Based on a new elastic clump model, a flexible membrane is proposed for the discrete element numerical simulations of triaxial tests. Conversional triaxial tests of sandstone under the confining ...

Due to the development of construction techniques and improvements in the quality of construction materials, structures have become higher, larger, and more complex with increased service life.

Professor of Mechanics, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. It's easy to construct finite-element models with errors. And it's just as easy to correct them, when you know how. The first step in a ...

Second-order shell elements: Meshing the thin band with secondorder-shell elements produces precise curvilinear geometry. There was a time when the task of building a model for finite-element analysis ...