Erhabor S. Idemudia¹, Babatola D. Olawa^1,*, Gail E. Wyatt², Norweeta G. Milburn²

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.25, No.5, pp. 699-710, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2023.026852

Abstract It is established in the psychological literature that pre-displacement stressors, PTSD symptoms, and psychological distress are associated among internally displaced persons. However, existing studies have not demonstrated the mechanism underlying these associations. This study compared two explanatory models; one with PTSD symptoms severity explaining the indirect association between pre-displacement stressors and psychological distress, and the other with psychological distress explaining the indirect relationship between pre-displacement stressors and PTSD symptoms severity. In a cross-sectional design, 631 women (Mean age = 31.18 ± 8.59) were conveniently and purposely selected from the displaced women harboured in two camps in Borno State, Nigeria, due… More >

Ping-Huan Kuo^1,2, Ssu-Chi Chen¹, Chia-Ho Lee¹, Po-Chien Luan², Her-Terng Yau^1,2,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.137, No.1, pp. 319-343, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.026860

Abstract Numerous factors affect the increased temperature of a machine tool, including prolonged and high-intensity usage, tool-workpiece interaction, mechanical friction, and elevated ambient temperatures, among others. Consequently, spindle thermal displacement occurs, and machining precision suffers. To prevent the errors caused by the temperature rise of the Spindle from affecting the accuracy during the machining process, typically, the factory will warm up the machine before the manufacturing process. However, if there is no way to understand the tool spindle's thermal deformation, the machining quality will be greatly affected. In order to solve the above problem, this study aims to predict the thermal… More >

Zhao Yu^1,2,*

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.19, No.6, pp. 1521-1534, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.023296

Abstract Oil saturation is a critical parameter when designing oil field development plans. This study focuses on the change of oil saturation during water flooding. Particularly, a meter-level artificial model is used to conduct relevant experiments on the basis of similarity principles and taking into account the layer geological characteristics of the reservoir. The displacement experiment’s total recovery rate is 41.35%. The changes in the remaining oil saturation at a millimeter-scale are examined using medical spiral computer tomography principles. In all experimental stages, regions exists where the oil saturation decline is more than 10.0%. The shrinkage percentage is 20.70% in the… More >

Zhihui Xiong^*, Lei Kou, Jinjie Zhao, Hao Cui, Bo Wang

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.136, No.1, pp. 803-824, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.024833

Abstract Serious uneven settlement of the tunnel may directly cause safety problems. At this stage, the deformation of the tunnel is predicted and analyzed mainly by numerical simulation, while the commonly used finite element method (FEM) uses low-order continuous elements. Therefore, the accuracy of tunnel settlement prediction is not enough. In this paper, a method is proposed to study the vertical deformation of the tunnel by using the combination of isogeometric analysis (IGA) and Bézier extraction operator. Compared with the traditional IGA method, this method can be easily integrated into the existing FEM framework, and ensure the same accuracy. A numerical… More >

Longyu Zhang, Jiming Zhu^*

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.16, No.4, pp. 397-416, 2022, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2022.010397

Abstract To investigate the effect of deep foundation pit excavation on the stability of retaining structure, a subway station in the city of Jinan was selected as a project, and a FLAC3D-based three dimensional model was developed for numerical simulation. The horizontal displacement of the retaining structure, the axial force of the support, and the vertical displacement of the column were studied and compared to the collected data from the field. The findings indicate that when the foundation pit is excavated, the maximum deformation of the retaining structure progressively decreases from the top, the distortion of the retaining structure gradually rises,… More >

Ying He, Yongshuang Wen^*, Xuemei Huang, Leian Zhang, Rujun Song, Chang Li

Energy Engineering, Vol.120, No.2, pp. 445-459, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ee.2022.022223

Abstract In order to study the mechanical properties of the heterogeneous core plate of the wind turbine blade, a modeling method of the core plate based on displacement field variables is proposed. Firstly, the wind turbine blade core plate was modeled according to the theory of modeling heterogeneous material characteristics. Secondly, the three-point bending finite element model of the wind turbine blade core plate was solved by the display dynamic equation to obtain the deformation pattern and force-deformation relationship of the core plate. Finally, the three-point bending static test was conducted to compare with the finite element analysis. The test results… More >

Lei Bai^1,2, Kai Li^1,2,*, Ke Zhou³, Qingshan Wan^1,2, Pengchao Sun^1,2, Gaoming Yu³, Xiankang Xin³

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.18, No.6, pp. 1815-1826, 2022, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2022.020271

Abstract The numerical simulation of polymer flooding is a complex task as this process involves complex physical and chemical reactions, and multiple sets of characteristic parameters are required to properly set the simulation. At present, such characteristic parameters are mainly obtained by empirical methods, which typically result in relatively large errors. By analyzing experimentally polymer adsorption, permeability decline, inaccessible pore volume, viscosity-concentration relationship, and rheology, in this study, a conversion equation is provided to convert the experimental data into the parameters needed for the numerical simulation. Some examples are provided to demonstrate the reliability of the proposed approach. More > Graphic Abstract

R. Meena^1,*, V. Thulasi Bai²

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.34, No.3, pp. 1643-1658, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.025305

Abstract The Covid-19 outbreak has an unprecedented effects on people's daily lives throughout the world, causing immense stress amongst individuals owing to enhanced psychological disorders like depression, stress, and anxiety. Researchers have used social media data to detect behaviour changes in individuals with depression, postpartum changes and stress detection since it reveals critical aspects of mental and emotional diseases. Considerable efforts have been made to examine the psychological health of people which have limited performance in accuracy and demand increased training time. To conquer such issues, this paper proposes an efficient depression detection framework named Improved Chimp Optimization Algorithm based Convolution… More >

S. M. Sivagami¹, A. Bovas Herbert Bejaxhin^2,*, R. Gayathri¹, T. Raja Vijay¹, K. Punitharani³, P. Keerthi Vasan¹, M. Meignanamoorthy⁴

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.18, No.3, pp. 521-536, 2022, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2022.018752

Abstract A foot bracket is a metal panel bracket used to mount and support the footrest in two-wheeler systems. It holds the footrest in place while rigidly supporting it. In working conditions, this element has often been observed to fail when specific load-fluctuation conditions are established at its rear end. Appropriate materials therefore need to be identified to overcome such a recurring failure. To address these issues, the present study has been implemented with the specific objective to determine the response of selected Al6061-T6 and Al7075-T6 Hybrid Metal Matrix Composites (HMMC). The results, obtained using the ANSYS Software, show that the… More >

S. Morganti¹, F. Fahrendorf², L. De Lorenzis³, J. A. Evans⁴, T. J. R. Hughes^5,* and A. Reali⁶

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.129, No.3, pp. 1125-1150, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.016832

Abstract We investigate primal and mixed u−p isogeometric collocation methods for application to nearly-incompressible isotropic elasticity. The primal method employs Navier’s equations in terms of the displacement unknowns, and the mixed method employs both displacement and pressure unknowns. As benchmarks for what might be considered acceptable accuracy, we employ constant-pressure Abaqus finite elements that are widely used in engineering applications. As a basis of comparisons, we present results for compressible elasticity. All the methods were completely satisfactory for the compressible case. However, results for low-degree primal methods exhibited displacement locking and in general deteriorated in the nearly-incompressible case. The results for… More >