Fabrizio Greco^*, Paolo Lonetti, Arturo Pascuzzo, Giulia Sansone

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.17, No.6, pp. 457-483, 2023, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2023.030075 - 17 November 2023

Abstract This work proposes a numerical investigation on the effects of damage on the structural response of Reinforced Concrete (RC) bridge structures commonly adopted in highway and railway networks. An effective three-dimensional FE-based numerical model is developed to analyze the bridge’s structural response under several damage scenarios, including the effects of moving vehicle loads. In particular, the longitudinal and transversal beams are modeled through solid finite elements, while horizontal slabs are made of shell elements. Damage phenomena are also incorporated in the numerical model according to a smeared approach consistent with Continuum Damage Mechanics (CDM). In… More >

Jun Zeng¹, Fucheng Tian^1,*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.27, No.2, pp. 1-1, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.09636

Abstract Instability in dynamic fracture suppresses crack velocity from reaching theoretical limit predicted by the classical linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM). In thin systems, crack can accelerate to near the theoretical limiting velocity without micro-branching instability. A dynamic oscillatory instability is observed at such extreme crack speed. This sinusoidal oscillation was further found to be governed by intrinsic nonlinear scale. Using a dynamic phase-field model (PFM) with no attenuation of wave speed, we successfully reproduce the oscillations in the framework of non-linear deformation. The used PFM model based on Griffith's theory and derived from the nonconservative… More >

Umut Hanoglu^1,2,*, Božidar Šarler^1,2

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.27, No.2, pp. 1-1, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.09610

Abstract In this research, a rolling simulation system based on a novel meshless solution procedure is upgraded considering casting defects in the material model. The improved model can predict the final stage of the defects after multi-pass rolling. The casted steel billet that enters the rolling mill arrives with casting defects. Those defects may be porosity due to the shrinkage and cavity or micro-cracks near the surface due to hot tearing. In this work, porosity is considered the main defect source since it can easily be determined experimentally. The damage theory develops a damaged stiffness matrix… More >

Qingguo Liu^1,2, Umut Hanoglu^1,2, Božidar Šarler^1,2,*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.27, No.2, pp. 1-1, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.09609

Abstract A simulation of reheating furnace in a steel production line where the steel billets are heated from room temperature up to 1200 ˚C, is carried out using a novel meshless solution procedure. The reheating of the steel billets before the continuous hot-rolling process should be employed to dissolve alloying elements as much as possible and redistribute the carbon. In this work, governing equations are solved by the local radial basis function collocation method (LRBFCM) in a strong form with explicit time-stepping. The solution of the diffusion equations for the temperature and carbon concentration fields is… More >

Félix R. Saucedo Zendejo^1,*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.26, No.1, pp. 1-1, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.09622

Abstract This report documents the application and development of differential form meshfree methods for the numerical simulation and modeling in engineering applied problems. Some of the features of this family of methods include its good numerical stability, the ease boundary condition incorporation, the approximation of the governing equations directly in the nodes that discretize the domain and the ease with which they can be numerically implemented [1-2]. Moreover, their meshless nature gives them the advantage of dealing with fragmentation and highly distorted domains without the use of computational expensive remeshing approaches. All these characteristics have promoted More >

Na Lei¹, Ping Zhang², Xiaopeng Zheng^3,*, Yiming Zhu³, Zhongxuan Luo³

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.137, No.1, pp. 843-857, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.027296 - 23 April 2023

Abstract We propose a new method to generate surface quadrilateral mesh by calculating a globally defined parameterization with feature constraints. In the field of quadrilateral generation with features, the cross field methods are well-known because of their superior performance in feature preservation. The methods based on metrics are popular due to their sound theoretical basis, especially the Ricci flow algorithm. The cross field methods’ major part, the Poisson equation, is challenging to solve in three dimensions directly. When it comes to cases with a large number of elements, the computational costs are expensive while the methods… More > Graphic Abstract

Xiang Su¹, Nan Li^1,*, Yuedi Hu¹, Haisheng Li²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.136, No.3, pp. 2935-2956, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.026083 - 09 March 2023

Abstract This paper introduces an aircraft wing simulation data set (AWSD) created by an automatic workflow based on creating models, meshing, simulating the wing flight flow field solution, and parameterizing solution results. AWSD is a flexible, independent wing collection of simulations with specific engineering requirements. The data set is applicable to handle computer geometry processing tasks. In contrast to the existing 3D model data set, there are some advantages the scale of this data set is not limited by the collection source, the data files have high quality, no defects, redundancy, and other problems, and the… More > Graphic Abstract

Xin Sun¹, Chi Zhang³, Yan Jia^1,2,*, Shikang Sui¹, Chong Zuo¹, Xueqiang Liu¹

Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.3, pp. 729-742, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2022.023398 - 03 January 2023

Abstract As a part of the new energy development trend, distributed power generation may fully utilize a variety of decentralized energy sources. Buildings close to the installation location, besides, may have a considerable impact on the wind turbines’ operation. Using a combined vertical axis wind turbine with an S-shaped lift outer blade and Φ-shaped drag inner blade, this paper investigates how a novel type of upstream wall interacts with the incident wind at various speeds, the influence region of the turbulent vortex, and performance variation. The results demonstrate that the building’s turbulence affects the wind’s horizontal More > Graphic Abstract

K. Priyadarsini¹, Arun Kumar Sivaraman², Abdul Quadir Md², Areej Malibari^3,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.74, No.3, pp. 6703-6717, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.030648 - 28 December 2022

Abstract With the rapid evolution of Internet technology, fog computing has taken a major role in managing large amounts of data. The major concerns in this domain are security and privacy. Therefore, attaining a reliable level of confidentiality in the fog computing environment is a pivotal task. Among different types of data stored in the fog, the 3D point and mesh fog data are increasingly popular in recent days, due to the growth of 3D modelling and 3D printing technologies. Hence, in this research, we propose a novel scheme for preserving the privacy of 3D point… More >

Maosheng Wang, Yanyang Wang, Yihua Cao^*, Qiang Zhang

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.19, No.5, pp. 1301-1315, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.023435 - 30 November 2022

Abstract The so-called coaxial compound helicopter features two rigid coaxial rotors, and possesses high-speed capabilities. Nevertheless, the small separation of the coaxial rotors causes severe aerodynamic interactions, which require careful analysis. In the present work, the aerodynamic interaction between the various helicopter components is investigated by means of a numerical method considering both hover and forward flight conditions. While a sliding mesh method is used to deal with the rotating coaxial rotors, the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations are solved for the flow field. The Caradonna & Tung (CT) rotor and Harrington-2 coaxial rotor are considered to More >