Symmetry, Asymmetry and Other Patterns in Structural Engineering with Its Application

A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Engineering and Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 482

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Interests: structural mechanics; steel structures; reliability analysis of steel structures; design of steel structures for fire conditions

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Dear Colleagues,

The phenomena of symmetry or asymmetry occur practically in every type of science, including structural engineering. Taking into account the loads or the geometry of the structure, they are often either symmetrical or asymmetrical. What is more, the symmetry phenomena is often used to reduce the size of the task in order to reduce the cost of computational research.

This Special Issue aims to collect original articles that cover the topics of symmetry/asymmetry in civil engineering. Both theoretical and experimental research are welcome.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Steel, concrete, or wood structures research;
  • Reliability analysis of building structures;
  • The examination of existing structures;
  • Optimization of structures.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Katarzyna Kubicka
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • building structures
  • symmetry/asymmetry phenomena
  • computational methods
  • experimental methods
  • steel wood and concrete structures
  • structure geometry
  • symmetrical/asymmetrical load

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Finite Element Analysis-Based Assessment of Damage Parameters for Ultra-Low-Cycle Fatigue Behavior of Structural Steels
by Ivan Milojević, Mirsad Tarić, Dardan Klimenta, Bojana Grujić, Darius Andriukaitis, Saša Jovanović and Miloš Čolović
Symmetry 2025, 17(4), 615; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym17040615 - 18 Apr 2025
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Steel structures subjected to earthquakes or extreme cyclic loadings may undergo extensive damage and fractures due to ultra-low-cycle fatigue (ULCF). Although assessments of damage initiation and evolution parameters have been carried out for some steels exposed to low-cycle fatigue, so far, these parameters [...] Read more.
Steel structures subjected to earthquakes or extreme cyclic loadings may undergo extensive damage and fractures due to ultra-low-cycle fatigue (ULCF). Although assessments of damage initiation and evolution parameters have been carried out for some steels exposed to low-cycle fatigue, so far, these parameters for structural steels exposed to ULCF have neither been sufficiently studied nor quantified. Accordingly, this paper provides the results of finite element analysis (FEA) concerning the ULCF behaviors of S355 and S690 steel specimens. Calibration of the damage parameters is performed in SIMULIA Abaqus 6.11 FEA software using a direct cyclic algorithm and available experimental data. Kliman’s model for the hysteresis energy of cyclic loading is used to analytically verify the damage parameters. In addition, available experimental data were obtained from cyclic axial strain tests on S355 and S690 steel specimens according to the ASTM International standard E606/E606M-21. Finally, the non-linear Chaboche–Lemaitre (C–L) combined isotropic–kinematic hardening model is used for the characterization of the ULCF behavior of S355 steel in a simple cylindrical bar. It is found that the two damage initiation parameters are 5.0 and −0.8, the first damage initiation parameter is dominant when modeling the number of cycles to failure, and the second damage initiation parameter is a material constant. Full article
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