The numerical implementation of advanced plastic damage models has been challenging
due to the diverse computational difficulties caused by material nonlinearity. In this study …

Double-block ballastless tracks are affected by environmental loading during their service
life. The damage evolution of track slab concrete under cyclic air temperature fluctuations …

The present study aims at investigating the delamination behavior of laminated composites
in different loading modes within a homogenization theory of mixtures. The delamination …

Accurately evaluating derivatives poses a key challenge when numerically implementing
complex constitutive models. This work presents an implicit stress update algorithm that …

A maximum energy dissipation-based incremental approach (MEDIA) is proposed to
overcome limit points, eg strong snap-backs, in the fracture analysis of quasi-brittle …

To enhance the dynamic performance of shear walls, fine-grained rubberized basalt fiber
concrete has been proposed as an alternative to conventional concrete. This is a promising …

This research presents a constitutive model for the macro scale simulation of masonry
structures. The model is containing an orthotropic plane stress assumption, which appears …

We present a novel non-local continuum damage–plasticity model for predicting numerically
the progressive failure behavior of cohesive-frictional materials within the framework of …

Data-driven methods and machine learning methods provide efficient and accurate
approaches for solving impact problems. In this paper, a data-driven approach is proposed …

Numerical challenges, incorporating non-uniqueness, non-convexity, undefined gradients,
and high curvature, of the positive level sets of yield function F> 0 are encountered in stress …