The field of structural engineering is vast, spanning areas from the design of new
infrastructure to the assessment of existing infrastructure. From the onset, traditional entry …

Relative to the conventional metals used in structures, epoxy-based composites have poor
fracture toughness properties. This has long been a weak link when using epoxy composites …

This paper presents for the first time an approach to the problem of electromechanical
fracture and crack propagation in piezoelectric solids with peridynamics. Fracture in …

Peridynamics has been proven to be a promising method for investigating the damage and
failure behaviors of reinforced concrete structures due to its strong capacity in tackling …

In this work, the stochastic microstructure of simulated CNT-polymer composite statistical
volume elements (SVEs) is quantified using two-point correlation functions. The two-point …

Abstract Glass–ceramics (GCs), obtained by controlled crystallization of a specially
formulated precursor glass, are interesting materials that show great promise in obtaining …

CNT (carbon nanotube) embedded polymer nanocomposites exhibit significant variation in
their electro-mechanical properties depending upon factors such as CNT volume fraction …

The electrical and mechanical properties of carbon nanotube/polymer nanocomposites
depend strongly upon several factors such as CNT volume fraction, CNT alignment, CNT …

The bond-based peridynamics (PD) modeling is employed to investigate the dynamic
damage response of polymer bonded explosive (PBX) confined in spherical steel shells …

The major damage and ignition features of polymer bonded explosive (PBX) subjected to
punch loading are captured by developed mechanical-thermal-chemical coupled …