Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures: Volume 11 Issue 2

Modeling and analysis of free vibrations in thermoelastic hollow spheres

Nivedita Sharma

The purpose of this paper is to present a model to analyze free vibrations in a transradially isotropic, thermoelastic hollow sphere subjected to stress free, thermally insulated…

A study of plane wave and fundamental solution in the theory of microstretch thermoelastic diffusion solid with phase-lag models

Rajneesh Kumar, Sanjeev Ahuja, S.K. Garg

The purpose of this paper is to study of propagation of plane wave and the fundamental solution of the system of differential equations in the theory of a microstretch…

A flexibility method for structural damage identification using continuous ant colony optimization

Maryam Daei, S. Hamid Mirmohammadi

The interest in the ability to detect damage at the earliest possible stage is pervasive throughout the civil engineering over the last two decades. In general, the experimental…

Development and stress behaviour of an innovative refrigerated container with PCM for fresh and frozen goods

Raffaele Sepe, Enrico Armentani, Angela Pozzi

The major objectives of this study are the engineering development and the structural analysis with finite element method (FEM) of a refrigerated container having a passive…

Wave propagation in a generalized piezothermoelastic rotating bar of circular cross section

Rajendran Selvamani, Palaniyandi Ponnusamy

The purpose of this paper is to study the wave propagation in a generalized piezothermoelastic rotating bar of circular cross-section using three-dimensional linear theory of…

Computational investigation of foreign object damage sustained by environmental barrier coatings (EBCs) and SiC/SiC ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs)

Mica Grujicic, Jennifer Snipes, Ramin Yavari, S. Ramaswami, Rohan Galgalikar

The purpose of this paper is to prevent their recession caused through chemical reaction with high-temperature water vapor, SiC-fiber/SiC-matrix ceramic-matrix composite (CMC…

Dyeing process optimization in natural fiber through the Photoacoustic Spectroscopy

Daniele Toniolo Dias, Ossamu Nakamura, Bruno Filardi Fagundes

The purpose of this paper is to discuss applied statistical design of experiment (DOE) to optimize the process of dyeing in natural fiber through the multidisciplinary…

Modeling of average surface energy estimator using computational intelligence technique

Taoreed O Owolabi, Kabiru O Akande, Olatunji O Sunday

The surface energy per unit area of material is known to be proportional to the thermal energy at the melting point of the material. The purpose of this paper is to employ the…

Influence of the rotation on a generalized magneto-thermoelastic medium for three-phase-lag model

Samia M Said

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of rotation and a magnetic field on the wave propagation in a generalized thermoelastic problem for a medium with an…