The smoothed finite element methods (S-FEM) are a family of methods formulated through
carefully designed combinations of the standard FEM and some of the techniques from the …

The use of composite materials in several sectors, such as aeronautics and automotive, has
been gaining distinction in recent years. However, due to their high costs, as well as unique …

In this study, a NURBS formulation based on the four-variable refined plate theory (RPT) for
free vibration, buckling and static bending analyses of multilayer functionally graded …

Drawing on the authors' extensive research results, this book presents the theoretical
framework and development of various S-FEM models. It discusses the overall modeling …

Functionally graded porous plates have been validated as remarkable lightweight structures
with excellent mechanical characteristics and numerous applications. With inspiration from …

The aim of this manuscript is to give a practical overview of meshless methods (for solid
mechanics) based on global weak forms through a simple and well-structured MATLAB …

This study brings to readers the generalized formulation of three-variable plate theory and
an efficient computational approach for analyzing plates. The theory not only has three …

In this paper, a non-uniform rational B-spline based iso-geometric finite element method is
used to study the static and dynamic characteristics of functionally graded material (FGM) …

This paper presents a novel approach for isogeometric analysis of thin shells using
polynomial splines over hierarchical T-meshes (PHT-splines). The method exploits the …

This paper presents a novel numerical procedure based on the framework of isogeometric
analysis for static, free vibration, and buckling analysis of laminated composite plates using …