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  • Open Access
6 Citations
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16 Pages

Analytical Method for the Optimization of the Open-Hole and Filled-Hole Laminates at the Preliminary Design Stage

  • Zubair Sajid,
  • Saravanan Karuppanan,
  • Kee Kok Eng and
  • Syed Zulfiqar Hussain Shah

9 March 2023

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in open-hole and filled-hole laminate failure analysis. The open and filled-hole laminate failure analysis is used in several important areas, especially in designing mechanically fastened compos...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Polymer Matrix Composites for High Performance Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,346 Views
10 Pages

16 August 2016

Steel plates with open holes are commonly used in structural assemblies. The fatigue properties of such details are influenced by bolted clamp-up and hole fabrication methods. The fracture surface, stiffness degradation and fatigue life of test speci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,212 Views
13 Pages

25 August 2017

This paper presents an experimental study on the fatigue behaviour of shot-peened open-hole plates with Q345 steel. The beneficial effects induced by shot peening on the fatigue life improvement are highlighted. The characteristic fatigue crack initi...

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  • Open Access
727 Views
12 Pages

Research on Leakage Temperature Field of Open-Hole Wells by Distributed Fiber Optic

  • Wenyuan Zhang,
  • Zhiqiang Huang,
  • Xiaobo He,
  • Linjun Qiu and ,
  • Jie Wu,
  • Haiping Tang,
  • Zhenbao Li and
  • Zhe Jing
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

25 December 2025

To improve the identification accuracy of leakage layer location in an open-hole well with a distributed fiber optic temperature system, a transient temperature field heat transfer numerical calculation model for bare hole wellbore leakage process wa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Research on Oil and Gas Equipment and Technology, 2nd Edition)
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  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,855 Views
30 Pages

Progressive Fatigue Modelling of Open-Hole Glass-Fibre Epoxy Laminates

  • Victor Maneval,
  • Nils-Petter Vedvik and
  • Andreas T. Echtermeyer

12 December 2023

The failure of composite laminates under cyclic fatigue loads is complex, as multiple failure mechanisms are in play at different scales and interact with each other. Predicting the remaining fatigue life as well as the residual capacities of a compo...

(This article belongs to the Section Composites Modelling and Characterization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,707 Views
33 Pages

22 September 2022

In this article, experiments and finite-element (FE) analyses have been conducted in order to study the effects of open-hole and reinforcement on the buckling and failure of the plain-woven fabric (PWF) composite I-section beams under shear load. Wit...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Composite Materials and Structures for Aerospace Applications)
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  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,239 Views
24 Pages

A Comparative Study on the Mechanical Properties of Open-Hole Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastic and Thermosetting Composite Materials

  • Liu Han,
  • Yao Song,
  • Hui Qi,
  • Jin-Shui Yang and ,
  • Shuang Li and
  • Ping-An Liu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

20 November 2023

In this paper, the damage initiation/propagation mechanisms and failure modes of open-hole carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites and thermosetting composites with tension, compression, and bearing loads are investigated, respectively, by e...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,423 Views
17 Pages

Compressive Failure and Dual-Defect Coupling Effects of Open-Hole Composite Laminates with Drilling-Induced Delamination

  • Rui Zhu,
  • Yonghui Liu,
  • Xingyue Nie,
  • Qingqing Xiao and ,
  • Jingpu Liang and
  • Dongfeng Cao
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

13 June 2025

This study investigates the influence of drilling-induced delamination damage on the compressive mechanical behavior of open-hole carbon fiber-reinforced composite laminates and explores the failure mechanisms under dual-defect coupling effects. Spec...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Experimental Investigation and Computational Modeling of Fiber Reinforced Polymers and Composites)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,048 Views
22 Pages

Casing Running in Ultra-Long Open-Hole Sections: A Case Study of J108-2H Well in Chuanzhong Gas Field

  • Hao Geng,
  • Yingjian Xie,
  • Peng Zhao,
  • Shuang Tang and ,
  • Qiao Deng and
  • Dong Yang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

18 September 2025

In the development of tight gas reservoirs in Chuanzhong BJC Gas Field of the Sichuan Basin, running horizontal casing in ultra-long open-hole section faces challenges. These include large friction prediction errors and high casing buckling risks. Th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling, Control, and Optimization of Drilling Techniques)
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  • Open Access
1,581 Views
26 Pages

Hybrid composite laminates combining pseudo-woven meso-architectured composite (MAC) and unidirectional (UD) sub-laminates manufactured via automated fiber (AFP) placement are attractive as they combine the increased toughness of MAC and higher stiff...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Hybrid Composites—from Fundamental Studies to Intelligent and Sustainable Solutions)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,651 Views
12 Pages

Dual-Wavelength Forward-Enhanced Directional Scattering and Second Harmonic Enhancement in Open-Hole Silicon Nanoblock

  • Xinghua Wang,
  • Yunbao Zheng,
  • Min Ouyang,
  • Haihua Fan and ,
  • Qiaofeng Dai and
  • Haiying Liu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

30 November 2022

Nanostructures with appropriate sizes can limit light-matter interaction and support electromagnetic multipole resonance. The interaction between light and nanostructures is intimately related to manipulating the direction of scattered light in the f...

(This article belongs to the Section Nanophotonics Materials and Devices)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,179 Views
27 Pages

22 July 2022

The multiscale model based on micro-mechanics failure theory is modified to consider complex internal structures, including a fiber random arrangement pattern and interface with the clustering method. Then, a feed-forward-neural-network (FFNN)-based...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Analytical and Computational Methods in Material and Mechanical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
350 Views
20 Pages

21 September 2026

As oil and gas exploration and development in the East China Sea advance toward deeper and hotter formations, direct contact between oil-based drilling fluid and water-based completion fluid can cause severe rheological incompatibility during open-ho...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Advanced Numerical Simulation in Petroleum Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,905 Views
20 Pages

Open Hole Tension of 3D Printed Aligned Discontinuous Composites

  • Narongkorn Krajangsawasdi,
  • Ian Hamerton,
  • Benjamin K. S. Woods,
  • Dmitry S. Ivanov and
  • Marco L. Longana

6 December 2022

This paper explores the use of Discontinuous Aligned Fibre Filament (DcAFF), a novel discontinuous fibre reinforced thermoplastic filament for 3D printing, to produce structural complex parts. Compared to conventional composite manufacturing, 3D prin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing of Polymer and Composites)
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  • Open Access
64 Views
31 Pages

10 November 2026

High-permeability channels in open-hole horizontal wells in shallow deepwater hydrate reservoirs are vulnerable to instability and plugging caused by hydrate dissociation, fines migration, and hydrate reformation. This study developed a composite sea...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Gas Hydrate: From Formation to Exploitation Processes)
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  • Open Access
1,124 Views
24 Pages

Analytical and Numerical Study of the Notched Tensile Strength of Open-Hole Composite Laminates Using the Whitney–Nuismer Point and Average Stress Criteria

  • Antonio dos Reis de Faria Neto,
  • Tiago Takeshi Kawase Matayoshi,
  • Thais Santos Castro,
  • Erick Siqueira Guidi and ,
  • Marcelo dos Santos Pereira,
  • Francisco José Grandinetti,
  • Sergio Frascino Muller de Almeida and
  • Marcelo Sampaio Martins
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

The growing replacement of metallic alloys by polymer matrix composites in the transport and mobility industries has intensified the need for reliable methods to predict the strength of laminates weakened by fastener holes. As a preliminary step towa...

(This article belongs to the Section Composites Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,544 Views
18 Pages

26 July 2020

In this study, the open-hole quasi-static tensile and fatigue loading behavior of a multidirectional CFRP thick laminate, representative of laminates used in the aerospace industry, is studied. Non-destructive techniques such as infrared thermographi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sensors in Experimental Mechanics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
2,848 Views
13 Pages

17 March 2023

Additive manufacturing has revolutionised the field of manufacturing, allowing for the production of complex geometries with high precision and accuracy. One of the most promising applications of additive manufacturing is in the production of composi...

(This article belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,800 Views
15 Pages

28 June 2024

In deep carbonate reservoirs, testing and production with open-hole completion can help release the maximum production capacity. However, because the reservoir is subjected to high in situ stress, if the test pressure differential is too large, the w...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Development and Production of Oil Reservoirs)
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  • Open Access
2,034 Views
16 Pages

Research on Fluid–Solid Coupling Mechanism around Openhole Wellbore under Transient Seepage Conditions

  • Erhu Liu,
  • Desheng Zhou,
  • Xu Su,
  • Haiyang Wang and ,
  • Xiong Liu and
  • Jinze Xu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

18 February 2024

Hydraulic fracturing is one of the most important enhanced oil recovery technologies currently used to develop unconventional oil and gas reservoirs. During hydraulic fracture initiation, fluid seeps into the reservoir rocks surrounding the wellbore,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Enhancing Unconventional Oil/Gas Recovery)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
718 Views
22 Pages

Compressive Failure Mechanisms of NCF Laminates with Double-Hole Defects

  • Songming Cai,
  • Shi Yan,
  • Lili Jiang,
  • Zixiang Meng and
  • Yongxin Niu

26 January 2026

Open-hole compression (OHC) tests were carried out on non-crimp fabric (NCF) laminates with varied open-hole orientation (angle to the loading direction) and inter-hole spacing. Failure modes were documented by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multiscale Mechanical Behaviors of Advanced Materials and Structures)
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  • Open Access
1,000 Views
12 Pages

Dual-Band Acoustic Metasurface: Bimodal Resonance for Anomalous Reflections

  • Xiaole Yan,
  • Qingning Yang,
  • Limei Hao,
  • Xi Chen and ,
  • Shijie Wu,
  • You Xie and
  • Zhi Chen
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

8 February 2026

In fields such as noise control, medical ultrasound, and acoustic communication, the flexible regulation of reflected sound waves has significant application value. In this work, a dual-band acoustic metasurface was designed using a split hollow cubo...

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  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,354 Views
15 Pages

Enhanced Open-Hole Strength and Toughness of Sandwich Carbon-Kevlar Woven Composite Laminates

  • Mohammad K. A. Khan,
  • Harri Junaedi,
  • Hassan Alshahrani,
  • Ahmed Wagih and ,
  • Gilles Lubineau and
  • Tamer A. Sebaey
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

11 May 2023

Fiber-reinforced plastic composites are sensitive to holes, as they cut the main load-carrying member in the composite (fibers) and they induce out-of-plane stresses. In this study, we demonstrated notch sensitivity enhancement in a hybrid carbon/epo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mechanical Behavior of Polymeric Materials: Recent Study)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,299 Views
15 Pages

Experimental and Numerical Research on Open-Hole Strength and Damage Mechanism of Regularly Arrayed Short Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite

  • Junfeng Hu,
  • Xutong Zhang,
  • Zhou Chen,
  • Wenkang Guo and ,
  • Hang Li and
  • Xi Deng
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

21 July 2020

Laminates with unidirectionally arrayed chopped strands (UACS) are one of the advanced short fiber reinforced polymer composites (SFRP) with significant application prospect, which greatly improves mechanical properties compared to the traditional SF...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Reinforced Polymer Composites II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,545 Views
15 Pages

27 December 2020

The failure types and ultimate loads for eight carbon-epoxy laminate specimens with a central circular hole subjected to tensile load were tested experimentally and simulated using two different progressive failure analysis (PFA) methodologies. The f...

(This article belongs to the Section Aerospace Science and Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,099 Views
20 Pages

21 October 2025

This study investigates wellbore stability in ultra-deep extended-reach wells (ERWs) in the East China Sea, where perforated pipes (a type of screen completion) are commonly used to support wellbore walls and prevent collapse. Cost constraints someti...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,411 Views
22 Pages

A Study on Mechanical Properties of Low-Cost Thermoplastic-Based Materials for Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing

  • Mihaela-Raluca Condruz,
  • Alexandru Paraschiv,
  • Teodor-Adrian Badea,
  • Daniel Useriu and ,
  • Tiberius-Florian Frigioescu,
  • Gabriel Badea and
  • Grigore Cican
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

8 July 2023

The present research focused on studying the mechanical properties of three commercially available thermoplastic-based materials used for the additive manufacturing (AM) fused filament deposition (FFD) method. The scientific motivation for the study...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in 3D Printing of Polymer Composites)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,927 Views
19 Pages

4 September 2021

Common methods of filling open holes first reaggregate them into closed holes and then use a closed hole filling method to repair them. These methods have problems such as long calculation times, high memory consumption, and difficulties in filling l...

(This article belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,018 Views
17 Pages

24 May 2024

Within the search for alternative sustainable materials for future transport applications, wood veneer laminates are promising, cost-effective candidates. Finite element simulations of progressive damage are needed to ensure the safe and reliable use...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,036 Views
15 Pages

24 January 2022

In order to study the nonlinear behaviors and interactions among the constituents for the composite material structure under the tensile load, multiscale damage model using generalized method of cells (GMC) and a lamina-level progressive damage model...

(This article belongs to the Topic Composites in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,391 Views
21 Pages

Marine Natural Gas Hydrate Self-Entry Exploitation Device: Evaluation of Production Enhancement Measures

  • Jianhua Wang,
  • Hongyu Ye,
  • Jingyu Chen,
  • Qichao Huang and ,
  • Gaoqiang Guo,
  • Xuhong Huang,
  • Mucong Zi,
  • Dayong Li and
  • Xuezhen Wu
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

Test exploitation equipment and technology have progressed considerably in marine natural gas hydrate (NGH) exploitation, but many critical technical issues still need to be resolved before commercial production. Previous studies have proposed a non-...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Gas Hydrate—Unconventional Geological Energy Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
757 Views
13 Pages

Notch Sensitivity of Carbon Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Laminates with Different Stacking Sequences

  • Juan Luis Martínez Vicente,
  • Miguel Ángel Caminero Torija and
  • Juan José López Cela

Composite materials have traditionally been employed in the aerospace sector due to their ability to withstand highly demanding service conditions. In recent years, their application has expanded significantly into other engineering domains, includin...

(This article belongs to the Section Fiber Composites)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,859 Views
25 Pages

5 August 2021

A modified micromechanics failure criterion (MMF3) based multi-scale analysis strategy was proposed in this article to analyze the failure behaviors of the plain-woven fabric composites. The finite-element (FE) representative unit cell (RUC) models o...

(This article belongs to the Section Carbon Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
424 Views
14 Pages

20 September 2026

The elastic response of an open-hole material-extruded plate depends on both its interior raster architecture and the deposition paths around its boundaries. This study examines whether laminate preferences obtained from a homogeneous model persist w...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Polymer Manufacturing Processes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
952 Views
21 Pages

11 January 2026

Steel plates with open holes are common in engineering structures such as bridges and towers for pipeline penetrations and connections. These openings, however, induce significant stress concentration under alternating tension–compression loadi...

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  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,687 Views
23 Pages

A Robust Numerical Methodology for Fatigue Damage Evolution Simulation in Composites

  • Angela Russo,
  • Andrea Sellitto,
  • Prisco Curatolo,
  • Valerio Acanfora and ,
  • Salvatore Saputo and
  • Aniello Riccio
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

17 June 2021

Composite materials, like metals, are subject to fatigue effects, representing one of the main causes for component collapse in carbon fiber-reinforced polymers. Indeed, when subject to low stress cyclic loading, carbon fiber-reinforced polymers exhi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Research and Modeling of Materials Fatigue and Fracture)
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  • Open Access
238 Views
19 Pages

8 October 2026

Well-log measurements provide essential information for lithological identification, petrophysical characterization, and reservoir interpretation but incomplete log intervals may occur because of technical, operational, or economic constraints. This...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Theory and Technology of Unconventional Oil and Gas Reservoirs)
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
8,341 Views
21 Pages

29 June 2019

Advanced polymeric composites are increasingly used in high-performance aircraft structures to reduce weight and improve efficiency. However, a major challenge delaying the implementation of the advanced composites is the lack of accurate methods for...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Digital Image Correlation (DIC))
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,304 Views
20 Pages

23 July 2025

This study presents a detailed analysis of the influence of hole presence and size on the behavior of CFRP composite plates subjected to axial compression. The plates were manufactured by an autoclave method from eight-ply laminate in a symmetrical f...

(This article belongs to the Section Advanced Composites)
  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
25 Citations
9,447 Views
8 Pages

Toughness of Railroad Concrete Crossties with Holes and Web Openings

  • Erosha K. Gamage,
  • Sakdirat Kaewunruen,
  • Alex M. Remennikov and
  • Tetsuya Ishida

Prestressed concrete sleepers (or railroad ties) are principally designed in order to carry wheel loads from the rails to the ground of railway tracks, as well as to secure rail gauge for safe train travels. Their design takes into account static and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
9,794 Views
18 Pages

Compression Fracture of CFRP Laminates Containing Stress Intensifications

  • Christian Leopold,
  • Martin Schütt,
  • Wilfried V. Liebig,
  • Timo Philipkowski and ,
  • Jonas Kürten,
  • Karl Schulte and
  • Bodo Fiedler
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

5 September 2017

For brittle fracture behaviour of carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP) under compression, several approaches exist, which describe different mechanisms during failure, especially at stress intensifications. The failure process is not only initiate...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Brittle Failure of Different Materials)
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  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,532 Views
19 Pages

12 April 2021

Glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) composite laminates are considered the key material in many industries such as the infrastructure industries and the aerospace sector, and in building structures due to their superior specific strength and lightw...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Durability of Fiber-Reinforced-Polymer (FRP) Composites)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,367 Views
25 Pages

The Mechanism of Plugging Open-Pit Mine Cannon Holes and the Modification of Plugging Materials

  • Xiaohua Ding,
  • Zhongchen Ao,
  • Xiaoshuang Li,
  • Shuangshuang Xiao and ,
  • Mao Wu,
  • Bokang Xing,
  • Ruhao Ge and
  • Donghua Zhang
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

27 February 2023

Step blasting is an important part of open-pit mining, which is accompanied by hazards such as large blasting blocks, flying stone splashing, blasting noises, and blasting dust during the blasting process. In order to reduce the harm caused by blasti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,163 Views
24 Pages

Hole Transfer in Open Carbynes

  • Constantinos Simserides,
  • Andreas Morphis and
  • Konstantinos Lambropoulos

8 September 2020

We investigate hole transfer in open carbynes, i.e., carbon atomic nanowires, using Real-Time Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (RT-TDDFT). The nanowire is made of N carbon atoms. We use the functional B3LYP and the basis sets 3-21G, 6-31G*, c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Modeling and Simulation of Polymers and Biopolymers)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,713 Views
13 Pages

Fatigue Behavior of 3D Braided Composites Containing an Open-Hole

  • Shuangqiang Liang,
  • Qihong Zhou,
  • Haiyang Mei,
  • Ge Chen and
  • Frank Ko

21 September 2020

The static and dynamic mechanical performances of notched and un-notched 3D braided composites were studied. The effect of longitudinal laid-in yarn was investigated in comparison with low braiding angle composites. The specimens were fatigue tested...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Reinforced Polymer Composites II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
3,069 Views
16 Pages

27 February 2024

This paper investigates the effect of an open hole on the stability of a compressed laminated composite plate. The study was carried out in two ways: using experimental tests and numerical analysis. As a result of the experiment, the buckling form an...

(This article belongs to the Section Advanced Composites)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,203 Views
11 Pages

A Statistical Mesoscale Approach to Model the Size Effect on the Tensile Strength of Notched Woven Composites

  • Andrea Ferrarese,
  • Carlo Boursier Niutta,
  • Alberto Ciampaglia and
  • Davide Salvatore Paolino

19 April 2024

The scaling of the strength of composite parts with part size is referred to as the size effect. In the presence of notches, stress concentration affects a portion of material that increases with the notch size. Furthermore, in woven composites, the...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials Science and Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,046 Views
20 Pages

19 October 2019

Car-hailing platform governance is an emerging topic of research and practice. The governance of the data-driven platform economy is challenging the research paradigm of competition regulation in the context of open innovation. This research is tryin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability in 2nd IT Revolution with Dynamic Open Innovation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,358 Views
22 Pages

17 December 2019

Progressive failure analysis (PFA) is widely used to predict the failure behavior of composite materials. As a structure becomes more complex with discontinuities, prediction of failure becomes more difficult and mesh dependence must be taken into ac...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from the ICMR 2019)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
7,877 Views
17 Pages

13 May 2022

In order to optimize the parameters of a pre-splitting blasting hole network, taking an open-pit mine in Inner Mongolia as the engineering background, the numerical models of different pore sizes and hole spacing were established by LS-DYNA software....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Engineering Geology of Rocks and Rock Masses)

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