• A methodology to generate design allowables of composite laminates using machine learning 

      Furtado, Carolina; Pereira, L.F.; Tavares, Rodrigo Paiva; Salgado, Henrique M.; Otero Gruer, Fermín Enrique; Catalanotti, Guiuseppe; Arteiro, Albertino; Bessa, Miguel A.; Camanho, Pedro P. (2021-12)
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      This work represents the first step towards the application of machine learning techniques in the prediction of statistical design allowables of composite laminates. Building on data generated analytically, four machine ...
    • Application of configurational mechanics to crack propagation 

      Crusat Codina, Laura; Carol, Ignacio (International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2017)
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      Crack initiation and propagation is an essential aspect in the mechanical behavior of a large variety of materials and structures in all fields of Engineering and, in particular, the prediction of crack trajectories is one ...
    • Ensayos experimentales y numéricos de rotura en piezas de hormigón. Hacia el Laboratorio Virtual 

      Zárate Araiza, José Francisco; Gomez, Adrian; Oñate Ibáñez de Navarra, Eugenio (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. CIMNE, 2019)
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      Este trabajo describe una metodología de cálculo para evaluar la rotura de piezas y estructuras de hormigón y su aplicación a cuatro ensayos típicos en laboratorios de resistencia de materiales. Los resultados de los ensayos ...
    • Influence of cracking in the desiccation process of clay soils 

      Levatti, Hector Ulises; Prat Catalán, Pere; Ledesma Villalba, Alberto (2009)
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      It is well known that clayey soils undergoing desiccation tend to shrink and eventually crack. Analysis of the behaviour and influence of cracks in these types of soils is very important in several engineering fields such ...