Area of research
Mechanics of Materials · Mechanical Engineering
Research interest
Research focused on Friction stir welding and Welding, with related work in Stress field, Ultimate tensile strength, Finite element method. Notable publications include 'Crack path and fracture analysis in FSW of small diameter 6082-T6 aluminium tubes under tension–torsion loading', 'Experimental investigation of the multiaxial fatigue strength of ductile cast iron', and 'Implicit gradient and integral average effective stresses: relationships and numerical approximations'.
Friction stir welds in aluminium: Design S‐N curves from statistical analysis of literature data
Crack path and fracture analysis in FSW of small diameter 6082-T6 aluminium tubes under tension–torsion loading
Crack initiation and propagation paths in small diameter FSW 6082-T6 aluminium tubes under fatigue loading
Designing aluminium friction stir welded joints against multiaxial fatigue
Evaluation of effective stress along the border of lateral notches
Effective stress assessment at rectangular rounded lateral notches
Experimental investigation of the multiaxial fatigue strength of ductile cast iron
Implicit gradient and integral average effective stresses: relationships and numerical approximations
On the notch sensitivity of cast iron under multi-axial fatigue loading
On numerical integration for effective stress assessment at notches