In the course of the long-term service of high-speed railway slab tracks, the diverse range of
loading types and long-time characteristics can result in material property deterioration and …

In recent years, engineering and research communities have shown a growing interest in
polygon elements due to their adaptability to complex geometries. However, their …

In quasi-brittle materials such as concrete, numerical methods are frequently used to
simulate the crack propagation for monotonic loading. However, further research and action …

This paper aims to fill the gap in multi-axial fatigue characterization of concrete by
presenting a comprehensive numerical analysis of data from the punch-through shear test …

This paper presents a novel framework for Monte Carlo simulation (MCs) of dynamic and
static fracture problems. The stress intensity factors can be directly extracted by using …

The paper presents a semi-analytical method to solve the two-dimensional unbounded
layered domain of piezoelectric material problem. The modified scaled boundary finite …

Abstract Leak-before-break (LBB), as a part of the fitness-for-service (FFS) assessment, is a
critical requirement to ensure pressure vessel structural integrity LBB generally means a …

Currently, the onset of bone damage and the interaction of cracks with the surrounding micro-
architecture are still black boxes. With the motivation to address this issue, our research …

Computational methods have always affected many engineering fields due to their
enormous potential and ability to facilitate various tasks. This statement is surely true as far …

This study presents a multi-bond element stiffness matrix to couple peridynamics with the
finite element method, where mass points are denoted as elements with the degree of …