Toshihiro Ashino^1,*, Nobutaka Nishikawa²

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.22, No.2, pp. 137-137, 2019, DOI:10.32604/icces.2019.05454

Abstract Materials performance analysis process requires integration of many heterogeneous data and information resources, e.g. experimental data, empirical models and computational simulation. Virtual Research Environment (VRE) for materials science and engineering should support each data handling processes, data retrieval, conversion, statistical analysis, symbolic manipulation and visualization within single interactive and scripting environment.
Furthermore, in order to integrate heterogeneous data, it requires a common dictionary which describe semantic relationships among these data resources. It is required to identify corresponding data items from different data resources. It can be a flat structured table, but an ontology which describes More >

Bashir S. Shariat^*, Sam Bakhtiari, Hong Yang, Yinong Liu

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.21, No.1, pp. 21-21, 2019, DOI:10.32604/icces.2019.05559

Abstract Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are a unique collection of materials which can return to their initial configuration after being largely deformed. Near-equiatomic NiTi is the most widely used SMA due to its excellent shape memory properties and fabricability. One exceptional property of this alloy is superelasticity, which refers to the ability of the alloy to accommodate relatively large deformation typically up to 8% of tensile strain and return to the original undeformed shape upon unloading. As a result of this outstanding feature, superelastic NiTi have been increasingly used in different areas of engineering, such as… More >

Nuni Widiarti¹, Yatim Lailun Ni’mah¹, Hasliza Bahruji², Didik Prasetyoko^1,*

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.7, No.10, pp. 915-939, 2019, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2019.07183

Abstract Biodiesel is a fossil fuel that is in demand to be developed because it is bio-renewable, biodegradable and environmentally friendly. Biodiesel produced from the transesterification reaction of vege Tab. oil using a base catalyst. CaO is the most developed catalyst for the reaction of transesterification of oil into biodiesel because it is cheap, the process is easy and has a high level of alkalinity. CaO is a cheap catalyst because it is easily obtained from natural ingredients. The use of CaO catalysts in the reaction formation of biodiesel continues to develop through modification with various More >

Meihua Liu¹, Xinchen Zhang^2,*, Shuangkui Ge³, Xiaoli Chen¹, Jianbin Wu², Mao Tian¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.60, No.2, pp. 559-574, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.04843

Abstract In Opportunistic networks (ONs), buffer management is critical to improve the message exchanging efficiency due to the limited storage space and transmission bandwidth at the wireless edge. Current solutions make message scheduling and drop policy based on assumptions that messages can always been forwarded in a single contact, and all node pairs have the same contact rates. However, such ideal assumptions are invalid for realistic mobility traces of hand-held. Recent studies show that the single contact duration is limited and the mobility of nodes is heterogeneous in reality. In this paper, a buffer management strategy… More >

Yi Zheng^1,2, Wentao Zhao^2,*, Chengcheng Sun², Qian Li¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.60, No.2, pp. 481-496, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.05536

Abstract Drug side-effects impose massive costs on society, leading to almost one-third drug failure in the drug discovery process. Therefore, early identification of potential side-effects becomes vital to avoid risks and reduce costs. Existing computational methods employ few drug features and predict drug side-effects from either drug side or side-effect side separately. In this work, we explore to predict drug side-effects by combining heterogeneous drug features and employing the bipartite local models (BLMs) which fuse predictions from both the drug side and side-effect side. Specifically, we integrate drug chemical structures, drug interacted proteins and drug associated… More >

Shaojiang Zhong^{1, *}

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.60, No.2, pp. 465-479, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.05853

Abstract Based on the three-dimensional classic Chua circuit, a nonlinear circuit containing two flux-control memristors is designed. Due to the difference in the design of the characteristic equation of the two magnetron memristors, their position form a symmetrical structure with respect to the capacitor. The existence of chaotic properties is proved by analyzing the stability of the system, including Lyapunov exponent, equilibrium point, eigenvalue, Poincare map, power spectrum, bifurcation diagram et al. Theoretical analysis and numerical calculation show that this heterogeneous memristive model is a hyperchaotic five-dimensional nonlinear dynamical system and has a strong chaotic behavior. More >

Filip Putar¹, Jurica Sorić^1,*, Tomislav Lesičar¹, Zdenko Tonković¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.120, No.1, pp. 123-156, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2019.06562

Abstract A novel multiscale algorithm based on the higher-order continuum at both micro- and macrostructural level is proposed for the consideration of the quasi-brittle damage response of heterogeneous materials. Herein, the microlevel damage is modelled by the degradation of the homogenized stress and tangent stiffness tensors, which are then upscaled to govern the localization at the macrolevel. The C¹ continuity finite element employing a modified case of Mindlin’s form II strain energy density is derived for the softening analysis. To the authors’ knowledge, the finite element discretization based on the strain gradient theory is applied for the… More >

Changming Zhao^1,2,*, Tiejun Wang², Alan Yang³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.61, No.1, pp. 423-437, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.07501

Abstract In the paper, we investigate the heterogeneous resource allocation scheme for virtual machines with slicing technology in the 5G/B5G edge computing environment. In general, the different slices for different task scenarios exist in the same edge layer synchronously. A lot of researches reveal that the virtual machines of different slices indicate strong heterogeneity with different reserved resource granularity. In the condition, the allocation process is a NP hard problem and difficult for the actual demand of the tasks in the strongly heterogeneous environment. Based on the slicing and container concept, we propose the resource allocation… More >

P. Bala Anki Reddy^a,*, S. Suneetha^b

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.10, pp. 1-9, 2018, DOI:10.5098/hmt.10.7

Abstract This work concentrates on the effects of homogeneous-heterogeneous chemical reactions on MHD boundary layer flow of Casson fluid over a stretching surface. Cattaneo-Christov heat flux model is considered instead of classical Fourier’s law to explore the heat transfer phenomena. Appropriate similarity transformations are used to convert the governing partial differential equations into a system of coupled non-linear differential equations. The resulting coupled non-linear differential equations are solved numerically by using the fourth order Runge-Kutta method with shooting technique. The impact of significant parameters on velocity, temperature, concentration, skin friction coefficient and the Nusselt number are More >

Xiaofeng Liu, Siqi An, Dongxu Zhang

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.24, No.4, pp. 771-775, 2018, DOI:10.1080/10798587.2017.1337667

Abstract This paper discusses the problem of dynamic output consensus for heterogeneous multi-agent systems (MAS) with fixed topologies. All the agents possess unique linear dynamics, and only the output information of each agent is delivered throughout the communication digraphs. A series of conditions and protocols are set for reaching the consensus. With the proper feedback controllers, the output consensus of the overall system is guaranteed. An application illustrates the theorems. More >