experiments were carried out to observe the influence of loading type on concrete beam specimens. beam specimens made of similar concrete mixture with the same geometry were tested under three point static loading and low velocity drop weight impact loading. load – displacement behavior, absorbed energy dissipation capacity, stiffnesses, failure modes of beam specimens were obtained and discuss...

There are different finite element models in place for predicting the bending behavior of shear deformable beams and plates. Mostly, the literature abounds with traditional equi-spaced Langrange based low order finite element approximations using displacement formulations. However, the finite element models of Timoshenko beams and Mindlin plates with linear interpolation of all generalized disp...

in the present research, the effects of delamination size and location on vibration characteristics of laminated composite beams are investigated both analytically and numerically. in the analytical method, the delaminated beam is modeled as four interconnected euler–bernoulli beams and the constrained and free mode models are both simulated. the differential stretching and the bending-extensio...

Gao, Zhenyuan MSAA, Purdue University, May 2015. Comprehensively Simulating the Mixed-Mode Progressive Delamination in Composite Laminates. Major Professor: Wenbin Yu. Delamination, or interlaminar debonding, is a commonly observed failure mechanism in composite laminates. It is of great significance to comprehensively simulate the mixed-mode progressive delamination in composite structures bec...

in this paper, a positive definite semi-discrete mixed finite element method was presented for two-dimensional parabolic equations. in the new positive definite systems, the gradient equation and flux equations were separated from their scalar unknown equations.  also, the existence and uniqueness of the semi-discrete mixed finite element solutions were proven. error estimates were also obtaine...

This paper describes a numerical solution for plane elasticity problem. It includes algorithms for discretization by mixed finite element methods. The discrete scheme allows the utilization of Brezzi Douglas Marini element (BDM1) for the stress tensor and piecewise constant elements for the displacement. The numerical results are compared with some previously published works or with others comi...

Chloride-induced corrosion is a key factor in the premature corrosion of concrete structures exposed to a marine environment. Fick's second law of diffusion is the dominant equation to model diffusion of chloride ions. This equation is traditionally solved by Finite Element Method (FEM) and Finite Difference Method (FDM). Although these methods are robust and efficient, they may face some numer...

background: the aim of this study was to compare the skeletal and dental changes of a toothborne (hyrax) and a bone-borne (smile distractor) expansion devices using three-dimensional model of a human skull. materials and methods: a finite element model of human skull was generated using data from 3-d ct scans of an 11-year-old female child. then a hyrax expander (tooth-borne appliance) and smil...