Tai C. Lee¹, Huan J. Keh²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.93, No.5, pp. 317-333, 2013, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2013.093.317

Abstract A theoretical study of the thermocapillary migration of a fluid sphere located at an arbitrary position inside a spherical cavity is presented in the quasisteady limit of small Reynolds and Marangoni numbers. The applied temperature gradient is perpendicular to the line through the drop and cavity centers. The general solutions to the energy and momentum equations governing the system are constructed from the superposition of their fundamental solutions in the spherical coordinates originating from the two centers, and the boundary conditions are satisfied by a multipole collocation method. Results for the thermocapillary migration velocity of… More >

Kyong Pil Jang¹, Je kuk Son², Seung Hee Kwon^1,3

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.38, No.3, pp. 155-173, 2013, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2013.038.155

Abstract In a precast shell pier cap, cracking at the interface between the precast shell and the cast-in-place concrete may happen due to differences between the drying shrinkage of the inner and the outer concrete. The objective of this study is to establish a prediction method for interfacial cracking that will consider the real mechanism of differential drying shrinkage and creep. The main parameters used in the analysis were determined from experiments for a concrete mix that is applied to the manufacturing of pier caps. The variation of internal relative humidity over time was first calculated More >

E. Ferretti

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 237-284, 2012, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2012.030.237

Abstract The procedure of the effective law outlined in this paper [Ferretti (2001); Ferretti and Di Leo (2003); Ferretti (2004b)] is an experimental procedure for identifying the constitutive law in uniaxial compression of brittle heterogeneous materials, and is based on the physical, analytical and numerical discussions about the existence or otherwise of strain-softening [Ferretti (2004a); Ferretti (2005)]. This procedure allows us to correct several incongruities that characterize the average stress versus average strain diagrams: it produces evidence against strain-softening in uniaxial compression [Ferretti (2004b)], whose existence may be questioned from a physical point of view [Ferretti… More >

Jiang-teng LI, Ping CAO, Hang LIN, Xiang-yang ZHANG

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.20, No.4, pp. 109-110, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.020.109

Abstract Rock will be soften and weakened its physics mechanics parameters by water, then resulting in the deterioration of stability of geotechnical engineering. The effects of water on creep damage parameters of rock become more distinct for pore water dissipation with time passing. So it is important to study the damage parameters by creep effect under the water-saturated condition.

In the present paper, a set of uniaxial compression creep experiments of plagioclase specimens were performed under dry and water-saturated in Jinchuan Mine a.! by a circular increment step load and unload method using RYL-600 Shear Rheometer.… More >

Yi W. Wan¹, Huan J. Keh²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.74, No.2, pp. 109-138, 2011, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2011.074.109

Abstract The steady rotation of an axially symmetric particle about its axis of revolution normal to two plane walls at an arbitrary position between them in a viscous fluid is studied theoretically in the limit of small Reynolds number. The fluid is allowed to slip at the surface of the particle. A method of distribution of a set of spherical singularities along the axis of revolution inside a prolate particle or on the fundamental disk within an oblate particle is used to find the general solution for the fluid velocity distribution that satisfies the boundary conditions… More >

A. A. Abdulrazeg¹, J. Noorzaei^1,2, P. Khanehzaei¹, M. S. Jaafar¹, T. A. Mohammed¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.68, No.3, pp. 239-268, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.068.239

Abstract Development of temperature rise in massive concrete structure such as a roller compacted concrete dam is attributed to hydration of concrete and environmental boundary conditions. These thermal changes in the material affect the elastic, creep properties of the material, and in turn, the stress fields within the structure. Therefore, the effects of temperature on the properties of RCC materials( elastic, creep) has to be taken into account in order to determine the risk of the thermally induced cracking in these dams. In the present work an attempt has been made to consider the effect of More >

D. C. C. Lam¹, L-H Keung¹, P. Tong²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.66, No.1, pp. 73-100, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.066.073

Abstract Additional molecular rotations in long chained macromolecules lead to additional size dependence. In this investigation, we developed the higher order viscoelasticity framework and conducted experiments to determine the higher order material length scale parameters needed to describe the higher order viscoelastic behavior in the new framework. In the first part of the investigation of high order deformation behavior of macromolecular solids, the higher-order viscoelasticity theories for Maxwell and Kelvin-Voigt materials, and models of higher-order viscoelastic beam deflection creep are developed in this study. We conducted creep bending experiments with epoxy beams to show that the… More >

Huan J. Keh¹, Yu C. Chang²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.62, No.3, pp. 225-254, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.062.225

Abstract A theoretical study of the Stokes flow caused by a rigid particle of revolution translating axisymmetrically perpendicular to two parallel plane walls at an arbitrary position between them in a viscous fluid, which may slip at the particle surface, is presented. A method of distribution of a set of spherical singularities along the axis of revolution within a prolate particle or on the fundamental plane within an oblate particle is used to find the general solution of the fluid velocity field that satisfies the boundary conditions at the plane walls and at infinity. The slip… More >

Yi W. Wan¹, Huan J. Keh²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.53, No.1, pp. 73-94, 2009, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2009.053.073

Abstract The problem of the rotation of a rigid particle of revolution about its axis in a viscous fluid is studied theoretically in the steady limit of low Reynolds number. The fluid is allowed to slip at the surface of the particle. A singularity method based on the principle of distribution of a set of spherical singularities along the axis of revolution within a prolate particle or on the fundamental plane within an oblate particle is used to find the general solution for the fluid velocity field that satisfies the boundary condition at infinity. The slip… More >

FU Zhiliang¹, GUO Hua², GAO Yanfa³

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.5, No.3, pp. 145-156, 2008, DOI:10.3970/icces.2008.005.145

Abstract This paper is focused on the micro-damage evolution properties of gray green mudstone under impacting disturbance load conditions for the first time by using the real time CT testing technique. CT images and CT values for rock cross-sections under different impacting disturbance loading levels were obtained. The paper is also to describe process of rock creep damage under disturbance loads and to explore the mechanism of micro-damage. The results have shown that rock failure is easy to happen suddenly rock is in or close to limit strength neighborhood during the process of disturbance. This will More >