Abstract: Two main contributions to evolutionary computation and their applications are reported in this paper: (1) a new evolutionary programming (EP) algorithm is proposed with several improved techniques added to the conventional ...

Abstract: In this paper, the damage in concrete around a reinforcement bar is examined, and three types of damage in concrete and at the concrete-rebar interface are defined. Based on these definitions, a three-dimensional damaged ...

Abstract: Due to the fact that certain brittle extensions of cracks in anisotropic materials are caused by the surpassing of the limit strain by the actual strain produced by the load, a strain criterion (