Fatigue and Fracture Assessment of Structural Components and Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Dealing with fracture and fatigue assessments of structural components made of metallic, polymeric, ceramic or composite materials, different approaches have been proposed in the literature. They are usually divided into three subgroups: stress-based, strain-based and energy-based criteria; however, coupled approaches are also widely employed, e.g., stress–energy-based ones. Such approaches are based on analytical/numerical calculations or on experimental derivations. Typical applications include both linear elastic and elasto–plastic materials, plain and notched or cracked components ranging from nano to macro scales and subjected to static or cyclic loadings. Aim of this Topic is to provide an update to the state-of-the-art on these approaches, including coupled criteria. The topics which deserve particular interest are: applications to new advanced materials, such as additive materials; applications to complex and real structures; recent advanced criteria for fracture and fatigue predictions under complex loading conditions, such as mixed mode static loading or multiaxial constant amplitude and variable amplitude/random fatigue loadings.

Prof. Dr. Alberto Campagnolo
Prof. Dr. Alberto Sapora
Topic Editors