Issue 46

Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale, 46 (2018); International Journal of the Italian Group of Fracture I Table of Contents B. T. Bounini, B. Bouchouicha, A. Ghazi Simulation of the behavior of aluminum alloys welded in Friction Stir Welding FSW (Case of AA5083 and AA 6082) …………………………………………………………………………... 1 G. B. Manjunatha, K. N. Bharath Investigating the contribution of geometrical parameters and immersion time on fracture toughness of jute fabric composites using statistical techniques ……………………………..…………………….. 14 N. Hiyoshi, M. Yamashita, H. Hokazono Effect of additive elements Bi/Ni/Ge on crack initiation and propagation for low-Ag solders ………... 25 M. El Habiri, M. Benachour, N. Benachour Effect of cold expansion on improving of fatigue initiation life in Aluminium alloy …………………... 34 G. Deng, T. Nakanishi Bending fatigue strength design method for machine components with complex geometries ……………... 45 M. Hack, D. Carrella-Payan, B. Magneville, T. Naito, Y. Urushiyama, W. Yamazaki, T. Yokozeki, W. Van Paepegem A progressive damage fatigue model for unidirectional laminated composites based on finite element analysis: theory and practice ……………………………………………………………….... 54 H. Mekri, B. Bouchouicha, A. Miloudi, H. Christophe, A. Imad Influence of the coupling between the mechanical characteristics and the welding conditions by the FSSW process: case of the bi-material aluminum-steel ………………………………………………… 62 K.I. Tserpes, A. Chanteli, Sp. Pantelakis, E.P. Koumoulos, C.A. Charitidis Mechanical and nanomechanical properties of MWCNT/PP nanocomposite …………………… 73 M. F. M. Yunoh, S. Abdullah, M. H. M. Saad, Z. M. Nopiah, M. Z. Nuawi, S. S. K. Singh Probabilistic-based analysis for damaging features of fatigue strain loadings ……………………… 84 W. Song, X. Liu High cycle fatigue assessment of steel load-carrying cruciform welded joints: an overview of recent results ... 94 S. M. Medjdoub, B. Bachir Bouiadjra, M. Abdelkader Optimization of the geometrical parameters of bonded composite wrap for repairing cracked pipelines …... 102