Rasa Kazakevičiũtè-Makovska¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.15, No.1, pp. 27-44, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2010.015.027

Abstract The phenomenon of stress softening observed in the cyclic inflation of spherical balloons or membranes is quantitatively and qualitatively examined. A new measure of the stress softening extent is proposed which correctly captures the main feature of this phenomenon. This measure of the stress softening is related to the relevant response functions in the constitutive models proposed in the literature to describe this effect. Using these relationships, the predictive capability of the theoretical models is examined. It is shown that only those theoretical models which admit a non-monotone character of the stress softening can properly More >

J. Sladek¹, V. Sladek¹, P. Stanak¹, Ch. Zhang²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.15, No.1, pp. 1-26, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2010.015.001

Abstract A meshless local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) method is applied to solve laminate plate problems described by the Reissner-Mindlin theory. Both stationary and transient dynamic loads are analyzed here. The bending moment and the shear force expressions are obtained by integration through the laminated plate for the considered constitutive equations in each lamina. The Reissner-Mindlin theory reduces the original three-dimensional (3-D) thick plate problem to a two-dimensional (2-D) problem. Nodal points are randomly distributed over the mean surface of the considered plate. Each node is the center of a circle surrounding this node. The weak-form on small More >

BIOCELL, Vol.33, Suppl.S, pp. 53-98, 2009

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BIOCELL, Vol.33, Suppl.S, pp. 1-52, 2009

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BIOCELL, Vol.33, Suppl.S, pp. 191-223, 2009

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BIOCELL, Vol.33, Suppl.S, pp. 127-189, 2009

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BIOCELL, Vol.33, Suppl.S, pp. 99-126, 2009

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BIOCELL, Vol.33, Suppl.S, pp. 271-296, 2009

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BIOCELL, Vol.33, Suppl.S, pp. 243-270, 2009

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BIOCELL, Vol.33, Suppl.S, pp. 225-241, 2009

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