KEMIN WANG, LIFEI HE

Journal of Polymer Materials, Vol.36, No.3, pp. 253-260, 2019, DOI:10.32381/JPM.2019.36.03.5

Abstract This study proposes a simple approach for the fabrication of microspherical catalysts with a hierarchical porous structure. The cross-linked porous microspheres with catalytic ability were prepared directly from small-molecular monomers via low-temperature phase-separation photopolymerization of water/oil suspension. The morphology, pore size, chemical structure, and thermal stability of the obtained porous microspheres were characterized by SEM, Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry, FTIR, and TGA. The porous microspheres directly served as an acid catalyst for the condensation reaction of benzaldehyde and ethylene glycol, which exhibited superior catalytic activity and recyclability. The results indicated that such porous microspheres have great More >

L. Anna Gowsalya^a , P.D. Jeyakumar^b,*, R. Rajaraman^c,†, R. Velraj^d

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.12, pp. 1-7, 2019, DOI:10.5098/hmt.12.21

Abstract Solidification of casting is a complex phenomenon which requires accurate input to simulate for real time applications. Interfacial heat transfer coefficient (IHTC) is an important input parameter for the simulation process. The IHTC is varying with respect to time during solidification and the exact value is to be given as input for the accurate simulation of the casting process. In this work an attempt is made to estimate the IHTC during solidification of spherical shaped aluminum alloy component with sand mould. The mould surface heat flux and mould surface temperatures are estimated by inverse control More >

Najat A. Alghamdi¹, Hamdy M. Youssef^2,3,*

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.15, No.5, pp. 597-611, 2019, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2019.05131

Abstract A mathematical model is elaborated for a thermoelastic infinite body with a spherical cavity. A generalized set of governing equations is formulated in the context of three different models of thermoelasticity: the Biot model, also known as “coupled thermoelasticity” model; the Lord-Shulman model, also referred to as “generalized thermoelasticity with one-relaxation time” approach; and the Green-Lindsay model, also called “generalized thermoelasticity with two-relaxation times” approach. The Adomian’s decomposition method is used to solve the related mathematical problem. The bounding plane of the cavity is subjected to harmonic thermal loading with zero heat flux and strain. More >

Zhen Wang¹, Yi Sui¹, Wen Wang¹, Dominique Barthѐs-Biesel², Anne-Virginie Salsac^2,*

Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Vol.16, Suppl.2, pp. 42-43, 2019, DOI:10.32604/mcb.2019.07148

Abstract Capsules are liquid droplets enclosed by a thin membrane which can resist shear deformation. They are widely found in nature (e.g. red blood cells) and in numerous applications (e.g. food, cosmetic, biomedical and pharmaceutical industries [1]), where they often flow through a complicated network of tubes or channels: this is the case for RBCs in the human circulation or for artificial capsules flowing through microfluidic devices. Central to these flows is the dynamic motion of capsules at bifurcations, in particular the question of path selection. A good understanding of this problem is indeed needed to… More >

Zhigang Zhu^1,*, Wenxiang Xu¹

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.21, No.4, pp. 72-72, 2019, DOI:10.32604/icces.2019.04957

Abstract The volume fraction of interphase is an important microstructure parameter in the prediction of macroscopic properties of particulate composites. Currently, some researchers have presented theoretical and numerical investigations on the interphase fraction for spherical particle systems, and even quantify the influence of interphase fraction on the overall elastic and transport properties of particulate composites. However, the overlapping interphase fraction in polydisperse non-spherical particle systems is still an open issue. In this study, a generic theoretical model is formulated to derive the overlapping interphase fraction for polydisperse 2D non-circular and 3D non-spherical particle systems by means… More >

Shunying Ji*, Siqiang Wang

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.22, No.1, pp. 94-94, 2019, DOI:10.32604/icces.2019.04805

Abstract Granular flow is commonly encountered in industry or nature, and is significantly affected by particle shapes. Super-quadric particles which can construct the geometric shape of irregular particles are simulated by the Discrete Element Method (DEM). In this study, the influence of aspect ratio and blockiness of particles on the flow characteristics is investigated, and the different discharge angles are used for different shaped particles to show the superposed effect of hopper configuration. Meanwhile, the Lacey mixing index is used to explore the effects of particle shapes on the mixing and motion of the granular system… More >

Xiaorui Zhang^1,3,*, Jiali Duan¹, Lifeng Zhu², Ladislav Kavan³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.57, No.3, pp. 505-519, 2018, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2018.01842

Abstract Puncture is a common operation in surgery, which involves all kinds of tissue materials with different geometry and mechanical properties. As a new cross-disciplinary research area, Virtual Surgery (VS) makes simulation of soft tissue in puncture operation possible in virtual environment. In this paper, we introduce a VS-based puncture system composed by three-layer soft tissue, simulated with spherical harmonic function (SHF), which is covered with a force mesh, constructed by mass spring model (MSM). The two models are combined together with a parameter of SHF named surface radius, which provides MSM with real-time deformation data… More >

H. S. Abdel-Aziz¹, M. Khalifa Saad^1,2,*, A. A. Abdel-Salam¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.57, No.3, pp. 389-415, 2018, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2018.02149

Abstract In this paper, we study the pseudo-spherical evolutes of curves in three dimensional hyperbolic space. We use techniques from singularity theory to investigate the singularities of pseudo-spherical evolutes and establish some relationships between singularities of these curves and geometric invariants of curves under the action of the Lorentz group. Besides, we defray with illustration some computational examples in support our main results. More >

D.J. Scheeres¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.111, No.3, pp. 203-227, 2016, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2016.111.203

Abstract The minimum energy and stable configurations in the spherical, equal mass full 4-body problem are investigated. This problem is defined as the dynamics of finite density spheres which interact gravitationally and through surface contact forces. This is a variation of the gravitational n-body problem in which the bodies are not allowed to come arbitrarily close to each other (due to their finite density), enabling the existence of resting configurations in addition to orbital motion. Previous work on this problem has outlined an efficient and simple way in which the stability of configurations in this problem More >

Hui Jiang^a,b, Daming Wu^a,b,c, Jian Zhuang^a,b,*, Ying Liu^a,b,c, Changqing Huang^a,b

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.6, pp. 1-6, 2015, DOI:10.5098/hmt.6.14

Abstract A new type of metal-plastic composite heat radiator with hemispherical microstructure array was proposed in this paper. The influence of the geometrical parameters of the microstructure array, including size of the hemisphere, configuration of hemisphere, tilt angle of the radiator, thermal conductivity and radiation emissivity of the plastic, on the process of heat transfer under natural convection were numerically simulated. It was concluded that the metal-plastic composite heat radiator with hemispherical microstructure array had comparable heat transfer behaviors with those of metal heat radiator. So it is possible to replace metal heat radiator by such More >