Barbat Vlad, Gabriel (Date of defense: 2021-02-11)
The numerical modelling of fracture has been an active topic of research for over five decades. Most of the approaches employed rely on the use of the Finite Element Method, which has shown to be an ...
Moreira Filho, Carlos Augusto (Date of defense: 2022-07-21)
This thesis develops numerical methods to improve the accuracy and computational efficiency of the part-scale simulation of Additive Manufacturing (AM) (or 3D printing) metal processes. AM is characterized ...
Kim, Sungchul (Date of defense: 2021-07-21)
In this thesis, two main topics have been covered: the mechanics of strain localization in plasticity and the performance of several mixed finite elements subjected to plastic strain localization. Throughout ...