In recent years, it has been found that multiple cracks coexist in the existing steel bridge
orthotropic steel decks (OSDs) longitudinal rib-to-floorbeam (RF) details. The synergistic …

In this work, a new thermo-mechanical formulation for the conventional and localizing
gradient damage method is proposed. The proposed formulation is based on the …

Meshless or meshfree methods (MMs) are practical and excellent numerical techniques for
solving crack problems. With the inherent limitations of mesh-based methods such as the …

Different types of mechanical and thermal shock loads are considered to investigate
transient stress intensity factors of two/three dimensional cracked specimens via meshless …

The efficiency of classical truly meshless local Petrov–Galerkin method with linear test
function approximation in the crack growth problems of complex configurations is …

Buckling behavior of flat and cylindrical shells including through-the-thickness crack
(through crack) is examined employing an effective reproducing kernel (RK) meshfree …

A new formulation based on a real meshfree approach is presented for the first time in the
field of transient linear thermoelasticity. The finite pointset method, a strong form meshfree …

This paper implements three dimensional meshless local Petrov–Galerkin method in the
linear elastic fracture mechanics analyses of isotropic functionally graded and …

In this paper, the stress intensity factors (SIFs) are calculated for a crack in a functionally
graded (FG) plate under transient thermal shock. In order to solve the problem and …

Crack identification in structures is a typical inverse analysis problem, which is very crucial
for the reliability evaluation of various structures. In recent years, the rapid development of …