The problem of cracks in continuous structures such as plates, beams, bars, trellis or hulls is often very apparent around riveting holes, notches or other connecting leaves. In fact, the holed plates assembled by riveting ...

Gearboxes and transfer gearboxes case are often critical components of the machine requiring the application of monitoring techniques. Control and diagnosis are important today in most industrial sectors. They consist of ...

Tubular steel structures are widely used in the construction of offshore platforms; several types of junctions are used in this field. The tubular members are assembled by welding, thus forming complex brace/chord intersections ...