Strength of Materials and Structural Components: (Volume 820 Key Engineering Materials)

This special issue contains articles from the field of the strength of materials and structural components, additive manufacturing, and testing and modeling methods in materials science. We hope this volume will be interesting for many engineers from the area of machinery.

Table of Contents:
Preface Capabilities of Mean-Field Approaches for the Description of the Elasto-Plastic Behavior of Composite Materials Impact of In-Service Inspection on the Reliability of Small Piping Contribution to the Study of the Energy Needs for a Building in the City of Errachidia Influence of Orientation and Local Materials Modeling and Numerical Simulation of the Cracking of a Diamond-Coated Cutting Tool during Machining Study of Damage of the Specimens in Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), Based on a Static Damage Study and Damage by Unified Theory to Predict the Life of the Material Grain Shape Effect and the Viscoplastic Parameter on the Evolution of Isotropic and Kinematic Hardening of Metallic Materials under Cyclic Loading Effect of Corrosive Environment Conditions on Austenitic Structure Reliability Application of Principal Component Analysis (PCA) for the Choice of Parameters of a Micromechanical Model Estimation of the Fatigue Curve of a Wire Rope at Different Scales Development and Characterization of Hydroxyapatite-Alumina Biocomposites for Orthopedic Implants Effect of Parameters on the Mechanical Behavior of Core Strands: Experimental, Numerical and Statistical Study Simplified Micro-Mechanical Approach for Coated Viscoelastic Inclusion Behaviour of Dense Assemblies of Disks and Ellipses - Study of Particle Shape Effect Prediction of the Lifetime of the Chlorinated PVC Thermoplastic Material Subjected to Thermomechanical Tests - Tensile Test under the Influence of Temperature The Experimental Prediction of the Lifetime of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) by the Energetic Method Mechanical Characterization and Failure Analysis of ABS Material Submitted to Static Tests under the Effect of Temperature Finite Element Analysis of a FDM 3D Printer Liquefier Damage Prediction of CPVC Based on Energy Method at Different Temperatures Reliability Analysis of a Pre-Cracked Structure in Accidental Operation Conditions Prediction of the Lifetime of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), by Calculation of Damage by Two Methods: Damage Based on Residual Stresses and Damage by Stages Evolution