State-of-the-art review on meshless methods in the application of crack problems

M Zhang, ARZ Abidin, CS Tan - Theoretical and Applied Fracture …, 2024 - Elsevier
Meshless or meshfree methods (MMs) are practical and excellent numerical techniques for
solving crack problems. With the inherent limitations of mesh-based methods such as the …

Study on two-dimensional mixed-mode fatigue crack growth employing ordinary state-based peridynamics

H Wang, S Tanaka, S Oterkus, E Oterkus - Theoretical and Applied Fracture …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mixed-mode fatigue crack propagation analysis is studied using ordinary state-based
peridynamics. By introducing the concept of “remaining life”, the fatigue crack nucleation and …

New nonlocal multiscale damage model for modelling damage and cracking in quasi-brittle materials

C Du, W Huang, M Ghaemian, S Jiang… - Engineering Fracture …, 2023 - Elsevier
A new method for the simulation of crack initiation and propagation in quasi-brittle materials
is proposed that combines the scaled boundary finite element method and a nonlocal …

An efficient mesh-free approach for the determination of stresses intensity factors

O Elmhaia, Y Belaasilia, O Askour, B Braikat… - … Analysis with Boundary …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the present paper, an efficient mesh-free approach is established to determine the stress
intensity factors in the vicinity of the crack tip. This efficient mesh-free approach is based on …

Buckling and vibration extended isogeometric analysis of imperfect graded Reissner-Mindlin plates with internal defects using NURBS and level sets

S Yin, T Yu, TQ Bui, P Liu, S Hirose - Computers & Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
The critical buckling parameters and natural frequencies of defective functionally graded
material (FGM) plates with internal cracks or voids are extracted by using an effective …

An in-depth investigation of bimaterial interface modeling using ordinary state-based peridynamics

HA Nguyen, H Wang, S Tanaka, S Oterkus… - Journal of Peridynamics …, 2021 - Springer
This study presents an in-depth investigation of interface modeling techniques in ordinary
state-based peridynamics (OSB-PD). By performing numerical examples, the accuracy of …

Buckling analysis of stiffened plate structures by an improved meshfree flat shell formulation

S Sadamoto, S Tanaka, K Taniguchi, M Ozdemir… - Thin-Walled …, 2017 - Elsevier
An efficient Galerkin meshfree flat shell formulation is presented for the analysis of buckling
behaviors of stiffened plate structures. Both plate bending and membrane deformations are …

Advanced reproducing kernel meshfree modeling of cracked curved shells for mixed-mode stress resultant intensity factors

MJ Dai, S Tanaka, S Sadamoto, T Yu, TQ Bui - Engineering Fracture …, 2020 - Elsevier
A meshfree approach for analyzing the fracture mechanics parameters in cracked curved
shells is presented. The reproducing kernel (RK) meshfree method and map** technique …