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This paper provides experimental data on the temperature rise during granular flows in a small-scale rotating drum due to heat generation. All heat is believed to be generated [...]
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Granular flow is common in many industrial applications, and involves heat generation from frictional contacts and inelastic collisions between particles. The self-heating [...]
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We present a new 2.5D model for predicting the concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) at street level in an urban area. This work develops the first prototype of a tool that [...]
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The main objective of this research is to formulate and couple technologies for modeling discrete and continuous media using real particle morphologies. To that end, two coupled [...]
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The methodology previously proposed by the authors to solve particle-laden turbulent flows through a multiscale approach is extended by introducing a continuous function for [...]
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A deterministic pathogen transmission model based on high-fidelity physics has been developed. The model combines computational fluid dynamics and computational [...]
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We present a Lagrangian formulation for finite element analysis of quasi-incompressible fluids that has excellent mass preservation features. The success of the formulation [...]
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The Discrete Element Method (DEM) has been used for modeling continua, like concrete or rocks. However, it requires a big calibration effort, even to capture just the linear [...]
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We present a Lagrangian monolithic strategy for solving fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problems. The formulation is called Unified because fluids and solids are solved [...]
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We present a procedure for coupling the finite element method (FEM) and the discrete element method (DEM) for analysis of the motion of particles in non-Newtonian fluids. [...]
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In this paper we present an accurate stabilized FIC-FEM formulation for the 1D advection-diffusion-reaction equation in the exponential and propagation regimes using two stabilization [...]
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The authors present results on the use of the discrete element method (DEM) for the simulation of drilling processes typical in the oil and gas exploration industry. The numerical [...]
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This paper presents a local constitutive model for modelling the linear and non linear behavior of soft and hard cohesive materials with the discrete element method (DEM). [...]
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We present a generalized Lagrangian formulation for analysis of industrial forming processes involving thermally coupled interactions between deformable continua. The governing [...]
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We present a numerical procedure for elastic and non linear analysis (including fracture situations) of solid materials and structures using the Discrete Element Method (DEM). [...]
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In this work we extend the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) to multi-fluid flow problems with the aim of exploiting the fact that Lagrangian methods are specially well [...]
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Uncertainties are a daily issue to deal with in aerospace engineering and applications. Robust optimization methods commonly use a random generation of the inputs and take [...]
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In this paper we present a stabilized FIC-FEM formulation for the multidimensional transient advection-diffusion-absorption equation. The starting point is the non-local form [...]
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A two noded, straight element which includes shear deformation effects is presented and shown to be extremely efficient in the analysis of axisymmetric shells. A single point [...]
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This paper introduces a new stabilized finite element method based on the finite calculus (Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Eng. 1998; 151:233–267) and arbitrary [...]
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The construction industry has traditionally been characterised by the high diversity of its agents and processes, high resistance to change and low incorporation of technology [...]
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An incremental Total Lagrangian Formulation for curved beam elements that includes the effect of large rotation increments is developed. A complete and symmetric tangent stiffness [...]
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La interacción de los fluidos con las estructuras de su entorno es un desafío clásico para las técnicas numéricas. El objetivo de este trabajo es doble: en primer lugar [...]
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A summary is given of the mechanical characteristics of virus contaminants and the transmission via droplets and aerosols. The ordinary and partial differential equations [...]
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This work analyzes the influence of the discretization error contained in the Finite Element (FE) analyses of each design configuration proposed by the structural shape optimization [...]
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The paper describes some recent developments in finite element and particle methods for analysis of a wide range of bulk forming processes. The developments include new stabilized [...]
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This paper presents numerical modelling of rock cutting processes. The model consists of a tool–rock system. The rock is modelled using the discrete element method, [...]
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En la actualidad las más avanzadas técnicas para diseño naval ya no se restringen sólo a proyectos de alto coste; si no que también ahora [...]
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The basis of the finite point method (FPM) for the fully meshless solution of elasticity problems in structural mechanics is described. A stabilization [...]
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A new methodology for the geometrically nonlinear analysis of orthotropic membrane structures using triangular finite elements is presented. The approach is based on writing [...]
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In this paper we study the performance of two stochastic search methods: Genetic Algorithms and Simulated Annealing, applied to the optimization of pin‐jointed steel bar [...]
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In the present work a novel approach has been developed for the resolution of this problem of analysis of the movement of roll of a ship. The methodology used for this is [...]
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This research emphases on the synthesis of new formulations of intumescent coating with improved thermal performance for steel structures. The coating formulations were based [...]
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The tendency of the polymers to melt and drip when they are exposed to external heat source play a very important role in the ignition and the spread of fire. Numerical simulation [...]
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A particle method is presented for the solution of the incompressible inviscid fluid flow equation using a Lagrangian formulation. The interpolated function are those used [...]
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The finite point method (FPM) is a meshless technique, which is based on both, a weighted least‐squares numerical approximation on local clouds of points and a collocation [...]
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We present a formulation for analysis of turbulent incompressible flows using a stabilized finite element method (FEM) based on the finite calculus (FIC) procedure. The stabilization [...]
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We present a Lagrangian nodal integration method for the simulation of Newtonian and non-Newtonian free-surface fluid flows. The proposed nodal Lagrangian method uses a finite [...]
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We present a general formulation for incompressible fluid flow analysis using the finite element method. The necessary stabilization for dealing with convective effects and [...]
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The evaluation of the failure pressure of the containment building of a large dry PWR-W three loops nuclear power plant, based on computer numerical simulation, is described [...]
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Se presenta una nueva técnica de predicción de puntos críticos en el análisis de inestabilidad estructural por el MEF. El procedimiento se basa [...]
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In this work, we present a new methodology for the treatment of the contact interaction between rigid boundaries and spherical discrete elements (DE). Rigid body parts are [...]
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This paper presents some advances of finite element explicit formulation for simulation of metal forming processes. Because of their computational efficiency, finite element [...]
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Se presenta un modelo de elementos discretos o distintos (MED) en la modelizacion del ensayo de traccion indirecta o ensayo brasileno (Brazilian Test). Se realiza una comparacion [...]
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This is part of an article series on a variational framework for continuum mechanics based on the Finite Increment Calculus (FIC). The formulation utilizes high order derivatives [...]
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In this paper some results of a wide experimental program are presented and compared with some finite element solution of sheet metal forming problems using a viscous shell [...]
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A method is presented for the solution of an incompressible viscous fluid flow with heat transfer using a fully Lagrangian description of the motion. Due [...]
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A weighted least squares finite point method for compressible flow is formulated. Starting from a global cloud of points, local clouds are constructed using a Delaunay technique [...]
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A stabilized finite point method (FPM) for the meshless analysis of incompressible fluid flow problems is presented. The stabilization approach is based in the finite increment [...]
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In this paper, a residual correction method based upon an extension of the finite calculus concept is presented. The method is described and applied to the solution of a scalar [...]
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In this two-part paper we begin the development of a new class of methods for modeling fluid–structure interaction (FSI) phenomena for air blast. We aim to develop accurate, [...]
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This letter represents an initiative started by a number of researchers signed below who are working in the field of numerical modelling of soil mechanics problems. We belive [...]
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A stabilized version of the finite point method (FPM) is presented. A source of instability due to the evaluation of the base function using a least square procedure is discussed. [...]
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We examine the use of natural boundary conditions and conditions of the Sommerfeld type for finite element simulations of convective transport in viscous incompressible flows. [...]
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The influence of the microstructural heterogeneities is an important topic in the study of materials. In the context of computational mechanics, it is therefore necessary [...]
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The paper presents a new triangle for analysis of laminate plates and shells. The in-plane degrees of freedom are interpolated quadratically whereas a linear layer-wise approximation [...]
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This paper describes the objectives and current status of the research project NUMISTAMP currently under development at the International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering [...]
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The extended Delaunay tessellation (EDT) is presented in this paper as the unique partition of a node set into polyhedral regions defined by nodes lying on the nearby Voronoï [...]
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Multifluids are those fluids in which their physical properties (viscosity or density) vary internally and abruptly forming internal interfaces that introduce a large nonlinearity [...]
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The present paper presents multiscale modelling via coupling of the discrete and finite element methods. Theoretical formulation of the discrete element method using spherical [...]