Y. Senda, M. Fujio, S. Shimamura, J. Blomqvist, R. M Nieminen

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.18, No.3, pp. 93-94, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.018.093

Abstract Atomistic molecular dynamics simulation for"polymer melts has been performed inten-sively and revealed the dynamical behavior of atomistic"chain structure in the melt. These atomistic"calculations, however, have been limited by the massive computational costs because of macroscopic properties of long chain polymer. It would be highly de-sirable to use a multiscale approach covering atomistic and macroscopic behavior of the polymer melt. We have developed computational method coupling atomic model and continuum model [1] and applied the method to polymer melt consisted of the long chain polymers. The polymer molecule is coarse-grained into meso-scopic model by so-called spring- beads model. This spring-beads model… More >

T. Watanabe, T.Gotoh

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.18, No.3, pp. 91-92, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.018.091

Abstract The effects of polymer additives on decaying isotropic turbulence were numerically investigated using a hybrid approach. The approach consisted of a Brownian dynamics simulation with an enormous number of dumbbells and a turbulence DNS with large-scale parallel computations. A reduction of the energy dissipation rate and modification of the kinetic energy spectrum were observed when the reactions of the polymers were incorporated into the fluid motion. We found that results with few polymers and large replicas could approximate those with many polymers and smaller replicas as far as the large-scale statistics were concerned. More >

Paulo M. Pimenta

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.17, No.3, pp. 85-86, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.017.085

Abstract This work addresses the development of some alternative hybrid and mixed variational formulations for the geometrically-exact three-dimensional first-order-shear shell boundary value problem [1,2]. In the framework of the complementary-energy-based formulations, a Legendre transformation is used to introduce the complementary energy density in the variational statements as a function of the cross-sectional resultants only. The corresponding variational principles are shown to feature stationarity within the framework of the boundary-value-problem. The main features of the principles are highlighted, giving special attention to their relationships from both theoretical and numerical point of view.

Variational principles constitute the core of the development of… More >

Ravi Pandey

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 31-32, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.020.031

Abstract Theme Lecture: First Principles Study of Nano-bio Hybrid Systems
Prof Ravi Pandey
Michigan Tech University, USA More >

Nobuko Ohba, Shuji Ogata

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.19, No.3, pp. 77-78, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.019.077

Abstract We have been developing the concurrent-type, hybrid quantum-classical simulation scheme for various atomic processes at liquid-solid interfaces [1]. In this scheme, the density-functional theory (DFT) method is applied to the "quantum" region to calculate the electronic structure; while the semi-empirical inter-atomic potential, to the "classical" region. In this talk we review its recent developments both from methodology and application viewpoints.
In the hybrid simulation, the DFT method that is applied at each time-step to a cluster of typically a hundred atoms (i.e., the QM region) consumes most of the computation power. It is highly desirable to develop a less… More >

De-Shin Liu, Zhen-Wei Zhuang, Cho-Liang Chung

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.19, No.2, pp. 39-40, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.019.039

Abstract A two-dimensional heterogeneous hybrid moisture element method (HHMEM) for modeling transient moisture diffusion in permeable fiber-reinforced polymer composites is proposed in this paper.
The HHMEM scheme is based on a heterogeneous hybrid moisture element (HHME), whose properties are determined by equivalent moisture capacitance and conductance matrixes calculated using the conventional finite element formulation with the similarity mass/stiffness property and matrix condensing operations. A coupled HHME-FE scheme is developed and implemented in computer codes MATLAB to analyze the transient moisture diffusion characteristics of polymeric composite materials containing multiple permeable fibers. The analysis commences by comparing the performance of the proposed… More >

Wei Huang^1,*, Zhi Zhou²

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.21, No.4, pp. 68-68, 2019, DOI:10.32604/icces.2019.05066

Abstract Structural members of different materials in hybrid structures have different damage performances. Based on the classical Park-Ang damage model, a consistent modification of that model is proposed for structural members of different materials in order to determine the behavior and the damage process from member-level to structure-level. Furthermore, the specific limit values of this damage model at various performance levels are calculated. Obvious differences have been found between the limit values of different types of members. In order to unify the damage limits that correspond to predefined performance levels such that a comparison between different members can be made directly,… More >

Kenji Tsuruta¹

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.13, No.3, pp. 63-64, 2009, DOI:10.3970/icces.2009.013.063

Abstract Unique properties in artificially designed new materials are demonstrated via multiple-scale computational techniques. A density-functional/classical molecular-dynamics method is employed to investigate segregation dynamics of dopants in nanostructured ceramics/semiconductors. We also develop a classical electromagnetic simulation algorithm combining with an electronic-structure calculation for analysis on optical properties of meta-materials. We demonstrate that these novel algorithms are highly optimized for ultra-scale parallel computers. More >

Min Ki Kim¹, Seung Jo Kim²

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.12, No.2, pp. 52-52, 2009, DOI:10.3970/icces.2009.012.052

Abstract A new concept of hybrid iterative-multifrontal linear solution method is presented for large scale structural analysis problems. Multifrontal solution method is the best direct solution method ever known, so it is adequate for Domain decompostion types of iterative solvers. Multifrontal solver is served as an internal subdomain solver for domain decomposition iterative solver for achieving high performance of domain decomposition iterative solver. Lagrange multiplier is introduced to enforce the continuity of interface between subdomains. And corner DOF is introduced to avoid singularities of subdomains. Hybrid solution method is expected to show good parallel performance for extremely large size structural analysis. More >

T. Aizawa¹, H. Akebono², H.Suzuki¹

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.5, No.4, pp. 193-198, 2008, DOI:10.3970/icces.2008.005.193

Abstract In order to achieve power transmission parts like a compact gearwheel which indicates high performance properties, hybrid surface modification was performed by combining Super Rapid Induction Heating & Quenching(SRIQ) which creates high fatigue strength and Diamond Like Carbon (DLC) coating which are well known for their high hardness, low friction and excellent wear resistance. And, in order to prevent the base material from decreasing its fatigue strength, DLC was coated by using Unbalanced Magnetron Sputtering (UBMS) method which can coat at low temperature. Rotational bending fatigue tests and friction-wear tests were carried out. It was clear that it is possible… More >