The extended finite element (XFEM) has been applied to investigate fatigue crack growth in
engineering components containing different types of material irregularities. The standard …

This paper addresses the analysis of probabilistic corrosion time initiation in reinforced
concrete structures exposed to chloride penetration. Structural durability is an important …

The primary focus of this paper is to investigate the application of ANSYS Workbench 19.2
software's advanced feature, known as Separating Morphing and Adaptive Remeshing …

It is necessary to manage the fatigue crack growth (FCG) of engineering structures for
ensuring an appropriate reliability level over the entire operational lifetime. This paper deals …

In this paper, several improved stress integration schemes based on Gaussian integration
(GI) method and Newton–Cotes integration (NCI) method are presented and demonstrated …

Fracture mechanics and crack propagation problems have been widely studied by the
scientific community in recent years, because crack growth phenomenon can explain the …

This work presents a novel methodology for fatigue life reliability analysis using a newly
developed Dual Boundary Element Method-based Implicit Differentiation Method (DBEM …

In order to solve the problems in fatigue reliability analysis of mechanical components, a
new learning function based on the Kriging model is proposed. In the process of fatigue …

This study presents an improved computational framework based on the Dual Boundary
Element Method (DBEM) for modelling three-dimensional mixed-mode fatigue crack …

A coupled experimental and numerical study of shear fracture in the edge-notched beam
specimens of quasi-brittle materials (concrete-like materials) are carried out using four point …