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Researcher
Kris Hectors
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Patents
48
Results
2026
Characterisation of non-linear bending stiffness of a submarine power cable through cyclic bending
Esteban Cadavid Gil
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
C1
Conference
2026
Fatigue performance of steel components remanufactured by wire + arc additive manufacturing with as-built surface waviness
Robin Motte
Matthieu Vander Linden
Kris Hectors
Anil Sudhakar
Wim De Waele
C1
Conference
2026
Finite element model reconstruction of welded tubular joints from incomplete point cloud scans
Jelle Plets
Songhan Zhang
Jiacheng Qi
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
U
Journal Article
in
Marine Structures
2026
2025
3D reconstruction of welded joints from an unordered point cloud
Jiacheng Qi
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
Research data
2025
Accurate load mapping for fatigue analysis of floating offshore wind turbine substructures
Victor Rappe
Kris Hectors
Muk Chen Ong
Wim De Waele
C3
Conference
2025
An engineering method for structural analysis of semisubmersible floating offshore wind turbine substructures
Victor Rappe
Kris Hectors
Muk Chen Ong
Wim De Waele
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
2025
Comparison of structural stress-based methods for the fatigue analysis of idealized and as-built 3D scanned welded joints
Jiacheng Qi
Jelle Plets
Wim De Waele
Kris Hectors
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTIONAL STEEL RESEARCH
2025
Converting laser scans of tubular joints to finite element models for detailed stress analysis
Jelle Plets
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
C3
Conference
2025
HFJOINT : a high-fidelity numerical modeling tool for stress concentration factor analysis of welded tubular joints
Songhan Zhang
Wim De Waele
Kris Hectors
A1
Journal Article
in
ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING SOFTWARE
2025
Machine learning based fatigue life prediction of metal components subjected to block loading
Kris Hectors
Quinten Bouckaert
Jelle Plets
Wim De Waele
C1
Conference
2025
Tribological investigation of polyurethane materials for rack-and-pinion in Wave Energy Converter (WEC) systems
Ádám Kalácska
Kris Hectors
Hans Lustig
Sten Swanenberg
Wim De Waele
Patrick De Baets
C1
Conference
2025
2024
3D reconstruction of welded joints from an unordered point cloud
Jiacheng Qi
Wim De Waele
Kris Hectors
C3
Conference
2024
A finite element model of a steel truss bridge validated with controlled load test data
Kris Hectors
Lien Saelens
Jona Bracke
Hans De Backer
Wim De Waele
C1
Conference
2024
Converting laser scans of tubular joints to finite element models
Jelle Plets
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
C3
Conference
2024
Deliverable 1.1.5.1 BEL-Float project : multi-dimensional modelling strategy
Victor Rappe
Wim De Waele
Kris Hectors
Report
2024
Development and validation of a train-bridge interaction model
Sharon Deceuninck
Harikrishnan Venugopal
Mia Loccufier
Wim De Waele
Kris Hectors
Hans De Backer
C1
Conference
2024
Fatigue analysis of floating offshore wind substructures
Victor Rappe
Kris Hectors
Muk Chen Ong
Wim De Waele
C3
Conference
2024
Fatigue analysis of floating offshore wind turbines
Victor Rappe
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
C1
Conference
2024
Finite element analysis of the structural behaviour and fatigue life of a dynamic power cable
Esteban Cadavid Gil
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
C1
Conference
2024
Neural network based fatigue lifetime prediction of metals subjected to block loading
Jelle Plets
Quinten Bouckaert
Bilal Ahmed
Wim De Waele
Kris Hectors
A1
Journal Article
in
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FATIGUE
2024
Remaining fatigue lifetime of welded tubular joints of offshore structures using detailed stress analysis based on 3D scans
Jelle Plets
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
C1
Conference
2024
Structural integrity of the WAAM-substrate interface
Robin Motte
Kris Hectors
Anil Sudhakar
Wim De Waele
C3
Conference
2024
2023
A numerical study on tensile stress concentration in semi-ellipsoidal corrosion pits
Farid Mehri Sofiani
Somsubhro Chaudhuri
Seyed Ahmad Elahi
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
C1
Conference
2023
Data-driven lifetime assessment of a wing sail system
Mekete Mebratu
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
C3
Conference
2023
Fatigue block loading experiment database
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
Research data
2023
Open-access experiment dataset for fatigue damage accumulation and life prediction models
Kris Hectors
Dennis Vanspeybrouck
Jelle Plets
Quinten Bouckaert
Wim De Waele
A1
Journal Article
in
METALS
2023
Quantitative analysis of the correlation between geometric parameters of pits and stress concentration factors for a plate subject to uniaxial tensile stress
Farid Mehri Sofiani
S. Chaudhuri
Seyed Ahmad Elahi
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
A1
Journal Article
in
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED FRACTURE MECHANICS
2023
Stress intensity factor calculation for short cracks initiating from a semi-ellipsoidal pit
Hasan Saeed
Robin Vancoillie
Farid Mehri Sofiani
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
C3
Conference
2023
2022
An X-FEM based framework for 3D fatigue crack growth using a B-spline crack geometry description
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
A1
Journal Article
in
ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS
2022
Fracture mechanics and hot spot stress‐based fatigue life calculation : case study for a crane runway girder
Kris Hectors
Somsubhro Chaudhuri
Wim De Waele
A1
Journal Article
in
FATIGUE & FRACTURE OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS & STRUCTURES
2022
Method for statistical evaluation of cumulative damage models applied to block loading
Kris Hectors
Tanja Van Hecke
Wim De Waele
A1
Journal Article
in
FATIGUE & FRACTURE OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS & STRUCTURES
2022
Numerical tools for fatigue lifetime assessment of large-scale welded steel structures
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
Hans De Backer
Mia Loccufier
Dissertation
2022
2021
A multidimensional FEA approach for determination of hot spot stresses in offshore jacket structures
Kris Hectors
Hasan Saeed
Wim De Waele
P1
Conference
2021
An X-FEM fatigue crack simulation framework based on a B-spline crack description
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
C3
Conference
2021
Cumulative damage and life prediction models for high-cycle fatigue of metals : a review
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
A1
Journal Article
in
METALS
2021
Fatigue assessment of a steel truss bridge based on multi-dimensional finite element modelling
Kris Hectors
Hans De Backer
Lien Saelens
Wim De Waele
C1
Conference
2021
Fatigue life prediction of a crane girder : comparing hot spot stress and fracture mechanics approaches
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
C1
Conference
2021
Influence of weld geometry on stress concentration factor distributions in tubular joints
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTIONAL STEEL RESEARCH
2021
Stress concentration factors of multi-planar tubular KT-joints subjected to in-plane bending moments
Esmaeil Zavvar
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
A1
Journal Article
in
MARINE STRUCTURES
2021
2020
A numerical framework for determination of stress concentration factor distributions in tubular joints
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
A1
Journal Article
in
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCES
2020
A numerical framework for fatigue assessment of tubular joints
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
C3
Conference
2020
A numerical framework for fatigue lifetime prediction of complex welded structures
Kris Hectors
Hans De Backer
Mia Loccufier
Wim De Waele
A2
Journal Article
in
FRATTURA ED INTEGRITÀ STRUTTURALE
2020
Evaluation of fatigue crack propagation in steel ESET specimens subjected to variable load spectra
Wim De Waele
Sven Trogh
Steven De Tender
Nahuel Micone
Kris Hectors
P1
Conference
2020
Modeling nonlinear fatigue damage accumulation in a welded runway girder
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
P1
Conference
2020
2019
Comment on the paper entitled 'A new cumulative fatigue damage rule based on dynamic residual S-N curve and material memory concept' by Peng Z., Huang H., Zhou J. and Li Y. Published in Metals (2018; 8 (6): 456)
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
A1
Journal Article
in
METALS
2019
Evaluation of the effect of weld geometry on stress concentration factors for offshore tubular joints
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
C3
Conference
2019
Fatigue lifetime prediction of complex welded structures
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
Mia Loccufier
Hans De Backer
C3
Conference
2019
Fatigue lifetime prediction of complex welded structures
Kris Hectors
Wim De Waele
Mia Loccufier
Hans De Backer
C3
Conference
2019