En este artículo se describe un método alternativo para la evaluación cuantitativa del daño en procesos corrosivos: el factor de corrosión. En la primera parte... Read More

Se pasa revista a la situación en que se encuentran los procesos de obtención de recubrimientos de cromo duro por técnicas de electrodeposición. Se hace... Read More

The influence of the orientation of rat bones on their mechanical response is analyzed in this research. 28 femora obtained from 14 Sprague-Dawley rats were... Read More

Shallow cracks in components subjected to tension have lower hydrostatic and maximum principal stresses near the crack tip than deep cracks in bending stress fields.... Read More

An overall methodology for assessing constraint effects is presented. This work introduces constraint problem, analyses the different sources of the in-plane loss of constraint, summarises... Read More

The Structural integrity assessment of components has advanced greatly in recent years. New tools, such as the Failure Assessment Diagram used in the FITNET procedure,... Read More

This paper analyses the failure of a hip implant, which occurred nine months after the corresponding surgery operation. The base material of the implant is... Read More

This document analyzes the structural integrity of several tubes of material P91 [1], [2] and [3] used in a power plant. The appearance of three... Read More

Nuclear power plants are generally designed and inspected according to the ASME Code. This code indicates the stress intensity (SINT) as the parameter to be... Read More

This paper analyses the experimental differences found between the behaviour of cracked and notched specimens. These differences are defined in terms of local strains, global... Read More