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Fatigue Behavior of Dual-Phase and TWIP Steels for Lightweight Automotive Structures by Matteis, Paolo, Scavino, Giorgio, D'Aiuto, Fabio, Firrao, Donato

“…Car bodies are increasingly made with high‐strength steels, for both lightweighting and safety purposes. Steel sheets, made by continuous casting, hot rolling,…”
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Disseminating the outcomes from research on fracture mechanics and structural integrity: A brief history of the first 30 years of the Italian Group on Fracture by Firrao, Donato

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Thermomechanical warm forging of Ti–V, Ti–Nb, and Ti–B microalloyed medium carbon steels by Russo Spena, Pasquale, Firrao, Donato

“…Conventional quenched and tempered steels have long been used to fabricate mechanical components, such as plates, shafts, and axles. All of these components…”
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Implementation of the Theory of Critical Distances using mesh control by Vargiu, Filippo, Sweeney, Derek, Firrao, Donato, Matteis, Paolo, Taylor, David

“…[Display omitted] •A new way to implement the Theory of Critical Distances, using “Mesh Control”.•Tested using a range of notch types and an example…”
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An improved Finite Fracture Mechanics approach to blunt V-notch brittle fracture mechanics: Experimental verification on ceramic, metallic, and plastic materials by Sapora, Alberto, Cornetti, Pietro, Carpinteri, Alberto, Firrao, Donato

“…•We investigate brittle fracture in blunt V-notched elements under mode I loading.•The analysis is based on a Finite Fracture Mechanics approach.•The energy…”
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High-Cycle Fatigue Resistance of Si-Mo Ductile Cast Iron as Affected by Temperature and Strain Rate by Matteis, Paolo, Scavino, Giorgio, Castello, Alessandro, Firrao, Donato

“…Silicon–molybdenum ductile cast irons are used to fabricate exhaust manifolds of internal combustion engines of large series cars, where the maximum pointwise…”
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Portevin–Le Chatelier Effects in a High-Mn Austenitic Steel by Scavino, Giorgio, Di Salvo, Carolina, Matteis, Paolo, Sesana, Raffaella, Firrao, Donato

“…High-manganese austenitic steels were recently proposed to fabricate structural car body parts because of their very favorable combination of strength and…”
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Sulla storia degli studi di frattura in Italia by Roberto L. Colombo, Donato Firrao

“…History of studies of fracture is inherently intermingled with the history of technology developments. In the beginning very little was written about. We must…”
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Sulla storia degli studi di frattura in Italia by Roberto L. Colombo, Donato Firrao

“…History of studies of fracture is inherently intermingled with the history of technology developments. In the beginning very little was written about. We must…”
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Friction and wear behaviour of sintered steels submitted to sliding and abrasion tests by Ceschini, Lorella, Palombarini, Giuseppe, Sambogna, Giuliano, Firrao, Donato, Scavino, Giorgio, Ubertalli, Graziano

“…Fe–C–Mo and Fe–C–Cr steels were sintered by PM processes carried out using different values of temperature and pressure, leading to different microstructures…”
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Relationships between tensile and fracture mechanics properties and fatigue properties of large plastic mould steel blocks by Firrao, Donato, Matteis, Paolo, Scavino, Giorgio, Ubertalli, Graziano, Ienco, Maria Giuseppina, Pinasco, Maria Rosa, Stagno, Enrica, Gerosa, Riccardo, Rivolta, Barbara, Silvestri, Antonio, Silva, Giuseppe, Ghidini, Andrea

“…Moulds for plastic automotive components such as bumpers and dashboards are usually machined from large pre-hardened steel blocks. Due to their dimensions, the…”
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Fracture of nitrided and nitrocarburized blunt notch three-point bending die steel specimens by Firrao, Donato, Ugues, Daniele

“…Results of studies on impact tested gas and plasma nitrided or nitrocarburized blunt notch die steel samples with varying notch root radii are presented. A…”
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The way the mistery of the Mattei’s case was solved by Chiara Pozzi, Paolo Matteis, Graziano Ubertalli, Donato Firrao

“…Enrico Mattei, the President of the Italian oil conglomerate, ENI, was about to land in Milan Linate Airport on October 27, 1962 when his airplane crashed on…”
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Sulla storia degli studi di frattura in Italia by Colombo, Roberto L, Firrao, Donato

“…History of studies of fracture is inherently intermingled with the history of technology developments. In the beginning very little was written about. We must…”
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Microstructural Effects in Face-Centered-Cubic Alloys after Small Charge Explosions by FIRRAO, D, MATTEIS, P, TATA, M. E, BRANDIMARTE, G, PETRALIA, S, SCAVINO, G, UBERTALLI, G, POZZI, C, IENCO, M. G, PICCARDO, P, PINASCO, M. R, COSTANZA, G, MONTANARI, R

“…Effects on metal targets after an explosion include the following: fracture, plastic deformation, surface modifications, and microstructural crystallographic…”
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Sulla storia degli studi di frattura in Italia by Colombo, Roberto L., Firrao, Donato

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The way the mistery of the Mattei’s case was solved by Firrao, D., Ubertalli, G., Matteis, P., Pozzi, C.

“…Enrico Mattei, the President of the Italian oil conglomerate, ENI, was about to land in Milan Linate Airport on October 27, 1962 when his airplane crashed on…”
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Sulla storia degli studi di frattura in Italia by Roberto L. Colombo, Donato Firrao

“…La storia degli studi sulla frattura è inestricabilmente connessa con il progresso della tecnologia.All'inizio pochissimo fu scritto. Dobbiamo riconoscere a…”
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Metal Objects Mapping After Small Charge Explosions. A Study on AISI 304Cu Steel with Two Different Grain Sizes by Firrao, Donato, Matteis, Paolo, Scavino, Giorgio, Ubertalli, Graziano, Ienco, Maria G., Pellati, Gabriella, Piccardo, Paolo, Pinasco, Maria R., Stagno, Enrica, Costanza, Girolamo, Montanari, Roberto, Tata, Maria E., Brandimarte, Giovanni, Petralia, Santo

“…Evidence of exposure of a metal component to a small charge explosion can be detected by observing microstructural modifications; they may be present even if…”
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Designing and Implementing a Joint Study Programme by Jones, Robert Griffith, Firrao, Donato

“…The authors describe a course intended to produce graduates with a European perspective, fluent in English and Italian, and able to understand and practice the…”
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