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    Boundary Element Method for an Inverse Problem in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Gradient Coils

    Liviu Marin1, Henry Power1, Richard W. Bowtell2, Clemente Cobos Sanchez2, Adib A. Becker1, Paul Glover2,Arthur Jones1
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.23, No.3, pp. 149-174, 2008, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2008.023.149
    Abstract We investigate the reconstruction of a divergence-free surface current distribution from knowledge of the magnetic flux density in a prescribed region of interest in the framework of static electromagnetism. This inverse problem is motivated by the design of gradient coils for use in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and is formulated using its corresponding integral representation according to potential theory. A novel boundary element method (BEM) which employs linear interpolation on quadratic surfaces and also satisfies the continuity equation for the current density, i.e. a divergence-free BEM, is presented. Since the discretised BEM system is ill-posed and hence the associated least-squares… More >

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    Modeling and Bending Vibration of the Blade of a Horizontal-Axis Wind Power Turbine

    Shueei-Muh Lin1, Sen-Yung Lee2, Yu-Sheng Lin3
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.23, No.3, pp. 175-186, 2008, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2008.023.175
    Abstract The blade of a horizontal-axis wind power turbine is modeled as a rotating beam with pre-cone angles and setting angles. Based on the Bernoulli-Euler beam theory, without considering the axial extension deformation and the Coriolis forces effect, the governing differential equations for the bending vibration of the beam are derived. It is pointed out that if the geometric and the material properties of the beam are in polynomial forms, then the exact solution for the system can be obtained. Based on the frequency relations as revealed, without tedious numerical analysis, one can reach many general qualitative conclusions between the natural… More >

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    Improving Volume Element Methods by Meshless Radial Basis Function Techniques

    P. Orsini1, H. Power1,2, H. Morvan1
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.23, No.3, pp. 187-208, 2008, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2008.023.187
    Abstract In this work, we present a modified Control Volume (CV) method that uses a Radial Basis Function (RBF) interpolation to improve the prediction of the flux accuracy at the faces of the CV. The method proposed differs from classical CV methods in the way that the flux at the cell surfaces is computed. A local RBF interpolation of the field variable is performed at the centres of the cell being integrated and its neighbours. This interpolation is then used to reconstruct the solution and its gradient in the integration points which support the flux computation. In addition, it is required… More >

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    A Smoothed Four-Node Piezoelectric Element for Analysis of Two-Dimensional Smart Structures

    H. Nguyen-Van1, N. Mai-Duy2, T. Tran-Cong3
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.23, No.3, pp. 209-222, 2008, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2008.023.209
    Abstract This paper reports a study of linear elastic analysis of two-dimensional piezoelectric structures using a smoothed four-node piezoelectric element. The element is built by incorporating the strain smoothing method of mesh-free conforming nodal integration into the standard four-node quadrilateral piezoelectric finite element. The approximations of mechanical strains and electric potential fields are normalized using a constant smoothing function. This allows the field gradients to be directly computed from shape functions. No mapping or coordinate transformation is necessary so that the element can be used in arbitrary shapes. Through several examples, the simplicity, efficiency and reliability of the element are demonstrated.… More >

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