The integrations needed to determine beam deflections require the enforcement of the appropriate displacement and rotation boundary conditions (BCs). It is important that we be able to recognize these ...

The linear complementarity approach has been utilized as a systematic and unified numerical process for determining the response of a rigid-plastic structure subjected to impulsive loading. However, ...

Laser powder bed fusion (LBPF), a 3D printing technique commonly used to make metal parts, creates large thermal gradients between areas hit by the laser and areas not being struck. This creates pools ...

In this study, a novel hybrid metaheuristic algorithm, termed (BES–GO), is proposed for solving benchmark structural design optimization problems, including welded beam design, three-bar truss system ...