Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures: Volume 17 Issue 6

The integrated MHD thermal performance with slip conditions on metachronal propulsion: the engineering material for biomedical applications

Naveed Imran, Maryiam Javed

Particular attention is given to the viscous damping force parameter, stiffness parameter, rigidity parameter, and Brinkman number and plotted their graph for thermal…

Improvement on modal curvatures methods for multiple damage identification in beams

Daniele Cinque, Jose Viriato Araujo dos Santos, Stefano Gabriele, Sonia Marfia, Hernâni Lopes

The purpose of this paper is to present a study on the application of four damage factors to several single and multiple damage scenarios of aluminium beams. Each one of these…

Robust optimization of EMU brake module based on interval analysis

Yonghua Li, Hao Yin, Qing Xia

This study aims to research the influence of non-probabilistic design variables on interval robust optimization of electric multiple units (EMU) brake module, therefore obtain the…

Modeling mechanical behavior of distributed piezoelectric actuators for morphing wing applications

Shuai Wang, Fei Zhao, Bo Zhou, Shifeng Xue

A distributed piezoelectric actuator (DPA) improving the deformation performance of wing is proposed. As the power source of morphing wing, the factors affecting the driving…

Optimization of structural parameters for the sound absorption performance of a cellular ceramic foam

J.X. Sun, P.S. Liu

The purpose of this paper is to provide an optimization schedule of structural parameters for the sound absorption performance of a cellular ceramic foam in the sound frequency…

Case-wise analysis of Love-type wave propagation in an irregular fissured porous stratum coated by a sandy layer

Shishir Gupta, Soumik Das, Rachaita Dutta

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the dispersion and damping behaviors of Love-type waves propagating in an irregular fluid-saturated fissured porous stratum…

A novel design space concept for design of concrete foundation supporting chemical reactors

Osama Bedair

This paper presents a novel concept for design of concrete support system for chemical reactors used in refineries and petrochemical plants. Graphical method is described that can…

Micro-structural analysis of noise reduction mechanism of porous asphalt mixture based on FEM

Junfeng Sun, Haitao Zhang, Guangyuan Wu, Zuoqiang Liu, Yuping Feng, Minghao Jia

In order to give full play to the function of noise reduction of asphalt pavement, it is necessary to understand its internal sound absorption mechanism. Therefore, the purpose of…

A practical compensation algorithm of stress relaxation due to single tension

Lifeng Wang, Huijiang Qu, Longlong Sun, Ziwang Xiao, Long Liu, Sharf Shajib Ahmad

Due to the deformation between the pylon and the girder caused by single tension of cables, the previously tensioned steel strands have stress relaxation, resulting in the actual…

Calculation of energy and magnetic susceptibility of Fe atomic system during dislocation motion in magnetic field

Maksym Kraiev, Eugene Voronkov, Violeta Kraieva

The purpose is to calculate the change in the total energy of a small fragment of an idealized lattice of iron (in its pure form and with impurity atoms) containing an edge…