Shengjie Wang¹, Tongyan Yue², Magd Abdel Wahab^{3, 4, *}

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.62, No.1, pp. 17-35, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.07790

Abstract Fretting wear is a phenomenon, in which wear happens between two oscillatory moving contact surfaces in microscale amplitude. In this paper, the effect of debris between pad and specimen is analyzed by using a semi-concurrent multiscale method. Firstly, the macroscale fretting wear model is performed. Secondly, the part with the wear profile is imported from the macroscale model to a microscale model after running in stage. Thirdly, an effective pad’s radius is extracted by analyzing the contact pressure in order to take into account the effect of the debris. Finally, the effective radius is up-scaled from the microscale model to… More >

Angran Li¹, Xiaoqi Chai², Ge Yang^2,3, Yongjie Jessica Zhang^1,2,*

Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Vol.16, Suppl.2, pp. 66-66, 2019, DOI:10.32604/mcb.2019.07633

Abstract Neurons exhibit remarkably complex geometry in their neurite networks. So far, how materials are transported in the complex geometry for survival and function of neurons remains an unanswered question. Answering this question is fundamental to understanding the physiology and disease of neurons. Here, we have developed an isogeometric analysis (IGA) based platform for material transport simulation in neurite networks. We modeled the transport process by reaction-diffusion-transport equations and represented geometry of the networks using truncated hierarchical tricubic B-splines (THB-spline3D). We solved the Navier-Stokes equations to obtain the velocity field of material transport in the networks. We then solved the transport… More >

Padmini Rangamani^1,*

Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Vol.16, Suppl.2, pp. 22-22, 2019, DOI:10.32604/mcb.2019.08513

Abstract Endocytosis is the process of uptake of cargo and fluid from the extracellular space to inside the cell; defects in endo- cytosis contribute to a wide spectrum of diseases including cancer, neurodegeneration, and heart disease. Clathrin- mediated endocytosis (CME) is an archetypal example of a membrane deformation process where multiple variables such as pre-existing membrane curvature, membrane bending due to the protein machinery, membrane tension regulation, and actin-mediated forces govern the progression of vesiculation. My group has been working for the past few years on deciphering the biophysical determinants of CME using multiscale modeling. We recently showed that membrane tension… More >

Yiqiang Li¹, Liang Ma², Zhiqiang Yang³, Xiaofei Guan⁴, Yufeng Nie¹, Zihao Yang^{1, 2}

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.115, No.1, pp. 1-24, 2018, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2018.115.001

Abstract This paper is devoted to the homogenization and statistical multiscale analysis of a transient heat conduction problem in random porous materials with a nonlinear radiation boundary condition. A novel statistical multiscale analysis method based on the two-scale asymptotic expansion is proposed. In the statistical multiscale formulations, a unified linear homogenization procedure is established and the second-order correctors are introduced for modeling the nonlinear radiative heat transfer in random perforations, which are our main contributions. Besides, a numerical algorithm based on the statistical multiscale method is given in details. Numerical results prove the accuracy and efficiency of our method for multiscale… More >

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 >

C. W. T. Roscoe, S. R. Vadali, K. T. Alfriend

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 17-18, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.020.017

Abstract A stochastic optimization approach is used to design a tetrahedral spacecraft formation for the NASA Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission whose performance characteristics are robust with respect to differential semimajor axis errors. The MMS mission requires a formation of four satellites which is to form a nearly regular tetrahedron near apogee of a highly eccentric orbit, and is to remain in this configuration throughout as many successive orbits as possible without maintenance maneuvers. When all design parameters are deterministic, such a formation can be designed by maximizing a "quality factor" throughout a "region of interest," either over multiple orbits or over… More >

Qin Siwei, Shen SP

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.19, No.2, pp. 53-54, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.019.053

Abstract Among many multiscale methods ,we choose the quasicontinuum method to understand the mechanical response at the nanocrystalline of grain boundaries(GBs) under tension. The energetic and mechanical strength of 6 i?"<110> symmetric tilt GBs are investigated in nanocrystalline Cu and Ni. We focus on discussing the interaction of the structural units of symmetric tilt GB for the initial deformation mode and the strength of model. At the basis of the previous, We study the nanocrystalline Cu/a-Al2O3 interface and analyze the relationship during the grains orientations, GB energy and interface. Special emphasis is placed on the crystal slip from the interface across… More >

Jurica Sorić*, Tomislav Lesičar, Filip Putar, Zdenko Tonković

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.22, No.4, pp. 181-183, 2019, DOI:10.32604/icces.2019.04554

Abstract The paper deals with the novel multiscale approaches for modelling of both quasi-brittle and ductile damage responses of heterogeneous materials. The damage is induced at the microstructural level and, after the homogenization procedure, it is included in the constitutive stiffness of the material point at macrolevel. The derived algorithms are implemented into the finite element software ABAQUS. The new two-scale transition procedures have been verified on the standard benchmark examples. More >

B. J. Henz¹, D. R. Shires²

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.7, No.1, pp. 13-18, 2008, DOI:10.3970/icces.2008.007.013

Abstract The capability to predict the residual stresses induced during the manufacturing process in composite components is necessary for the timely fielding of new combat systems. At the U.S. Army Research Laboratory we have developed a computational environment to model the resin flow, heat transfer, curing, and residual stresses in composite components manufactured with the resin transfer molding (RTM) process. This computational environment uses object-oriented programming methods to provide model coupling capabilities and access to high performance computing assets. In this paper we will provide details of the physical models, software, and the validation/verification procedure used to develop this RTM simulation… More >

Dongwoo Sohn¹, Jae Hyuk Lim², Young-Sam Cho³, Seyoung Im¹

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.10, No.2, pp. 53-54, 2009, DOI:10.3970/icces.2009.010.053

Abstract A novel multiscale finite element (FE) scheme is proposed for a simulation of crack propagation in the heterogeneous media including randomly distributed microstructures, such as voids, rigid fibers. A fine scale mesh is employed to capture the singularity of the crack tip and the effect of microstructures at the vicinity of crack tip. On the other hand, a region far from the crack tip is composed of coarse scale mesh, wherein the effect of the microstructures is averaged through the homogenization theory. An interface between the fine scale mesh and the coarse scale mesh is connected by variable-node finite elements… More >