Abstract: Very recently, an innovative mesh-free method, the so-called line element-less method (LEM), has been proposed to determine the response of plates under uniformly distributed edge moments. However, the previous formulations ...

Abstract: Complex mechanical (e.g., multibody) systems with different types of constraints are generally performed through analytical dynamics methods. In some cases, however, it is possible that the (augmented) mass and/or ...

Abstract: In this paper, an innovative procedure is introduced for the identification of the mechanical properties of orthotropic membranes based on load-displacement data. To this end, novel functional forms of the displacement ...