This paper describes the development of a new inverse analysis approach to derive fracture mode I parameters fibre reinforced concrete (FRC) by using experimental data obtained from three-point notched beam bending tests (3PNBBT) and round panel supported on three points (RPT-3PS). The is based global fitting strategy, in which numerical response simulated means analytical models, fitted result...

Traditional DEA models do not deal with imprecise data and assume that the data for all inputs and outputs are known exactly. Inverse DEA models can be used to estimate inputs for a DMU when some or all outputs and efficiency level of this DMU are increased or preserved. this paper studies the inverse DEA for fuzzy data. This paper proposes generalized inverse DEA in fuzzy data envelopment anal...

BACKGROUND Previous studies regarding the impact of cigarette smoking on the risk of hip fracture in postmenopausal women have been inconsistent, suggesting different effects in different groups. The effect of alcohol intake on fracture risk is puzzling: moderate alcohol intake appears to increase bone density, and its association with hip fracture is not clear. METHODS To assess the associat...

Understanding bone remodeling and mechanical property characteristics is important for assessing treatments to accelerate healing or in developing diagnostics to evaluate successful return to function. The murine system whereby mid-diaphaseal tibia fractures are imparted on the subject and fracture healing is assessed at different time points and under different therapeutic conditions is a part...

fractures are considered as one of the important structures in fractured reservoirs due to their effect on fluid currents and reservoirparameters such as porosity and permeability. fracture parameters can only be directly calculated with core and image logs. cores haveserious limitations, so image logs are the best method. the aim of this study is the systematic fractures analysis of the asmari...

in the present research, implementations of different computational geometry technologies in isogeometric analysis framework for computational fracture mechanics are investigated. nurbs and t-splines are two different computational geometry technologies which are studied in this work. among features of b-spline basis functions the possibility of enhancing a b-spline basis with discontinuities b...

Failure of adhesive bonded structures often occurs concurrent with the formation of a non-negligible fracture process zone in front of a macroscopic crack. For this reason, the analysis of damage and fracture is effectively carried out using the cohesive zone model (CZM). The crucial aspect of the CZM approach is the precise determination of the traction-separation relation. Yet it is usually d...