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Nowadays, finite element analysis (FEA) has become one of the most popular numerical techniques due to its applicability to a broad field of continuum mechanics and many other disciplines, its diversity, flexibility, and ability to provide approximated numerical solutions to a wide range of engineering applications. This is why FEA is receiving much attention in academia and industries. With the advances of computer technology, FEA is widely used by many scientists and becomes very common in engineering communities. Recent advances in FEA have led to the development of new types of elements, powerful solvers, advanced meshing techniques, and tools, and to the understanding of many physical problems.
Advances in FEA for computational mechanics is an annual special issue of the international journal Advances in Mechanical Engineering and has a main objective to promote recent advances in FEA and its application to several disciplines. Major applications of FEA, which are considered in this special issue, are Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and so on, with a particular emphasis...