...Hrishiv Neupane, MSc; Luis Ibarra, PhD, PE Conventional local plasticity models with a softening slope exhibit a mesh dependency phenomenon, in which outcome parameters (e.g. equivalent plastic strain) depend on the mesh size. This behaviour has prompted the development of non-local plasticity...

...Qi Li, DEng; Zuhong Tang, BEng; Cuihong Wang, BEng; Hua Jiang, MEng; Enhe Bao, DEng To investigate the influence of panel zone section size on the plastic damage distribution of H-shaped beam–column joints, a cruciform beam–column joint composed of common beams, columns and panel zone...