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    Modeling and Simulation of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Mold Filling Process by Level Set Method

    Binxin Yang1, Jie Ouyang1, Tao Jiang1, Chuntai Liu2
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.63, No.3, pp. 191-222, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.063.191
    Abstract A gas-solid-liquid three-phase model is proposed for fiber reinforced composites mold filling process. The fluid flow is described in Eulerian coordinate while the dynamics of fibers is described in Langrangian coordinate. The interaction of fluid flow and fibers are enclosed in the model. The influence of fluid flow on fibers is described by the resultant forces imposed on fibers and the influence of fibers on fluid flow is described by the momentum exchange source term in the model. A finite volume method coupled with a level set method for viscoelastic-Newtonian fluid flow is used to solve the model. The direct… More >

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    Lattice Boltzmann Flow Models for Micro/Nano Fluidics

    Kazuhiko Suga1,2, Takahiko Ito1
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.63, No.3, pp. 223-242, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.063.223
    Abstract Flow passages in micro/nano-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS/ -NEMS) usually have complicated geometries. The present study thus discusses on the latest lattice Boltzmann methods (LBMs) for micro/nano fluidics to evaluate their applicability to micro/nano-flows in complex geometries. Since the flow regime is the continuum to the slip and transitional regime with a moderate Knudsen number (Kn), the LBMs presently focused on feature the wall boundary treatment and the relaxation-time for modeling such flow regimes. The discussed micro flow (µ-flow) LBMs are based on the Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook (BGK) model and the multiple relaxation-time (MRT) model. The presently chosen µ-flow BGK LBM (BGK-1 model) consists… More >

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    On Increasing Computational Efficiency of Local Integral Equation Method Combined with Meshless Implementations

    V. Sladek1, J. Sladek1, Ch. Zhang2
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.63, No.3, pp. 243-264, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.063.243
    Abstract The paper deals with diminishing the prolongation of the computational time due to procedural evaluation of the shape functions and their derivatives in weak formulations implemented with meshless approximations. The proposed numerical techniques are applied to problems of stationary heat conduction in functionally graded media. Besides the investigation of the computational efficiency also the accuracy and convergence study are performed in numerical tests. More >

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    Multi-agent Based Traffic Simulation at Merging Section Using Coordinative Behavior Model

    Hideki Fujii1, Shinobu Yoshimura1, Kazuya Seki1
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.63, No.3, pp. 265-282, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.063.265
    Abstract Traffic system is a typical complex system emerged through interactions among a large number of traffic actors such as car drivers, pedestrians and others. We model each actor as an intelligent agent that can judge and act by itself autonomously, and develop a traffic simulator named MATES, which is based on an intelligent multi-agent model. In this simulator, microscopic behaviors of the traffic actors cause macroscopic traffic phenomena through their interaction. In this research, we newly develop a coordinative behavior model among multiple cars, and implement it to MATES to enhance the reproducibility of traffic behaviors at merging sections. In… More >

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