Abstract: Most engineering material behaviors can be described by using nonassociated plasticity models, but their use leads to the formation of unsymmetric matrices that have, to date, been resolved by nonsymmetric solvers, the ...

Abstract: The procedures involved in the use of a typical finite-element model for the development of prediction charts for partially clamped, reinforced concrete slabs, under uniformly distributed loading, are demonstrated in this ...

Abstract: Previous test results of two-way fully restrained reinforced concrete slabs are used to optimize the model parameter values involved in a finite element program. The parameters whose sensitivities control the simulation ...

Abstract: Accurate prediction of the ultimate capacity of engineering structures by numerical models depends on their ability to account for the nonlinearities involved in the problem. The use of the finite-element method often ...