Carlos A. Felippa^*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.129, No.3, pp. 1209-1241, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.016803 - 25 November 2021

Abstract This paper considers Lagrangian finite elements for structural dynamics constructed with cubic displacement shape functions. The method of templates is used to investigate the construction of accurate mass-stiffness pairs. This method introduces free parameters that can be adjusted to customize elements according to accuracy and rank-sufficiency criteria. One- and two-dimensional Lagrangian cubic elements with only translational degrees of freedom (DOF) carry two additional nodes on each side, herein called side nodes or SN. Although usually placed at the third-points, the SN location may be adjusted within geometric limits. The adjustment effect is studied in detail… More >

Amir Haider¹, MuhibUr Rahman², Tayyaba Khan³, Muhammad Tabish Niaz¹, Hyung Seok Kim^1,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.2, pp. 1747-1758, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.015611 - 05 February 2021

Abstract The 5G cellular network aims at providing three major services: Massive machine-type communication (mMTC), ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC), and enhanced-mobile-broadband (eMBB). Among these services, the URLLC and eMBB require strict end-to-end latency of 1 ms while maintaining 99.999% reliability, and availability of extremely high data rates for the users, respectively. One of the critical challenges in meeting these requirements is to upgrade the existing optical fiber backhaul network interconnecting the base stations with a multigigabit capacity, low latency and very high reliability system. To address this issue, we have numerically analyzed 100 Gbit/s coherent optical… More >

Shi-er Dong¹, Yiqing He^1,*, Jingya Dong², Zhouyu Peng³, Guohua Fu³

Energy Engineering, Vol.118, No.1, pp. 103-118, 2021, DOI:10.32604/EE.2020.012362 - 17 November 2020

Abstract Based on the analysis of the whole process of LNG spill on land, the research methods of LNG pool expansion and heavy gas diffusion are summarized and analyzed. This paper reviews the experimental and analytical work performed to data on spill of LNG. Specifically, experiments on the spill of LNG onshore, as well as experiments and numerical study on heavy gas dispersion. Pool boiling and turbulence model are described and discussed, as well as models used to predict dispersion. Although there have been significant progress in understanding the behavior of LNG spills, technical knowledge gaps More >

Clément Chagnaud^1,3, Philippe Garat², Paule-Annick Davoine^1,3, Guylaine Brun-Trigaud⁴

Revue Internationale de Géomatique, Vol.30, No.1, pp. 67-83, 2020, DOI:10.3166/rig.2020.00107

Abstract Nous proposons une procédure d’analyse statistique multidimensionnelle couplant des méthodes de projection et de classification pour identifier des ensembles cohérents au sein d’un corpus d’entités géographiques surfaciques que l’on appelle aires de dispersion. La méthodologie intègre un facteur géographique dans la construction de l’espace de représentation pour la projection des données. En appliquant ces méthodes sur des données géolinguistiques, nous pouvons identifier et expliquer de nouvelles structures spatiales au sein d’un corpus d’aires de dispersion de traits linguistiques. More >

Weitao Zhang^{1, 2}, Mengqi Liu³, Kaiyi Wang⁴, Fan Zhang², Lei Hou^{1, *}

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.123, No.3, pp. 1247-1266, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2020.09297 - 28 May 2020

Abstract Accidents involving natural gas leakage and dispersion pose a significant threat to human life and property. This threat is especially relevant at the street intersection at which dense buildings, heavy traffic flow, and complex underground pipe networks meet. Scholars have conducted numerous studies on gas leakage and dispersion, but investigations of natural gas leakage and dispersion at the street intersection of a building group are not in-depth. In this paper, we presented a three-dimensional (3D) physical model based on the Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) methodology to study the natural gas leakage and dispersion at the… More >

Verónica L. Mucci¹, M. E. Victoria Hormaiztegui², Mirta I. Aranguren^1,*

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.8, No.6, pp. 579-601, 2020, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2020.09455 - 12 May 2020

Abstract The increasing pressure from consumers and policy makers to reduce the use of synthetic polymers, whose production contributes to the depletion of non-renewable resources and are usually non- biodegradable, has prompted the efforts to find suitable bio-based sources for the production of polymers. Vegetable oils have been a frequently spotted in this search because they are versatile, highly available and a low cost liquid biosource, which can be used in the synthesis of a wide plethora of different polymers and reactive monomers. Following the same idea of reducing the environmental stress, the traditional polyurethanes that… More >

Xinfeng Wang¹, Zaixing Huang^1,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.121, No.2, pp. 385-398, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2019.06936

Abstract In the benchmark problems of peridynamics, there are some eccentric results, for example, singularity of uniaxial tension and anomalous dispersion of wave. The reasons to give rise to these results are investigated. We calculated local tension and wave of an infinite rod after adding a divergence of local stress in the peridynamic motion equation. The acquired results verify that the singularity in the peridynamic solution of local tension problem and anomalous dispersion of peridynamic wave are all eliminated. Therefore, the anomalous features of some peridynamic solutions likely stem from the lack of local stress characterizing More >

Mahdi Saedshoar Heris¹, Mohammad Javidi¹, Bashir Ahmad^2,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.121, No.1, pp. 249-272, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2019.08080

Abstract In this paper, we propose numerical methods for the Riesz space fractional advection-dispersion equations with delay (RFADED). We utilize the fractional backward differential formulas method of second order (FBDF2) and weighted shifted Grünwald difference (WSGD) operators to approximate the Riesz fractional derivative and present the finite difference method for the RFADED. Firstly, the FBDF2 and the shifted Grünwald methods are introduced. Secondly, based on the FBDF2 method and the WSGD operators, the finite difference method is applied to the problem. We also show that our numerical schemes are conditionally stable and convergent with the accuracy More >

Fadhel Aloulou^1,*, Alila Sabrine², Habib Sammouda¹

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.7, No.7, pp. 631-641, 2019, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2019.04070

Abstract Wood nanofibers from industrial waste have been used as polymeric material to reinforce the cement paste to a content of up to 2% by weight of cement. The effect of the wood nanofibre content on the porosity, the compressive strength and the degree of hydration of the cement was studied. The results showed an improvement in compressive strength of over 50% with 1% of added fiberwood. Chemical modification of nanofiber wood by grafting alkyl chains to their surface can reduce the amount of water absorbed by the sample. Addition of an anionic additive (SDBS) to More >

Guoquan Nie^{1, *}, Menghe Wang¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.59, No.1, pp. 257-274, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.04498

Abstract Propagation characteristics of Rayleigh-type wave in a piezoelectric layered system are theoretically investigated. The piezoelectric layer is considered as a cubic crystal with finite thickness rotated about Y-axis and is imperfectly bonded onto a semi-infinite dielectric substrate. The imperfect interface between the two constituents is assumed to be mechanically compliant and dielectrically weakly conducting. The exact dispersion relations for electrically open or shorted boundary conditions are obtained. The numerical results show that the phase velocity of Rayleigh-type wave is symmetric with respect to the cut orientation of 45。 and can achieve the maximum propagation speed More >