The use of ladle furnace slag in soil stabilization
Natural clayey soils have often to be stabilized by mixing them with certain materials, such as cement, lime, or similar products, so that they acquire... Read More
Failure Analysis of High Strength Galvanized Bolts Used in Steel Towers
This paper analyses the failure of three bolts used in the structural connections of a number of steel towers located in northern Europe. The analysis... Read More
Mechanical failure analysis of a rubber drying machine speed reducer output shaft
The aim of this analysis is to identify and to study the phenomena which have produced the failure of a rubber drying machine speed reducer... Read More
On the use of a monitoring system for fatigue usage calculations
Fatigue is a limiting factor in structural component life. Design calculations are performed according to conservative methodologies that shorten component life. Fatigue Monitoring Systems are... Read More
Elastic-plastic fracture mechanics based methodology to characterize cracking behavior and its application to environmental assisted processes
Cracking processes suffered by new structural and piping steels when used in petroleum or other energy installations have demonstrated the need for a cracking resistance... Read More
Hydrogen induced cracking processes in structural microalloyed steels. Characterization and modelling
Microalloyed steels are of great importance in the petroleum industry where they are used in structural and tubular components in pipelines and platform supports. The... Read More
The influence of loading rate on hydrogen induced cracking of microalloyed steels
Since the degradation effect due to environment on the cracking of materials depends on time, the loading rate has an important influence on the parameters... Read More