Because structures made of FG material often operate in high temperature environments, it
is critical to understand the mechanical behavior of these structures while taking …

The traditional finite element method (FEM) often requires a large number of refined meshes
to analyze the mechanical behavior of geometric discontinuities, its computational efficiency …

The extended finite element method (XFEM) has become a powerful and effective technique
for modeling fracture problems without remeshing. In this paper, we introduce a novel and …

This paper introduces a robust algorithm that efficiently generates high-quality unstructured
triangular meshes to model complex two-dimensional crack growth problems within the …

In this paper, the variational phase field model is adopted to analyze thermal buckling
behavior of cracked functionally graded material (FGM) plates. Unlike existing works, the …

A numerical study of thermal-mechanical crack growth in orthotropic composite materials by
the recently developed extended nodal gradient finite element method is presented. The …

This paper presents a novel approach based on the coupled finite element (FE) and element
free Galerkin (EFG) method to model fatigue crack growth in 2-D specimens containing …

Modelling fatigue crack growth under variable amplitude cyclic loading (VACL) remains
challenging in engineering due to multiple damage/failure mechanisms and the difficulties in …

The main factor in determining path and rate in fatigue crack growth (FCG) problems is the
stress field around the crack tip that is defined as stress intensity factor (SIF). Cutouts cause …

Delamination migration is a common failure mode for composite laminates and the
modelling technique remains challenging. For a complete progressive failure modelling …