Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures: Volume 5 Issue 4

Derivation and Validation of a Material Model for Clayey Sand for Use Inlandmine Detonation Computational Analyses

M. Grujicic, B. Pandurangan, N. Coutris, B.A. Cheeseman, W. N. Roy, R.R. Skaggs

A large‐strain/high‐deformation rate model for clay‐free sand recently proposed and validated in our work [1,2], has been extended to sand containing relatively small (< 15vol.%…

Fractal Transition Model in Predicting Static Friction Coefficient

Sui Changfu, Sheng Xuanyu

There is a fractal characteristic in most engineering surfaces. Effects of the surface fractal parameters D, G and the material parameter φ on the static friction coefficient are…

Effect of Dielectric Layer of a Distributed‐Type Inorganic High‐luminosity Electroluminescent Panel

Toshifumi Satoh

The inorganic high‐luminosity electroluminescent (EL) panel used in this study is a distributed‐type EL panel, which can be produced using a printing technique. We obtained a…

Stress Analysis of Conical Shell Skirt Support for High Pressure Vessel Using Finite Element Method

K. Tamil Mannan, Rakesh Saxena, 2R. Murugavel, P.L. Sah

Pressure vessel is a closed cylindrical vessel for storing gaseous, liquids or solid products. The stored medium is at a particular pressure and temperature. The cylindrical…

Non‐Linear Fracture Study of Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites Using a Tapered Double Cantilever Beam

V. Rizov, A. Mladensky

Mode I static fracture behavior of polymer composites is studied using the tapered double cantilever beam test method. A non‐linear three‐dimensional finite element model is…

Thermal Analogy Method for Static and Dynamic Analysis of an Electrostrictive Beam

R. Jerome, N. Ganesan

A thermal analogy method for the static and dynamic analysis of an electrostrictive beam by incorporating the nonlinear characteristics of the electrostrictive materials is…

Thermal Analysis of a Continuous Flow Polymerase Chain Reaction Microdevice Using Analytical Finite Element Simulation

Hing Wah Lee, Ishak Abdul Azid, Kankanhally Narasimha Seetharamu

A simplified general purpose analytical finite element model has been developed to analyze the thermal performance of a continuous flow polymerase chain reaction (CPCR…

Obtaining Creep Damage of Aluminum Alloy 2A12 by Using Indentation Method with Different Indenters

Bin Zhao

Indentation tests performed in creep damage materials show that slopes of initial portions of unloading curves which are often used to calculate indented modulus can characterize…

Effects of Inclined Magnetic Field on a Fluid with Non‐linear Variable Viscosity in a Uniform Tube with Peristalsis

A.H. Abd Elnaby, I.I. El Shamy

In order to determined the characteristics of peristaltic transport of the Newtonian fluid with variable viscosity through a cylindrical tube having walls that are transversely…