Press Hardening for Sustainable Lightweight Chassis Design in Heavy-Duty Vehicles: A Material Performance and Life Cycle Assessment Approach Steel Research International, 2026 by Violeta Vargas, Sergi Parareda, Jose Jorge Espí-Gallart, Jaume Pujante, David Frómeta (Eurecat); Gustaf Gustafsson (Gestamp); Henrik Sieurin (Scania); Daniel Casellas (Eurecat, Luleå University of Technology)   The transport sector is critical for…

Numerical assessment of the high cycle fatigue behavior of high strength steels affected by shear-cutting operations International Journal of Fatigue, 202 (2025) by L.A. Gonçalves Junior; S. Jiménez; A. Cornejo; L.G. Barbu (CIMNE – International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC)); D. Gustasson; E. Olsson (Luleå University of Technology (LTU))…

Hybrid manufacturing of a 3D-shaped fiber metal laminate Journal of Manufacturing Processes, Volume 145 (2025) by Matthias Merzkirch, Erwan Juin, Jesper Eman, Jocke Pettersson, Magdalena Juntikka, Fredrik Ahlqvist & Olof Säfvenberg (RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB) This contribution presents a methodology for designing, manufacturing, and testing of a multi-material solution demonstrator of a lower…

A high cycle fatigue numerical framework for component-level virtual fatigue testing: Application to a light-duty vehicle lower control arm Engineering Structures, Volume 311 (2024) by Luis Antonio Gonçalves Junior; Sergio Jiménez; Alejandro Cornejo and Lucia Gratiela Barbu (CIMNE –  Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria; Polytechnic University of Catalonia – UPC); Michele Maria Tedesco…

High cycle fatigue life estimation of punched and trimmed specimens considering residual stresses and surface roughness International Journal of Fatigue, Volume 186 (2024). by David Gustafsson; Erik Olsson (Luleå University of Technology); Sergi Parareda (Eurecat Technology Centre) and Rémi Munier (ArcelorMittal France)   Shear cutting processes have a detrimental effect on fatigue of high strength…

Simulation of metal punching and trimming using minimal experimental characterization Journal of Materials Processing Tech, 321 (2023) by D. Gustafsson, E. Olsson (Luleå University of Technology, Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Division of Solid Mechanics); S. Parareda (Eurecat, Centre Tecnològic de Catalunya, Unit of Metallic and Ceramic Materials, CIEFMA, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya); L.…

Embedding Fiber Optical Sensors in FRP-Hybrid Materials Proceedings of the International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM2023) by J. Pettersson; C. Sterner; H. Dykhoff (RISE) The presented work includes development and verification of techniques for embedding fiber- optical sensors in Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP) and Aluminum hybrid materials for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) purposes. The fiber-optical…

A rule of mixtures approach for delamination damage analysis in composite materials Composites Science and Technology, Volume 242 (2023) by Alireza Taherzadeh-Fard, Alejandro Cornejo, Sergio Jiménez and Lucia Gratiela Barbu (International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) and Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC)) The present study aims at investigating the delamination behavior of laminated…

A damage-based uniaxial fatigue life prediction method for metallic materials Materials & Design, Volume 231 (2023) by S. Parareda (Eurecat, Centre Tecnològic de Catalunya, Unit of Metallic and Ceramic Materials; CIEFMA – Department of Materials Science and Engineering, EEBE, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech), D. Casellas (Eurecat, Centre Tecnològic de Catalunya, Unit of Metallic and Ceramic…

Numerical simulation of a rapid fatigue test of high Mn-TWIP steel via a high cycle fatigue constitutive law International Journal of Fatigue, Volume 168 (2023) by L.A. Gonçalves Junior, S. Jiménez, A. Cornejo, L.G. Barbu (Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en l’Enginyeria (CIMNE); S. Parareda, D. Casellas (Eurecat, Centre Tecnològic de Catalunya, Unit of Metallic…

Comparison between Fractal and Statistical Approaches to Model Size Effects in VHCF Metals Journal, Special Issue “New Trends in Fatigue of Medals” by D.S. Paolino; A.Tridello (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino); Stefano Invernizzi; Francesco Montagnoli (Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering, Politecnico di Torino) and Alberto Carpinteri (Department of Mechanical…

A unified non-linear energy dissipation-based plastic-damage model for cyclic loading Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering: 400 (2022) by A. Cornejo; S. Jiménez; L.G. Barbu; E. Oñate (Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Ingenyeria, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya); S. Oller (Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Ingenyeria, Consejo Nacional y de Investigaciones Científicas y…

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference “Hot Sheet Metal Forming of High-Performance Steel (CHS2) Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering: 400 (2022) by S. Parareda (Eurecat); D. Gustafsson; P. Jonsén; J. Kajberg, E. Olson (Luleå University of Technology).   Effect from manufacturing processes on fatigue properties of high-strength thick steel sheets have gained increased…

Statistical models for estimating the fatigue life, the stress-life relation, and the P-S-N curves of metallic materials in Very High Cycle Fatigue: A review Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures (2021) by A. Tridello; C. Boursier Niutta; M. Rossetto; D.S. Paolino (POLITO) F. Berto (NTNU).   The research on the Very High Cycle…

Fatigue resistance evaluation of high Mn-TWIP steel through damage mechanics: a new method based on stiffness evolution International Journal of Fatigue (2021) by S. Parareda; A. Lara (Eurecat); D. Casellas (Eurecat, Luleå University of Technology); A. Mateo (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya).   The work presented here deals with the implementation of a new methodology that…