A critical overview of past research on the interaction integral (I-integral) method is
presented. The I-integral is the two-state mutual energy release rate decided by a …

Recent advances in computational techniques have allowed the application of
computational tools to study heterogeneous functional materials (HeteroFoaMs) in the solid …

Crack-tip enrichment functions are determined for a crack terminating at a bi-material
interface. The stress and displacement components at the crack-tip are expressed …

Crack nucleation and growth in long Fibre Reinforced Composites (FRC) are investigated
using the extended finite element method (XFEM) and the cohesive zone model. This makes …

In this study, a 3D coupled FEM-DEM method was adopted to study the influence of thermal-
induced damage on the mechanical properties of fractured rock mass. In this method, the …

An experimental–numerical methodology for identification of mode I failure parameters,
namely the critical strain energy release rate (G Ic) and the strength (σ c) of unidirectional …

In this paper, the eXtended Element Free Galerkin method (XEFG) is used to model the
crack growth in elastic materials. The effect of thermo-mechanical loading on the crack …

The results of the development of procedures for forming membrane-electrode assemblies
(MEAs) of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) by co-sintering of electrodes and electrochemical …

The corrugated solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) can effectively improve energy density and
transformation efficiency compared with conventional planar SOFC, but its stability and …

An advanced numerical model based on the eXtended Finite Element Method (XFEM) is
developed and used to investigate the effect of heat transfer and fluid flow on crack …