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    Explicit Solutions of Stresses for a Three-Phase Elliptic Inclusion Problem Subject to a Remote Uniform Load

    Ching Kong Chao1,2, Chin Kun Chen3, Fu Mo Chen4

    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.69, No.2, pp. 119-142, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.069.119

    Abstract A general solution to a three-phase elliptic inclusion problem subjected to a remote uniform load is provided in this paper. Analysis of the present elasticity problem is rather tedious due to the presence of material inhomogeneities and complex geometric configurations. Based on the technique of conformal mapping and the method of analytical continuation in conjunction with the alternating technique, the general expressions of the displacement and stresses in each layer medium are derived explicitly in a series form. The effects of the material combinations and geometric configurations on the interfacial stresses are discussed in detail More >

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    MLPG Application of Nanofluid Flow Mixed Convection Heat Transfer in a Wavy Wall Cavity

    A. Arefmanesh1, M. Najafi2, M. Nikfar3

    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.69, No.2, pp. 91-118, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.069.091

    Abstract Procuring a numerical solution through an application of the meshless local Petrov-Galerkin method (MLPG) on the fluid flow and mixed convection in a complex geometry cavity filled with a nanofluid is the scope of the present study. The cavity considered is a square enclosure having a lower temperature sliding lid at the top, a differentially higher temperature wavy wall at the bottom, and two thermally insulated walls on the sides. The nanofluid medium used is a water-based nanofluid, Al2O3-water with various volume fractions of its solid. To carry out the numerical simulations, the developed governing equations… More >

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    Aerodynamic Shape Optimization of Airfoils in Unsteady Flow

    Anant Diwakar1, D. N.Srinath1, Sanjay Mittal1

    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.69, No.1, pp. 61-90, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.069.061

    Abstract Aerodynamic shape optimization of airfoils is carried out for two values of Reynolds numbers: 103 and 104, for an angle of attack of 5o. The objective functions used are (a) maximization of lift (b) minimization of drag and (c) minimization of drag to lift ratio. The surface of the airfoil is parametrized by a 4th order non-uniform rational B-Spline (NURBS) curve with 61 control points. Unlike the efforts in the past, the relatively large number of control points used in this study offer a rich design shape with the possibility of local bumps and valleys on the… More >

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    Numerical Solution of Dual Phase Lag Model of Bioheat Transfer Using the General Boundary Element Method

    Ewa Majchrzak1

    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.69, No.1, pp. 43-60, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.069.043

    Abstract Heat transfer processes proceeding in domain of heating tissue are discussed. The typical model of bioheat transfer bases, as a rule, on the well known Pennes equation, this means the heat diffusion equation with additional terms corresponding to the perfusion and metabolic heat sources. Here, the other approach basing on the dual-phase-lag equation (DPLE) is considered in which two time delays τq, τT (phase lags) appear. The DPL equation contains a second order time derivative and higher order mixed derivative in both time and space. This equation is supplemented by the adequate boundary and initial conditions. More >

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    Calculation of Potential Second Derivatives by Means of a Regularized Indirect Algorithm in the Boundary Element Method

    H.B. Chen1, Masa. Tanaka2

    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.69, No.1, pp. 19-42, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.069.019

    Abstract Highly accurate calculation of derivative values to the field variable is a key issue in numerical analysis of engineering problems. The boundary integral equations (BIEs) of potential second derivatives are of third order singularities and obviously the direct calculation of these high order singular integrals is rather cumbersome. The idea of the present paper is to use an indirect algorithm which is based on the regularized BIE formulations of the potential second derivatives, following the work of the present first author and his coworkers. The regularized formulations, numerical strategies and example tests are given for More >

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    Self-Adaptive Differential Evolution Based on the Concept of Population Diversity Applied to Simultaneous Estimation of Anisotropic Scattering Phase Function, Albedo and Optical Thickness

    F. S. Lobato1, V. Steffen Jr2, A. J. Silva Neto3

    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.69, No.1, pp. 1-18, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.069.001

    Abstract Differential Evolution Algorithm (DE) has shown to be a powerful evolutionary algorithm for global optimization in a variety of real world problems. DE differs from other evolutionary algorithms in the mutation and recombination phases. Unlike some other meta-heuristic techniques such as genetic algorithms and evolutionary strategies, where perturbation occurs in accordance with a random quantity, DE uses weighted differences between solution vectors to perturb the population. Although the efficiency of DE algorithm has been proven in the literature, studies indicate that the efficiency of the DE methods is sensitive to its control parameters (perturbation rate More >

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    Crack Analysis in Piezoelectric Solids with Energetically Consistent Boundary Conditions by the MLPG

    J. Sladek1, V. Sladek1, Ch. Zhang2, M. Wünsche2

    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.68, No.2, pp. 185-220, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.068.185

    Abstract A meshless method based on the local Petrov-Galerkin approach is proposed to solve initial-boundary value crack problems of piezoelectric solids with nonlinear electrical boundary conditions on crack faces. Homogeneous and continuously varying material properties of the piezoelectric solid are considered. Stationary governing equations for electrical fields and the elastodynamic equations with an inertial term for mechanical 2-D fields are considered. Nodal points are spread on the analyzed domain, and each node is surrounded by a small circle for simplicity. The spatial variation of displacements and electric potential are approximated by the Moving Least-Squares (MLS) scheme. More >

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    Evolutionary Algorithms Applied to Estimation of Thermal Property by Inverse Problem

    V.C. Mariani1, V. J. Neckel2, L. S. Coelho3

    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.68, No.2, pp. 167-184, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.068.167

    Abstract In this study an inverse heat conduction problem using two optimization methods to estimate apparent thermal diffusivity at different drying temperatures is solved. Temperature and moisture versus time were obtained numerically using heat and mass transfer equations with drying temperatures in the range between 20°C to 70°C. The solution of the partial differential equation is made with a finite difference method coupled to optimization techniques of Differential Evolution (DE) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) used in inverse problem. Statistical analysis shows no significant differences between reported and estimated curves, and no remarkable differences between results More >

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    Birefringence Simulations of Calcium Fluoride Single Crystal Used as Chamber Window of Gas Laser Light Source

    Yuta Kitamura1, Noriyuki Miyazaki1, Takahito Kumazaki2, Naoto Nagakura3, Yasuhiro Hashimoto3, Isao Masada3

    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.68, No.2, pp. 151-166, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.068.151

    Abstract CaF2 single crystal is used as high performance optical elements. We developed an analysis system for simulating birefringence of CaF2 single crystal used as a chamber window of a gas laser light source. The analysis system consists of a stress analysis and a birefringence analysis. In the stress analysis, the finite element method was applied to obtain the mechanical stress caused by a window holder and gas pressure. In the birefringence analysis, the photo-elastic effect gives the change of refractive indices, from which the optical path difference and the fast axis are calculated by using the More >

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    MLPG analysis of Nonlinear Heat Conduction in Irregular Domains

    Harishchandra Thakur1, K. M. Singh2, P. K. Sahoo3

    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.68, No.2, pp. 117-150, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.068.117

    Abstract MLPG method is a meshfree method which removes the need of meshing of computational domain at any stage of numerical analysis. Current article extends MLPG method to nonlinear heat conduction in irregular domains including the problem of solid-liquid phase change. Moving least square (MLS) scheme is used to interpolate the trial function and a fourth order spline function is used as the test function. Method of direct interpolation is used to enforce essential boundary conditions. Nonlinearities in the problems are handled with an iterative predictor-corrector method. Time integration is performed using θ-method. MLPG method has More >

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