V.K. Tewary

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.19, No.4, pp. 113-114, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.019.113

Abstract Interfacial region between two nanomaterials can be treated as a separate material since its atomistic structure and characteristics are different than the two materials on its either side. The mechanical as well as electronic properties of composite materials are sensitive to the interfaces. For industrial application of the nanomaterial systems, it is vital to model and measure the discrete atomistic locations in the interface during operating conditions. As the dimensions of nanomaterial systems shrink, the role of interfaces become increasingly important. Because of its nanothickness, the conventional characterization and design parameters like elastic constants, stress… More >

N.A. Dumont, D. Huaman

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.19, No.4, pp. 111-112, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.019.111

Abstract This paper proposes a hybrid finite element formulation of the strain gradient elasticity that provides a natural conceptual framework to properly deal with the interelement compatibility of normal displacement gradients and the equilibrium of non-classical boundary forces. It is based on developments firstly proposed by Mindlin and further elaborated by Aifantis. Consistency is assessed - in the full manuscript version - by means of several generalized patch tests. More >

M.S. Raju & Dan Bulzan

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.19, No.4, pp. 109-110, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.019.109

Abstract The paper presents the results from a validation study undertaken as a part of the NASA's fundamental aeronautics initiative on high altitude emissions in order to assess the accuracy of several atomization models used in both sub-cooled and superheat spray calculations. As a part of this investigation we have undertaken the validation based on four different cases to investigate the spray charactereristics of (1) a ashing jet generated by the sudden release of pressurized R134A from cylindrical nozzle, (2) a liquid jet atomizing in a subsonic cross ow, (3) a Parker-Hannin pressure swirl atomizer, and More >

Yukitoshi OTANI, Fumio KOBAYASHI, Yasuhiro MIZUTANI, Manabu Harada, Toru YOSHIZAWA

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.19, No.4, pp. 107-108, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.019.107

Abstract A uni-axial three dimensional surface measurement by a liquid crystal digital shifter( LCDC) is proposed using a telecentric optical system. Distance information can be determined by measuring the contrast in the projected grating pattern. The magnification of the object image captured by a CCD camera is adjusted constant by changing the focus distance. A shadow less measurement of the object's area is archived by using a uni-axial system. The liquid crystal digital shifter is a powerful tool to make arbitrary intensity and frequency distribution. Surface profiles of some mechanical parts were measured to demonstrate this More >

Masato Yoshino, Yoshito Tanaka, Keisuke Yano

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.18, No.4, pp. 131-132, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.018.131

Abstract Dynamics of droplet impact on solid surfaces is of great importance in many engineering applications such as ink-jet printing and rapid spray cooling of hot surfaces. In this study, the lattice kinetic scheme based on the lattice Boltzmann method for immiscible two-phase fluids [Inamuro (2006)] is applied to such micro-fluid problems. The present method enables us to perform stable calculations of two-phase flows with large density ratios of up to 1000. The boundary condition based on the wetting potential that is calculated according to a prescribed static contact angle is used on solid surfaces [Briant,… More >

Shota Sadamoto, Satoyuki Tanaka, Shigenobu Okazawa

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.18, No.4, pp. 129-130, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.018.129

Abstract In this presentation, large deflection analysis for thin-plate bending problem using Hermite Reproducing Kernel (HRK) approximation is presented. HRK approximation for thin-plate bending problem is one of meshfree/particle approaches and is proposed by Wang [1]. The deflection and rotations are represented by the Hermite-type approximation. In the formulation, the rotations are represented by the differentiation of deflection and the approximation is satisfied Kirchhoff Mode Reproducing Condition (KMRC). Sub-domain stabilized nodal conforming integration is adopted to enforce integration constraint in the numerical integration. Total Lagrangian method is adopted to solve thin-plate bending problem with geometrical non-linearity. More >

Momoji Kubo

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.18, No.4, pp. 127-128, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.018.127

Abstract The establishment of the process and material design technology based on theoretical science at electronic- and atomic-level is one of the important subjects in order to solve the energy and environmental problems, to realize the safe and secure society, and to create new industry and markets. Especially, the recent material, process, and system technologies constitute of multi-physics phenomena including chemical reaction, friction, impact, stress, fluid, photon, electron, heat, electric and magnetic fields etc., and then the deep understanding of the above multi-physics phenomena are essential. Previously, continuum simulations such as finite element method have been… More >

Weiqiu CHEN

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.18, No.4, pp. 125-126, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.018.125

Abstract We will report a theory of surface piezoelectricity which governs a plane surface of a piezoelectric body. The piezoelectric surface may be endowed with different properties from the bulk material, and can account for the well-known surface effect which becomes increasingly important in micro- or nano-sized structures. In this study, the surface is treated as a piezoelectric thin layer of thickness h, and the state-space formulism is adopted to obtain the transfer relation between the state vectors at the top and bottom surfaces of the layer. The power series of the transfer matrix is then More >

xuan pei

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.18, No.4, pp. 123-124, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.018.123

Abstract The constitutive model always plays a fundamental role in biomechanical researches on human trachea soft tissues. Due to the variety of constitutive theories, the selection of the appropriate one and the determination of its material parameters becomes a question. Based on longitudinal and circumferential extension tests on human tracheas, three constitutive models-the isotropic M-R model, the Holzapfel's anisotropic model and modified Hozapfel's model respectively, were utilized in this paper to fit the experimental data. A jointly fitting strategy was also proposed to obtain the anisotropic model parameters. For the isotropic M-R model, material parameters optimized… More >

Sujuan Guo, Guozheng Kang, Juan Zhang

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.18, No.4, pp. 121-122, 2011, DOI:10.3970/icces.2011.018.121

Abstract With a newly developed homogenization cyclic constitutive model of particle reinforced metal matrix composites (Guo et al., 2011), the effects of tangent operators, i.e., continuum and algorithmic tangent operators [defined by Doghri and Ouaar (2003)] on the accuracy of the developed meso-mechanical constitutive model to predict the monotonic tensile and uniaxial ratchetting deformation of SiCP/6061Al composites were investigated in this work. The predicted results were obtained by the developed model with the choices of different tangent operators and various magnitudes of loading increments. Some useful accuracy comparison and error analysis on the predicted results were More >