Abstract: The effect of the placement of shallow trenches of semi-circular or rectangular shape in the path of propagation of surface waves is studied. The ground is represented as a linear elastic halfplane, the vehicle as a point ...

Abstract: The exact stability matrix approach is used to study the internal force distribution effect on the elastic critical load and subsequently on the failure load of planar frameworks. In particular, three options are considered. ...

Abstract: The shape control of structural systems using the temporal finite element method (TFEM) is addressed in this work. In particular, the standard time marching TFEM is used to predict the displacements of each degree of freedom ...