In recent years, the scientific research into photovoltaic (PV) technology has focused on the
failure modes in order to increase the PV reliability, durability and service lifetime. One of the …

This review paper aims at reporting some of the notable works carried out concerning the
use of nanoparticles (NPs) as a means of improving the resistance of fiber-reinforced …

The analysis of fracture phenomena of thin-walled structures has been a matter of intensive
research in the last decades. These phenomena notably restrict the applicability of slender …

A thermo-mechanical strength based cohesive zone model is proposed to simulate the
behaviour of an imperfect interface. In this model, the load transfer behaviour is described by …

This work presents a novel computational framework to simulate fracture events in brittle
anisotropic polycrystalline materials at the microscopical level, with application to solar …

Decohesion undergoing large displacements takes place in a wide range of applications. In
these problems, interface element formulations for large displacements should be used to …

A grain scale framework for thermo-elastic analysis and computational homogenization of
polycrystalline materials is proposed. The morphology of crystal aggregates is represented …

The present work establishes a reliable model to describe the influence due to the interfacial
transition zone (ITZ) between cement paste and aggregates on the mechanical, thermal and …

In this work, a thermodynamically consistent framework for coupled thermo-mechanical
simulations for thin-walled structures with the presence of cohesive interfaces is proposed …

A solid shell-based adaptive atomistic–continuum numerical method is herein proposed to
simulate complex crack growth patterns in thin-walled structures. A hybrid solid shell …