This paper presents an extension of the dual boundary element method to analysis of crack
growth in plates loaded in combine bending and tension. Five stress intensity factors, two for …

Growing applications of non-homogenous media in engineering structures require the
application of powerful computational tools. A novel hybrid Meshless Displacement …

This paper presents a new boundary element formulation for fracture mechanics analysis of
shear deformable shells. Hyper-singular boundary integral equations for shear deformable …

In this paper, new fundamental solutions for dynamic analysis of plane elastodynamics are
developed. The governing dynamic differential equations are rewritten by replacing the …

Geometrically nonlinear analysis of Reissner plates using the boundary element method is
presented in this paper. The nonlinear terms are treated as body forces and a coupled …

In this paper, a new dual boundary element formulation is presented for dynamic crack
problems in Mindlin plates. The displacement and traction boundary integral equations are …

Boundary-integral equations for large deformation of shear-deformable plates are
presented. Two different methods are used to calculate the derivatives of the nonlinear terms …

Boundary integral equations (BIEs) for stresses are widely used in elastic and inelastic
analyses, and those for tractions are essential in fracture mechanics problems. The …

Plates can be solved with the classical or the Reissner–Mindlin plate model using the same
computer code with an appropriate treatment of the direct boundary element formulation. A …

A dual boundary element method formulation for elastoplastic fracture mechanics of shear
deformable plate is reported in this work. The formulation can be viewed as an extension to …