Mingjing Li^1,*, Leiting Dong¹, Satya N. Atluri²

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.27, No.4, pp. 1-2, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.09689

Abstract The Fragile Points Method (FPM) is a discontinuous meshless method based on the Galerkin weak form [1]. In the FPM, the problem domain is discretized by spatial points and subdomains, and the displacement trial function of each subdomain is derived based on the points within the support domain. For this reason, the FPM doesn’t suffer from the mesh distortion and is suitable to model complex structural deformations. Furthermore, similar to the discontinuous Galerkin finite element method, the displacement trial functions used in the FPM is piece-wise continuous, and the numerical flux is introduced across each… More >

Hsiu-Hung Chen^a , Yuan Zhao^b, Chung-Lung Chen^a,*

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.4, No.1, pp. 1-7, 2013, DOI:10.5098/hmt.v4.1.3004

Abstract Carbon-based materials draw more and more attention from both academia and industry: its allotropes, including graphene nanoplatlets, graphite nanoplatlets and carbon nanotubes, can readily enhance thermal conductivity of thermal interface products when served as fillers. Structuraloptimization in micro/nano-scale has been investigated and expected to finely tune the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of thermal interface materials (TIMs). The capability of adjusting CTE of materials greatly benefits the design of interface materials as CTE mismatch between materials may result in serious fatigue at the interface region that goes through thermal cycles. Recently, a novel nano-thermal-interface material… More >

IVANA PAJIC-LIJAKOVIC^*, MILAN MILIVOJEVIC

BIOCELL, Vol.47, No.11, pp. 2321-2334, 2023, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2023.043796

Abstract The biointerface dynamics influence any cancer spreading through the epithelium since it is documented in the early stages some malignancies (like epithelial cancer). The altered rearrangement of epithelial cells has an impact on the development of cancer. Therefore, it is necessary to comprehend the underlying biological and physical mechanisms of this biointerface dynamics for early suppression of cancer. While the biological mechanisms include cell signaling and gene expression, the physical mechanisms are several physical parameters such as the epithelial-cancer interfacial tension, epithelial surface tension, and compressive stress accumulated within the epithelium. Although the segregation of… More > Graphic Abstract

Fengchao Wang^1,*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.27, No.2, pp. 1-1, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.09711

Abstract Wetting and capillary phenomena on the macroscale are ubiquitous and have been well understood. However, the relevant physics and mechanics on the nano-scale still remain mysterious. In this talk, I would like to discuss the exploration of capillarity from a nanoscopic perspective, including wetting, evaporation and condensation. At the solid/liquid interface, the liquid exhibits a pronounced layered structure that extends over several intermolecular distances from the solid surface. Our recent studies have shown that such molecular detail could provide some new understanding on century-old classical theory in this field, such as Young’s equation [1] and More >

Shuyu Chen^1,*, Jun Zeng¹

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.27, No.2, pp. 1-2, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.09672

Abstract The engineering application prospects of soft materials in key areas such as aerospace and life science have stimulated extensive research interests in the academic community. An important topic here is to predict the service and failure behavior of such materials. Although considerable progress has been made, realworld application scenarios usually involve bi-material as well as multi-material adhesion, with cohesive interface rupture as the main failure vehicle. Inconsistent asymptotic solutions in the context of large deformations pose obstacles to the establishment of a theoretical framework for the interface fracture problem in soft materials [1]. Driven by… More >

Heng Zhang^1,*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.26, No.3, pp. 1-1, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.09243

Abstract Interface fracture is the main failure mode of bonded materials and structures, its theoretical and numerical analysis have caused wide attentions. Peridynamics is a nonlocal meshfree method, which has a great advantage in materials and structures failure analysis. In our recent works [1-3], a general peridynamicsbased framework for elastic bimaterial interface fracture problem analysis was established. The peridynamic interface model with the thermal effect was proposed, the nonlocal form of interface bond force was given. The energy release rate and mode mixity of the interface crack were computed with the peridynamic virtual crack closure technique… More >

Zheng Li^1,*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.26, No.3, pp. 1-1, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.09141

Abstract Pore structures of carbonate reservoirs are complicated leading to the indistinguishable two-phase flow mechanisms of oil and brine. This work from the molecular perspective investigates the interfacial tension of oil-brine two-phase system, the contact angle of oil-brine-carbonatite three-phase system, as well as the microscale flow mechanisms of oil and brine in carbonate nanopores, especially focusing on the effects of ion species, salinity, and carbonate surface. The following conclusions can be drawn. (1) Oil-brine interfacial tension increases with salinity for the same ion species, and increases in the order of KCl, NaCl, CaCl2 and MgCl2 for… More >

Jiahao Liu¹, Moubin Liu^1,*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.25, No.3, pp. 1-1, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.010056

Abstract The dynamic failure process of structures under impact and explosive loading is very common in both military and industrial fields. However, the conventional mesh-based method has some shortcomings, such as large mesh distortion and sliding surface treatment. Some typical phenomena are difficult to be simulated. The smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method has natural advantages in treating large material deformations in impact and explosion problems [1]. To make the SPH method suitable for the impact and explosion problems, it is also improved by some treatments [2] to avoid inherent stress instability and unphysical oscillation. However, numerical… More >

Pengcheng Nie^1,2, Xikai Jiang¹, Xu Zheng¹, Dongshi Guan^1,2,*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.25, No.1, pp. 1-2, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.09838

Abstract “How can we measure interface phenomena on the microscopic level” is a fundamental question that has been with us for many years and is also listed in recent Science 125 question. It is even harder to explore the electrified interface. In this work, we report atomic-force-microscope measurements of interfacial dynamics of an electrified room-temperature ionic liquid (RTIL)-solid interface. RTILs are intriguing fluids that have drawn much attention in applications ranging from tribology and catalysis to energy storage. With strong electrostatic interaction between ions, their interfacial behaviors can be modulated by controlling energetics of the electrified… More >

Mengyi Li¹, Zhijun Wu^1,*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.25, No.1, pp. 1-2, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.09829

Abstract Buried in depth for decades of years, granite in the deep geological repository will be subjected to extremely complex effects of thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) treatment, and the tensile strengths of mineral grain interfaces (MGIs) are inevitably impacted by the THM treatment [1, 2]. Originated by the failure modes of granite after THM treatment, the tensile strength of MGI plays an important role in determining the macro mechanical properties of THM-treated granite [3, 4]. However, the accurate characterization of the tensile strength degradations of MGIs with THM treatment is still lacking. In this study, the varied tensile… More >