... zones are identified in the output stress plots and their sizes are measured. Finite element sizes of elastic and plastic zones in the laminate are denoted by x and r and by x′ and r′ in plain specimen. J_tip values are computed over cyclic paths...

...Kh. Lotfy Purpose This paper aims to investigate the transient disturbances created by an internal line heat source that suddenly starts moving uniformly inside a visco‐elastic half‐space. Design/methodology/approach Generalised theory of thermo‐elasticity with relaxation time proposed by Lord...

...K. Stamoulis; A.E. Giannakopoulos Purpose As the dimensions of structures are scaled down to the micro‐ and nano‐domains, the mechanical behavior becomes size dependent and thus, the classical elasticity solutions cannot be expected to hold. In particular, recent experimental investigations...