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Microstructural heterogeneity affects the macro-scale behavior of materials. Conversely, load distribution at the macro-scale changes the microstructural response. These up-scaling and down-scaling relations are often modeled using…

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In computational engineering, ensuring the integrity and safety of structures in fields such as aerospace and civil engineering relies on accurate stress prediction. However, analytical methods are limited to simple test cases, and…

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The aim of this study was to check how efficient can be smoothed finite element method (FEM) for solution of the linear fracture mechanics problems. Accuracy of stress intensity factor (SIF) computation were investigated using three types…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2019-03-28 I. V. Rokach

This paper presents a technique for stress and fracture analysis by using the scaled boundary finite element method (SBFEM) with quadtree mesh of high-order elements. The cells of the quadtree mesh are modelled as scaled boundary polygons…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-19 Hou Man , Chongmin Song , Sundararajan Natarajan , Ean Tat Ooi , Carolin Birk

We explore the application of computer vision and machine learning (ML) techniques to predict material properties (e.g. compressive strength) based on SEM images. We show that it's possible to train ML models to predict materials…

Predicting stress fields in hyperelastic materials with complex microstructures remains challenging for traditional deep learning surrogates, which struggle to capture both sharp stress concentrations and the wide dynamic range of stress…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-03-20 Purna Vindhya Kota , Meer Mehran Rashid , Somdatta Goswami , Lori Graham-Brady

The Finite Element Method (FEM) is a widely used technique for simulating crash scenarios with high accuracy and reliability. To reduce the significant computational costs associated with FEM, the Finite Element Method Integrated Networks…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-09-27 Simon Thel , Lars Greve , Maximilian Karl , Patrick van der Smagt

We present a methodology combining neural networks with physical principle constraints in the form of partial differential equations (PDEs). The approach allows to train neural networks while respecting the PDEs as a strong constraint in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-06 Sebastian K. Mitusch , Simon W. Funke , Miroslav Kuchta

We present a machine-learning strategy for finite element analysis of solid mechanics wherein we replace complex portions of a computational domain with a data-driven surrogate. In the proposed strategy, we decompose a computational domain…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-24 Eric Parish , Payton Lindsay , Timothy Shelton , John Mersch

Real-time simulation of elastic structures is essential in many applications, from computer-guided surgical interventions to interactive design in mechanical engineering. The Finite Element Method is often used as the numerical method of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-09-21 Alban Odot , Ryadh Haferssas , Stéphane Cotin

Stress is known as one of the major factors threatening human health. A large number of studies have been performed in order to either assess or relieve stress by analyzing the brain and heart-related signals. In this study, signals…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-18 Mahya Mirbagheri , Ata Jodeiri , Naser Hakimi , Vahid Zakeri , Seyed Kamaledin Setarehdan

Complex mechanic systems simulation is important in many real-world applications. The de-facto numeric solver using Finite Element Method (FEM) suffers from computationally intensive overhead. Though with many progress on the reduction of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Jiasheng Shi , Fu Lin , Weixiong Rao

The introduction of Physics-informed Neural Networks (PINNs) has led to an increased interest in deep neural networks as universal approximators of PDEs in the solid mechanics community. Recently, the Deep Energy Method (DEM) has been…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-01-26 Jan N. Fuhg , Nikolaos Bouklas

The present work introduces a novel numerical approach for the process modeling of fiber-reinforced thermoset polymers at the micro-scale level, that can be used to predict curing-induced residual stresses. The cure kinetics is described…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-12-14 Manish H. Nagaraj , Marianna Maiaru

In this paper, we introduce the Phantom Domain Finite Element Method (PDFEM), a novel computational approach tailored for the efficient analysis of heterogeneous and composite materials. Inspired by fictitious domain methods, this method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-06 Tianlong He , Philippe Karamian-Surville , Daniel Choï

We propose a physics-informed machine learning framework called P-DivGNN to reconstruct local stress fields at the micro-scale, in the context of multi-scale simulation given a periodic micro-structure mesh and mean, macro-scale, stress…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-09 Manuel Ricardo Guevara Garban , Yves Chemisky , Étienne Prulière , Michaël Clément

Accurate prediction of fracture toughness under complex loading conditions, like mixed mode I/II, is essential for reliable failure assessment. This paper aims to develop a machine learning framework for predicting fracture toughness and…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-03-04 Amir Mohammad Mirzaei

Structural components are typically exposed to dynamic loading, such as earthquakes, wind, and explosions. Structural engineers should be able to conduct real-time analysis in the aftermath or during extreme disaster events requiring…

Machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) techniques have gained significant attention as reduced order models (ROMs) to computationally expensive structural analysis methods, such as finite element analysis (FEA). Graph neural network…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-09-25 Yuecheng Cai , Jasmin Jelovica

Increased demands for high-performance materials have led to advanced composite materials with complex hierarchical designs. However, designing a tailored material microstructure with targeted properties and performance is extremely…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-07-08 Meer Mehran Rashid , Tanu Pittie , Souvik Chakraborty , N. M. Anoop Krishnan