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M. Toujani1, R. Djebali2, L. Hassini1, S. Azzouz1, A. Belghith1
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.98, No.5, pp. 469-485, 2014, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2014.098.469
Abstract In the present work we aim to simulate unsteady two-dimensional evolution of the moisture content, temperature and mechanical stress in a parallelepiped apple sample during convective drying. The model is based on the heat and mass transfer equations and the mechanical equilibrium equation under the assumptions of plane deformation, viscoelasticity and isotropic hydric shrinkage. The Finite Elements COMSOL Multiphysics solver is used to solve the developed model. The hydro-thermal model was validated on experimental data drawn in our laboratory for moisture and temperature internal profiles of the product. Excellent agreement has been obtained between numerical and measured data for different… More >
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Guangyao Li1, Shuaiping Guo1, Jianming Zhang1,2, Baiping Fei1, Yuan Li1
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.98, No.5, pp. 487-508, 2014, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2014.098.487
Abstract In this paper, we will propose a new concept, namely the Complete Solid Buckling Analysis, in which the deformation assumptions for rods, beams and plates are all discarded, and the entire structure, including all its local smallsized features, is modeled as a three-dimensional (3D) solid according to its real shape and dimensions. Firstly, we derive a new control equation, in which physical variables in three directions are considered. Then, an equivalent Boundary Integral Equation (BIE) is derived from the control equation. In the numerical implementation, the Boundary Face Method is employed, by which analyses can be performed directly on the… More >
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Cheng-Yu Ku 1,2
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.98, No.5, pp. 509-541, 2014, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2014.098.509
Abstract This paper proposes the numerical solution of three-dimensional Laplacian problems in a multiply connected domain using the collocation Trefftz method with multiple source points. A numerical solution for three-dimensional Laplacian problems was approximated by superpositioning T-complete functions formulated from 36 independent functions satisfying the governing equation in the cylindrical coordinate system. To deal with complicated problems for multiply connected domain, we adopted the generalized multiple source point boundary collocation Trefftz method which allows many source points in the Trefftz formulation without using the decomposition of the problem domain. In addition, to mitigate a severely ill-conditioned system of linear equations, this… More >
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