A critical review of the current state of the art of the computing practices adopted by the
earthquake engineering community is presented. Advanced computational tools are …

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A family of new beam finite elements for geometrically and materially non-linear static
analysis of reinforced concrete planar frames is derived, in which strain measures are the …

Deflection analysis of beams with rectangular cross section is considered under specific
loading conditions, resulting in at most quadratic bending moment distribution, and …

At date a common agreement seems to be established among researchers that for a proper
prediction of fire-induced concrete spalling on structural fire resistance a fully-coupled …

This paper presents a quadratically convergent algorithm for the computation of stability
points (limit and bifurcation points) in the finite element formulation of the problems of the …

The non-linear structural analysis of reinforced concrete beams in fire consists of three
separate steps:(i) The estimation of the rise of surrounding air temperature due to fire;(ii) the …

We present the preliminary results of a novel approach to the state determination of
polygonal sections of arbitrary shape endowed with elasto-plastic uniaxial constitutive laws …

This work addresses the determination of yield surfaces for geometrically exact elastoplastic
rods. Use is made of a formulation where the rod is subjected to an uniform strain field along …

This paper presents a procedure for numerical analysis of steel, reinforced concrete or
composite cross section of arbitrary polygonal shape, based on analytical evaluation of …