Yixia Zhang

TL;DR: A review of the recent development of the finite element analysis for laminated composite plates from 1990 is presented in this paper, where a literature review is devoted to the recently developed finite elements based on the various laminated plate theories for the free vibration and dynamics, buckling and postbuckling analysis, geometric nonlinearity and large deformation analysis, and failure and damage analysis of composite laminated plates.

TL;DR: A polyvinyl alcohol fibre reinforced engineered cementitious composite (PVA-ECC) using local ingredients is developed, aiming for a reduced cost and a tensile strain capacity matching that of steel reinforcement for commonly used reinforced concrete structures.

TL;DR: In this paper, the mechanical properties of a new hybrid fibre-reinforced engineered cementitious composite (ECC) material reinforced with 1.75% polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fiber and 0.58% steel (SE) fiber were explored experimentally.

TL;DR: In this paper, the impact resistance of a new hybrid-fiber ECC material reinforced with 1.75% polyvinyl alcohol fiber and 0.58% steel fibers was investigated experimentally.

TL;DR: In this article, a finite element model is developed for the simulation of the structural response of steel-reinforced concrete panels to blast loading using LS-DYNA, and the effect of element size on the dynamic material model of concrete is investigated and strain-rate effects on concrete in tension and compression are accounted for separately in the model.