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Lixiang Wang¹, Longfei Wen^2,3, Rong Tian^2,3,*, Chun Feng^1,4,*
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 1-2, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.011137
Abstract The extended finite element method (XFEM) has been successful in crack analysis but faces challenges in modeling multiple cracks. One challenge is the linear dependence and ill-conditioning of the global stiffness matrix, while another is the geometric description for multiple cracks. To address the first challenge, the Improved XFEM (IXFEM) [1–9] is extended to handle multiple crack problems, effectively eliminating issues of linear dependence and ill-conditioning. Additionally, to overcome the second challenge, a novel level set templated cover cutting method (LSTCCM) [10] is proposed, which combines the advantages of the level set method and cover More >

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Lei Peng^1,*, Jin Zhou², Xianfeng Zhang³, Zhongwei Guan^4,5
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 1-1, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.011196
Abstract This paper presents the numerical modelling of the ballistic response of hybrid composite structures subjected to 7.62 mm projectile impact. This study focuses on the modelling of composites made of various materials, including ceramics, Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE), Kevlar, and compressed wood, with fabrication of hybrid laminated structures that offer promising ballistic resistance capabilities. By employing a range of constitutive models and failure criteria, the finite element model simulates the ballistic behaviors of the constituent materials, facilitating a comprehensive understanding of their performance under high-velocity impacts. The core of the study lies in the comparison between… More >

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Xin Zhang^1,2, Xitao Zheng^1,2, Tiantian Yang³, Mingyu Song^1,2, Yuanyuan Tian⁴, Leilei Yan^1,2,*
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 1-1, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.011277
Abstract Composite joints are widely used in machinery industries such as aviation, aerospace, and marine, where they transfer main loads as lightweight connectors. Recently, 3D printing with continuous fibers has relieved the required molds in composite manufacturing process and given flexibility to the design of robust composite joints. However, how the curved paths and variable hatch spaces affect the mechanical properties and failure modes of 3D-printed single-bolt composite joints with continuous fibers remains undisclosed. In this study, 3D printing has been introduced to fabricate three types of continuous fiber-reinforced single-bolt composite joints with different paths, including… More >

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Peiyan Wang^1,*, Haoyu Wang¹, Minghui Liu², Fuchao Liu¹, Zhufeng Yue¹
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 1-1, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.011318
Abstract The virtual test is supported by the physical test data, and a high-precision simulation model needs to be established to maximize the alignment between the simulation prediction results and the physical test data. It can replace other physical tests and achieve the goal of reducing the design cycle time and cost. However, due to the errors caused by the position and angle deviation of the strain gauge paste, as well as the sensitivity coefficient of the strain gauge and the wire, it is difficult for the simulation results to correspond to the test results in… More >

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Ying Song¹
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 1-1, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.011329
Abstract Granular and columnar sea ice formed random pores containing gas and brine while growing in a polar environment. Building an appropriate microstructure of sea ice model to reveal its material singularities using standard methods is difficult. In this study, we develop a porous sea ice model based on coupled thermos-mechanical peridynamics [1-3] by considering the fluid flow and material transport in pores. The novel features of using the porous sea ice peridynamic model are as follows: (1) To establish the porous sea ice model, the sea ice pore equation is combined with the peridynamic equations. More >

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Hui Huang^1,*, Yongbing Li¹, Shuhui Li¹, Ninshu Ma²
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 1-1, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.011348
Abstract The sequentially coupled thermo-mechanical finite element analysis (FEA) with implicit iteration scheme is widely adopted for welding process simulation because the one-way coupling scheme is believed to be more efficient. However, such computational framework faces the bottleneck of scalability in large-scale analysis due to the exponential growth of computational burden with respect to the number of unknowns in a FEA model. In the present study, a fully coupled approach with explicit integration was developed to simulate fusion welding induced temperature, distortion, and residual stresses. A mass scaling and heat capacity inverse scaling technique was proposed More >

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Xinmeng Zha¹, Huilin Ren^1,*, Yi Xiong^1,*
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 1-1, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.011371
Abstract Additive manufacturing of continuous fiber composites is an emerging field that enables the tunable mechanical performance of composite structure by flexibly controlling the spatial layout of continuous fibers. Transverse isotropic strengthening is advantageous property of continuous fiber, which is favorable to align with the principal stress orientation. However, the accuracy and efficiency of traditional methods for calculating principal stress field are unguaranteed due to the inherent complexity and variability of geometries, material properties, and operational conditions in additive manufacturing. Therefore, a machine learning-assisted path planning method is proposed to robustly and efficiently generate the continuous… More >

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Yu Gong^1,*, Jianyu Zhang¹, Libin Zhao², Ning Hu²
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 1-2, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.011451
Abstract Advanced carbon fiber reinforced composite materials are increasingly being used in aerospace and other fields. Composite laminate structure is one of the commonly used configurations, but due to weak interlayer performance, interlayer delamination is prone to occur [1]. The occurrence and growth of delamination will seriously affect the overall integrity and safety of composite structures, making it a focus of attention in the design of laminated structures. Accurately characterizing the delamination mechanical properties of composite laminates and simulating delamination propagation behavior is the basis for damage tolerance design and analysis of composite structures with delamination… More >

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Renzi Bai^1,2,*, Julien Colmars³, Hui Cheng^1,2, Kaifu Zhang^1,2, Philippe Boisse³
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 1-1, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.011719
Abstract The increasing use of composite material require more efficient and inexpensive manufacturing process analysis method to optimize the product quality. The manufacture of textile reinforced composites often requires the preforming of a dry textile reinforcement and the subsequent injection of a resin in Liquid Composite Moulding processes (LCM). The composite can also be produced by thermoforming a prepreg consisting of a textile reinforcement incorporating the unhardened matrix, so that the composite can be formed. In both cases (LCM and prepreg), the forming process is driven by the deformation of the textile reinforcement which is influenced… More >

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Shaowu Tang¹, Sicong Liu^1,*, Jian S Dai^1,*
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 1-1, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.011746
Abstract Origami, a traditional and elegant folding technique, provides a solution for the deformation of three-dimensional structures. Inspired by this, origami-based soft actuators and robots exhibit the advantages of portability, high efficiency, and programmability when performing functions such as locomotion, manipulation, and interaction. However, these deformable origami structures bring challenges to sensing methods and technologies, due to hyperelastic deformations of the soft materials. In this work, a sensing approach is proposed to enable origami robots with proprioceptive and interactive sensing capabilities. The 3D-printed Miura-ori chambers of the robot are embedded with infrared optical sensors (a light-emitting… More >

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Jiahao Li¹, Yinbo Zhu^1,*
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 1-1, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.011955
Abstract Movements actuated by the moisture in plant tissues are prevalent in nature. Different microstructures of plants determine the various patterns of moisture-actuated movements. For instance, the graded lignin fraction of Selaginella lepidophylla leads to the a graded curvature morphology, while the fiber orientation angles determine the helical chirality of chiral seed pods. Inspired by these two types of plant microstructures, a theoretical framework for a biomimetic Turing machine is constructed. Similar to the Turing machine introduced by Alan Turing in 1936, the biomimetic Turing machine has a ribbon-like bilayer structure composed of numerous units, whose More >

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Wei Song^1,*, Xiaojian Shi², Shoupan Wei²
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 1-1, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.012236
Abstract Different post-welding treatments, such as TIG-Dressing, blinding, HFMI et.al are often used for steel welded joints in construction machinery manufacturing as an effective and reliable method for fatigue strength improvement. This paper investigates the fatigue performance of thick Q355D cruciform joints in heavy load-carrying steel structures under different treatments. Two TIG-Dressing treatments, blinding and HFMI for the full-penetration welded joints were used for fatigue tests. Experimental tests studied the fatigue strength of cruciform welded joints of Q355D structural steel under different treatments. The geometric parameters and relevant statistical analyses were performed by actual 3D optical More >

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Chenchen Zhou^1,2, Shuaishuai Liang³, Bin Qi³, Chenxu Liu², Nam-Joon Cho^1,*
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 1-2, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.012380
Abstract Micro tools/parts are attracting increasing attention due to the miniaturization evolutionary tendency in many fields, whose functionalities are critically determined by their materials and shapes [1- 5]. Sharp-edged ceramic microparticles have great prospects to be used as micromachining tools and micro components. However, it remains a huge challenge to fabricate nontransparent ceramic sharp-edged microparticles in a high-throughput way while taking their shape complexity, precision, and strength into account [6-8]. Herein, we present an online mixing and in-situ polymerization strategy: “one-pot microfluidic fabrication” along with two novel microfluidic device fabrication methods: “groove & tongue” and sliding More >

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Xin Yi^1,*
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 1-1, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.012558
Abstract The intricate packing of elastic filaments, including cytoskeletal microtubules, actin filaments, and artificial nanotubes, is fundamental to understanding a plethora of cellular functions and their applications in cellular engineering. Through rigorous theoretical analysis, we investigate the packing dynamics of filaments within vesicles and explore the axial stretching of the vesicle–filament system. Our examination reveals how the interplay of stiffness and size ratios between filaments and vesicles drives transitions in vesicle configurations, prompting filament bending or coiling. We construct morphological phase diagrams to elucidate these transitional phenomena, highlighting the influence of pressurized vesicles in enhancing resistance More >

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Rongzhuang Song¹, Yinbo Zhu^1,*
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 1-1, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.012598
Abstract Kink defects are prevalent in nanocellulose. The existence of diverse kink patterns lacking molecular-scale resolution has caused uncertainty regarding the mechanisms governing the formation of different kinks in nanocellulose, including both reversible and irreversible kinks. The constraints resulting from these limitations often lead to significant confusion in exploring the structure-property relationships of nanocellulose. By integrating AFM experiments with molecular dynamics simulations, we examined the microstructure-dependent kink deformations in nanocellulose (Iβ phase) and the resultant local microstructural damages. In atomic force microscopy images, bent nanofibrils typically display minor curvatures, whereas kinked nanofibrils exhibit pronounced sharp bends,… More >

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Lu Zhang^1,*, Yuzhuo Wang¹, Zhiwei Yu¹, Rong Jiang¹, Liguo Zhao¹, Yingdong Song^1,2
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 1-2, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.012701
Abstract Thermo-mechanical fatigue (TMF), as the main failure mode of hot components of an aeroengine, are increasingly investigated recently [1,2]. TMF crack growth is studied in a nickel-based powder metallurgy (PM) superalloy subjected to in-phase (IP) and out-of-phase (OP), as well as isothermal fatigue (IF) at peak temperature. The crack growth rate and path are evaluated for both coarse grain (CG) and fine grain (FG) structure, especially the effects of phase angle and polycrystalline microstructure. The results show that the TMF crack propagation is mainly transgranular in OP condition; while in IP condition, crack propagates intergranularly… More >

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Yuhang Lyu¹, Shaohai Dong¹, Li Ting Gao¹, Zhan-Sheng Guo^1,*
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 1-1, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.012815
Abstract Drying and calendering processes are crucial in electrode manufacturing, as they significantly affect the mechanical and electrochemical performances of lithium-ion batteries. In this study, we established a three-dimensional (3D) representative volume element (RVE) of electrodes composed of active material particles, carbon binder domain particles, solvent, and different particle contact types. We continuously simulated the 3D macroscopic and microscopic structural evolutions of the RVE during drying and calendering using the discrete element method (DEM). Based on the evolution of the particle coordination numbers and contact networks during drying, we propose a three-stage-drying scheme, consistent with the More >

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Wushuai Liu¹, Wu Xu^1,*
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 1-1, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.012893
Abstract It is of great significance for improving the in-plane fracture toughness of 3D woven composite (3DWC) to study the failure mechanism of a single edge notch tension (SENT) test. It requires a relatively high computational cost to establish the SENT model based on conformal modeling method. A SENT is established using a proposed ternary model. The matrix cracking, yarn rupture, and debonding at the yarn/matrix interface are involved in the ternary model. Based on the developed SENT model, the progressive damage initiation and evolution of 3DWC SENT are predicted. The load-displacement curves and damage of More >

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Yuan Li^1,3,*, Zhiqiang Fan^1,2, Tao Suo^1,3
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 1-2, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.013336
Abstract Light armored vehicles, as the primary means of force transport on contemporary battlefields, require not only high mobility but also better protection to meet the complex battlefield environment and mission requirements. Composite armor is widely used in the design of light armored vehicles due to its lightweight and excellent defensible performance. In this paper, the damage law of the composite armor of an infantry fighting vehicle, when penetrated by fragment-simulated projectiles (FSP), is studied by numerical simulation, and the homogeneous equivalent targets surrogating a combination of local protective armor and vulnerable parts are constructed based More >

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Zhenhua Gao¹, Bin Han^1,*, Shengyuan Niu¹, Liying Li¹
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.30, No.3, pp. 1-4, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.013339
Abstract With the rapid development of industry and globalization, the demand and strategic importance of oil and natural gas have become increasingly significant, leading to energy extraction in more complex corrosive environments [1, 2]. Bimetallic composite pipes, which offer strength and corrosion resistance, exhibit promising potential. For the welding of bimetallic composite plates, it is optimal to follow the welding sequence of the base layer, transition layer, and inner layer [3, 4]. For the welding of bimetal composite pipes, due to the diameter limit, the inner layer is usually welded first, followed by the transition layer,… More >

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