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It is well known that many structural and physical problems cannot be solved by analytical approaches. These problems require the development of numerical methods to get approximate but accurate solutions. The minite element method (FEM) represents one of the most typical methodologies that can be used to achieve this aim, due to its simple implementation, easy adaptability, and very good accuracy. For these reasons, the FEM is a widespread technique which is employed in many engineering fields, such as civil, mechanical, and aerospace engineering. The large-scale deployment of powerful computers and the consequent recent improvement of the computational resources have provided the tools to develop numerical approaches that are able to solve more complex structural systems characterized by peculiar mechanical configurations. Laminated or multi-phase composites, structures made of innovative materials, and nanostructures are just some examples of applications that are commonly and accurately solved by the FEM. Analogously, the same numerical approaches can be employed to validate the results of experimental tests. The main aim of this Special Issue is to collect numerical investigations focused on the use of the finite element method

beam element --- Quasi-3D --- static bending --- functionally graded beam --- Monte Carlo method --- coalbed methane --- stochastic fracture network --- fracture geometric parameters --- dual-porosity and dual-permeability media --- finite element method --- three-phase composite materials --- Finite Element modeling --- sandwich plates --- zig-zag theory --- carbon nanotubes --- free vibrations --- soda-lime glass --- cohesive zone model --- rate-dependent --- impact loading --- finite element --- FGM --- plate --- material-oriented shape functions --- NURBS --- Finite elements --- finite bending --- 3D elasticity --- Eulerian slenderness --- compactness index --- Searle parameter --- Elastica --- pultruded beams --- effective stiffness matrix --- FRP --- hollow circular beams --- rigid finite element method --- composite --- steel-polymer concrete --- machine tool --- multibody system --- orthotropic failure criteria --- implementation --- plasticity --- masonry --- geometric nonlinearity --- FEM --- thermoelasticity --- bowing --- transient heat flux --- acoustic black holes --- acoustic-oriented design --- additive manufacturing --- vibroacoustics --- material parameter identification --- model order reduction --- reinforced concrete --- finite element analysis --- crack band --- strain localization --- post-peak softening --- viscoplastic regularization --- convergence --- mesh sensitivity --- bond–slip --- flexural behavior --- n/a --- bond-slip

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Various types of metallic and composite structures are used in modern engineering practice. For aerospace, car industry, and civil engineering applications, the most important are thin-walled structures made of di erent types of metallic alloys, brous composites, laminates, and multifunctional materials with a more complicated geometry of reinforcement including nanoparticles or nano bres. The current applications in modern engineering require analysis of structures of various properties, shapes, and sizes (e.g., aircraft wings) including structural hybrid joints, subjected to di erent types of loadings, including quasi-static, dynamic, cyclic, thermal, impact, penetration, etc.The advanced metallic and composite structures should satisfy multiple structural functions during operating conditions. Structural functions include mechanical properties such as strength, sti ness, damage resistance, fracture toughness, and damping. Non-structural functions include electrical and thermal conductivities, sensing, actuation, energy harvesting, self-healing capability, electromagnetic shielding, etc.The aim of this SI is to understand the basic principles of damage growth and fracture processes in advanced metallic and composite structures that also include structural joints. Presently, it is widely recognized that important macroscopic properties, such as macroscopic sti ness and strength, are governed by processes that occur at one to several scales below the level of observation. A thorough understanding of how these processes influence the reduction of sti ffness and strength forms the key to the design of improved innovative structural elements and the analysis of existing ones.

Technology: general issues --- steel–concrete composite bridge --- I-shaped beam --- concrete creep --- temperature --- prediction --- experiment --- through-beam joint --- concrete filled steel tube (CFST) columns --- reinforced concrete (RC) --- axial compressive behaviour --- steel mesh --- local compression --- confined concrete --- height factor --- curved steel–concrete composite box beam --- two-node finite beam element with 26 DOFs --- long-term behavior --- age-adjusted effective modulus method --- C-section --- TH-section --- distortional mode --- medium length --- interactive buckling --- compression --- Koiter’s theory --- FEM --- dynamic pulse buckling --- composite stanchion --- FE analysis --- nonlinear analysis --- crashworthiness --- modulus of elasticity --- pine wood --- wood defects --- knots --- laboratory tests --- beams --- glued laminated timber --- ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs) --- minicomposite --- tensile --- damage --- fracture --- timber --- natural composite --- Kolsky method --- deformation diagrams --- wood species --- energy absorption --- wood model --- verification --- nonlinear stability --- square plate --- shear forces --- components of transverse forces in bending --- membrane components of transverse forces --- 4 methods (CPT, FSDT, S-FSDT, FEM) --- connection --- test --- bolt --- steel plate --- moisture content --- failure --- AlCrN --- arc current --- structure --- hardness --- adhesion --- wear --- turbine jet engine --- material tests --- ember-resistant alloys --- wood --- cohesive law --- digital image correlation --- fracture mechanics --- mixed mode I+II loading --- dual adhesive --- single lap joints --- numerical modeling --- artificial neural networks --- sandwich panels with corrugated channel core --- 3D-printed sandwich --- bending response --- mechanism maps --- geometrical optimization --- dislocation–boundary interaction --- dislocation–interface interaction --- deformation twin-boundary interaction --- size effect --- boundary structure --- boundary strengthening --- characterization techniques --- adhesive joint --- adhesive bond strength --- adhesive layer thickness

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Various types of metallic and composite structures are used in modern engineering practice. For aerospace, car industry, and civil engineering applications, the most important are thin-walled structures made of di erent types of metallic alloys, brous composites, laminates, and multifunctional materials with a more complicated geometry of reinforcement including nanoparticles or nano bres. The current applications in modern engineering require analysis of structures of various properties, shapes, and sizes (e.g., aircraft wings) including structural hybrid joints, subjected to di erent types of loadings, including quasi-static, dynamic, cyclic, thermal, impact, penetration, etc.The advanced metallic and composite structures should satisfy multiple structural functions during operating conditions. Structural functions include mechanical properties such as strength, sti ness, damage resistance, fracture toughness, and damping. Non-structural functions include electrical and thermal conductivities, sensing, actuation, energy harvesting, self-healing capability, electromagnetic shielding, etc.The aim of this SI is to understand the basic principles of damage growth and fracture processes in advanced metallic and composite structures that also include structural joints. Presently, it is widely recognized that important macroscopic properties, such as macroscopic sti ness and strength, are governed by processes that occur at one to several scales below the level of observation. A thorough understanding of how these processes influence the reduction of sti ffness and strength forms the key to the design of improved innovative structural elements and the analysis of existing ones.

Technology: general issues --- steel–concrete composite bridge --- I-shaped beam --- concrete creep --- temperature --- prediction --- experiment --- through-beam joint --- concrete filled steel tube (CFST) columns --- reinforced concrete (RC) --- axial compressive behaviour --- steel mesh --- local compression --- confined concrete --- height factor --- curved steel–concrete composite box beam --- two-node finite beam element with 26 DOFs --- long-term behavior --- age-adjusted effective modulus method --- C-section --- TH-section --- distortional mode --- medium length --- interactive buckling --- compression --- Koiter’s theory --- FEM --- dynamic pulse buckling --- composite stanchion --- FE analysis --- nonlinear analysis --- crashworthiness --- modulus of elasticity --- pine wood --- wood defects --- knots --- laboratory tests --- beams --- glued laminated timber --- ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs) --- minicomposite --- tensile --- damage --- fracture --- timber --- natural composite --- Kolsky method --- deformation diagrams --- wood species --- energy absorption --- wood model --- verification --- nonlinear stability --- square plate --- shear forces --- components of transverse forces in bending --- membrane components of transverse forces --- 4 methods (CPT, FSDT, S-FSDT, FEM) --- connection --- test --- bolt --- steel plate --- moisture content --- failure --- AlCrN --- arc current --- structure --- hardness --- adhesion --- wear --- turbine jet engine --- material tests --- ember-resistant alloys --- wood --- cohesive law --- digital image correlation --- fracture mechanics --- mixed mode I+II loading --- dual adhesive --- single lap joints --- numerical modeling --- artificial neural networks --- sandwich panels with corrugated channel core --- 3D-printed sandwich --- bending response --- mechanism maps --- geometrical optimization --- dislocation–boundary interaction --- dislocation–interface interaction --- deformation twin-boundary interaction --- size effect --- boundary structure --- boundary strengthening --- characterization techniques --- adhesive joint --- adhesive bond strength --- adhesive layer thickness --- steel–concrete composite bridge --- I-shaped beam --- concrete creep --- temperature --- prediction --- experiment --- through-beam joint --- concrete filled steel tube (CFST) columns --- reinforced concrete (RC) --- axial compressive behaviour --- steel mesh --- local compression --- confined concrete --- height factor --- curved steel–concrete composite box beam --- two-node finite beam element with 26 DOFs --- long-term behavior --- age-adjusted effective modulus method --- C-section --- TH-section --- distortional mode --- medium length --- interactive buckling --- compression --- Koiter’s theory --- FEM --- dynamic pulse buckling --- composite stanchion --- FE analysis --- nonlinear analysis --- crashworthiness --- modulus of elasticity --- pine wood --- wood defects --- knots --- laboratory tests --- beams --- glued laminated timber --- ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs) --- minicomposite --- tensile --- damage --- fracture --- timber --- natural composite --- Kolsky method --- deformation diagrams --- wood species --- energy absorption --- wood model --- verification --- nonlinear stability --- square plate --- shear forces --- components of transverse forces in bending --- membrane components of transverse forces --- 4 methods (CPT, FSDT, S-FSDT, FEM) --- connection --- test --- bolt --- steel plate --- moisture content --- failure --- AlCrN --- arc current --- structure --- hardness --- adhesion --- wear --- turbine jet engine --- material tests --- ember-resistant alloys --- wood --- cohesive law --- digital image correlation --- fracture mechanics --- mixed mode I+II loading --- dual adhesive --- single lap joints --- numerical modeling --- artificial neural networks --- sandwich panels with corrugated channel core --- 3D-printed sandwich --- bending response --- mechanism maps --- geometrical optimization --- dislocation–boundary interaction --- dislocation–interface interaction --- deformation twin-boundary interaction --- size effect --- boundary structure --- boundary strengthening --- characterization techniques --- adhesive joint --- adhesive bond strength --- adhesive layer thickness