International Journal of Structural Integrity: Volume 8 Issue 4

Guest editorial

Professor Spiros Pantelakis

A study of indentation behaviour of sandwich panels supported rigidly

Gang Zhou, Bolun Zhang, Aimee Pasricha

The indentation behaviour of sandwich panels is significant to incipient damage and is known to be affected by a number of dominant parameters. However, it is challenging not only…

Finite element analysis and experimental measurement of acoustic wave propagation for leakage detection in an air-filled pipe

Julius Owowo, S. Olutunde Oyadiji

The purpose of this paper is to employ the acoustic wave propagation method for leakage detection in pipes. The first objective is to use acoustic finite element analysis (AFEA…

State space approach with FEM for the determination of structural behaviour of composite plates

Asad Shukri Albostami, Zhangjian Wu, Zhenmin Zou

An analytical investigation has been carried out for a simply supported rectangular plate with two different loading conditions by using 3D state space approach (SSA). Also, the…

Physics-based integrated vehicle health management system for predicting the remaining useful life of an aircraft planetary gear transmission

Adrian Cubillo, Jeroen Vermeulen, Marcos Rodriguez de la Peña, Ignacio Collantes Casanova, Suresh Perinpanayagam

Integrated vehicle health management has been developed for several years in different industries, to be able to provide the required inputs to determine the optimal maintenance…

Fatigue testing of 2198 T8 FSW aluminum alloy with and without LoP defect

Michael Papadopoulos, Spiros Pantelakis

The Lack of Penetration (LoP) defect is one of the flaws that can be generated during the friction stir welding (FSW) process. Depending on the size, the depth and the severity of…