Cheng Deng^1,2, Hui Zheng^2,*, Liangyong Gong¹, Rongping Zhang¹, Mengqi Wang³

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.142, No.2, pp. 2147-2172, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2025.059750 - 27 January 2025

Abstract Since the plasticity of soil and the irregular shape of the excavation, the efficiency and stability of the traditional local radial basis function (RBF) collocation method (LRBFCM) are inadequate for analyzing three-dimensional (3D) deformation of deep excavation. In this work, the technique known as the direct method, where the local influence nodes are collocated on a straight line, is introduced to optimize the LRBFCM. The direct method can improve the accuracy of the partial derivative, reduce the size effect caused by the large length-width ratio, and weaken the influence of the shape parameters on the More >

Francesco Tornabene^*, Matteo Viscoti, Rossana Dimitri

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.134, No.2, pp. 1393-1468, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.022237 - 31 August 2022

Abstract In the present manuscript, a Layer-Wise (LW) generalized model is proposed for the linear static analysis of doublycurved shells constrained with general boundary conditions under the influence of concentrated and surface loads. The unknown field variable is modelled employing polynomials of various orders, each of them defined within each layer of the structure. As a particular case of the LW model, an Equivalent Single Layer (ESL) formulation is derived too. Different approaches are outlined for the assessment of external forces, as well as for non-conventional constraints. The doubly-curved shell is composed by superimposed generally anisotropic… More >