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A.R.Ervilha1,2, F.A.Sousa1, J.M.C.Pereira1, J.C.F.Pereira1
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.89, No.5, pp. 361-387, 2012, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2012.089.361
Abstract Faster than real time stochastic fire spread predictions are reported using a Non-Intrusive Spectral Projection (NISP) method based on Polynomial Chaos expansion and Graphic Processing Units (GPUs). The fireLib BEHAVE model together with a raster surface fire growth algorithm was implemented using the Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) programming language. The uncertainty generated by the four random variables considered (wind speed, wind direction, fuel moisture, and fuel load) is quantified in the stochastic solution. Stochastic simulation of an idealized vegetation fire in a realistic complex terrain is obtained with speed-ups as high as 176 when compared to Central Processing Unit… More >
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Mark Andrew Bradford1, Yong-Lin Pi1
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.89, No.5, pp. 389-416, 2012, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2012.089.389
Abstract This paper is devoted to the development of a finite composite beam element for the nonlinear elastic-plastic analysis of composite high strength steel and geopolymer concrete members. For this, geometric nonlinearity is derived using a special orthogonal rotation matrix, so that scalar product of vectors is preserved during rotation from the initial configuration to a deformed configuration and rigid body movements are excluded from the finite strains. The material nonlinearities of the geopolymer concrete are based on constitutive models in association with its axial stress-strain relationship that is consistent with the experimental results. To consider the slip due to possible… More >
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Leiting Dong1,2, Satya N. Atluri2
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.89, No.5, pp. 417-458, 2012, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2012.089.417
Abstract Two-dimensional weakly-singular Symmetric Galerkin Boundary Elements (SGBEMs) are developed, following the work of [Han and Atluri (2003)], using non-hypersingular integral equations for tractions. Specifically, the present 2D SGBEM is used to compute the stress intensity factors for arbitrary-shaped line cracks, including embedded, edge, branching, and intersecting cracks. The computed stress intensity factors show high accuracy, even with very coarse meshes. The non-collinear mixed-mode fatigue growth analysis of cracks requires a very minimal effort¡ªsimply extending the cracks by adding an element to each crack tip, in the direction of the crack-growth as determined by a physics-based criterion. Moreover, by rearranging the… More >
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