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    SGBEM Voronoi Cells (SVCs), with Embedded Arbitrary-Shaped Inclusions, Voids, and/or Cracks, for Micromechanical Modeling of Heterogeneous Materials

    Leiting Dong1,2, Satya N. Atluri1,3
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.33, No.2, pp. 111-154, 2013, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2013.033.111
    Abstract In this study, SGBEM Voronoi Cells (SVCs), with each cell representing a grain of the material at the micro-level, are developed for direct micromechanical numerical modeling of heterogeneous composites. Each SVC can consist of either a (each with a different) homogenous isotropic matrix, and can include micro-inhomogeneities such as inclusions, voids of a different material, and cracks. These inclusions and voids in each SVC can be arbitrarily-shaped, such as circular, elliptical, polygonal, etc., for 2D problems. Further, the cracks in each SVC can be fully-embedded, edge, branching, or intersecting types, with arbitrary curved shapes. By… More >

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    The time-dependent Green's function of the transverse vibration of a composite rectangular membrane

    V.G.Yakhno1, D. Ozdek2,3
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.33, No.2, pp. 155-173, 2013, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2013.033.155
    Abstract A new method for the approximate computation of the time-dependent Green's function for the equations of the transverse vibration of a multi stepped membrane is suggested. This method is based on generalization of the Fourier series expansion method and consists of the following steps. The first step is finding eigenvalues and an orthogonal set of eigenfunctions corresponding to an ordinary differential operator with boundary and matching conditions. The second step is a regularization (approximation) of the Dirac delta function in the form of the Fourier series with a finite number of terms, using the orthogonal More >

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    An Optimal Multi-Vector Iterative Algorithm in a Krylov Subspace for Solving the Ill-Posed Linear Inverse Problems

    Chein-Shan Liu 1
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.33, No.2, pp. 175-198, 2013, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2013.033.175
    Abstract An optimal m-vector descent iterative algorithm in a Krylov subspace is developed, of which the m weighting parameters are optimized from a properly defined objective function to accelerate the convergence rate in solving an ill-posed linear problem. The optimal multi-vector iterative algorithm (OMVIA) is convergent fast and accurate, which is verified by numerical tests of several linear inverse problems, including the backward heat conduction problem, the heat source identification problem, the inverse Cauchy problem, and the external force recovery problem. Because the OMVIA has a good filtering effect, the numerical results recovered are quite smooth More >

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    Effect of Interface Energy on Size-Dependent Effective Dynamic Properties of Nanocomposites with Coated Nano-Fibers

    Xue-Qian Fang1,2, Ming-Juan Huang1, Jun-Ying Wu3, Guo-Quan Nie1, Jin-Xi Liu1
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.33, No.2, pp. 199-211, 2013, DOI:10.3970/cmc.2013.033.199
    Abstract In nanocomposites, coated nano-fibers are often used to obtain good performance, and the high interface-to-volume ratio shows great effect on the macroscopic effective properties of nanocomposites. In this study, the effect of interface energy around the unidirectional coated nanofibers on the effective dynamic effective properties is explicitly addressed by effective medium method and wave function expansion method. The multiple scattering resulting from the series coating nano-fibers is reduced to the problem of one typical nano-fiber in the effective medium. The dynamic effective shear modulus is obtained on the basis of the derived imperfect interface conditions. More >

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