SamiaM.Said¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.52, No.1, pp. 1-24, 2016, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2016.052.001

Abstract The present paper is concerned with the wave propagation in a micropolar thermoelastic solid with distinct two temperatures under the effect of the magnetic field in the presence of the gravity field and an internal heat source. The formulation of the problem is applied in the context of the three-phase-lag model and Green-Naghdi theory without dissipation. The medium is a homogeneous isotropic thermoelastic in the half-space. The exact expressions of the considered variables are obtained by using normal mode analysis. Comparisons are made with the results in the two theories in the absence and presence of the magnetic field as… More >

B. Srivathsa¹, N. Ramakrishnan²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.7, No.1, pp. 9-24, 2008, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2008.007.009

Abstract An analytical model, describing an explosive compaction process performed axially on a powder assembly of cylindrical geometry, is discussed. The powder is encapsulated in a cylindrical metal container surrounded by an explosive pad, which is detonated parallel to the major axis of the compact. The pressure generated in the powder is a function of the nature and the thickness of the explosive material as well as the powder characteristics. The model is based on the principle of shock propagation in powder aggregate and, the detonation as well as the refraction wave characteristics of the explosives. For the purpose of validation… More >

L. Godinho A. ¹, A. Tadeu¹, P. Amado Mendes¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.5, No.2, pp. 117-128, 2007, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2007.005.117

Abstract This paper presents a strategy for using the Method of Fundamental Solutions (MFS) to model the propagation of elastic waves around thin structures, like empty cracks or thin rigid screens, located in a homogeneous elastic medium. The authors make use of a simple approach for modeling these propagation conditions using the MFS together with decomposition of the domain into distinct regions. This approach makes it possible to avoid the undetermined system of equations that arises from imposing boundary conditions at both sides of a thin structure. The numerical implementation of the MFS is performed in the frequency domain, making use… More >

Dun Li¹, Hong Wu¹, Jinzhu Gao², Zhuoyun Liu¹, Lun Li¹, Zhiyun Zheng^1,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.61, No.1, pp. 301-321, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.05953

Abstract With the rapid development of the semantic web and the ever-growing size of uncertain data, representing and reasoning uncertain information has become a great challenge for the semantic web application developers. In this paper, we present a novel reasoning framework based on the representation of fuzzy PR-OWL. Firstly, the paper gives an overview of the previous research work on uncertainty knowledge representation and reasoning, incorporates Ontology into the fuzzy Multi Entity Bayesian Networks theory, and introduces fuzzy PR-OWL, an Ontology language based on OWL2. Fuzzy PR-OWL describes fuzzy semantics and uncertain relations and gives grammatical definition and semantic interpretation. Secondly,… More >

Zhenqiu Xiao^1,*, Bin Yang², Desy Tjahjadi³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.60, No.3, pp. 1141-1154, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.05638

Abstract Crowd counting is a challenging task in crowded scenes due to heavy occlusions, appearance variations and perspective distortions. Current crowd counting methods typically operate on an image patch level with overlaps, then sum over the patches to get the final count. In this paper we describe a real-time pedestrian counting framework based on a two-stage human detection algorithm. Existing works with overhead cameras is mainly based on visual tracking, and their robustness is rather limited. On the other hand, some works, which focus on improving the performances, are too complicated to be realistic. By adopting a line sampling process, a… More >

Gengxin Sun^1,*, Sheng Bin¹, Meng Jiang², Ning Cao³, Zhiyong Zheng⁴, Hongyan Zhao⁵, Dongbo Wang⁶, Lina Xu⁷

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.60, No.3, pp. 1015-1027, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.05644

Abstract With the emergence and development of blockchain technology, a new type of social networks based on blockchain had emerged. In these social networks high quality content creators, filters and propagators can all be reasonably motivated. Due to the transparency and traceability brought by blockchain technology, the public opinion propagation in such social networks presents new characteristics and laws. Based on the theory of network propagation and blockchain, a new public opinion propagation model for this kind of social network based on blockchain technology is proposed in this paper. The model considers the effect of incentive mechanism produced by reasonably quantifying… More >

Ruikang Xing^1,*, Chenghai Li¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.60, No.2, pp. 767-780, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.04500

Abstract In clustering analysis, the key to deciding clustering quality is to determine the optimal number of clusters. At present, most clustering algorithms need to give the number of clusters in advance for clustering analysis of the samples. How to gain the correct optimal number of clusters has been an important topic of clustering validation study. By studying and analyzing the FCM algorithm in this study, an accurate and efficient algorithm used to confirm the optimal number of clusters is proposed for the defects of traditional FCM algorithm. For time and clustering accuracy problems of FCM algorithm and relevant algorithms automatically… More >

A.M. Farhan^{1, 2}

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.53, No.2, pp. 129-156, 2017, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2017.053.133

Abstract Employing Biot’s theory of wave propagation in liquid saturated porous media, the effect of rotation and magnetic field on wave propagation in a hollow poroelastic circular of infinite extent are investigated. An exact closed form solution is presented. General frequency equations for propagation of poroelastic cylinder are obtained when the boundaries are stress free. The frequencies are calculated for poroelastic cylinder for different values of magnetic field and rotation. Numerical results are given and illustrated graphically. The results indicate that the effect of rotation, and magnetic field are very pronounced. Such a model would be useful in large-scale parametric studies… More >

Q.W. Yang¹, S.G. Du^1,2

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.47, No.3, pp. 217-236, 2015, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2015.047.217

Abstract Size effect is a major issue in concrete structures and occurs in concrete in any loading conditions. In this study, size effect on concrete cubic compressive strength is modeled with a back-propagation neural network. The main advantage in using an artificial neural network (ANN) technique is that the network is built directly from experimental data without any simplifying assumptions via the self-organizing capabilities of the neural network. The proposed ANN model is verified by using 27 experimental data sets collected from the literature. For the large specimens, a modified ANN is developed in the paper to further improve the forecast… More >

Yuchun Duan¹, Xiaoming Zhang^2,3, Yuqing Wang², Jiangong Yu²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.43, No.3, pp. 153-174, 2014, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2014.043.153

Abstract The ring ultrasonic transducers are widely used in the ocean engineering and medical fields. This paper proposes a double orthogonal polynomial series approach to solve the wave propagation problem in a functionally graded piezoelectric-piezomagnetic (FGPP) ring with a rectangular cross-section. Through numerical comparison with the available reference results for a pure elastic homogeneous rectangular bar, the validity of the proposed approach is illustrated. The dispersion curves and displacement distributions of various FGPP rectangular bars are calculated to reveal their wave characteristics. The results can be used for the design and optimization of the ring FGPP transducers. More >