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J. Labaki1, E. Mesquita2, R. K. N. D. Rajapakse3
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.103, No.5, pp. 281-313, 2014, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2014.103.281
Abstract This paper introduces a numerical model to investigate the vibratory response of elastic and rigid circular plates embedded in viscoelastic, transversely isotropic, three-dimensional layered media. In the present numerical scheme, the boundary-value problem corresponding to the case of time-harmonic concentrated and distributed axisymmetric vertical ring loads within a layered half-space is formulated according to an exact stiffness method. Its solution results in the required influence functions for the modeling of the present problem. The case of an embedded flexible plate is formulated in terms of a variational method. The deflection profile of the plate is written in terms of generalized… More >
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S. Saha Ray1, A. K. Gupta2
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.103, No.5, pp. 315-341, 2014, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2014.103.315
Abstract In this paper, an efficient numerical schemes based on the Haar wavelet method are applied for finding numerical solution of nonlinear third-order modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV) equation as well as modified Burgers' equations. The numerical results are then compared with the exact solutions. The accuracy of the obtained solutions is quite high even if the number of calculation points is small. More >
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B.J. Yang1, K.J. Cho1, G.M. Kim1, H.K. Lee1,2
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.103, No.5, pp. 343-365, 2014, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2014.103.343
Abstract The addition of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to a matrix material is expected to lead to an increase in the effective electrical properties of nanocomposites. However, a CNT entanglement caused by the matrix viscosity and the high aspect ratio of the nanotubes often inhibits the formation of a conductive network. In the present study, the micromechanics-based model is utilized to investigate the effect of CNT agglomeration on the electrical conductivity and percolation threshold of nanocomposites. A series of parametric studies considering various shapes and curviness distributions of CNTs are carried out to examine the effects of entanglement on the electrical performance… More >
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