The purpose of this paper is to propose a more suitable methodology of impeller vanes modelling in axisymmetric 2D models which improves the results but does not increase the computational complexity of the task. For this purpose, two different approaches have been tested which...

In this paper, the cracked thick-walled functionally graded cylinder has been analyzed using the finite element method. The internally pressurized cylinder contains fully longitudinal cracks. The analyses have been done with two, four, six and eight longitudinal cracks at the inner surface&#...

The paper deals with the modelling of turbine blade vibrations by means of a novel 1D finite element that has only 16 degrees of freedom. Assuming linear elastic behaviour of the blade material and considering small displacements and strains, the derived blade &#...

All constitutive models proposed during the last decades for large strain composites with hyperelastic matrix use an intrinsic assumption of affine deformation between the matrix and reinforcing fibres. While for typical technical composites the affinity of deformation between fibres and matrix&#...

This research investigates numerically the potential failure of different framed structures after removal of a corner column. This study is directed towards the role of the joint above the removed column in terms of framed structures stability and internal forces redistribution utilizing...