salvatore Russo, Liberata Guadagno

The purpose of this paper is to describe the first experiments to manufacture self-healing carbon fiber reinforced panels (CFRPs) for the realization of structural aeronautic…

Nanomechanical performance of protective coatings reinforced with core/shell composite materials

Elias P. Koumoulos, Dimitris A. Dragatogiannis, Ioannis A. Kartsonakis, Evangelia Karaxi, Thomas Kehagias, Costas A. Charitidis

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the investigation of nanomechanical behavior of new types of metal alloys protective coatings. For this purpose, poly(n-butylacrylate) was…

Effect of particles size on mechanical properties of polypropylene particulate composites

Eva Nezbedova, Frantisek Krcma, Zdenek Majer, Pavel Hutar

Polymeric particulate composites with thermoplastics, especially polypropylene (PP) matrix with mineral fillers, are of great practical importance due to their simple possibility…