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A simple method to automatically update the finite element mesh of the analysis domain is proposed for cases when the shape of the domain in modified. The method considers [...]

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A stabilized semi-implicit fractional step finite element method for solving coupled fluid-structure interaction problems involving free surface waves is presented. The stabilized [...]

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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 calculus [...]

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The accurate solution of convection type problems on practical grids has been ever a challenging issue, and invariably some sort of stabilization is needed in order to get [...]

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The study of ancient structures composed of stone arches and vaults requires the use of specific techniques of analysis endowed with powerful procedures for the modelling [...]

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In this paper the FIC method is used as the basis for a new “alpha-adaptive” procedure (where alpha denotes the stabilization parameters) for obtaining stable [...]

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Efficiency and accuracy are vital for the acceptable simulation of large scale industrial sheet stamping problems. Two aspects, implemented within the explicit dynamic program [...]

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Undesiderable spring-back induced deformations are one of the cause for rejection of many stamped sheet parts. The paper presents the alternatives for predicting spring-back [...]

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The paper presents an overview of the possibilities of parallel computing for the analysis of industrial forming processes using the finite element method. The theoretical [...]

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This paper describes a number of triangular and quadrilateral plate and Shell elements derived via Reissner-Mindlin plate theory and mixed interpolation. It shown how by introducing [...]

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The finite volume method appears to be a particular case of finite elements with a non Galerkin weighting. It is course less accurate for self adjoint problems but has some [...]

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Stamping of sheet-metal parts by means of punches and dies is a standard manufacturing process. However, despite its broad application in industry, the design of forming processes [...]

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Viele Konstruktionen besitzen konstante geometrische Eigenschaften entlang einer bestimmten Richtung. Derartige prismatische Strukturen sind bei Platten weit verbreitet, bei [...]

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In this paper some adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) strategies for finite element analysis of structural problems are discussed. Two mesh optimality criteria based on the equal [...]

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A total Lagrangian formulation for the large displacement large rotation: analysis of shells using finite elements is presented. Different expressions for the strain matrix [...]

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A formal analogy between the equations of pure plastic and viscoplastic flow theory for void containing metals and those of standard non linear elasticity is presented. It [...]

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The viscous shell approach combines the use of visco-plastic flow and classical shell theories. The paper presents the general aspects of the viscous shell formulation for [...]

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A finite element formulation for the analysis of geometrically nonlinear shell problems is presented. Degenerated 3D elasticity elements are used for the finite element discretization [...]

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The analysis of structures subjected to large displacements by means of the finite element method has attracted the attention of many researchers in recent years and different [...]

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This document presents the activities carried out to date (04/2019) in the project ‘Development of new Lagrangian computational methods for ice-ship interaction problems’ [...]

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Around 45% of European Union (EU) foreign trade is carried by road, which is conditioned by traffic congestion and high fuel consumption, and lead to implying the pollution [...]

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According to the mid term review of the EU White Paper on Transport, Short Sea Shipping is expected to grow at a rate of 59% in metric tonnes, from 2000 to 2020. If we consider [...]

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On the one hand, around 45% of European Union foreign trade is still carried by road and is consequently conditioned by traffic congestion or high fuel consumption, implying [...]

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Within an scenario of highly sensitivity on environmental questions, followed by an international regulation body, that is restricting the emission levels from ships in ports [...]

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El presente libro pretende ser fundamentalmente una herramienta de trabajo para los alumnos de la Licenciatura en Náutica y los más avezados de la [...]

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The evolution of the shipping industry (increased capacity and size of ships, power and self-propulsion), the increased productivity and rearrangement of spaces (port calls [...]

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The sea is home of a large variety of human activities creating social, economic and even strategic value for Europe’s inhabitants. Maritime activities have been concentrated [...]

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During the last decade, new technologies have pushed organizations to innovate their business models. In particular, Industry 4.0 and the Internet of things (IoT) have called [...]

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The European transport policy undertakes to enhance sustainability in transport in order to boost economic activities in the whole EU. The reduction of pollutant emissions [...]

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 Appendix III of MARPOL's Annex VI sets out the criteria and procedures for designating an emission control area (ECA).This criteria includes: a clear delineation [...]

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Two families of parametrized mixed variational principles for linear electromagnetody-namics are constructed. The first family is applicable when the current density distribution [...]

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This paper focuses on a class of transient response problems in which a flexible structure is submerged in an acoustic fluid satisfying the three-dimensional wave equation. [...]

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The formulation of a fully compatible general quadrilateral plate bending element is described. The element is assembled from four partially constrained linear curvature compatible [...]

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This tutorial paper is extracted from a set of graduate lectures on the time-domain simulation of structural dynamics and coupled systems. This material has also served as [...]

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This paper proposes a taxonomy of methods for the treatment of the fluid-structure interface in FSI coupled problems. The top-level classification is based on the presence [...]

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The paper surveys computerized solution techniques for treating large algebraic systems arising in the discrete-element analysis of nonlinear structural systems. Following [...]

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The subject of the patch test for finite elements retains several unsettled aspects. In particular, the issue of one-element versus multielement tests needs clarification. [...]

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The present abstract was motivated by the search for clean yet nontrivial benchmark problems for wave propagation and scattering in an infinite acoustic medium. The submerged [...]

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High performance (HP) elements are simple finite elements constructed to deliver engineering accuracy with arbitrary coarse meshes. This chapter reviews original developments [...]

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This is a tutorial paper that outlines, through a benchmark example, an efiective method for coupling nonmatched flnite element meshes. Coupling is done through a displacement [...]

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This chapter discusses the possibility to develop a quadrilateral called Unidirectional Bending-Optimal Quadrilateral Panel (UBOQP) that passes the patch test for any geometry [...]

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The effective programming of Finite Element Methods for CFD on vector-machines is discussed. It is shown, that for unstructured grids the performance observed on this class [...]

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In previous papers [1,2] we have described an explicit finite element solution procedure for the compressible Euler and Navier-Stokes equations. The approach was a finite [...]

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The objective of this research is to investigate shock interaction with complex geometry canisters suspended above a rigid elevated [...]

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There is an increasing demand to use kinetic plasma simulations to model real plasma devices such as e-beam diodes, plasma torches, opening switches, and so on. With this [...]

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This paper describes a Finite Element Method - Flux Corrected Transport (FEM-FCT) approach with an unstructured adaptive grid scheme to the simulation of two-phase flow. The [...]

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This paper describes an extensive comparison study of two high-order-accuracy finite-element schemes: one of upwind type, the other of flux-corrected transport type, for the [...]

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An incompressible flow solver based on unstructured grids is implemented on parallel distributed-memory computer architecture. An important phase in the flow solver [...]

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      This paper describes the application of FEFL096, a three-dimensional, adaptive, finite element, edge-based, ALE shock capturing methodology [...]

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Against the general feeling that ‘CFD is solved’, I offer a few remarks from the trenches. When performing large-scale simulations of geometrically and physically [...]

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The use of parallel computers and in particular distributed memory architectures imposes a number of requirements on the visualization systems for Computational Fluid Dynamics [...]

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A parallel advancing front scheme has been developed. The domain to be gridded is rst subdivided spatially using a relatively coarse octree. Boxes are then identiied and gridded [...]

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The interactions between a cylinder body and a ducted propeller is simulated using a coupled Navier-Stokes and actuator disc approach. The actuator disc approach raises the [...]

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An advancing front gridding technique that operates on discretely defined surfaces is presented. Different aspects that are required to make the procedure reliable for complex [...]

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A series of simulations were performed in order to test the accuracy of FEFLO for problems of flow and dispersion around buildings. The major case was extracted from the Evaluation [...]

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Measurement of stenosis due to atherosclerosis is essential for interventional planning. Currently, measurement of stenosis from magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is made [...]

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The paper describes a numerical study of a potential accident scenario of the space shuttle, operating at the same flight conditions as flight 51L, the Challenger accident. [...]

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Four methods of analysis — a nonlinear method based on Euler's equations and three linear potential flow methods — are used to determine the optimal lo- cation [...]

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An unstructured grid matrix-free GMRES+LU-SGS scheme is used to simulate unsteady CFD problems with moving bodies. The method is applied on sharedmemory, cache-based parallel [...]

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Several classes of important engineering problems require the concurrent application of CFD and CSD techniques. Currently, attempts to model these problems are solved either [...]

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Blood flow temporal waveforms change with position along an artery. The change in the flow waveforms can be accounted for by a transmission line model of flow. According to [...]

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A simple CFD tool, coupled to a discrete surface representation and a gradient-based optimization procedure, is applied to the design of optimal hull forms and optimal arrangement [...]

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A methodology to construct patient-specific, anatomically and physiologically realistic finite element models of blood flows in stenosed carotid arteries is presented. Anatomical [...]

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A family of low-order finite element solvers for incompressible flows is described. Both the advection and divergence terms are treated using consistent numerical fluxes along [...]

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This paper describes recent algorithm developments and select applications of a program that couples parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Computational Structural [...]

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This chapter describes a unique coupling between a discrete particle model and an embedded mesh flow solver, with the focus on solving blast loadings on reinforced concrete [...]

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Multi-material flows, where a moving interface exists between two immiscible fluids, can be found in a variety of engineering problems. Development of numerically accurate [...]

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A new algorithm for modeling the response of structures to severe airblast and fragment loading, including the modeling of large plastic deformations, structural failure and [...]

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A somewhat historical perspective of the use of FCT for fluid dynamics is given. The particular emphasis is on large-scale blast problems. A comparison with other high-resolution [...]

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The most widely used computational model of collisionless plasmas is the Lagrangian-Eulerian hybrid technique known as particle-in-cell or PIC. In the electromagnetic version, [...]

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The accurate simulation of time-dependent compressible flows with moving bodies has been an outstanding goal for a long time. Several major capabilities are required to simulate [...]

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A new technique for numerical solution of fluid equations has been developed by combining the Finite-Element Methods with the method of Flux-Corrected Transport. The resulting [...]

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Knowledge of the hemodynamic conditions in intracranial aneurysms before and after endovascular treatment is important to better understand the mechanisms responsible for [...]

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Simulating blood flow around stents in intracranial aneurysms is important for designing better stents and to personalize and optimize endovascular stenting procedures in [...]

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A fast, matrix-free implicit method has been developed to solve the three dimensional compressible flow problems on unstructured meshes. An approximate system of linear equations [...]

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Several algorithms for fluid-structure interaction are described. All of them are useful for the loose coupling of fluid and structural dynamics codes. The first class of [...]

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This project involves the study of sound generated by supersonic jets like those emanating from the exhausts of high-performance military aircraft. This is a joint experimental/computational [...]

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The discontinuous Galerkin methods [1] (DGM) have recently become popular for the solution of systems of conservation laws to arbitrary order of accuracy. The DGM combine [...]

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The numerical methods for the solution of the compressible Euler and Navier-Stokes equations can be classified by the mesh they use as structured grid methods, unstructured [...]

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A simple strategy for generating anisotropic meshes is introduced. The approach belongs to the class of metric-based mesh adaptation procedures where a field of metric tensors [...]

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Most efforts in the development of the discontinuous Galerkin methods (DGM) in computational fluid dynamics are primarily focused on the time accurate compressible Euler and [...]

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Currently there is increased interest in the use of stents as flow diverters for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms, especially wide necked aneurysms that are difficult [...]

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Most of the equations used to describe the behaviour of continua are of the form: u,t +∇ · (Fa − Fv) = S(u) , (9.1) where u,Fa,Fv,S(u) denote the vector [...]

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In this paper, we introduce a 3D local operator that automatically combines typical simpler operators as removal of vertices, collapse of edges or swap of faces and edges. [...]

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The present paper summarizes trends in supercomputing and the consequences they will have on coupled problems in computational mechanics. The appearance of parallel machines [...]

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A complex numerical simulation where blast waves interacted with a liquid, burnable simulant inside a chamber was conducted. The liquid simulant was dispersed by a small high [...]

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This work presents a novel framework for automated monitoring of high density crowds from closed circuit television (CCTV) image data. The framework obtains pedestrian velocities [...]

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The river water maintains a heat exchange with the atmosphere and with the bottom; this process can reach its equilibrium along a stretch of the river with similar geologic [...]

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  Direct methods aim to find the maximum load factor that a domain made of a plastic material can sustain before undergoing full collapse. Its analytical solution [...]

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Numerical techniques for the computation of strict bounds in limit analyses have been developed for more than thirty years. The efficiency of these techniques have been [...]

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The mechanical analysis of soft tissues in biomechanics has undergone an increasing progress during the last decade. Part of this success is due to the development and application [...]

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This paper presents a techno-economic feasibility study of a polygeneration plant proposed for an association of dairy farmers in Bolivia. The systems have been designed in [...]

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El objetivo de este trabajo es desarrollar una herramienta de aplicabilidad general que ayude en el estudio de la estabilidad y seguridad de una presa de escollera en una [...]

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El objetivo de este trabajo es desarrollar y validar un nuevo método de cálculo de aplicabilidad general para el estudio de la estabilidad y seguridad de una [...]

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The present work is concerned with some recent advances in FSI simulations with particular emphasis on the simulation of rockfill dams during extreme phenomena. The final [...]

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Con el objetivo de llegar a un mejor conocimiento del principio del proceso de rotura de las presas de material suelto y obtener una herramienta que permita un análisis [...]

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Como consecuencia del desarrollo de un Proyecto de Investigación, el CEDEX, la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid y el CIMNE han trabajado conjuntamente en el [...]

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The aim of this work is to study the consequences of an overtopping on the stability of earth dams and its possible failure mode. Rehabilitation and safety analysis of existing [...]

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This work presents a model which allows considering the interaction between rockfill dams and the water. The fluid behaviour is analyzed on an Eulerian fixed mesh. A level [...]

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An increasing interest is rising on the study of rockfill embankment dams during overspilling. Design criteria of earth dams are being reviewed in many countries to guarantee [...]

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In recent years the technology on embankments dams has developed sensibly due to the advances in soil mechanic, and in all related sciences. Nevertheless their vulnerability [...]

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This paper presents the work carried out during the last years for the creation of a numerical model to simulate transient seepage phenomena in rockfill dams when overtopping [...]

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En el presente trabajo se estudia la capacidad de desagüe de aliviaderos con compuertas radiales mediante la aplicación de un código de cálculo numérico [...]

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Head-discharge curves in gated spillways are commonly obtained by means of the application of empirical formulations. The most popular one, recommended by SPANCOLD [1], was [...]

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Síntesis del procedimiento de diseño formulado en la tesis doctoral de Rafael Morán. La demanda de seguridad en infraestructuras críticas ha aumentado [...]

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Many countries are implementing new dam safety regulations that often include more restrictive standards. This, together with the increasing average age of dams, results in [...]

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Wedge shaped blocks (WSB) are attracting increasing attention as protection against overtopping for earth and rock-fill dams. However, there are limited examples of application [...]

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The development of overtopping protection systems often requires detailed analyses of complex physical phenomena. This hinders the comprehensive knowledge of their behavior, [...]

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The technology of wedge shaped blocks (WSB) for spillways has had a rising development through the last forty years, and has proved its reliability for practical applications [...]

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Para superar las limitaciones de la metodología tradicional en la enseñanza de AutoCAD, la Unidad Docente de Expresión Gráfica de la Universidad [...]

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Nowadays, the probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) is one of the standard tools for safety evaluation of the existing dams. Although many factors are involved in risk-informed [...]

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The corrosion of metals in concrete is a multibillion dollar problem which affects the construction, transportation, and many other industries. While much has been written [...]

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The Panama Canal, vital to international trade, connects the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, through the Gatun inland lake (which is almost entirely freshwater). The [...]

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Reinforced concrete structures may prove to be very durable; however their gradual degradation over time impairing both serviceability and structural safety is still a matter [...]

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Corrosion can affect bond between reinforcing bars and concrete and with it the transfer of longitudinal stresses between both materials. Loss of bond is normally characterized [...]

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High strength steels in concrete structures used as reinforcement are usually passivated due to the physical barrier that concrete provides and by a protective passive film [...]

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Additions to concrete may change some of its basic properties in several ways depending on the nature of these additions. The addition of fibers, in particular, has enabled [...]

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This paper sumarises the research into steel durability in reinforced sandwich panels made of mortar-polystyrene mortar, which is a new construction system for buildings. [...]

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Recently, in CORROSION-87, one paper was presented which, assuming the electrical model of the 'transmission line' to represent the nonuniform distribution of the [...]

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The approach presented here is an attempt to implement the values of corrosion intensity which have been measured in laboratory tests, in the framework of the service life [...]

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Reinforcement corrosion is attracting research interest in many areas due to the economic consequences of the damage generated by the process. Several proposals can be found [...]

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The stress corrosion cracking (SCC) process is at present a not fully elucidated mechanism of deterioration. It is a surface process that implies a corrosion and stress synergy, [...]

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The oxide formed during corrosion has an expansive character which induces the cracking of concrete cover. The properties of this oxide layer are focussing the interest due [...]

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The stress corrosion cracking process is at this moment an unknown mechanism of deterioration. It is a process that implies the joint action of the media, the presence of [...]

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In marine environments, reinforcement corrosion develops due to the penetration of chlorides through the concrete pores. Initially the corrosion appears as localized attack, [...]

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Concrete protects the steel embedded until carbonation front or the ­chloride threshold reaches the rebar. Then a corrosion process develops. In present paper the corrosion [...]

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Behavior, time evolution and variability of the corrosion process in reinforced concrete structures is an important factor to have in mind if structural service life is to [...]

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The structures involved are prestressed concrete structures. The aim is to detect either failures of prestressing cables (or strands) or as a preventive [...]

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The study of the influence of concrete crack width on corrosion of steel reinforcement due to exposure to aggressive environments is very important for durability design. [...]

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The concept of service life in the science in reinforcement corrosion has evolved from a basic description of phenomena to a more detailed engineering perspective [...]

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One of the most relevant mechanisms that influence the life service of concrete (carbonation, compactness, alkaline protection) is gas diffusion through its mass. However, [...]

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The hydraulic performance of a labyrinth weir was analysed using numerical simulation. The head-discharge relation was compared to the results of an empirical formula, and [...]

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The technology of Wedge Shaped Blocks (WSB) for spillways had a slow development through decades but has proven its practical reliability. Ongoing additional research [...]

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In this work, an explicit integration scheme for hyperelastic-based finite strains elasto-plasticity is presented. One step update equations are obtained from the large deformation [...]

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The surface deflection caused by the falling weight deflectometer (FWD) is a dynamic problem usually treated as a static problem. This chapter presents a dynamic solution [...]

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Design optimization has already become an important tool in industry. The benefits are clear, but several drawbacks are still present, being the main one the computational [...]

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The present section will focus on the applicability issues of Monte Carlo-based methods, as well as those methods based on sampling techniques. Special focus will be put on [...]

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Uncertainty quantification (UQ) is becoming a strategic step in the design phase. Robust Design Optimization (RDO) is the following step. The Technological Readiness Level [...]

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In this chapter, we present a general introduction to Monte Carlo (MC)-based methods, sampling methodologies, stratification methods, and variance reduction techniques. In [...]

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Uncertainty quantification has gained interest during the recent years. Two clear examples are NODESIM-CFD and, the just finished, UMRIDA projects.

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Design optimization has already become an important tool in industry. The benefits are clear, but several drawbacks are still present, being the main one the computational [...]

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The high-level objective of MARS project was to understand the formation and behaviour of turbulent structures which affects the Reynolds stress and skin friction. The aim [...]

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Since 1947, when Schubauer and Skramstad established the basis of the technology with its revolutionary work about steady state tools and mechanisms for the flow management, [...]

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The continuous increase of computational capacity has encouraged the extensive use of multiscale techniques to simulate the material behaviour on several fields of knowledge. [...]

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Este libro presenta una panorámica del estado actual de los materiales compuestos y sus aplicaciones más relevantes en la obra civil y la edificación

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En este capítulo se presenta un procedimiento para evaluar la magnitud del daño local y el daño global en estructuras sometidas a acciones estáticas [...]

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This work presents a new procedure to deal with the delamination problem found in laminated composites, based in a continuum mechanics formulation. The procedure proposed [...]

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Aircraft emission targets worldwide and their climatic effects have put pressure in government agencies, aircraft manufacturers and airlines to reduce water vapour, carbon [...]

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In this chapter we present recent advances on the Discrete Element Method (DEM) and on the coupling of the DEM with the Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving a variety of [...]

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This chapter presents an overview of some computational methods for the analysis of problems in ship hydrodynamics. Attention is focused on the description of stabilized finite [...]

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Particle methods in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) are numerical tools for the solution of the equations of f luid dynamics obtained by replacing the fluuid continuum [...]

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The solid-shells are an attractive kind of element for the simulation of forming processes, due to the fact that any kind of generic 3D constitutive law can be employed without [...]

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As one of the results of an ambitious project, this handbook provides a well-structured directory of globally available software tools in the area of Integrated Computational [...]

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We present a Lagrangian formulation for coupled thermal analysis of quasi and fully incompressible flows and fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problems that has excellent [...]

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The shaped metal deposition (SMD) process is a novel manufacturing technology which is similar to the multi-pass welding used for building features such as lugs and flanges [...]

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An approach is presented for studying the mechanical behavior of soft biological tissue using the finite‐element method and a general constitutive model. The overall computational [...]

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We present some developments in the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) for the solution of complex coupled problems in marine, naval and harbour engineering involving fluid-soil-structure [...]

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We present some developments in the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) for analysis of complex coupled problems in mechanics involving fluid-soil-structure interaction [...]

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This paper presents the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) and its application to multi-fluid flows. Key features of the method are the use of a Lagrangian description [...]

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We present some developments in the formulation of the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) for analysis of complex coupled problems on fluid and solid mechanics in engineering [...]

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We present some developments in the formulation of the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) for analysis of complex coupled problems in fluid and solid mechanics accounting [...]

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This paper presents an original thermomechanical model of rock cutting with evaluation of tool wear. The model has been developed within the framework of the discrete element [...]

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Management and follow-up of chronic aortic dissections continues to be a clinical challenge due to progressive aortic dilatation. To predict dilatation, guidelines suggest [...]

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The chapter investigates Shock Control Bumps (SCB) on a Natural Laminar Flow (NLF) aerofoil; RAE 5243 for Active Flow Control (AFC). A SCB approach is used to decelerate supersonic [...]

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In this paper the so-called added-mass effect is investigated from a different point of view of previous publications. The monolithic fluid structure problem is partitioned [...]

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High sea states, waves breaking near shores andmoving ships, the interaction of extremewaveswith floating structures, green water on deck and sloshing (e.g. in liquid natural [...]

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Se presenta un resumen de las posibilidades de diversos métodos numéricos basados en la combinación de técnicas de elementos finitos y de partículas [...]

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One of the aims of this text is to show some important results in LES modelling and to identify which are main mathematical problems for the development of a complete theory. [...]

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In this work we present a theory of the multilayer perceptron from the perspective of functional analysis and variational calculus. Within this formulation, the learning problem [...]

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This chapter presents an overview of some computational methods for analysis of ship hydrodynamics problems. Attention is focused on the description of a stabilized finite [...]

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We present a general formulation for incompressible fluid flow analysis using the finite element method (FEM) and a lagrangian description. The necessary stabilization for [...]

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This paper shows applications of a recently developed thin shell element adequate for the analysis of membrane and inflatable structures. The element is a three node triangle [...]

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We present some developments and applications of the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) for analysis of complex coupled problems in mechanics involving fluid-soil-structure [...]

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This paper shows applications of a recently developed shell element to the analysis of thin shell and membrane structures. The element is a three node triangle with only translational [...]

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We present a general formulation for analysis of fluid-structure interaction problems using the particle finite element method (PFEM). The key feature of the PFEM is the use [...]

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We present a general formulation for incompressible fluid flow analysis using the finite element method (FEM). The necessary stabilization for dealing with convective effects [...]

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We present a general Lagrangian formulation for treating elastic solids and quasi/fully incompressible fluids in a unified form. The formulation allows to treat solid and [...]

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An enhanced rotation-free three node triangular shell element (termed EBST) is presented. The element formulation is based on a quadratic interpolation of the geometry in [...]

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Current work summarizes the experience of the writer in the modeling of membrane systems. A first subsection describes an efficient membrane model, together with a reliable [...]

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The expression “finite calculus” refers to the derivation of the governing differential equations in mechanics by invoking balance of fluxes, forces, etc. in a [...]

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This paper summarizes the development for a large displacement formulation of a membrance composed of three-node triangular elements. A formulation in terms of the deformation [...]