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  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Use of Scaled Models to Evaluate Reinforcement Efficiency in Damaged Main Gas Pipelines to Prevent Avalanche Failure

    Nurlan Zhangabay1,*, Marco Bonopera2,*, Konstantin Avramov3, Maryna Chernobryvko3, Svetlana Buganova4

    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.145, No.1, pp. 241-261, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2025.069544 - 30 October 2025

    Abstract This research extends ongoing efforts to develop methods for reinforcing damaged main gas pipelines to prevent catastrophic failure. This study establishes the use of scaled-down experimental models for assessing the dynamic strength of damaged pipeline sections reinforced with wire wrapping or composite sleeves. A generalized dynamic model is introduced for numerical simulation to evaluate the effectiveness of reinforcement techniques. The model incorporates the elastoplastic behavior of pipe and wire materials, the influence of temperature on mechanical properties, the contact interaction between the pipe and the reinforcement components (including pretensioning), and local material failure under transient… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    A Method for Preventing Crack Propagation in a Steel Gas Conduit Reinforced with Composite Overlays

    Nurlan Zhangabay1,*, Ulanbator Suleimenov1, Marco Bonopera2,*, Ulzhan Ibraimova1, Shairbek Yeshimbetov3

    Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.19, No.4, pp. 773-787, 2025, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2025.064980 - 30 June 2025

    Abstract This research presents a numerical simulation methodology for optimizing circular composite overlays’ dimensions and pressure characteristics with orthotropic mechanical properties, specifically, for metal conduits with temperature-dependent elastoplastic behavior. The primary objective of the proposed method is to prevent crack propagation during pressure surges from operational to critical levels. This study examines the “Beineu-Bozoy-Shymkent” steel gas conduit, examining its performance across a temperature range of −40 to +50°C. This work builds on prior research on extended avalanche destruction in steel gas conduits and crack propagation prevention techniques. The analysis was conducted using a dynamic finite-element approach… More >

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    ARTICLE

    Novel Methodologies for Preventing Crack Propagation in Steel Gas Pipelines Considering the Temperature Effect

    Nurlan Zhangabay1,*, Ulzhan Ibraimova2, Marco Bonopera3,*, Ulanbator Suleimenov1, Konstantin Avramov4, Maryna Chernobryvko4, Aigerim Yessengali1

    Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.19, No.1, pp. 1-23, 2025, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2024.053391 - 15 November 2024

    Abstract Using the software ANSYS-19.2/Explicit Dynamics, this study performed finite-element modeling of the large-diameter steel pipeline cross-section for the Beineu-Bozoy-Shymkent gas pipeline with a non-through straight crack, strengthened by steel wire wrapping. The effects of the thread tensile force of the steel winding in the form of single rings at the crack edges and the wires with different winding diameters and pitches were also studied. The results showed that the strengthening was preferably executed at a minimum value of the thread tensile force, which was 6.4% more effective than that at its maximum value. The analysis… More >

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    PROCEEDINGS

    Macroscopic Modelling Approach for Textile Reinforcement Forming

    Renzi Bai1,2,*, Julien Colmars3, Hui Cheng1,2, Kaifu Zhang1,2, 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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    REVIEW

    Deep Learning Applied to Computational Mechanics: A Comprehensive Review, State of the Art, and the Classics

    Loc Vu-Quoc1,*, Alexander Humer2

    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.137, No.2, pp. 1069-1343, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2023.028130 - 26 June 2023

    Abstract Three recent breakthroughs due to AI in arts and science serve as motivation: An award winning digital image, protein folding, fast matrix multiplication. Many recent developments in artificial neural networks, particularly deep learning (DL), applied and relevant to computational mechanics (solid, fluids, finite-element technology) are reviewed in detail. Both hybrid and pure machine learning (ML) methods are discussed. Hybrid methods combine traditional PDE discretizations with ML methods either (1) to help model complex nonlinear constitutive relations, (2) to nonlinearly reduce the model order for efficient simulation (turbulence), or (3) to accelerate the simulation by predicting… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Flow and Melting Thermal Transfer Enhancement Analysis of Alumina, Titanium Oxide-Based Maxwell Nanofluid Flow Inside Double Rotating Disks with Finite-Element Simulation

    Liangliang Chen1, Madeeha Tahir2,*, Sumeira Yasmin3, Taseer Muhammad4, Muhammad Imran5,*, Fenghua Liu1

    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.130, No.3, pp. 1771-1788, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.017539 - 30 December 2021

    Abstract The energy produced by the melting stretching disks surface has a wide range of commercial applications, including semi-conductor material preparation, magma solidification, permafrost melting, and frozen land refreezing, among others. In view of this, in the current communication we analyzed magnetohydrodynamic flow of Maxwell nanofluid between two parallel rotating disks. Nanofluids are important due to their astonishing properties in heat conduction flows and in the enhancement of electronic and manufacturing devices. Furthermore, the distinct tiny-sized particles and in the Maxwell water-based fluid for enhancing the heat transfer rate are analyzed. The heat equation is developed… More >

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    ARTICLE

    A Novel Atlas-Based Strategy for Understanding Cardiac Dysfunction in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease

    Sara Salehyar1, †, Nickolas Forsch1,†,*, Kathleen Gilbert2,3, Alistair A. Young3,4, James C. Perry5, Sanjeet Hegde5, Jeffrey H. Omens1,6, Andrew D. McCulloch1,6

    Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Vol.16, No.3, pp. 179-183, 2019, DOI:10.32604/mcb.2019.07384

    Abstract Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common form of cyanotic congenital heart disease. Infants diagnosed with TOF require surgical interventions to survive into adulthood. However, as a result of postoperative structural malformations and long-term ventricular remodeling, further interventions are often required later in life. To help identify those at risk of disease progression, serial cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is used to monitor these patients. However, most of the detailed information on cardiac shape and biomechanics contained in these large four-dimensional (4D) data sets goes unused in clinical practice for lack of efficient and… More >

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    ARTICLE

    Stiffness Degradation Characteristics Destructive Testing and Finite-Element Analysis of Prestressed Concrete T-Beam

    Chengquan Wang1, Yonggang Shen2,*, Yun Zou1, Tianqi Li1, Xiaoping Feng1

    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.114, No.1, pp. 75-93, 2018, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2018.114.075

    Abstract The failure behavior of the precast prestressed concrete T girder was investigated by destructive test and finite-element analysis, and the mid-span deflection, girder stiffness and the variation of the cross section strain in the loading process were obtained, and the mechanical properties, mechanical behavior, elastic and plastic behavior and ultimate bearing capacity of T girder with large span were revealed. Furthermore, the relationship between the beam stiffness degradation, the neutral axis in cross-section, steel yielding and concrete cracking are investigated and analyzed. A method was proposed to predict the residual bearing capacity of a bridge More >

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    ARTICLE

    A Study on the Far Wake of Elliptic Cylinders

    Subhankar Sen1, Sanjay Mittal2, *

    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.113, No.1, pp. 35-55, 2017, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2017.113.033

    Abstract The evolution of far wake of stationary elliptic cylinders with angle of attack is investigated for the unsteady flow at Re = 200 using a stabilized finite- element method. The Reynolds number, Re, is based on the major axis of cylinder and free-stream speed. Cylinder aspect ratios, AR considered are 0.2, 0.5 and 0.8 while the angle of attack, α varies from 0◦ to 90◦. With increasing α, the Karman or primary shedding frequency of each cylinder decreases monotonically while the primary wavelength and time-averaged as well as r.m.s. drag increase monoton- ically. The time-averaged… More >

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    ARTICLE

    A Finite Element Investigation of Elastic Flow Asymmetries in Cross-Slot Geometries Using a Direct Steady Solver

    A. Filali1, L. Khezzar1,2

    FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.9, No.3, pp. 307-329, 2013, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2013.009.307

    Abstract Numerical investigations of purely-elastic instabilities occurring in creeping flows are reported in planar cross-slot geometries with both sharp and round corners. The fluid is described by the upper-convected Maxwell model, and the governing equations are solved using the finite element technique based on a steady (non-iterative) direct solver implemented in the POLYFLOWcommercial software (version 14.0). Specifically, extensive simulations were carried out on different meshes, with and without the use of flow perturbations, for a wide range of rheological parameters. Such simulations show the onset of flow asymmetries above a critical Deborah number (De). The effect More >

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