K. S. Alan¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.44, No.1, pp. 1-21, 2014, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2014.044.001

Abstract In the framework of the piecewise homogeneous body model with the use of the three-dimensional geometrically nonlinear exact equations of the theory of elasticity, the method developed for the determination of the stress distribution in the nanocomposites with unidirectional locally curved and hollow nanofibers is used to investigate the normal stresses acting along the nanofibers. Furthermore, it is assumed that the body is loaded at infinity by uniformly distributed normal forces which act along the nanofibers and the crosssection of the nanofibers and normal to its axial line, is a circle of constant radius along More >

Tengfei Sun¹, Deli Gao^1,2, Hui Zhang¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.90, No.1, pp. 37-46, 2013, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2013.090.037

Abstract Well profile design is one of the critical technologies in extended reach drilling (ERD), because an optimum well profile is an effective means for reducing the torque, drag and cost. This paper proposes a new well profile based on an inverse proportional function, and the new profile design method is analyzed in detail. The new well profile is also compared with other existing well profiles in many aspects such as the hook load, the maximum well curvature, the well length, the torque and so on. The results show that the well profile design based on More >

P.D.Gosling¹, L. Zhang¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.83, No.2, pp. 97-142, 2012, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2012.083.097

Abstract The analysis of membrane structures is made complex by the essentially anti-clastic geometry and flexibility introducing significant geometric non-linearities. With the increasing application of these structures in high-profile projects, the introduction of new materials in the form of ETFE foil, for example, and the impending requirements of a membrane structures-specific Eurocode, the need for high quality analysis capabilities is paramount. Existing formulations lag behind shell element counterparts and are based on a range of principles, from discrete to continua, and uniaxial to plane stress constitutive laws. In this paper, we present a linear strain triangular More >

Saptarshi Sasmal¹, K. Ramanjaneyulu²

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.7, No.4, pp. 253-282, 2011, DOI:10.3970/sdhm.2011.007.253

Abstract This paper proposes a methodology for damage detection in beam like structures using vibration characteristics obtained from transfer matrix technique. At first, vibration characteristics of beam-like structure have been determined with the help of a computer program developed based on the formulations presented in this paper. Then, a detailed study has been carried out to categorise the influence of damage on frequency and mode shape (both displacement and rotational) information. For a structure with known magnitude and location of damage(s), frequencies and mode shape information are obtained and the same has been used in determining… More >

Xiuqing Qian, Yanping Cao, Kunya Zhang, Zhicheng Liu

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.17, No.4, pp. 129-130, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.017.129

Abstract Depth-sensing instrumented indentation tests are widely used to probe the mechanical properties of materials at a local area and small scales. Generally, indented solid was assumed semi-infinite plane solid because the contact region is small comparing the indented solid. However, for some biomaterial, such as skin, cornea and sclera, the effect of the curvature of the surface cannot be ignored. Using systematic finite element analysis and dimensional analysis, a method to determine the elastic modulus of the materials with curved surface is proposed using flat punch indentation in this paper.

An axisymmetric, two-dimensional model was… More >

Y. Zhao, K.S. Yeo, P. Yu, S.J. Ang

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.16, No.2, pp. 59-60, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.016.059

Abstract This paper presents the application of an Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) and Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) based Generalized Finite Difference (GFD) method to simulate the C- and S-starts of a carangiform-type fish. The numerical model incorporate fluid-structure interaction (FSI) and computation is carried out on a hybrid grid comprising meshfree nodes around the undulating/deforming swimming fish and Cartesian nodes in the background. The meshfree nodes convect with the deformation and motion of the swimmer. A curvature-wave model of the backbone is used to generate the C- and S-start actions of the fish from the experimental More >

V.K. Tewary¹, M. D. Vaudin²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.25, No.3, pp. 265-290, 2011, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2011.025.265

Abstract A semicontiuum Green's-function-based model is proposed for analysis of averaged mechanical characteristics of Si_xGe_{1 - x}. The atomistic forces in the model are distributed at discrete lattice sites, but the Green's function is approximated by the continuum GF in the far field and by the averaged lattice GF in the near field. Averaging is achieved by replacing Si and Ge atoms by identical hypothetical atoms that are x fraction Si and (1-x) fraction Ge. The parameters of the model are derived using the atomistic model from the interatomic potential between the hypothetical atoms. The interatomic potential… More >

H.F.Qiang¹, F.Z.Chen¹, W.R. Gao¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.77, No.3&4, pp. 239-262, 2011, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2011.077.239

Abstract Based on smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method with surface tension proposed by Morris, this paper is intended to modify equations for surface tension by modifying normal and curvature with corrective smoothing particle method (CSPM). Compared with the continuum surface force (CSF) model for surface tension employed in the traditional SPH method, the accuracy in the present paper is much higher in terms of handling the problems with large deformation and surface tension. The reason is that in the traditional SPH method the deficiency of particles is near the boundary and sharp-angled areas, and it causes… More >

V. Ungvichian¹, P. Kanongchaiyos¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.77, No.3&4, pp. 201-220, 2011, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2011.077.201

Abstract This paper describes an enhancement to Garland and Heckbert's mesh simplification method by using the principal curvatures and directions of each vertex. We calculate the values and directions, before using them to determine the absolute normal curvature in the direction of contraction, and multiplying the curvature with the edge length, the maximum absolute cosine of the angles between the edge and the normals of faces adjacent to either endpoint, and the quadric error of the collapse. We also apply penalties based on compactness and angular and dihedral deviations of the resulting faces. We have implemented… More >

Ismet Gölgeleyen¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.64, No.1, pp. 71-90, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.064.071

Abstract In this paper, the solvability conditions for an inverse problem for an integro-differential transport equation are obtained and a numerical approximation method based on the finite difference method is developed. A comparison between the numerical solution and the exact solution of the problem is presented. Experimental results show that proposed method is robust to data noises. More >