Review of the dispersion properties of plane square bilinear finite element used in plane elastic wave propagation problems is presented. It is assumed the grid (spatial) [...]

Explicit integration plays a key role in many problems of linear and non-linear dynamics. For example, the finite element method applied to spatial discretization of con [...]

Artificial oscillations in contact force due to non-smooth contact surface are treated by isogeometric analysis (IGA). After brief overview of B-splines and Non-Uniform [...]

Mass matrix diagonalization in terms of a finite element method (FEM) is essential for an effective deployment of the explicit method as one of the direct integration me [...]

In this paper, the spline variant of finite element method (FEM) is tested in one-dimensional elastic wave propagation problems. The special attention is paid to propaga [...]

Principles of the current theories of the hole drilling method for evaluation of the residual stress were tested by the beams in bending. It was shown that considerable d [...]

The central difference method is widely used for the numerical solution of the transient elastodynamics problems by the finite element method. The effectiveness of this [...]

Accuracy and stability of two-dimensional bilinear four-node and serendipity eight-node finite elements was tested in a wave propagation simulation. The influence of di [...]