Experimental and numerical studies on AFRP-reinforced thin-walled tubes under axial impact loading

A Djerrad, F Fan, X Zhi, Q Wu - International Journal of Impact Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
With the increase in global threats to infrastructure, from unforeseen events particularly in
steel structures, there is a growing urgency to strengthen the impact resistance of steel …

[HTML][HTML] NURBS-enhanced finite element method (NEFEM) on quadrilateral meshes

M Montanari, GM Santi, R Sevilla, L Alfredo… - Finite Elements in …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper formulates quadrilateral elements for the NURBS-enhanced finite element
method (NEFEM). The objective is to extend the application of NEFEM to problems where …