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Multi-scale finite element based durability and reliability analysis of laminated fibre reinforced composites for civil engineering applications (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhou, X.-Y., Gosling, P. D., Ullah, Z., Pearce, C. J., & Kaczmarczyk, Ł. (2016, May). Multi-scale finite element based durability and reliability analysis of laminated fibre reinforced composites for civil engineering applications. Presented at The International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) Conference: Bridges and Structures Sustainability-Seeking Intelligent Solutions, Guangzhou, China

Nonlinear micro-mechanical response of the fibre-reinforced polymer composites including matrix damage and fibre-matrix decohesion (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ullah, Z., Kaczmarczyk, L., & Pearce, C. J. (2016, March). Nonlinear micro-mechanical response of the fibre-reinforced polymer composites including matrix damage and fibre-matrix decohesion. Presented at 24th UK Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering (ACME), University of Cardiff, Cardiff, UK

Prism solid-shell with heterogonous and hierarchical approximation basis (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kaczmarczyk, L., Ullah, Z., & Pearce, C. J. (2016, March). Prism solid-shell with heterogonous and hierarchical approximation basis. Presented at 24th UK Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering (ACME), University of Cardiff, Cardiff, UK

Three-dimensional nonlinear micro/meso-mechanical response of the fibre-reinforced polymer composites (2016)
Journal Article
Ullah, Z., Kaczmarczyk, L., & Pearce, C. J. (2017). Three-dimensional nonlinear micro/meso-mechanical response of the fibre-reinforced polymer composites. Composite Structures, 161, 204-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.11.059

A three-dimensional multi-scale computational homogenisation framework is developed for the prediction of nonlinear micro/meso-mechanical response of the fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites. Two dominant damage mechanisms, i.e. matrix elasto-pl... Read More about Three-dimensional nonlinear micro/meso-mechanical response of the fibre-reinforced polymer composites.

Multi-scale computational homogenisation to predict the long-term durability of composite structures (2016)
Journal Article
Ullah, Z., Kaczmarczyk, Ł., Grammatikos, S., Evernden, M., & Pearce, C. (2017). Multi-scale computational homogenisation to predict the long-term durability of composite structures. Computers and Structures, 181, 21-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2016.11.002

A coupled hygro-thermo-mechanical computational model is proposed for fibre reinforced polymers, formulated within the framework of Computational Homogenisation (CH). At each macrostructure Gauss point, constitutive matrices for thermal, moisture tra... Read More about Multi-scale computational homogenisation to predict the long-term durability of composite structures.

Exploiting the benefits of multi-scale analysis in reliability analysis for composite structures (2016)
Journal Article
Zhou, X.-Y., Gosling, P. D., Ullah, Z., Kaczmarczyk, Ł., & Pearce, C. J. (2016). Exploiting the benefits of multi-scale analysis in reliability analysis for composite structures. Composite Structures, 155, 197-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.08.015

This paper investigates two critical issues, namely propagation of multi-scale uncertainty, and selection of failure criteria, related to reliability analysis of composites by using multi-scale methods. Due to the multi-scale architecture of composit... Read More about Exploiting the benefits of multi-scale analysis in reliability analysis for composite structures.

Parallel computations in nonlinear solid mechanics using adaptive finite element and meshless methods (2016)
Journal Article
Ullah, Z., Coombs, W. M., & Augarde, C. E. (2016). Parallel computations in nonlinear solid mechanics using adaptive finite element and meshless methods. Engineering Computations, 33(4), 1161-1191. https://doi.org/10.1108/EC-06-2015-0166

Purpose A variety of meshless methods have been developed in the last twenty years with an intention to solve practical engineering problems, but are limited to small academic problems due to associated high computational cost as compared to the stan... Read More about Parallel computations in nonlinear solid mechanics using adaptive finite element and meshless methods.