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    A Mesh-Free DRK-Based Collocation Method for the Coupled Analysis of Functionally Graded Magneto-Electro-Elastic Shells and Plates

    Chih-Ping Wu1,2, Kuan-Hao Chiu2, Yung-Ming Wang2
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.35, No.3, pp. 181-214, 2008, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2008.035.181
    Abstract A mesh-free collocation method based on differential reproducing kernel (DRK) approximations is developed for the three-dimensional (3D) analysis of simply-supported, doubly curved functionally graded (FG) magneto-electro-elastic shells under the mechanical load, electric displacement and magnetic flux. The material properties of FG shells are firstly regarded as heterogeneous through the thickness coordinate and then specified to obey an identical power-law distribution of the volume fractions of the constituents. The novelty of the present DRK-based collocation method is that the shape functions of derivatives of reproducing kernel (RK) approximants are determined using a set of differential reproducing conditions without directly taking the… More >

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    Strength Asymmetry of Twinned Copper Nanowires under Tension and Compression

    Yongfeng Zhang1, Hanchen Huang1,2, Satya N. Atluri3
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.35, No.3, pp. 215-226, 2008, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2008.035.215
    Abstract Molecular dynamics simulations reveal the asymmetrical yield strength of twinned copper nanowires under tension and compression. The simulation results show that the strength of nanowires depends on loading conditions, morphologies, and twin spacing. Under tensile loading condition the Schmidt factor of the leading partial is larger than that under compression. Effectively, the yield strength under tension is smaller than that under compression. When the cross-section is circular in morphology, dislocation nucleation requires larger stress, and the asymmetry of yield strength depends on the nucleation stress. When the cross section is square in morphology, dislocation nucleation requires smaller stress, and the… More >

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    The Artificial Boundary Method for a Nonlinear Interface Problem on Unbounded Domain

    De-hao Yu1 ,Hong-ying Huang2
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.35, No.3, pp. 227-252, 2008, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2008.035.227
    Abstract In this paper, we apply the artificial boundary method to solve a three-dimensional nonlinear interface problem on an unbounded domain. A spherical or ellipsoidal surface as the artificial boundary is introduced. The exact artificial boundary conditions are derived explicitly in terms of an infinite series and then the well-posedness of the coupled weak formulation in a bounded domain, which is equivalent to the original problem in the unbounded domain, is obtained. The error estimate depends on the mesh size, the term after truncating the infinite series and the location of the artificial boundary. Some numerical examples are presented to demonstrate… More >

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    Analysis of Dynamic Fracture with Cohesive Crack Segment Method

    H.X. Wang, S.X. Wang
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.35, No.3, pp. 253-274, 2008, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2008.035.253
    Abstract In the meshfree cohesive crack method, the discrete crack is modeled by a set of cohesive crack segments which can be arbitrarily oriented. Propagation of the crack is achieved by activation of crack surfaces at individual nodes, so no representation of the crack surface is needed. The crack is modeled by a local enrichment of the test and trial functions with sign function, so that discontinuities are along the direction of the crack. A set of cracking rules is developed to avoid spurious cracking. More >

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