Abstract In this study a numerical simulation is developed using finite element (FE) software Abaqus, to assess and simulate the structural behavior of reinforced concrete column - short corbel assembly strengthened by bonding composite materials The objective presented reproduce considered structure as displacements, strain, mode damages, cracks propagation, ultimate force, main reinforcements...

Abstract The grain structure and texture of additively manufactured materials depend strongly on the local temperature gradients during solidification material. These structures textures influence mechanical behavior, ranging from isotropy to transversal orthotropic symmetry. In present contribution, a cellular automaton is used model growth selective electron beam melting. resulting serve as i...

In this study, we sought to assess the cardiopulmonary functions in three pediatric heart transplant recipients, two of whom are with dilated cardiomyopathy, whereas one is with cyanotic heart disease, in early postoperative period. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing was performed using an incremental cycling at 1 mo after surgery. The results revealed that our study subjects had obvious impairme...

Mandibular condyle plays an important role in the growth and reconstruction of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). We aimed to obtain orthotropic elastic parameters of the condyle using a continuous-wave ultrasonic technique and to observe the effects of condylar elastic parameters on stress distribution of the TMJ using finite element analysis (FEA). Using the ultrasonic technique, all nine ela...

As strain localization is usually prognostics of localized failure in solids and structures, prediction its occurrence quantification adverse effects are both theoretical practical significance. Regarding plastic solids, onset was presumed to be coincident with bifurcation, the discontinuous bifurcation analysis adopted determine discontinuity orientation though it does not apply rigid-plastic ...

• Computational nonlinear homogenization of refractory masonry is performed. Effects joints closure/reopening on the mechanical behavior are considered. Computationally efficient homogenized elastic-viscoplastic model developed. Dry close and reopen due to cyclic loading unloading. The response orthotropic nonlinear. Refractory with dry widely used in steel-making industry for linings several h...

High-order finite-element (FE) analyses with inhomogeneous isotropic material properties have been shown to predict the strains and displacements on the surface of the proximal femur with high accuracy when compared with in vitro experiments. The same FE models with inhomogeneous orthotropic material properties produce results similar to those obtained with isotropic material properties. Herein...

Efficient and accurate simulation of the deformations in anisotropic metallic sheets requires a constitutive model and an accompanying algorithm at large strains which take into account the anisotropy of both the elastic and plastic material behaviors, as well as their evolution with plastic strains. Recently we proposed such a constitutive model based on continuum energy considerations, the Le...