Naeem Faraz^{1, *}, Yasir Khan², Amna Anjum¹, Anwar Hussain³

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.122, No.3, pp. 1099-1118, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2020.08389 - 01 March 2020

Abstract Current research is about the injection of a viscous fluid in the presence of a transverse uniform magnetic field to reduce the sliding drag. There is a slip-on both the slider and the ground in the two cases, for example, a long porous slider and a circular porous slider. By utilizing similarity transformation Navier-Stokes equations are converted into coupled equations which are tackled by Integral Transform Method. Solutions are obtained for different values of Reynolds numbers, velocity slip, and magnetic field. We found that surface slip and Reynolds number has a substantial influence on the More >

Liming Zheng^{1, 3, *}, Xiaodong Han^{2, 4}, Xinjun Yang¹, Qingzhong Chu¹, Guanghui Li¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.122, No.3, pp. 1055-1080, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2020.07588 - 01 March 2020

Abstract Pulse excitation or vibration stimulation was imposed on the low permeable formation with cracks to enhance the production or injection capacity. During that process, a coupling of wave-induced flow and initial flow in dual-porous media was involved. Researchers had done much work on the rule of wave propagation in fractured porous media, whereas attentions on the variation law of flow in developing low permeable formation with cracks under vibration stimulation were not paid. In this study, the effect of low-frequency vibration on the seepage in dual-porous media was examined for the application of wave stimulation… More >

Ling Ding^{1, 2}, Huyin Zhang^{1, *}, Jinsheng Xiao^{3, *}, Cheng Shu³, Shejie Lu²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.122, No.3, pp. 1039-1053, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2020.08268 - 01 March 2020

Abstract This paper proposes a novel method of lane detection, which adopts VGG16 as the basis of convolutional neural network to extract lane line features by cavity convolution, wherein the lane lines are divided into dotted lines and solid lines. Expanding the field of experience through hollow convolution, the full connection layer of the network is discarded, the last largest pooling layer of the VGG16 network is removed, and the processing of the last three convolution layers is replaced by hole convolution. At the same time, CNN adopts the encoder and decoder structure mode, and uses… More >

Shixue Liang^{1, *}, Hankun Liu²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.122, No.3, pp. 1015-1038, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2020.07799 - 01 March 2020

Abstract A multi-scale damage model of concrete is proposed based on the concept of energy equivalent strain for generic two- or three-dimensional applications. Continuum damage mechanics serves as the framework to describe the basic damage variables, namely the tensile and compressive damage. The homogenized Helmholtz free energy is introduced as the bridge to link the micro-cell and macroscopic material. The crack propagation in micro-cells is modeled, and the Helmholtz free energy in the cracked micro-structure is calculated and employed to extract the damage evolution functions in the macroscopic material. Based on the damage energy release rates More >

Decheng Feng^{1, 2, *}

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.122, No.3, pp. 997-1014, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2020.07265 - 01 March 2020

Abstract In the present paper, a hierarchical multi-scale method is developed for the nonlinear analysis of composite materials undergoing heterogeneity and damage. Starting from the homogenization theory, the energy equivalence between scales is developed. Then accompanied with the energy based damage model, the multi-scale damage evolutions are resolved by homogenizing the energy scalar over the meso-cell. The macroscopic behaviors described by the multi-scale damage evolutions represent the mesoscopic heterogeneity and damage of the composites. A rather simple structure made from particle reinforced composite materials is developed as a numerical example. The agreement between the fullscale simulating More >

Ping Lou^{1, 2, ∗}, Xinlei Zhang¹, F. T. K. Au³, Zixian Zhang¹, Yi Huang¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.122, No.3, pp. 955-969, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2020.08302 - 01 March 2020

Abstract Discretising a structure into elements is a key step in finite element (FE) analysis. The discretised geometry used to formulate an FE model can greatly affect accuracy and validity. This paper presents a unified dimensionless parameter to generate a mesh of cubic FEs for the analysis of very long beams resting on an elastic foundation. A uniform beam resting on elastic foundation with various values of flexural stiffness and elastic supporting coefficients subject to static load and moving load is used to illustrate the application of the proposed parameter. The numerical results show that (a)… More >

Yihua Xiao^{1, *}, Hecheng Wu¹, Xuecheng Ping^{2, *}

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.122, No.3, pp. 923-954, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2020.07686 - 01 March 2020

Abstract Ceramics are extensively used in protective structures which are often subjected to projectile impacts. During an impact process of a ceramic target by a projectile, fragmentation occurs in both the target and the projectile. It is challenging to simulate such events and predict residual mass and velocity of the projectile. In this work, we attempt to use smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) in LS-DYNA to reproduce fragmentation of the target and the projectile and predict residual mass and velocity of the projectile during a projectile impact of a ceramic target. SPH models for an alumina ceramic… More >

M. F. Elettreby^{1, 2, *}, Tamer Nabil^{1, 3}, A. Khawagi⁴

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.122, No.3, pp. 907-921, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2020.08664 - 01 March 2020

Abstract In this paper, a discrete Lotka-Volterra predator-prey model is proposed that considers mixed functional responses of Holling types I and III. The equilibrium points of the model are obtained, and their stability is tested. The dynamical behavior of this model is studied according to the change of the control parameters. We find that the complex dynamical behavior extends from a stable state to chaotic attractors. Finally, the analytical results are clarified by some numerical simulations. More >

Lihua Wang^{1, *}, Wenjing Ye¹, Yueting Zhou¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.122, No.3, pp. 889-906, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2020.09013 - 01 March 2020

Abstract The lift force was reported not to be high enough to support the dragonfly’s weight during flight in some conventional investigations, and higher lift force is required for its takeoff. In this study, by employing a thin plate model, impact effect is investigated for the wing deformation in dragonfly flapping during takeoff. The static displacement is formulated to compare with the dynamical displacement caused by impact. The governing equation of motion for the impact dynamics of a dragonfly wing is derived based on Newton’s second law. Separation of variables technique and assumed modes method are More >

M. Sujith^{1, *}, S. Padma²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.122, No.3, pp. 863-888, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2020.08908 - 01 March 2020

Abstract This paper proposes the optimum controller for shunt active filter (SAF) to mitigate the harmonics and maintain the power quality in the distribution system. It consists of shunt active filter, Voltage Source Inverter (VSI), series inductor and DC bus and nonlinear load. The proposed hybrid approach is a combination of Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) termed as PSOANN. The PI controller gain parameters of k_p and k_i are optimized with the help of PSOANN. The PSOANN improves the accuracy of tuning the gain parameters under steady and dynamic load conditions; thereby it… More >