Strain localization is one of the most challenging phenomena in solid mechanics. It occurs when strains concentrate in very narrow bands within a solid, typically referred to as localization bands. This behaviour is related ...

The tailoring of new alloys often requires improvement in strength, for performance, and ductility to support mechanical processing until the final shape is achieved. Important advances have been obtained in the last decades ...

The work focuses on the connections of strain localization modeling of material failure and discrete fracture mechanics. It is an attempt to give an answer to the old question of whether the finite element solutions of ...

The enhancement of soil engineering properties with biopolymers has been shown recently as a viable and environmentally benign alternative to cement and chemical stabilization. Interest in biopolymer-treated soil is evident ...

We present a finite deformation generalization of the finite thickness embedded discontinuity formulation presented in our previous paper [A.E. Huespe, A. Needleman, J. Oliver, P.J. Sánchez, A finite thickness band method ...

This contribution presents the theoretical foundations of a Formulation (FOMF) for modeling heterogeneous softening-based materials undergoing strain localization phenomena. The multi-scale model considers two coupled ...

Modeling complex material failure with competing mechanisms is a difficult task that often leads to mathematical and numerical challenges. This work contributes to the study of localized failure mechanisms by means of phase ...

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.We present a computational tensile test which shows the evolution of the atomic structure of a Cu50Zr50 metallic glass nanowire at 300 K as the applied strain increases. The system ...

The diversity of 42 Xylella fastidiosa strains from Costa Rica, São Paulo, Brazil, and the United States were analyzed using the sequence of the 16S rRNA gene by variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) fragment analysis ...

The diversity of 42 Xylella fastidiosa strains from Costa Rica, São Paulo, Brazil, and the United States were analyzed using the sequence of the 16S rRNA gene by variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) fragment analysis ...