In this research work, the radial basis function finite difference method (RBF-FD) is further
developed to solve one-and two-dimensional boundary value problems in linear elasticity …

Digital image correlation methods allow the determination of the displacement (and thus the
strain) field of a target by picture comparisons, without the application of strain gauges or …

The paper describes a method to accurately retrieve the fibre/matrix interface stress state
from the motion field of the neutral mid-plane in simply bended and torqued long fibre multi …

Often the employment of the full potentialities of laminated composite materials is restrained
by the scarceness of cost-effective simulation strategies in the design stage. Albeit cheap …

Abdominal aortic aneurysm patients are regularly monitored to assess aneurysm
development and risk of rupture. A preventive surgical procedure is recommended when the …

Thin plates are very often employed in a context of large displacements and rotations, for
example, whenever the extreme flexibility of a body can replace the use of complicated …

This paper presents a method able to upscale finite element (FE) results obtained for coarse
meshes of 2D models at a higher resolution, using both radial basis functions (RBF) and …

To improve the comprehensive structural performance and optimize the structural quality of
the aluminum alloy subway car body, a multi-objective structural optimization method based …

Radial basis functions (RBF) are widely used in many areas especially for interpolation and
approximation of scattered data, solution of ordinary and partial differential equations, etc …

The DEMO tokamak exhibits extraordinary complexity due to the constraints and
requirements pertaining to different fields of physics and engineering. The multidisciplinary …