Purpose This paper aims to describe the theoretical background and main hypotheses at the
basis of SAFIR®, a nonlinear finite element software for modeling structures in fire. The …

Modelling hydrological processes with fully distributed models based on the shallow water
equations implies a high computational cost, which often limits the resolution of the …

With increasing construction feasibility, lower costs and proven performance throughout past
major seismic events, MSE retention systems have become one of the more preferred …

The main objective of this article is to present a new approach to model coupled thermo-
hydro-mechanical problems considering geomaterials with heterogeneous properties. This …

Approximately 70,000 Spanish off-stream reservoirs, many of them irrigation ponds, need to
be evaluated in terms of their potential hazard to comply with the new national Regulation of …

Among metal additive manufacturing technologies, powder-bed fusion features very thin
layers and rapid solidification rates, leading to long build jobs and a highly localized …

Calibrating physically based hydrological models manually is time-consuming and
challenging. Automatic calibration tools have become prevalent in these models; however …

This work presents the first method for generating triangular surface meshes in three
dimensions for the NURBS-enhanced finite element method. The generated meshes may …

The shear frame test is very often used in the context of plastics engineering to examine only
the fiber construction for its deformability. Here, it is common to assume a homogeneous …

This work presents a Fluid–Structure Interaction framework for the robust and efficient
simulation of strongly coupled problems involving arbitrary large displacements and …