Abstract Machine learning models are increasingly used in many engineering fields thanks
to the widespread digital data, growing computing power, and advanced algorithms. The …

The past 20 years have witnessed ever-growing evidence that the mechanical properties of
biological tissues, from nanoscale to macroscale dimensions, are fundamental for cellular …

The concept of multiscale modelling has emerged over the last few decades to describe
procedures that seek to simulate continuum-scale behaviour using information gleaned from …

The application of additive manufacturing (AM) in construction has been increasingly
studied in recent years. Large robotic arm-and gantry-systems have been created to print …

Sustainable and resilient pavement infrastructure is critical for current economic and
environmental challenges. In the past 10 years, the pavement infrastructure strongly …

Fracture is one of the most commonly encountered failure modes of engineering materials
and structures. Prevention of cracking-induced failure is, therefore, a major concern in …

Since their inception, computational homogenization methods based on the fast Fourier
transform (FFT) have grown in popularity, establishing themselves as a powerful tool …

Additive manufacturing (AM) processes have proven to be a perfect match for topology
optimization (TO), as they are able to realize sophisticated geometries in a unique layer-by …

EasyPBC is an ABAQUS CAE plugin developed to estimate the homogenised effective
elastic properties of user created periodic representative volume element (RVE), all within …

Since the beginning of the industrial age, material performance and design have been in the
midst of innovation of many disruptive technologies. Today's electronics, space, medical …