Journal of Engineering Mechanics: Recent submissions
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A Tensor Decomposition–Based Reduced-Order BMC-ST Method for the Analysis of Saturated Porous Media Consolidation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractThis paper proposes a tensor decomposition–based reduced-order model of the space–time boundary mapped collocation (BMC-ST) method for analyzing the consolidation behavior of saturated porous media. One of the core ... -
Analysis of Elastic-Plastic Crack Initiation and Evolution at the Tip of an Unsaturated Inclined Open Crack under Ice–Gas–Ice Pressure
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractThe surfaces of mountain slopes in high-altitude and cold regions contain numerous microdefects and macrodefects. These exposed cracks on the rock mass surface provide favorable channels for the flow of water and ... -
Stochastic Analysis of Fractional Structural Systems Subjected to Fractional Ground Motions
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractIn this paper, the nonstationary stochastic response of fractional structural systems subjected to fractional excitations is examined. Fractional operators provide an effective mathematical construct to model energy ... -
Hybrid Analytical–Machine Learning Framework for SH-Wave Dispersion in Piezo-Flexoelectric Layered Structures with Imperfect Interfaces
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractThis study presents a hybrid analytical–machine learning (ML) framework for modeling shear-horizontal (SH) wave propagation in piezo-flexoelectric (PFE) layered structures with imperfect interfacial bonding. The ... -
Local Buckling Analysis of Thin- and Thick-Walled Circular Hollow Sections under Pure Bending Using a Third-Order Shear Deformation Finite Strip with a Drilling Degree of Freedom
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractThis study develops the semianalytical finite strip method (SAFSM) based on third-order shear deformation plate theory (TSDT), incorporating a sixth degree of freedom derived from continuum mechanics’ true rotation. ... -
Integrating Bi-Bi-LSTM-Based Virtual Sensing and VAE for Sensor-Efficient Unsupervised Structural Damage Detection
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractA key component to determining bridge conditions and functionality is implementing structural health monitoring (SHM) systems that analyze structural behavior under variable loading conditions. Effective data-driven ... -
Mechanism and Parametric Study of Double-Layer Multibar Tensegrity Structures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractThis study investigates the construction mechanism of double-layer multibar tensegrity structures through comprehensive analytical and computational approaches. By developing a systematic splicing strategy for basic ... -
Dispersion Characteristics of Shear Horizontal Waves in a Porous Magnetoelastic Multilayered Structure
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractThe paper presents an analytic scheme to investigate the transference of the shear horizontal wave (SH-wave) in an n-layered porous magnetoelastic layered structure with initial stress. The poroelastic medium’s ... -
Surface Elasticity and Residual Stress Effects on the Dynamic Stability of Axially Excited Nanobeams Using Floquet–Lyapunov Theory
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractThis work presents a unified, size-aware study of the dynamic stability of submicrometer beams embedded in an elastic medium and subjected to combined static and harmonic axial loading. Timoshenko and Euler–Bernoulli ... -
Unified Identification of Viscous Instability in Both Solid and Liquid Clays
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractWater-saturated clays are vulnerable to unstable creep if subjected to a relatively high shear stress, a phenomenon known as creep rupture for solid geomaterials and viscosity bifurcation for clay suspensions. By ... -
Void Detection in a 3D Semi-Infinite Solid Using Elastic Waves and a Proximity Function to Address Class Imbalance in CNN-Powered Grid-Wise Classification
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractThis study presents a deep learning framework, based on wave responses and a three-dimensional convolutional neural network (3D-CNN), for detecting subsurface cavities in a 3D homogeneous semi-infinite domain. In ... -
Damage Mechanics–Based Numerical Analysis of the Impact Fatigue Behavior of Helical Layered Steel Cables
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractThe long-term structural integrity of steel cables is significantly compromised by cumulative damage and potential low-cycle fatigue failure caused by repeated impacts, but the complex dynamics of their helical ... -
Probabilistic Analysis of Crack Spacing in Asphalt Pavements under Thermal Loading
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractThis paper presents a stochastic model for the prediction of tensile cracking behavior of asphalt pavements under thermal loading. The spatial variability in the stiffnesses of the asphalt material and base course ... -
Fractal Stick-Slip Processes and Acoustic Emission Spectra for Analysis of Mode I Fracture in Fibrous Cementitious Composites
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractThis study presents fast Fourier transform (FFT) based spectral analysis of acoustic emission (AE) waveforms to assess damage and fractal stick-slip processes in fiber reinforced composites. Mode I fracture experiments ... -
Using TPMS Scaffold Architectures to Modulate Bone Formation and Degradation: A Finite-Element Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractScaffold architecture plays a pivotal role in regulating both bone regeneration and the degradation behavior of polymer-based implants. Triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) structures, in particular, offer ... -
Experimental and Machine Learning Models for Stress Amplitude Prediction in Damaged GFRP Composite Pipe
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractIn this paper, a comprehensive modal analysis is conducted, utilizing experimental and numerical approaches to investigate and predict the influence of the damage size on structural behavior. A finite element (FE) ... -
Knowledge-Enhanced Autoencoder with Koopman Theory for Dimension Reduction and its Application to Wind Pressure
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractThe strongly nonlinear nature of Navier–Stokes equations governing bluff-body aerodynamics suggests that a significant amount of aerodynamic data is needed to accurately characterize the wind effects on civil ... -
Analysis of Damage Mechanisms and Evolution in Recycled Aggregate Concrete Considering the Effects of Water–Cement Ratio and Pore Water
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractTo study the effect of water–cement (w/c) ratio and pore water on the mesomechanical properties of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC), a computational model of RAC that takes into account various w/c ratios (0.3, ... -
Three-Dimensional Variationally Consistent Higher-Order Beam via Polynomially Augmented Radial Basis Functions: Theory and Computational Formulation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractThis paper introduces a higher-order beam theory that enriches Navier’s kinematic hypothesis with polynomially augmented (PA) radial basis functions (RBFs). The RBFs are interpolants that have strong stability ... -
Mixture Density Nonlinear Manifold Decoder for Emulating Stochastic Simulators and One-Shot Uncertainty Propagation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2026)AbstractWe propose a neural operator framework, termed mixture density nonlinear manifold decoder (MD-NOMAD), for emulating the conditional response distribution of stochastic simulators. Our framework leverages an ...