Continuum Mechanics and Structural Analysis

A comparative study of the dynamic fragmentation of non-linear elastic and elasto-plastic rings: The roles of stored elastic energy and plastic dissipation

A comparative study of the dynamic fragmentation of non-linear elastic and elasto-plastic rings: the roles of stored elastic energy and plastic dissipation

A constitutive equation for ceramic materials used in lightweight armors

A constitutive model for analyzing martensite formation in austenitic steels deforming at high strain rates

A continuum mechanics constitutive framework for transverse isotropic soft tissues

A continuum membrane model for small deformations of a spider orb-web

A dislocation-based constitutive description for modeling the behavior of FCC metals within wide ranges of strain rate and temperature

A hyperelastic-thermoviscoplastic constitutive model for semi-crystalline polymers: application to PEEK under dynamic loading conditions

A modified Gurson model to account for the influence of the Lode parameter at high triaxialities

A new 2D discrete model applied to dynamic crack propagation in brittle materials

A new approach for time-space wear modeling applied to machining tool wear

A new constitutive model for polymeric matrices: Application to biomedical materials.

A new device for determining the compression after impact strength in thin laminates

A new efficient procedure to solve the nonlinear dynamics of a cracked rotor

A one-dimensional model to describe flow localization in viscoplastic slender bars subjected to super critical impact velocities

A particular implementation of the modified secant homogenization method for particle reinforced metal matrix composites

A review on recent advances in numerical modelling of bone cutting

A theoretical analysis of the free axial vibration of non-local rods with fractional continuum mechanics

A three-pronged approach to predict the effect of plastic orthotropy on the formability of thin sheets subjected to dynamic biaxial stretching

An Analysis of Gurson Model with Parameters Dependent on Triaxiality Based on Unitary Cells

An Efficient Implementation of Boundary Conditions in an Ale Model for Orthogonal Cutting

An analysis of microstructural and thermal softening effects in dynamic necking

An analytical model for predicting the stiffness and strength of pinned-joints composite laminates

An analytical model for the secondary bending prediction in single-lap composite bolted-joints

Analysis of Ice Impact Process at High Velocity

Analysis of Thermo-Visco-Plastic Behaviour of Six High Strength Steels

Analysis of damage and interlaminar stresses in laminate plates with interacting holes

Analysis of damage localization in composite laminates using a discrete damage model

Analysis of high velocity impacts of steel cylinders on thin carbon/epoxy woven laminates

Analysis of impact energy absorption by lightweight aramid structures

Analysis of low-velocity impact on flax/PLA composites using a strain rate sensitive model

Analysis of orthogonal cutting of biocomposites

Analysis of strain rate sensitivity of carbon/epoxy woven composites

Analysis of the impact location on damage tolerance of bonded-repaired composite laminates

Analytical Modelling of High Velocity Impacts of Cylindrical Projectiles on Carbon/Epoxy Laminates

Analytical models for the perforation of thick and thin thickness woven laminates subjected to high-velocity impact

Analytical solution for plane stress/strain deformation of laminates with matrix cracks

Analytical study of the low-velocity impact response of composite sandwich beams

Aplicación de un modelo de fisuración cohesiva al estudio de la estabilidad de fisuras en presas de hormigón frente a la acción de presiones internas

Approaching steady cavitation: The time scale in hypervelocity cavity expansion in work hardening and transformation hardening solids

Artificial bird strike on Hopkinson tube device: experimental and numerical analysis

Axisymmetric free vibration of closed thin spherical nano-shell

Axisymmetric free vibration of closed thin spherical nanoshells with bending effects

Ballistic performance of aramid composite combat helmet for protection against small projectiles

Band structure analysis of a thin plate with periodic arrangements of slender beams

Behaviour of sandwich structures and spaced plates subjected to high-velocity impacts

Behaviour of uniaxially preloaded aluminium plates subjected to high-velocity impact

Bending of Euler-Bernoulli beams using Eringen's integral formulation: A paradox resolved

Biomechanical and Histological Analysis of Titanium (Machined and Treated Surface) Versus Zirconia Implant Materials: An In Vivo Animal Study

Blast wave dynamics: The influence of the shape of the explosive

Buckling and postbuckling of dielectric composite beam reinforced with Graphene Platelets (GPLs)

Collective behaviour and spacing of necks in ductile plates subjected to dynamic biaxial loading

Complete mechanical characterization of an external hexagonal implant connection: in vitro study, 3D FEM, and probabilistic fatigue

Compression after impact of flax/PLA biodegradable composites

Compressive Residual Strength at Low Temperatures of Composite Laminates Subjected to Low-Velocity Impacts

Compressive Viscoplastic Response of 6082-T6 and 7075-T6 Aluminium Alloys Under Wide Range of Strain Rate at Room Temperature: Experiments and Modelling

Compressive deformation and energy-absorption capability of aluminium honeycomb core

Computational analysis of temperature effect in composite bolted joints for aeronautical applications

Consistent Integration of the Constitutive Equations of Gurson Materials Under Adiabatic Conditions

Constitutive Relation for Steels Approximating Quasi-Static and Intermediate Strain Rates at Large Deformations

Constitutive model to predict the viscoplastic behaviour of natural fibres based composites

Constitutive sensitivity of the oscillatory behaviour of hyperelastic cylindrical shells

Corrigendum to "Constitutive sensitivity of the oscillatory behaviour of hyperelastic cylindrical shells" [J. Sound Vib. 358 (2015) pp.199-216]

Crack identification in elastically restrained vibrating rods

Crack identification in non-uniform rods by two frequency data

Crack propagation in TRIP assisted steels modeled by crystal plasticity and cohesive zone method

Crack-Front Propagation During Three-Point-Bending Tests of Polymethyl-Methacrylate Beams

Damage evolution in open-hole laminated composite plates subjected to in-plane loads

Damage in preloaded glass/vinylester composite panels subjected to high-velocity impacts

Delamination prediction in orthogonal machining of carbon long fiber-reinforced polymer composites

Determination of the Constitutive Relation Parameters of a Metallic Material by Measurement of Temperature Increment in Compressive Dynamic Tests

Development of numerical model for ballistic resistance evaluation of combat helmet and experimental validation

Dynamic Analysis of Bending-Torsion Coupled Composite Beams Using the Flexibility Influence Function Method

Dynamic crushing behaviour of agglomerated cork

Dynamic cylindrical cavity expansion in orthotropic porous ductile materials

Dynamic necking in materials with strain induced martensitic transformation

Dynamic recrystallization and adiabatic shear localization

Dynamic shear instabilities in metallic sheets subjected to shear-compression loading

Dynamic spherical cavity expansion in Gurson materials with uniform and non-uniform distributions of porosity

Dynamic tensile necking: influence of specimen geometry and boundary conditions

Dynamics of necking and fracture in ductile porous materials

Effect of Plastic Deformation and Boundary Conditions Combined with Elastic Wave Propagation on the Collapse Site of a Crash Box

Effect of the geometry in the strength of single-lap adhesive joints of composite laminates under uniaxial tensile load

Effects of plastic anisotropy on localization in orthotropic materials: new explicit expressions for the orientation of localization bands in flat specimens subjected to uniaxial tension

Elastic constants and isotropy considerations for particulate metal-matrix composites. A multi-particle cell-based approach

Engineering Graduate Studies for Public Security Professionals: the Bachelor Thesis at the End of the Studies

Estudio experimental de mecanismos de fallo en placas de acero sometidas a impacto de proyectiles cilíndricos, cónicos y hemisféricos

Evaluation of Fatigue Behavior in Dental Implants from In Vitro Clinical Tests: A Systematic Review

Evaluation of the effect of the strain rate on the compressive response of a closed-cell aluminium foam using the split Hopkinson pressure bar test

Exact Eigensolutions for a Family of Nonuniform Rods With End Point Masses

Experimental Analysis of Fluid-Filled Aluminium Tubes Subjected to High-Velocity Impact

Experimental Analysis of Perforation of Glass/Polyester Structures Subjected to High-Velocity Impact

Experimental Characterisation and Modelling of the Thermo-Viscoplastic Behaviour of Steel AISI 304 within Wide Ranges of Strain Rate at Room Temperature

Experimental Study on the Perforation Process of 5754-H111 and 6082-T6 Aluminium Plates Subjected to Normal Impact by Conical, Hemispherical and Blunt Projectiles

Experimental Survey on the Behaviour of AISI 304 Steel Sheets Subjected to Perforation

Experimental analysis for stabbing resistance of different aramid composite architectures

Experimental analysis of an attenuation method for Hydrodynamic Ram effects

Experimental analysis of drilling induced damage in biocomposites

Experimental analysis of high velocity impacts of composite fragments

Experimental analysis of ice sphere impacts on unidirectional carbon/epoxy laminates.

Experimental analysis of normal and oblique high velocity impacts on carbon/epoxy tape laminates

Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Conical Projectile Impact on Inconel 718 Plates

Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Normal and Oblique Ballistic Impacts on Thin Carbon/Epoxy Woven Laminates

Experimental and Numerical Study on the Perforation Process of Mild Steel Sheets Subjected to Perpendicular Impact by Hemispherical Projectiles

Experimental and numerical analysis of step drill bit performance when drilling woven CFRPs

Experimental and numerical analysis of the influence of drill point angle when drilling biocomposites

Experimental and numerical analysis of the martensitic transformation in AISI 304 steel sheets subjected to perforation by conical and hemispherical projectiles

Experimental response of agglomerated cork under multi-impact loads

Experimental study of CFRP fluid-filled tubes subjected to high-velocity impact

Experimental study of agglomerated-cork-cored structures subjected to ballistic impacts

Experimental study of the impactor mass effect on the low velocity impact of carbon/epoxy woven laminates

Experimental study on the martensitic transformation in AISI 304 steel sheets subjected to tension under wide ranges of strain rate at room temperature

Extension of R-K Constitutive Relation to Phase Transformation Phenomena

FE analysis on the formation of plastic instabilities in dynamically expanded copper rings

FEM Analysis of Dynamic Flexural Behaviour of Composite Sandwich Beams with Foam Core

Failure behavior of 2024-T3 aluminum under tension-torsion conditions

Failure behaviour of 2024-T3 Aluminium under tension-torsion conditions

Finite element analysis comparing WaveOne, WaveOne Gold, Reciproc and Reciproc Blue responses with bending and torsion tests

Finite element analysis of AISI 304 steel sheets subjected to dynamic tension: the effects of martensitic transformation and plastic strain development on flow localization

First-Order Solutions for the Buckling Loads of Euler-Bernoulli Weakened Columns

Free Transverse Vibrations of Cracked Nanobeams using a Nonlocal Elasticity Model

Generalized continuum model for the analysis of nonlinear vibrations of taut strings with microstructure

High impact velocity on multi-layered composite of polyether ether ketone and aluminium

High velocity impact behaviour of hybrid basalt-carbon/epoxy composites

Homogenized Gurson-type behavior equations for strain rate sensitive materials

Identification of an open crack in a beam with variable profile by two resonant frequencies

Identification of general added mass distribution in nanorods from two-spectra finite data

Identification of the critical wavelength responsible for the fragmentation of ductile rings expanding at very high strain rates

Identification of two cracks in a rod by minimal resonant and antiresonant frequency data

Identification of two cracks with different severity in beams and rods from minimal frequency data

Impact Behaviour of Preloaded Glass/Polyester Woven Plates

Impact Load Behaviour of Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM) Hemp Fibre Composite Laminates

Implant Treatment in Atrophic Maxilla by Titanium Hybrid-Plates: A Finite Element Study to Evaluate the Biomechanical Behavior of Plates

Improvement of Chatter Stability in Boring Operations with Passive Vibration Absorbers

Inclusion of prevention scenarios in LCA of construction waste management

Influence of t33 stress on the 3-D stress state around corner cracks in an elastic plate

Influence of Conical Projectile Diameter on Perpendicular Impact of Thin Steel Plate

Influence of areal density on the energy absorbed by thin composite plates subjected to high-velocity impacts

Influence of ply cluster thickness and location on matrix cracking evolution in open-hole composite laminates

Influence of ply orientation on free-edge effects in laminates subjected to in-plane loads

Influence of shear plugging in the energy absorbed by thin carbon-fibre laminates subjected to high-velocity impacts

Influence of strain rate sensitivity on localization and void coalescence

Influence of stress state on the mechanical impact and deformation behaviors of aluminum alloys

Influence of the cohesive law shape on the composite adhesively-bonded patch repair behaviour

Influence of tool geometry and numerical parameters when modeling orthogonal cutting of LFRP composites

Influence of unobservable overstress in a rate-independent inelastic loading curve on dynamic necking of a bar

Innovative acrylic thermoplastic composites versus conventional composites: Improving the impact performances

Investigation of mechanical impact behavior of short carbon-fiber-reinforced PEEK composites

Low temperature effect on impact energy absorption capability of PEEK composites

Machining FEM Model of Long Fiber Composites for Aeronautical Component

Manufacture of compression moulded PLA based biocomposites: A parametric study

Matrix cracking evolution in open-hole laminates subjected to thermo-mechanical loads

Measurement of Temperature Increment in Compressive Quasi-Static and Dynamic Tests Using the Infrared Thermography

Mecanismos de fallo en placas de acero sometidas a impacto de proyectiles cilíndricos, cónicos y hemisféricos

Mechanical impact behavior of polyether-ether-ketone (PEEK)

Model updating of uncertain parameters of carbon/epoxy composite plates from experimental modal data

Modeling deformation and failure of elastomers at high strain rates

Modeling dynamic spherical cavity expansion in elasto-viscoplastic media

Modelling impact behaviour of all-cellulose composite plates

Modelling of Composite Sandwich Structures with Honeycomb Core Subjected to High-Velocity Impact

Modelling of Thermo-viscoplastic Behavior of DH36 and Weldox 460 E Structural Steels at Wide Ranges of Strain rates and Temperatures, Comparison of Constitutive Relations for Impact Problems

Modelling thermal effects in machining of carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites

Morphological study of damage evolution in woven-laminates subjected to high-velocity impact

Multi-impact mechanical behaviour of short fibre reinforced composites

Multiple necking pattern in nonlinear elastic bars subjected to dynamic stretching: the role of defects and inertia

Multiple necking patterns in elasto-plastic rings subjected to rapid radial expansion: the effect of random distributions of geometric imperfections

Necking evolution in dynamically stretched bars: new experimental and computational insights

Non-uniform distributions of initial porosity in metallic materials affect the growth rate of necking instabilities in flat tensile samples subjected to dynamic loading

Nondimensional analysis of ballistic impact on thin woven laminate plates

Nonlinear axisymmetric vibrations of a hyperelastic orthotropic cylinder

Nonlinear continuum models for the dynamic behavior of 1D microstructured solids

Nonlinear finite element analysis of functionally graded circular plates with modified couple stress theory

Nonlinear free vibration of graphene platelets (GPLs)/polymer dielectric beam

Nonlinear orthotropic model of the inhomogeneous assembly compression of PEM fuel cell gas diffusion layers

Nonlinear resonances of an idealized saccular aneurysm

Nonlinear static and dynamic responses of graphene platelets reinforced composite beam with dielectric permittivity

Numerical Analysis of the Hydrodynamic Ram Phenomenon in Aircraft Fuel Tanks

Numerical Modelling of the Hydrodynamic Ram Phenomenon

Numerical Simulations of Impact Behaviour of Thin Steel Plates Subjected to Cylindrical, Conical and Hemispherical Non-Deformable Projectiles

Numerical analysis for design of bioinspired ceramic modular armors for ballistic protections

Numerical analysis of CFRP fluid-filled tubes subjected to high-velocity impact

Numerical analysis of high velocity impacts on unidirectional laminates

Numerical analysis of interlaminar stresses in open-hole laminates under compressionNumerical analysis of interlaminar stresses in open-hole laminates under compression

Numerical analysis of surface cracks repaired with single and double patches of composites

Numerical analysis of the ballistic behaviour of Kevlar (R) composite under impact of double-nosed stepped cylindrical projectiles

Numerical analysis of the dynamic frequency responses of damaged micro-lattice core sandwich plates

Numerical analysis of the influence of tool wear and special cutting geometry when drilling woven CFRPs

Numerical methodology to analyze the ice impact threat: Application to composite structures

Numerical model of solar external receiver tubes: Influence of mechanical boundary conditions and temperature variation in thermoelastic stresses

Numerical modeling of ice behavior under high velocity impacts

Numerical modeling of post-processing of composite materials

Numerical modelling of foam-cored sandwich plates under high-velocity impact

Numerical modelling of partially filled aircraft fuel tanks submitted to Hydrodynamic Ram

Numerical modelling of the low-velocity impact response of composite sandwich beams with honeycomb core

Numerical prediction of delamination in CFRP drilling

Numerical study of composite fragment impacts onto rigid target

On the Jx1-Integral and the Out-of-Plane Constraint in a 3D Elastic Cracked Plate Loaded in Tension

On the Path and Area Jx1-Integral Components and their Relationship to the Out-of-Plane Constraint in Elastic Cracked Plates

On the Taylor-Quinney coefficient in dynamically phase transforming materials. Application to 304 stainless steel

On the bulk modulus and natural frequency of fullerene and nanotube carbon structures obtained with a beam based method

On the characterization and modelling of high-performance para-aramid fabrics

On the complete extinction of selected imperfection wavelengths in dynamically expanded ductile rings

On the consistency of the nonlocal strain gradient elasticity

On the influence of filling level in CFRP aircraft fuel tank subjected to high velocity impacts

On the interplay between material flaws and dynamic necking

On the interplay between strain rate and strain rate sensitivity on flow localization in the dynamic expansion of ductile rings

On the mechanical behaviour of PEEK and HA cranial implants under impact loading

On the prediction of bolted single-lap composite joints

On the relation between shape imperfections of a specimen and necking growth rate under dynamic conditions

On the use of variable-separation method for the analysis of vibration problems with time-dependent boundary conditions

One-dimensional dispersion phenomena in terms of fractional media

Optimization of passive vibration absorbers to reduce chatter in boring

Oscillatory behaviour of compressible hyperelastic shells subjected to dynamic inflation: a numerical study

Out-of-plane failure mechanisms in LFRP composite cutting

Perforation mechanics of 2024 aluminium protective plates subjected to impact by different nose shapes of projectiles

Photo-Thermo-Mechanical Behaviour Under Quasi-Static Tensile Conditions of a PMMA-Core Optical Fibre

Photo-thermo-mechanical behavior under quasi-static tensile conditions of a PMMA-core optical fibre

Point mass identification in rectangular plates from minimal natural frequency data

Polypropylene/Hemp Fabric Reinforced Composites: Manufacturing and Mechanical Behaviour

Prediction of the Behaviour of CFRPs against High-Velocity Impact of Solids Employing an Artificial Neural Network Methodology

Propagation of solitons in a two-dimensional nonlinear square lattice

Random distributions of initial porosity trigger regular necking patterns at high strain rates

Recovering added mass in nanoresonator sensors from finite axial eigenfrequency data

Relation between Strain Hardening of Steel and Critical Impact Velocity in Tension

Relationship between Mesostructure, Mechanical Behaviour and Damage of Cement Composites Under High-Pressure Confinement

Relationship between Static Bending and Compressive Behaviour of Particle-Reinforced Cement Composites

Reproducing the nonlinear dynamic behavior of a structured beam with a generalized continuum model

Residual Flexural Strength After Low-Velocity Impact in Glass/Polyester Composite Beams

Residual Stresses in Orthogonal Cutting of Metals: The Effect of Thermomechanical Coupling Parameters and of Friction

Resonator-based detection in nanorods

Role of Porosity in Controlling the Mechanical and Impact Behaviours of Cement-Based Materials

Simplified Longitudinal Seismic Response of Tunnels Linings Subjected to Surface Waves

Sobre la tensión T y su relación con el análisis de la pérdida de constricción

Some Remarks on the Effects of Inertia and Viscous Dissipation in the Onset of Cavitation in Rubber.

Some applications of Burzynski yield condition in metal plasticity

Spherical void expansion in rubber-like materials: The stabilizing effects of viscosity and inertia

Stiffness control in adaptive thin-walled laminate composite beams

Strain rate effect on the mechanical behavior of polyamide composites under compression loading

Temperature Increment during Quasi-Static Compression Tests using Mg Metallic Alloys

Temperature Measurements on ES Steel Sheets Subjected to Perforation by Hemispherical Projectiles

Temperature and strain rate dependences on hardening and softening behaviours in semi-crystalline polymers: Application to PEEK

Temperature increase associated with plastic deformation under dynamic compression: application to aluminium alloy al 6082

The Potential of Agglomerated Cork for Sandwich Structures: A Systematic Investigation of Physical, Thermal, and Mechanical Properties

The anisotropic criterion of von Mises (1928) as a yield condition for PMMCs. A calibration procedure based on numerical cell-analysis

The combined effect of plastic orthotropy and tension-compression asymmetry on the development of necking instabilities in flat tensile specimens subjected to dynamic loading

The critical neck spacing in ductile plates subjected to dynamic biaxial loading: on the interplay between loading path and inertia effects

The deterministic nature of the fracture location in the dynamic tensile testing of steel sheets

The effect of radial inertia on flow localization in ductile rods subjected to dynamic extension

The effect of tension-compression asymmetry on the formation of dynamic necking instabilities under plane strain stretching

The effect on bone stress in oral prosthetic rehabilitation supported by different number of dental implants : a numerical analysis

The full nonlinear crack detection problem in uniform vibrating rods

The influence of anisotropy in numerical modeling of orthogonal cutting of cortical bone

The influence of laminate stacking sequence on ballistic limit using a combined Experimental/FEM/Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) methodology

The oblique impact response of composite sandwich plates

The role of constitutive relation in the stability of hyper-elastic spherical membranes subjected to dynamic inflation

The secondary frame in spider orb webs: the detail that makes the difference

Theoretical estimation of thermal effects in drilling of woven carbon fiber composite

Thermo-Mechanical Behaviour of TRIP 1000 Steel Sheets Subjected to Low Velocity Perforation by Conical Projectiles at Different Temperatures

Thermo-Viscoplastic Constitutive Relation for Aluminium Alloys, Modelling of Negative Strain Rate Sensitivity and Viscous Drag Effects

Thermo-mechanical load interactions in foam cored axi-symmetric sandwich circular plates - High-order and FE models

Thermo-viscoplastic behaviour of 2024-T3 aluminium sheets subjected to low velocity perforation at different temperatures

Three-Dimensional Effects on the Dynamic Fracture Determination of Al 7075-T651 Using TPB Specimens

Torsion of cracked nanorods using a nonlocal elasticity model

Transverse free vibration of resonant nanoplate mass sensors: Identification of an attached point mass

Tuning the instrument: sonic properties in the spider's web

Uncovering changes in spider orb-web topology owing to aerodynamic effects

Vibrations in Euler-Bernoulli beams treated with non-local damping patches

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