In this study, the finite element model updating was simulated by reducing the stiffness of the members. Due to lack of access to the experimental results, the data obtained from an analytical model were used in the proposed structural damage scenarios. The updating parameters for the studied structures were defined as a reduction coefficient applied to the stiffness of the members. Parameter v...

This paper is directed towards :nite element computation of fracture parameters in functionally graded material (FGM) assemblages of arbitrary geometry with stationary cracks. Graded :nite elements are developed where the elastic moduli are smooth functions of spatial co-ordinates which are integrated into the element sti=ness matrix. In particular, stress intensity factors for mode I and mixed...

A rigorous normal mode error analysis is carried out for two second-order projection type methods. It is shown that although the two schemes provide second-order accuracy for the velocity in L-norm, their accuracies for the velocity in H1-norm and for the pressure in L2-norm are different, and only the consistent splitting scheme introduced in [6] provides full second-order accuracy for all var...

UNLABELLED A Seventh-Order Linear Multistep Method (SOLMM) is developed and implemented in both predictor-corrector mode and block mode. The two approaches are compared by measuring their total number of function evaluations and CPU times. The stability property of the method is examined. This SOLMM is also compared with existing methods in the literature using standard numerical examples. AM...

Feasibility of introducing compositional gradients to the core of a sandwich structure and the resulting fracture behavior under impact loading conditions is the primary focus of the study. Model sandwich structures comprising of graded core with bilinear variation of volume fraction of hollow microballoons are considered for experimental and numerical simulations. Conventional sandwiches with ...

Following our innovative experimental spontaneous fracture models for frictional fractures (compression and shear) and mixed-mode fractures (tension and shear) in identical materials, we designed a laboratory model to investigate the effects of material contrast on mixed-mode spontaneous fracture along a bimate-rial interface. A series of interesting phenomena are observed, including asymmetry ...

The fracture and crack growth of mechanical structures is a usual phenomenon which is due to the application of tensile, cyclic loading or thermal stresses on the structure. So introducing of methods to prevent the crack growth is useful. Afterward, one of the repairing methods of crack growth, consisting to make a hole in the crack tip to elimi-nate the sharp corners, was explained. This metho...