A combined theoretical and experimental study of a crack growth in a mixed-mode I–II
loading is presented. A 160× 40× 20 mm marble beam, with an artificial crack 8 mm and 10 …

The knowledge of the stress field under which a crack in an engineering material or a rock is
propagated and the trajectory it follows during its growth, is very important. In this paper the …

The design and construction is described of a vehicle bridge made of glass-reinforced
polyester pultruded box beams. The bridge has a simply supported span 11· 6 m long and 4 …

The problem of an anisotropic plate with a crack inclined with respect to the principal axes of
material symmetry and the direction of the applied uniform uniaxial stress is studied. The …

A combined analytical and numerical study of an isotropic cracked plate that was repaired
by using a bonded composite patch was conducted. The analytical work was based on …

We consider the recovery of smooth 3D region boundaries with piecewise constant
coefficients in optical tomography. The method is based on a parametrization of the closed …

A combined theoretical and experimental study of the problem of crack growth in a plate
subjected to unsymmetrical three-point bending was undertaken. The opening-mode KI and …

Prediction of crack growth path is a pre-requisite for estimating the final shape of broken
solids and structures. Crack path in broken specimens provides information for the loading …

We show that a genetic algorithm can be used to optimize the layer thicknesses of a hollow
waveguide with a multilayer dielectric cladding. It is shown that in such" chirped" hollow …

A linear elastic fracture mechanics analysis of a cylindrical element of matrix with a single
fiber and two matrix annular cracks perpendicular to the fiber direction under longitudinal …