Huinan Sun^1,*, Siqiang Wang², Zhuoqing Zhang¹, Chaoyong Xia¹, Xu Chen¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.127, No.3, pp. 855-873, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.015791

Abstract Grains are widely present in industrial productions and processing, and are stored in silos. In the silo, auxiliary structures are added to achieve efficient production. However, little effort has been devoted to the influence of the internal structure of the silo on the granular flow. In this work, a silo with a central decompression tube is studied through experimental measurements and discrete element methods. Then, the influences of the central decompression tube on the flow behavior of grains and wall pressure are analyzed. Results show that the grains are in mass flow in the silo without a central decompression tube,… More >

Jaafar Hallal^1,*, Mahmoud Fakih², Hala Damerji³, Mohammad Hammoud^4,5, Mehdi Chouman^4,5

Sound & Vibration, Vol.55, No.2, pp. 131-140, 2021, DOI:10.32604/sv.2021.015293

Abstract Vibration can be introduced in all mechanical fields in our life. Engineers try to avoid its negative effect leading in some cases to deformation in the machines. Many researches are dedicated to study the identification of damping especially in multi degree of freedom systems with particular attention to the source of energy dissipation. They focus on developing new tools or methods which may be used in real problems to obtain accurate results about the amount (or value) and the location of energy dissipation in the structure. The aim of this paper is to present an original procedure aims to experimentally… More >

Jaafar Hallal^1,2,3,*, Mohammad Hammoud^2,3, Mahmoud Fakih^2,3,4, Ali Hallal^2,3

Sound & Vibration, Vol.54, No.4, pp. 225-236, 2020, DOI:10.32604/sv.2020.011513

Abstract The vibrations behavior analysis is an essential step in the mechanical design process. Several methods such as analytical modelling, numerical analysis and experimental measurements can be used for this purpose. However, the numerical or analytical models should be validated through experimental measurements, usually expensive. This paper introduces an inexpensive smartphone as an accurate, non-intrusive vibrations’ behavior measurement device. An experimental measurement procedure based on the video processing method is presented. This procedure allows the measurement of the natural frequencies and the mode shapes of a vibrating structure, simply by using a smartphone built-in camera. The experimental results are compared to… More >

chun-chi Li¹, chin-chiang Wang², yin-chia Su², yu-chen Chu², chia-chu Weng²

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.11, No.2, pp. 31-32, 2009, DOI:10.3970/icces.2009.011.031

Abstract The aim of this paper was to establish the realistic breathing patterns in different exercise conditions by experimental measurement. Generally, the human inhalation rate varies from 15 L/min at rest to 135 L/min for intense exercise and the breathing cycles are varied with different exercise conditions. Previous author have used symmetric Weibel configuration to establish three realistic breathing patterns, i. e., resting (inhalation rate, 15 L/min), light activity (inhalation rate, 30 L/min), and moderate exercise (inhalation rate, 60 L/min). In this study, in addition to reconstructing the three realistic breathing patterns of above mention, we expand the establishment of the… More >

A. Balabel^1,2,3, W. A. El-askary², S. Wilson²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.95, No.6, pp. 483-499, 2013, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2013.095.483

Abstract In the present paper, the impingement of air jet on a heated flat plate subjected to a periodic oscillation is numerically and experimentally investigated. The motivation of the present research is the desire to enhance the heat transfer characteristics during the cooling process of a heated flat plate which can be found in many relevance industrial applications. In order to improve the heat transfer characteristics, a novel idea is utilized, where a periodical oscillation movement in form of sine wave produced from a Scotch yoke mechanism is applied to the heated flat plate. The obtained numerical results showed a good… More >