The properties of concrete are degraded during service by coupled physical and chemical
processes that operate at several length scales, and the prediction of its performance in …

Modular prefabricated construction has attracted global attention to meet increasing housing
demands and infrastructural deficits owing to its construction speed and efficiency …

This paper presents an advanced approach for structural topology optimization by
incorporating fatigue crack propagation analysis. The extended finite element method (X …

A Peridynamic (PD) model is proposed for the fracture failure simulation of single-phase and
composite materials with a quasi-brittle behaviour under Mixed-Mode loading. More …

Recent advances in additive manufacturing have enabled the fabrication of structures in
which members made of multiple materials are placed in appropriate positions. However …

In order to describe the mechanical behavior of solids with arbitrary Poisson's ratio values,
an extended bond-based peridynamic (XBB-PD) model was developed in the authors' …

The matrix component of composite structures is generally brittle. In any damage
occurrence, fracture propagates rapidly through the structure. This study proposes a novel …

Additive manufacturing (AM) is an effective approach to fabricating intricate shapes obtained
from topology optimization (TO). However, it may cause undesired manufacturing-induced …

In this study, peridynamics topology optimization (PD-TO) framework is implemented to
reduce the total weight of ship structures and increase their structural endurance against …

In this work we propose a novel peridynamic topology optimization formulation to improve
fracture resistance. The main strength of peridynamics is based on the straightforwardness …