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  1. Atomistic insights on the shear properties of the Diamond/SiC interface
  2. A Fourier feature-embedded physics-informed neural network framework to investigate coupled heat and mass transfer characteristics of plant tissues during drying
  3. Transition between buoyancy- and Coulomb-dominated regimes in Rayleigh–Bénard convection with an additional side-heated wall and bottom-wall unipolar charge injection
  4. A novel Sigmexd activation function to enhance Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) for differential equations with a perspective on the role of activation functions in PINNs
  5. Physics-informed neural network based on layerwise theory for bending analysis of laminated plates
  6. Cover Feature: PEDOT:Tosylate on Biocompatible Chitosan Film by Vapor Phase Polymerization: Promising Technology toward Biocompatible and Wearable Organic Electrochemical Transistor (Small Struct. 2/2026)
  7. High Stability of Diketopyrrolopyrrole Polymer Transistors Under Aqueous Condition Toward Biosensing Platform
  8. Improving robustness in X-ray image classification through attention mechanisms in convolutional neural networks
  9. NeuroPhysNet: A FitzHugh-Nagumo-Based Physics-Informed Neural Network Framework for Electroencephalograph (EEG) Analysis and Motor Imagery Classification
  10. Frontier Advances of Emerging High‐Entropy Anodes in Alkali Metal‐Ion Batteries
  11. Fourier feature embedded physics-informed neural network-based topology optimization (FF-PINNTO) framework for geometrically nonlinear structures
  12. Mechanistic insights into monovalent cation selectivity in modified ion selective membranes: A model-based and experimental study
  13. Robust and explainable framework to address data scarcity in diagnostic imaging
  14. LWR-Net: Learning without retraining for scalable multi-task adaptation and domain-agnostic generalisation
  15. PEDOT:Tosylate on Biocompatible Chitosan Film by Vapor Phase Polymerization: Promising Technology toward Biocompatible and Wearable Organic Electrochemical Transistor
  16. Atmospheric aerosol-microplastics intake and deposition in the alveolar region by considering dynamic behavior of acinar airways
  17. Initial hydration characteristics of dry montmorillonite and insights for water transport mechanisms in nanochannels
  18. The enhancement of metal hydride hydrogen storage performance using novel triple-branched fin
  19. Towards the future of physics- and data-guided AI frameworks in computational mechanics
  20. From Ancient Practice to Modern Innovation: Solving the Clay Mineral Puzzle in Brickmaking
  21. Ferroelectric Domains and Evolution Dynamics in Twisted CuInP2S6 Bilayers
  22. Electrohydrodynamic crystalline anisotropic solidification based on a hybrid lattice Boltzmann model
  23. Integrated RBF networks for periodic extensions for solving boundary value problems
  24. ATD Learning: A secure, smart, and decentralised learning method for big data environments
  25. Artificial intelligence based-improving reservoir management: An Attention-Guided Fusion Model for predicting injector–producer connectivity
  26. Breath of pollutants: How breathing patterns influence microplastic accumulation in the human lung
  27. FracNet: An end-to-end deep learning framework for bone fracture detection
  28. Energy-based physics-informed neural network for frictionless contact problems under large deformation
  29. Fuzzy Decision‐Making Framework for Evaluating Hybrid Detection Models of Trauma Patients
  30. Interfacial dislocation networks in nickel-based superalloys: The hidden link between moiré patterns and sample sizes
  31. Phase Transitions of Poly(vinylidene Fluoride) under Coupled Electric-Strain Field
  32. Dual-reaction-centre enabled concurrent N–C–N coupling for effective urea electrosynthesis
  33. A Scalable and Generalised Deep Learning Framework for Anomaly Detection in Surveillance Videos
  34. An advanced physics-informed neural network-based framework for nonlinear and complex topology optimization
  35. A meshless Runge-Kutta-based Physics-Informed Neural Network framework for structural vibration analysis
  36. Fusion-driven semi-supervised learning-based lung nodules classification with dual-discriminator and dual-generator generative adversarial network
  37. pH, pOH shift and electroconvection of strong and weak electrolytes under ion concentration polarization
  38. Pharmaceutical aerosol transport in airways: A combined machine learning (ML) and discrete element model (DEM) approach
  39. Medial scapular body (MSB) Goutallier classification: MRI-based reliability and validity of evaluation of the Goutallier classification for grading fatty infiltration of the rotator cuff
  40. Torsional properties of spiral carbon nanocones
  41. A physics-informed neural network framework for multi-physics coupling microfluidic problems
  42. Multiside graph neural network-based attention for local co-occurrence features fusion in lung nodule classification
  43. A robust radial point interpolation method empowered with neural network solvers (RPIM-NNS) for nonlinear solid mechanics
  44. Comprehensive review of deep learning in orthopaedics: Applications, challenges, trustworthiness, and fusion
  45. Generalisable deep Learning framework to overcome catastrophic forgetting
  46. Navigating the metaverse: unraveling the impact of artificial intelligence—a comprehensive review and gap analysis
  47. SSP: self-supervised pertaining technique for classification of shoulder implants in x-ray medical images: a broad experimental study
  48. A physics-informed neural network framework to investigate nonlinear and heterogenous shrinkage of drying plant cells
  49. Comprehensive systematic review of information fusion methods in smart cities and urban environments
  50. MEFF – A model ensemble feature fusion approach for tackling adversarial attacks in medical imaging
  51. A comparison review of transfer learning and self-supervised learning: Definitions, applications, advantages and limitations
  52. Understanding structural anisotropy and mechanical properties of Na-montmorillonite with crystalline swelling and uniaxial deformation under different hydration degrees
  53. Fuzzy decision-making framework for explainable golden multi-machine learning models for real-time adversarial attack detection in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks
  54. Physics-informed neural networks for friction-involved nonsmooth dynamics problems
  55. Trustworthy deep learning framework for the detection of abnormalities in X-ray shoulder images
  56. Investigation of metal hydride hydrogen storage performance using phase change materials
  57. Reliable deep learning framework for the ground penetrating radar data to locate the horizontal variation in levee soil compaction
  58. Spectroscopic Identification of Charge Transfer of Thiolated Molecules on Gold Nanoparticles via Gold Nanoclusters
  59. Leveraging AI and Big Data in Low-Resource Healthcare Settings
  60. Real-time diabetic foot ulcer classification based on deep learning & parallel hardware computational tools
  61. Oxygen electrode catalysis in N-doped graphene: the role of nitrogen coordination and solvation effects
  62. Resolving the dynamic properties of entangled linear polymers in non-equilibrium coarse grain simulation with a priori scaling factors
  63. Immersed-boundary approach based on integrated RBFs and smooth extension for solving PDEs in complex domains
  64. Magnetic skyrmions and their manipulations in a 2D multiferroic CuCrP2Te6 monolayer
  65. Urea Electrosynthesis Accelerated by Theoretical Simulations
  66. Electrocatalytic Urea Synthesis via N2 Dimerization and Universal Descriptor
  67. A complete Physics-Informed Neural Network-based framework for structural topology optimization
  68. Corrigendum to “Topological surface state: Universal catalytic descriptor in topological catalysis” [Mater. Today 67 (2023) 23–32]
  69. Three dimensional meshfree analysis for time-Caputo and space-Laplacian fractional diffusion equation
  70. Ferroelectric Domain and Switching Dynamics in Curved In2Se3: First-Principles and Deep Learning Molecular Dynamics Simulations
  71. Ruthenium Oxide Clusters Immobilized in Cationic Vacancies of 2D Titanium Oxide for Chlorine Evolution Reaction
  72. Physics-informed radial basis network (PIRBN): A local approximating neural network for solving nonlinear partial differential equations
  73. C─N Coupling Enabled by N─N Bond Breaking for Electrochemical Urea Production
  74. A high-order embedded-boundary method based on smooth extension and RBFs for solving elliptic equations in multiply connected domains
  75. Sliding behaviour of carbon nanothread within a bundle embedded in polymer matrix
  76. Deep Transfer Learning with Enhanced Feature Fusion for Detection of Abnormalities in X-ray Images
  77. Influence of electrode reactions on electroosmotic flow and ion transport in a microchannel
  78. A systematic review of trustworthy and explainable artificial intelligence in healthcare: Assessment of quality, bias risk, and data fusion
  79. Domain Adaptation and Feature Fusion for the Detection of Abnormalities in X-Ray Forearm Images
  80. Topological surface state: Universal catalytic descriptor in topological catalysis
  81. An Introduction to Programming Physics-Informed Neural Network-Based Computational Solid Mechanics
  82. How microplastics are transported and deposited in realistic upper airways?
  83. A novel physics-informed neural networks approach (PINN-MT) to solve mass transfer in plant cells during drying
  84. A Deep Feature Fusion of Improved Suspected Keratoconus Detection with Deep Learning
  85. Thermal behaviors of clay minerals as key components and additives for fired brick properties: A review
  86. A survey on deep learning tools dealing with data scarcity: definitions, challenges, solutions, tips, and applications
  87. Non-stationary friction-induced vibration with multiple contact points
  88. Electrohydrodynamic viscous fingering of leaky dielectric fluids in a channel
  89. A Physics-Informed Neural Network-based Topology Optimization (PINNTO) framework for structural optimization
  90. Shape dependent protein‐induced stabilization of gold nanoparticles: From a protein corona perspective
  91. Density Functional Theory Studies on Magnetic Manipulation in NiI2 Layers
  92. Mechanism Exploration and Catalyst Design for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Accelerated by Density Functional Theory Simulations
  93. Ultrafine particle transport to the lower airways: airway diameter reduction effects
  94. Volcano relationships and a new activity descriptor of 2D transition metal–Fe layered double hydroxides for efficient oxygen evolution reaction
  95. Towards Risk‐Free Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence: Significance and Requirements
  96. Multifold Fermions and Fermi Arcs Boosted Catalysis in Nanoporous Electride 12CaO·7Al2O3
  97. Fundamental Understanding of Heat and Mass Transfer Processes for Physics-Informed Machine Learning-Based Drying Modelling
  98. Pore-scale modeling of multiphase flow in porous media using a conditional generative adversarial network (cGAN)
  99. A Concise Review on Deep Learning for Musculoskeletal X-ray Images
  100. A physics-informed neural network technique based on a modified loss function for computational 2D and 3D solid mechanics
  101. A Novel Machine Learning–Based Approach for Characterising the Micromechanical Properties of Food Material During Drying
  102. How SARS-CoV-2 Omicron droplets transport and deposit in realistic extrathoracic airways
  103. Mechanical properties of polymer nanocomposites with randomly dispersed and cross-linked two-dimensional diamond
  104. A physics-informed neural network-based surrogate framework to predict moisture concentration and shrinkage of a plant cell during drying
  105. Biodiesel Emissions: A State-of-the-Art Review on Health and Environmental Impacts
  106. Density Functional Theory Calculations of the Stacking-Dependent Optoelectronic Properties of 2D GeSe/SnS Heterobilayers: Implications for Photovoltaics
  107. Tensile properties of functionalized carbon nanothreads
  108. A Novel Machine Learning Prediction Model for Aerosol Transport in Upper 17-Generations of the Human Respiratory Tract
  109. Heat Wave and Bushfire Meteorology in New South Wales, Australia: Air Quality and Health Impacts
  110. Nanoscale Diamane Spiral Spring for High Mechanical Energy Storage
  111. Design optimization of a magnesium-based metal hydride hydrogen energy storage system
  112. How Nanoparticle Aerosols Transport through Multi-Stenosis Sections of Upper Airways: A CFD-DPM Modelling
  113. A new membrane formulation for modelling the flow of stomatocyte, discocyte, and echinocyte red blood cells
  114. Is the SARS CoV-2 Omicron Variant Deadlier and More Transmissible Than Delta Variant?
  115. Conversion of Catalytically Inert 2D Bismuth Oxide Nanosheets for Effective Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Catalysis via Oxygen Vacancy Concentration Modulation
  116. A general Neural Particle Method for hydrodynamics modeling
  117. Stacking-Dependent Interlayer Ferroelectric Coupling and Moiré Domains in a Twisted AgBiP2Se6 Bilayer
  118. Machine learning‐based modeling in food processing applications: State of the art
  119. High efficient arsenic removal by In-layer sulphur of layered double hydroxide
  120. Molecular basis of transport of surface functionalised gold nanoparticles to pulmonary surfactant
  121. Effect of nonaffine displacement on the mechanical performance of degraded PCL and its graphene composites: an atomistic investigation
  122. Rational design of 2D ferroelectric heterogeneous catalysts for controllable hydrogen evolution reaction
  123. Phase engineering of dual active 2D Bi2O3-based nanocatalysts for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction electrocatalysis
  124. Hydrogen-Intercalated 2D Magnetic Bilayer: Controlled Magnetic Phase Transition and Half-Metallicity via Ferroelectric Switching
  125. Particle-Based Numerical Modelling of Liquid Marbles: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives
  126. A bio-inspired B-Spline Offset Feature for structural topology optimization
  127. Proteoglycan and collagen contribution to the strain-rate-dependent mechanical behaviour of knee and shoulder cartilage
  128. Two-Dimensional Janus Antimony Selenium Telluride with Large Rashba Spin Splitting and High Electron Mobility
  129. Tensile Performance of Polymer Nanocomposites with Randomly Dispersed Carbon Nanothreads
  130. A data-driven smoothed particle hydrodynamics method for fluids
  131. Correction to Exceptional Deformability of Wurtzite Zinc Oxide Nanowires with Growth Axial Stacking Faults
  132. Revealing the Mechanical Bending Mechanisms of Single-Crystalline Rutile TiO2 Nanowires Near Room Temperature: Implications for Nanostructured Semiconductors
  133. 3D Printed Multi-Functional Scaffolds Based on Poly(ε-Caprolactone) and Hydroxyapatite Composites
  134. Controllable CO2 electrocatalytic reduction via ferroelectric switching on single atom anchored In2Se3 monolayer
  135. Ferroelectric Controlled Gas Adsorption in Doped Graphene/In2Se3 Heterostructure
  136. How severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 aerosol propagates through the age-specific upper airways
  137. Atomistic Insights on the Rheological Property of Polycaprolactone Composites with the Addition of Graphene
  138. Mechanical Properties of Single‐Layer Diamond Reinforced Poly(vinyl alcohol) Nanocomposites through Atomistic Simulation
  139. A multiscale modeling method incorporating spatial coupling and temporal coupling into transient simulations of the human airways
  140. Polydisperse Aerosol Transport and Deposition in Upper Airways of Age-Specific Lung
  141. SARS CoV-2 aerosol: How far it can travel to the lower airways?
  142. Exceptional Deformability of Wurtzite Zinc Oxide Nanowires with Growth Axial Stacking Faults
  143. Multiscale exploit the role of copper on the burn resistant behavior of Ti-Cu alloy
  144. Effective Enhancement of a Carbon Nanothread on the Mechanical Properties of the Polyethylene Nanocomposite
  145. Robust Magnetoelectric Effect in the Decorated Graphene/In2Se3 Heterostructure
  146. Study of Acoustic Emission Response to Vortex Shedding of a Bluff Body
  147. Mechano-ferroelectric coupling: stabilization enhancement and polarization switching in bent AgBiP2Se6 monolayers
  148. 2D ferroelectric devices: working principles and research progress
  149. Carbon nanothreads enable remarkable enhancement in the thermal conductivity of polyethylene
  150. First-principles prediction of ferroelasticity tuned anisotropic auxeticity and carrier mobility in two-dimensional AgO
  151. Estimation of load conditions and strain distribution for in vivo murine tibia compression loading using experimentally informed finite element models
  152. Investigation of Sound Inducing Fluid Dynamics at Pipe Leak and It's Influence on Acoustic Emission Signals
  153. Numerical Study of the Flow Behaviour of Discocyte Red Blood Cell Through a Non-uniform Capillary
  154. Modelling 3-D cellular microfluidics of different plant cells for the prediction of cellular deformations under external mechanical compression: A SPH-CG-based computational study
  155. Application of porous metal foam heat exchangers and the implications of particulate fouling for energy-intensive industries
  156. Development of Mechanically Enhanced Polycaprolactone Composites by a Functionalized Titanate Nanofiller for Melt Electrowriting in 3D Printing
  157. A new data-driven topology optimization framework for structural optimization
  158. Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Chiral Carbon Nanothread Bundles for Nanofiber Applications
  159. Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Poly‐p‐Phenylene Terephthalamide Fibers for Toughness Improvement: A Molecular Dynamics Study
  160. Chitosan/graphene complex membrane for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell: A molecular dynamics simulation study
  161. Low interfacial thermal resistance between crossed ultra-thin carbon nanothreads
  162. Tuning Magnetism of Metal Porphyrazine Molecules by a Ferroelectric In2Se3 Monolayer
  163. Tumor‐Targeting Fluorescent Probe Based on 1,8‐Naphthalimide and Porphyrin Groups
  164. A three-dimensional (3-D) meshfree-based computational model to investigate stress-strain-time relationships of plant cells during drying
  165. Metal‐Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon Materials as Highly Efficient Catalysts: Progress and Rational Design
  166. Modelling of simultaneous heat and mass transfer considering the spatial distribution of air velocity during intermittent microwave convective drying
  167. Helium–Oxygen Mixture Model for Particle Transport in CT-Based Upper Airways
  168. Atomic Investigation on the Facet‐Dependent Melting of Ceramic Nanostructures via In Situ Electron Irradiation
  169. Modelling of Red Blood Cell Morphological and Deformability Changes during In-Vitro Storage
  170. Characterization of the Atherosclerotic Plaque Tissue
  171. Design tools for patient specific and highly controlled melt electrowritten scaffolds
  172. Polypeptide-rhodamine B probes containing laminin/fibronectin receptor-targeting sequence (YIGSR/RGD) for fluorescent imaging in cancers
  173. Single layer diamond - A new ultrathin 2D carbon nanostructure for mechanical resonator
  174. High density mechanical energy storage with carbon nanothread bundle
  175. Atomistic Mechanisms of Ultralarge Bending Deformation of Single-Crystalline TiO2–B Nanowires
  176. Effect of hydroxylysine-O-glycosylation on the structure of type I collagen molecule: A computational study
  177. Application of high-order lattice Boltzmann pseudopotential models
  178. Deformation behaviour of stomatocyte, discocyte and echinocyte red blood cell morphologies during optical tweezers stretching
  179. Stress-Relaxation and Cyclic Behavior of Human Carotid Plaque Tissue
  180. Characterisation on the hygrothermal degradation in the mechanical property of structural adhesive: A novel meso-scale approach
  181. A Review of Respiratory Anatomical Development, Air Flow Characterization and Particle Deposition
  182. Simultaneous removal of cationic and anionic heavy metal contaminants from electroplating effluent by hydrotalcite adsorbent with disulfide (S2-) intercalation
  183. An Improved Coarse-Grained Model to Accurately Predict Red Blood Cell Morphology and Deformability
  184. Effect of Fe-doping on bending elastic properties of single-crystalline rutile TiO2 nanowires
  185. Multiferroic decorated Fe2O3 monolayer predicted from first principles
  186. Reversible gas capture using a ferroelectric switch and 2D molecule multiferroics on the In2Se3 monolayer
  187. Stacking-Dependent Interlayer Magnetic Coupling in 2D CrI3/CrGeTe3 Nanostructures for Spintronics
  188. Carotid Bifurcation With Tandem Stenosis—A Patient-Specific Case Study Combined in vivo Imaging, in vitro Histology and in silico Simulation
  189. Role of Nitrogen on the Mechanical Properties of the Novel Carbon Nitride Nanothreads
  190. In Situ Atomic-Scale Study on the Ultralarge Bending Behaviors of TiO2–B/Anatase Dual-Phase Nanowires
  191. Two-Dimensional CuTe2X (X = Cl, Br, and I): Potential Photocatalysts for Water Splitting under the Visible/Infrared Light
  192. Quantified dense gas conical diffuser performance under uncertainties by flow characteristic analysis
  193. Aberrant activation of Wnt signaling pathway altered osteocyte mineralization
  194. How Gaseous Environment Influences a Carbon Nanotube-Based Mechanical Resonator
  195. Thermal Transport in 3D Nanostructures
  196. Euler-Lagrange Prediction of Diesel-Exhaust Polydisperse Particle Transport and Deposition in Lung: Anatomy and Turbulence Effects
  197. Molecular insights on the interference of simplified lung surfactant models by gold nanoparticle pollutants
  198. Graphynes: an alternative lightweight solution for shock protection
  199. Optical coherence tomography-based patient-specific coronary artery reconstruction and fluid–structure interaction simulation
  200. A novel super-elastic carbon nanofiber with cup-stacked carbon nanocones and a screw dislocation
  201. Interaction pressure tensor on high-order lattice Boltzmann models for nonideal fluids
  202. Smoothed Finite Element Methods for Predicting the Mid to High Frequency Acoustic Response in the Cylinder-Head Chamber of a Diesel Engine
  203. Modeling of mass transfer enhancement in a magnetofluidic micromixer
  204. Uncertainty Quantification in high-density fluid radial-inflow turbines for renewable low-grade temperature cycles
  205. A coarse-grained red blood cell membrane model to study stomatocyte-discocyte-echinocyte morphologies
  206. Impact of Nanoparticle Uptake on the Biophysical Properties of Cell for Biomedical Engineering Applications
  207. Adsorption of Collagen-like Peptides onto Gold Nanosurfaces
  208. CoB6 monolayer: A robust two-dimensional ferromagnet
  209. The stress-strain relationship of liquid marbles under compression
  210. Interaction of gold nanosurfaces/nanoparticles with collagen-like peptides
  211. General existence of flexural mode doublets in nanowires targeting vectorial sensing applications
  212. A coarse-grained multiscale model to simulate morphological changes of food-plant tissues undergoing drying
  213. Transient heat transfer and non-isothermal particle-laden gas flows through porous metal foams of differing structure
  214. Engineering the mechanical properties of CNT/PEEK nanocomposites
  215. Atomic-scale investigation on the ultra-large bending behaviours of layered sodium titanate nanowires
  216. Prediction of atherosclerotic plaque life – Perceptions from fatigue analysis
  217. Reproducing kernel particle method for two-dimensional time-space fractional diffusion equations in irregular domains
  218. A numerical investigation of drug extravasation using a tumour–vasculature microfluidic device
  219. Polydisperse Microparticle Transport and Deposition to the Terminal Bronchioles in a Heterogeneous Vasculature Tree
  220. Numerical Investigation of Atherosclerotic Plaque Rupture using Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging and XFEM
  221. A 3-D coupled Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics and Coarse-Grained Model to Simulate Drying Mechanisms of Small Cell Aggregates
  222. Effectiveness of optimized control strategy and different hub height turbines on a real wind farm optimization
  223. Molecular dynamics simulations of adsorption and desorption of bone morphogenetic protein-2 on textured hydroxyapatite surfaces
  224. Steered molecular dynamics characterization of the elastic modulus and deformation mechanisms of single natural tropocollagen molecules
  225. Underlying burning resistant mechanisms for titanium alloy
  226. Atypical Defect Motions in Brittle Layered Sodium Titanate Nanowires
  227. A Comparative Study of Mixed Resolved–Unresolved CFD-DEM and Unresolved CFD-DEM Methods for the Solution of Particle-Laden Liquid Flows
  228. A new regularization method for the dynamic load identification of stochastic structures
  229. Distorted Janus Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: Stable Two-Dimensional Materials with Sizable Band Gap and Ultrahigh Carrier Mobility
  230. Single-molecule insights into surface-mediated homochirality in hierarchical peptide assembly
  231. Simplest MOF Units for Effective Photodriven Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
  232. Coupled CFD-DEM simulation of oscillatory particle-laden fluid flow through a porous metal foam heat exchanger: Mitigation of particulate fouling
  233. Graphene Helicoid: Distinct Properties Promote Application of Graphene Related Materials in Thermal Management
  234. Theoretical investigation of calcium-decorated β 12 boron sheet for hydrogen storage
  235. Thermal conduction of one-dimensional carbon nanomaterials and nanoarchitectures
  236. Notch expressed by osteocytes plays a critical role in mineralisation
  237. Parametric study on cement treated aggregate panel under impact load
  238. In situ mechanical resonance behaviour of pristine and defective zinc blende GaAs nanowires
  239. Application of a coupled smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) and coarse-grained (CG) numerical modelling approach to study three-dimensional (3-D) deformations of single cells of different food-plant materials during drying
  240. Breakdown of Hooke's law at the nanoscale – 2D material-based nanosprings
  241. Two dimensional boron nanosheets: synthesis, properties and applications
  242. A novel numerical model to predict the morphological behavior of magnetic liquid marbles using coarse grained molecular dynamics concepts
  243. Development of realistic food microstructure considering the structural heterogeneity of cells and intercellular space
  244. A coupled finite volume & discrete element method to examine particulate foulant transport in metal foam heat exchangers
  245. A multiscale evaluation of the surface integrity in boring trepanning association deep hole drilling
  246. Investigation of red blood cell mechanical properties using AFM indentation and coarse-grained particle method
  247. Accurate Multi-Physics Numerical Analysis of Particle Preconcentration Based on Ion Concentration Polarization
  248. Two- and four-way coupling of cohesive poly-disperse particulate foulants on a metal foam fibre immersed in quiescent fluid
  249. Analysis of particle-laden fluid flows, tortuosity and particle-fluid behaviour in metal foam heat exchangers
  250. MRI magic-angle effect in femorotibial cartilages of the red kangaroo
  251. Heat Transfer Enhancement in a Baffled Attic-Shaped Space
  252. Optimizing the Unrestricted Wind Turbine Placements with Different Turbine Hub Heights
  253. An agent-based method for simulating porous fluid-saturated structures with indistinguishable components
  254. Ultrafine particle transport and deposition in a large scale 17-generation lung model
  255. A computationally-efficient layout optimization method for real wind farms considering altitude variations
  256. Graphene helicoid as novel nanospring
  257. Unexpected dynamic recrystallization behavior of Ti-7Cu alloy in semi-solid state
  258. Application of 3D imaging and analysis techniques for the study of food plant cellular deformations during drying
  259. Pulmonary aerosol transport and deposition analysis in upper 17 generations of the human respiratory tract
  260. Turbulent dense gas flow characteristics in swirling conical diffuser
  261. Optimization of wind farm layout with complex land divisions
  262. Mechanical Properties of Penta-Graphene Nanotubes
  263. Strained graphitic carbon nitride for hydrogen purification
  264. The best features of diamond nanothread for nanofibre applications
  265. Nanojoint Formation between Ceramic Titanate Nanowires and Spot Melting of Metal Nanowires with Electron Beam
  266. Novel trends in numerical modelling of plant food tissues and their morphological changes during drying – A review
  267. A review of biomass burning: Emissions and impacts on air quality, health and climate in China
  268. Heterogeneous nanomechanical properties of type I collagen in longitudinal direction
  269. Modeling heat transfer during friction stir welding using a meshless particle method
  270. Numerical investigation of diesel exhaust particle transport and deposition in the CT-scan based lung airway
  271. Graphene and Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Structure: A Review
  272. Thermal Conductivity of Diamond Nanothread
  273. Numerical investigation of the temporal evolution of particulate fouling in metal foams for air-cooled heat exchangers
  274. SPH-DEM approach to numerically simulate the deformation of three-dimensional RBCs in non-uniform capillaries
  275. Investigation of Cell-Substrate Adhesion Properties of Living Chondrocyte by Measuring Adhesive Shear Force and Detachment Using AFM and Inverse FEA
  276. Substantial Band-Gap Tuning and a Strain-Controlled Semiconductor to Gapless/Band-Inverted Semimetal Transition in Rutile Lead/Stannic Dioxide
  277. A Quasi-Conforming Point Interpolation Method (QC-PIM) for Elasticity Problems
  278. The morphology and temperature dependent tensile properties of diamond nanothreads
  279. Anomalous Enhancement of Mechanical Properties in the Ammonia Adsorbed Defective Graphene
  280. A Novel Experimental Method to Assess Particle Deposition in Idealized Porous Channels
  281. Failure mechanism of monolayer graphene under hypervelocity impact of spherical projectile
  282. Natural convection subject to sinusoidal thermal forcing on inclined walls and heat source located on bottom wall of an attic-shaped space
  283. A novel control strategy approach to optimally design a wind farm layout
  284. Comparison of the effectiveness of analytical wake models for wind farm with constant and variable hub heights
  285. An advanced numerical modeling for Riesz space fractional advection–dispersion equations by a meshfree approach
  286. Tailorable Burning Behavior of Ti14 Alloy by Controlling Semi-Solid Forging Temperature
  287. Effect of rotating cylinder on heat transfer in a differentially heated rectangular enclosure filled with power law non-Newtonian fluid
  288. A New Particle Generation Method for Arbitrary 2D Geometries in SPH Modeling
  289. Two-Layer Red Blood Cell Membrane Model Using the Discrete Element Method
  290. Efficient Removal of Cationic and Anionic Radioactive Pollutants from Water Using Hydrotalcite-Based Getters
  291. Diamond Nanothread as a New Reinforcement for Nanocomposites
  292. Graphene-like Two-Dimensional Ionic Boron with Double Dirac Cones at Ambient Condition
  293. Thermal Conductivity of Graphene and Its Polymer Nanocomposites: A Review
  294. Facilitated receptor-recognition and enhanced bioactivity of bone morphogenetic protein-2 on magnesium-substituted hydroxyapatite surface
  295. Thermal conductivity of a new carbon nanotube analog: The diamond nanothread
  296. Control of flow around a circular cylinder wrapped with a porous layer by magnetohydrodynamic
  297. An elastic–plastic asperity contact model and its application for micro-contact analysis of gear tooth profiles
  298. Transient air flow and heat transfer due to differential heating on inclined walls and heat source placed on the bottom wall in a partitioned attic shaped space
  299. Investigation of the Effects of Extracellular Osmotic Pressure on Morphology and Mechanical Properties of Individual Chondrocyte
  300. Predicting a new phase (T′′) of two-dimensional transition metal di-chalcogenides and strain-controlled topological phase transition
  301. Natural Convection Heat Transfer in the Partitioned Attic Space
  302. High-mobility anisotropic transport in few-layer γ-B28films
  303. From brittle to ductile: a structure dependent ductility of diamond nanothread
  304. A Review on Exploring the Behavior of Multi-Layer Composite Structures Under Dynamic Loading
  305. Graphene with Patterned Fluorination: Morphology Modulation and Implications
  306. Single Layer Bismuth Iodide: Computational Exploration of Structural, Electrical, Mechanical and Optical Properties
  307. Two-dimensional graphene heterojunctions: The tunable mechanical properties
  308. A coupled SPH-DEM approach to model the interactions between multiple red blood cells in motion in capillaries
  309. Acoustic analysis using a mass-redistributed smoothed finite element method with quadrilateral mesh
  310. A new constraint handling method for wind farm layout optimization with lands owned by different owners
  311. Nanostructured hydroxyapatite surfaces-mediated adsorption alters recognition of BMP receptor IA and bioactivity of bone morphogenetic protein-2
  312. Investigation of the mechanical behavior of kangaroo humeral head cartilage tissue by a porohyperelastic model based on the strain-rate-dependent permeability
  313. Comparative study on optimizing the wind farm layout using different design methods and cost models
  314. Biophysical response of living cells to boron nitride nanoparticles: uptake mechanism and bio-mechanical characterization
  315. Finite element method for space-time fractional diffusion equation
  316. A three-dimensional hybrid smoothed finite element method (H-SFEM) for nonlinear solid mechanics problems
  317. Physical mechanisms underlying the strain-rate-dependent mechanical behavior of kangaroo shoulder cartilage
  318. Effects of surface atomistic modification on mechanical properties of gold nanowires
  319. Variable-based Ramberg–Osgood constitutive model of power spinning bushing
  320. Microscale consolidation analysis of relaxation behavior of single living chondrocytes subjected to varying strain-rates
  321. Numerical Investigation of Motion and Deformation of a Single Red Blood Cell in a Stenosed Capillary
  322. Tuning the resonance properties of 2D carbon nanotube networks towards a mechanical resonator
  323. Adaptive finite element analysis of elliptic problems based on bubble-type local mesh generation
  324. Numerical investigation of plant tissue porosity and its influence on cellular level shrinkage during drying
  325. A meshless method based on Point Interpolation Method (PIM) for the space fractional diffusion equation
  326. Comprehensive Contribution of Filament Thickness and Crosslinker Failure to the Rheological Property of F-actin Cytoskeleton
  327. Application of meshfree methods to numerically simulate microscale deformations of different plant food materials during drying
  328. Natural convection due to differential heating of inclined walls and heat source placed on bottom wall of an attic shaped space
  329. Suppressed Thermal Conductivity of Bilayer Graphene with Vacancy-Initiated Linkages
  330. A poroviscohyperelastic model for numerical analysis of mechanical behavior of single chondrocyte
  331. Natural convection in a triangular enclosure heated from below and non-uniformly cooled from top
  332. Carbon nanotube-based super nanotubes: tunable thermal conductivity in three dimensions
  333. The Assessment of Toxicity of Boron Nitride Nanoparticle Using Atomic Forced Microscopy
  334. An effective sub-domain smoothed Galerkin method for free and forced vibration analysis
  335. Three-dimensional off-design numerical analysis of an organic Rankine cycle radial-inflow turbine
  336. Numerical Investigation of Case Hardening of Plant Tissue During Drying and Its Influence on the Cellular-Level Shrinkage
  337. A constitutive model for mechanical response characterization of pumpkin peel and flesh tissues under tensile and compressive loadings
  338. NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF MECHANICAL AND THERMAL DYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF THE INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMER
  339. ANALYSIS OF STRAIN-RATE DEPENDENT MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF SINGLE CHONDROCYTE: A FINITE ELEMENT STUDY
  340. EDITORIAL
  341. Thermal conductivity of configurable two-dimensional carbon nanotube architecture and strain modulation
  342. Structure-mediated thermal transport of monolayer graphene allotropes nanoribbons
  343. Impact and energy absorption of portable water-filled road safety barrier system fitted with foam
  344. Effect of joint mechanism on vehicle redirectional capability of water-filled road safety barrier systems
  345. Temperature and strain-rate dependent fracture strength of graphynes
  346. Determination of Strain-Rate-Dependent Mechanical Behavior of Living and Fixed Osteocytes and Chondrocytes Using Atomic Force Microscopy and Inverse Finite Element Analysis
  347. Transient air flow and heat transfer in a triangular enclosure with a conducting partition
  348. ICCM2012 – Topical Issue on computational methods, numerical modelling & simulation in Applied Mathematical Modelling
  349. Finite volume and finite element methods for solving a one-dimensional space-fractional Boussinesq equation
  350. A coupled SPH-DEM model for micro-scale structural deformations of plant cells during drying
  351. 3D CFD Simulations of a Candidate R143A Radial-Inflow Turbine for Geothermal Power Applications
  352. Tensile Properties of Si Nanowires with Faulted Stacking Layers
  353. Simulation of plant cell shrinkage during drying – A SPH–DEM approach
  354. Molecular Sliding Filament Model for Muscular Contraction Based on Multiscale Investigation
  355. Fluid–structure interaction analysis by coupled FE–SPH model based on a novel searching algorithm
  356. Unsteady Natural Convection Within a Porous Enclosure of Sinusoidal Corrugated Side Walls
  357. Resonance of graphene nanoribbons doped with nitrogen and boron: a molecular dynamics study
  358. A general approach to tune the vibration properties of the mounting system in the high-speed and heavy-duty engine
  359. Formation of the three-dimensional geometry of the red blood cell membrane
  360. Exploration of mechanisms underlying the strain-rate-dependent mechanical property of single chondrocytes
  361. Tuneable Resonance Properties of Graphene by Nitrogen-Dopant
  362. Revolute Joint Approach to Model Joint Mechanism in Water-Filled Road Safety Barriers
  363. Preface
  364. Mechanics of Microfilaments Networks: A Cross-Scales Study
  365. Magnetic Convection Heat Transfer in an Open Ended Enclosure Filled with Paramagnetic Fluids
  366. Impact of the Piston Secondary Motion on its Slap Force
  367. Fluid–structure interaction analysis of full scale vehicle-barrier impact using coupled SPH–FEA
  368. Deformation of a single red blood cell in a microvessel
  369. Neutral and charged boron-doped fullerenes for CO 2 adsorption
  370. A stochastic thermostat algorithm for coarse-grained thermomechanical modeling of large-scale soft matters: Theory and application to microfilaments
  371. Tensile properties of a boron/nitrogen-doped carbon nanotube–graphene hybrid structure
  372. Graphene ripples generated by grain boundaries in highly ordered pyrolytic graphite
  373. A sub-domain smoothed Galerkin method for solid mechanics problems
  374. Scanning Electron Microscopic Study of Microstructure of Gala Apples During Hot Air Drying
  375. A meshfree-based local Galerkin method with condensation of degree of freedom for elastic dynamic analysis
  376. Effect of Reynolds numbers on flow past four square cylinders in an in-line square configuration for different gap spacings
  377. Adhesive characteristics of low dimensional carbon nanomaterial on actin
  378. Tailoring the Resonance of Bilayer Graphene Sheets by Interlayer sp 3 Bonds
  379. A particle based model to simulate microscale morphological changes of plant tissues during drying
  380. Mechanical bending properties of sodium titanate (Na2Ti3O7) nanowires
  381. Unsteady buoyancy driven flows and heat transfer through coupled thermal boundary layers in a partitioned triangular enclosure
  382. Similarity Solutions for Flow and Heat Transfer of Non-Newtonian Fluid over a Stretching Surface
  383. Heat Transfer Analysis of Viscous Incompressible Fluid by Combined Natural Convection and Radiation in an Open Cavity
  384. Bending properties of Ag nanowires with pre-existing surface defects
  385. A RBF meshless approach for modeling a fractal mobile/immobile transport model
  386. A meshfree-based local Galerkin method with condensation of degree of freedom
  387. Physical mechanism of the compressive response of F-actin networks: significance of crosslinker unbinding events
  388. Stress relaxation analysis of single chondrocytes using porohyperelastic model based on AFM experiments
  389. Hyperelastic Constitutive Relationship for the Strain-Rate Dependent Behavior of Shoulder and Other Joint Cartilages
  390. Porohyperelastic Analysis of Single Osteocyte Using AFM and Inverse FEA
  391. F-actin crosslinker: A key player for the mechanical stability of filopodial protrusion
  392. Thermal conductivity of Si nanowires with faulted stacking layers
  393. Mechanical properties of bioinspired bicontinuous nanocomposites
  394. NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF PARTICLE DEPOSITION IN METAL FOAM HEAT EXCHANGERS
  395. TENSILE PROPERTIES OF GRAPHENE-NANOTUBE HYBRID STRUCTURES: A MOLECULAR DYNAMICS STUDY
  396. How to Increase the Accuracy of Analysis and Reduce the Computational Time in ANSYS in the Case of Deformation Study of Orthopedic Bone Plates
  397. Tensile Properties of Pumpkin Peel and Flesh Tissue and Review of Current Testing Methods
  398. A Monte-Carlo simulation method for industry transformer health prediction based on dissolved gas analysis
  399. Mixed Convection Over a Horizontal Plate With Streamwise Non-Uniform Surface Temperature Distribution
  400. A dynamic wheel–rail impact analysis of railway track under wheel flat by finite element analysis
  401. Hierarchical multiscale model for biomechanics analysis of microfilament networks
  402. Numerical Characterization of Nanowires
  403. Mechanical properties of graphene: Effects of layer number, temperature and isotope
  404. A HYBRID SMOOTHED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (H-SFEM) TO SOLID MECHANICS PROBLEMS
  405. Steady Natural Convection of Non-Newtonian Power-Law Fluid in a Trapezoidal Enclosure
  406. Numerical Study of Impact Forces on Railway Sleepers under Wheel Flat
  407. Effect of an Adiabatic Fin on Natural Convection Heat Transfer in a Triangular Enclosure
  408. Studies on Bending Limitations for the Optimal Fit of Orthopaedic Bone Plates
  409. Deconvolution of mechanical properties of thin films from nanoindentation measurement via finite element optimization
  410. Prandtl number scaling of the unsteady natural convection boundary layer adjacent to a vertical flat plate for subject to ramp surface heat flux
  411. COLLECTIVE DYNAMICS AND CONTROL OF A 3-D SMALL-WORLD NETWORK WITH TIME DELAYS
  412. Surface effects on the dual-mode vibration of 〈1 1 0〉 silver nanowires with different cross-sections
  413. Hardness of silicon nitride thin films characterised by nanoindentation and nanoscratch deconvolution methods
  414. Unsteady natural convection within a differentially heated enclosure of sinusoidal corrugated side walls
  415. Impact & Energy Absorption of Road Safety Barriers by Coupled SPH/FEM
  416. Influence of pre-exsiting surface defects on the vibrational properties of Ag nanowires
  417. Molecular investigation of the mechanical properties of single actin filaments based on vibration analyses
  418. Prandtl number scaling of natural convection of an inclined flat plate due to uniform surface heat flux
  419. Atomistic Investigations of Single-Crystal Silicon with Pre-Existing Defects
  420. Numerical investigation of mechanical properties of nanowires: a review
  421. A fundamental numerical and theoretical study for the vibrational properties of nanowires
  422. A NOVEL QUADRATIC EDGE-BASED SMOOTHED CONFORMING POINT INTERPOLATION METHOD (ES-CPIM) FOR ELASTICITY PROBLEMS
  423. Study of Mechanical Deformations on Tough Skinned Vegetables during Mechanical Peeling Process (A Review)
  424. Orthopedic bone plates: Evolution in Structure, Implementation technique and biomaterial
  425. Natural convection from a vertical plate embedded in a stratified medium with uniform heat source
  426. Effective shear modulus approach for two dimensional solids and plate bending problems by meshless point collocation method
  427. Modified beam theories for bending properties of nanowires considering surface/intrinsic effects and axial extension effect
  428. Theoretical and numerical investigation of bending properties of Cu nanowires
  429. Scaling for the Prandtl number of the natural convection boundary layer of an inclined flat plate under uniform surface heat flux
  430. MD INVESTIGATIONS FOR MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF COPPER NANOWIRES WITH AND WITHOUT SURFACE DEFECTS
  431. Beat phenomena in metal nanowires, and their implications for resonance-based elastic property measurements
  432. Anomalous sub-diffusion equations by the meshless collocation method
  433. Handling Incomplete Data in Survival Analysis with Multiple Covariates
  434. Study of Tissue Damage during Mechanical Peeling of Tough Skinned Vegetables
  435. PREDICTION OF STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY, ROBUSTNESS, AND SERVICE LIFE USING ADVANCED FINITE ELEMENT METHODS
  436. Numerical exploration of plastic deformation mechanisms of copper nanowires with surface defects
  437. An Enriched Radial Point Interpolation Method Based on Weak-Form and Strong-Form
  438. AN ADVANCED MESHLESS METHOD FOR TIME FRACTIONAL DIFFUSION EQUATION
  439. A NODE-BASED SMOOTHED CONFORMING POINT INTERPOLATION METHOD (NS-CPIM) FOR ELASTICITY PROBLEMS
  440. A new tip area function for instrumented nanoindentation at extremely small contact depths
  441. Quantitative Fit Assessment of a Precontoured Fracture Fixation Plate: Its Automation and an Investigation on the Borderline Cases
  442. Numerical Exploration of the Defect’s Effect on Mechanical Properties of Nanowires under Torsion
  443. Exploration of the Defect’s Effect on the Mechanical Properties of Different Orientated Nanowires
  444. Effect of Micro Scale on Prediction of Thermal Residual Stresses in Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors (MLCCs)
  445. Survival analysis using neural network hazard model with incomplete covariate data
  446. Time-dependent fractional advection-diffusion equations by an implicit MLS meshless method
  447. Advanced Numerical Characterization of Mono-Crystalline Copper with Defects
  448. An implicit RBF meshless approach for time fractional diffusion equations
  449. An enriched radial point interpolation method (e-RPIM) for analysis of crack tip fields
  450. A nanoscratch method for measuring hardness of thin films
  451. Theoretical Analysis of Serrated Chip Formation Based on Ideal Models in High Speed Cutting
  452. Meshless TL and UL Approaches for Large Deformation Analysis
  453. A Modified Quality Control Method for Manufacturing Process in Mask Industry
  454. A point interpolation method with locally smoothed strain field (PIM-LS2) for mechanics problems using triangular mesh
  455. A CONFORMING POINT INTERPOLATION METHOD (CPIM) BY SHAPE FUNCTION RECONSTRUCTION FOR ELASTICITY PROBLEMS
  456. Design methods of rhombic tensegrity structures
  457. An Adaptive Local Meshfree Updated Lagrangian Approach for Large Deformation Analysis of Metal Forming
  458. An Enriched Radial Point Interpolation Method (e-RPIM) for the Analysis of Crack Tip
  459. A Coupled Meshless Technique∕Molecular Dynamics Approach for Deformation Characterization of Mono-crystalline Metal
  460. Determination of Elastic Modulus of Thin Coating Materials Using Nanoindentation and Finite Element Analysis
  461. AN ELASTO-PLASTIC ANALYSIS OF SOLIDS BY THE LOCAL MESHLESS METHOD BASED ON MLS
  462. A bridging transition technique for the combination of meshfree method with finite element method in 2D solids and structures
  463. An advanced meshless technique for large deformation analysis of metal forming
  464. AN ELASTO-PLASTIC ANALYSIS OF SOLIDS BY THE LOCAL MESHLESS METHOD BASED ON MLS
  465. An effective multiscale approach for deformation analyses of carbon nanotube-based nanoswitches
  466. GEOMETRICALLY NONLINEAR ANALYSIS OF MICROSWITCHES USING THE LOCAL MESHFREE METHOD
  467. An extended Galerkin weak form and a point interpolation method with continuous strain field and superconvergence using triangular mesh
  468. A coupled numerical approach for nonlinear dynamic fluid‐structure interaction analysis of a near‐bed submarine pipeline
  469. Coupling of the meshfree and finite element methods for determination of the crack tip fields
  470. Crack Analysis Using an Improved Meshless Technique with Irregular Nodes
  471. A Multiscale Deformation Analysis for Mono-Crystalline Copper under Dynamic Uniaxial Tension
  472. Crack Analysis Using an Improved Meshless Technique with Irregular Nodes
  473. A pseudo-elastic local meshless method for analysis of material nonlinear problems in solids
  474. A meshless local Kriging method for large deformation analyses
  475. A New Method for Stress and Deformation Analysis from Nano to Macro Dimensional Scales
  476. Deformation characterization of a nanoelectromechanical switch
  477. A Concurrent Multiscale Method Based on the Meshfree Method and Molecular Dynamics Analysis
  478. A simple method for analysing the deformation of nanoelectromechanical switches based on carbon nanotubes
  479. EDITORIAL
  480. MESHFREE METHODS AND THEIR COMPARISONS
  481. Application of Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) Approach to Simulation of Incompressible Flow
  482. Meshless techniques for convection dominated problems
  483. A meshfree radial point interpolation method (RPIM) for three-dimensional solids
  484. Meshless methods coupled with other numerical methods
  485. An Introduction to Meshfree Methods and Their Programming
  486. A meshfree weak-strong (MWS) form method for time dependent problems
  487. Analysis of microelectromechanical systems (mems) by meshless local kriging (lokriging) method
  488. Boundary meshfree methods based on the boundary point interpolation methods
  489. Assessment and applications of point interpolation methods for computational mechanics
  490. A meshfree method: meshfree weak?strong (MWS) form method, for 2-D solids
  491. Hybrid boundary point interpolation methods and their coupling with the element free Galerkin method
  492. Comparison between the radial point interpolation and the Kriging interpolation used in meshfree methods
  493. A matrix triangularization algorithm for the polynomial point interpolation method
  494. A radial point interpolation method for simulation of two-dimensional piezoelectric structures
  495. A point interpolation mesh free method for static and frequency analysis of two-dimensional piezoelectric structures
  496. Comparisons of two meshfree local point interpolation methods for structural analyses
  497. A boundary point interpolation method for stress analysis of solids
  498. A LOCAL RADIAL POINT INTERPOLATION METHOD (LRPIM) FOR FREE VIBRATION ANALYSES OF 2-D SOLIDS
  499. A local point interpolation method for static and dynamic analysis of thin beams
  500. A coupled element free Galerkin/boundary element method for stress analysis of two-dimensional solids
  501. A meshless local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) method for free and forced vibration analyses for solids
  502. A point interpolation method for two-dimensional solids
  503. Meshless local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) method in combination with finite element and boundary element approaches
  504. Coupling of element free Galerkin and hybrid boundary element methods using modified variational formulation
  505. STRESS ANALYSIS OF 3-D SOLIDS USING A MESHFREE RADIAL POINT INTERPOLATION METHOD