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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

1. A general weight function for inclined cracks at sharp V-notches
   Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol. 74, no. 4, pp. 602–611, 2007
2. A finite element procedure for prediction of tube hole distortion due to welding of large perforated plates
   International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, vol. 84, no. 7, pp. 460–468, 2007
3. New high concentration–high temperature hydrogenation method for slow strain rate tensile tests
   Materials Letters, vol. 61, no. 11-12, pp. 2509–2513, 2007
4. Evaluation of the stress–strain curve of metallic materials by spherical indentation
   International Journal of Solids and Structures, vol. 43, no. 7-8, pp. 2441–2459, 2006
5. Experimental investigation on the influence of crack front to fiber orientation on fatigue delamination growth rate under mode II
   Composites Science and Technology, vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 240–247, 2006
6. Behaviour of fatigue cracks emanating from circular notches in Ti-6Al-4V under bending
   Fatigue Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 111–125, 2004
7. On the possibility to obtain the stress-strain curve for a strain-hardening material by spherical indentation
   International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, vol. 15, no. 4/5, p. 168, 2002
8. Grid pattern for in-plane strain measurements by digital image processing
   The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 51–59, 2001
9. International Journal of Fracture, vol. 112, no. 1, pp. 57–68, 2001
10. Measurement of coatings' elastic properties by mechanical methods: Part 1. Consideration on experimental errors
    Experimental Mechanics, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 293–304, 2001
11. Effect of hydrogen on the ductility reduction of F82H martensitic steel after different heat treatments
    Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol. 288, no. 1, pp. 1–6, 2001
12. Analytical expressions of the influence functions for accuracy and versatility improvement in the hole-drilling method
    The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 125–135, 2000
13. International Journal of Fracture, vol. 99, no. 4, pp. 281–292, 1999
14. Stress intensity factors for an inclined edge crack in a semiplane
    Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol. 62, no. 6, pp. 607–613, 1999
15. Fatigue behaviour of induction hardened notched components
    International Journal of Fatigue, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 611–617, 1999
16. Effect of hydrogen on tensile properties of martenistic steels for fusion application
    Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol. 258-263, pp. 1295–1299, 1998
17. Influence of post weld treatments on the fatigue behaviour of Al-alloy welded joints
    International Journal of Fatigue, vol. 20, no. 10, pp. 749–755, 1998
18. Strain gradients in plasma-sprayed zirconia thermal barrier coatings
    Surface and Coatings Technology, vol. 108-109, no. 1-3, pp. 93–98, 1998
19. Recent Advances in the Hole Drilling Method for Residual Stress Measurement
    Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 163–172, 1998
20. WEIGHT FUNCTIONS APPLIED TO FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH ANALYSIS
    Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, vol. 20, no. 8, pp. 1093–1104, 1997
21. Fatigue life evaluation by weight functions for orthotropic bridge decks
    Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 41–50, 1997
22. Results of the IAEA benchmark on lifetime predictions of first wall components
    Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol. 233-237, pp. 62–71, 1996
23. Effective stress intensity factor and contact stress for a partially closed Griffith crack in bending
    Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 667–678, 1996
24. An account of plasticity in the hole-drilling method of residual stress measurement
    The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 227–233, 1995
25. FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH IN RESIDUAL STRESS FIELDS: EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND MODELLING
    Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, vol. 17, no. 12, pp. 1433–1444, 1994
26. A prototype expert system for embodiment design of mechanisms and articulated systems
    Artificial Intelligence in Engineering, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 57–65, 1993
27. Evaluation of the elastic stress distribution ahead of a crack by weight functions
    Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 243–250, 1992
28. A numerical approach for determining weight functions in fracture mechanics
    International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 595–607, 1991
29. Fatigue crack propagation through residual stress fields with closure phenomena
    Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 379–387, 1990
30. Residual stress modelling by experimental measurements and finite element analysis
    The Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 103–108, 1990