Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures: Volume 18 Issue 2

Rayleigh-type surface waves in a thermally conducting mixture of an elastic solid and a Newtonian fluid

Himanshu Singla, Baljeet Singh

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the propagation characteristics of the Rayleigh-type surface wave in a thermally conducting mixture of an elastic solid and a Newtonian…

Evolution and comprehensive evaluation of viscoelastic characteristics of road asphalt in medium temperature region

Guangyuan Wu, Haitao Zhang, Qixin Ge, Junfeng Sun, Tengjiang Yu

In order to determine the range of medium temperature zone of road asphalt, it is hoped that the evolution of viscoelastic characteristics of road asphalt under medium temperature…

Numerical simulation of a viscoelastic pipeline vibration under pulsating fluid flow

Bakhtiyar Khudayarov, Fozilzhon Turaev

The purpose of this study is to create a mathematical model, a numerical algorithm and a computer program for studying the vibration of composite pipelines based on the theory of…

Use of multivariate analysis for determining the most influential physicochemical properties of activated carbon in cadmium removal

Daniel Obregon Valencia, María R. Sun Kou

The goal of this paper is to model the activated carbon adsorption capacity of cadmium using a polynomial regression model. The properties that influence the removal of heavy…

Breaking process of composite membranes used in desalination phenomenon

Yassine Ezaier, Ahmed Hader, Imad Achik, Iliass Tarras, Rachida Moultif, Redouane Bakir

The purpose of this paper is to present a study of the breaking process of composite membranes used in the water desalination. Temperature, fluid pressure and accumulate retained…

On the influence of mismatch-induced stresses on the I–V characteristics of p–n junctions manufactured in a heterostructure

Evgeny L. Pankratov

In this paper, we consider p–n-junctions, manufactured by diffusion or ion implantation in a heterostructures. We analyzed influence of existing in heterostructure mismatch…

A new simple method to conveniently measure the open porosity of porous metal foams with reticular structure

P.S. Liu, J.X. Sun

The purpose of this paper is to introduce different methods for measuring the porosity of metal foams, and especially present a new method for conveniently measuring the open…

Investigation on structural integrity of shape distorted 90° back-to-back pipe bends under in-plane closing bending moment

A. Vinothkumar, AR. Veerappan, S. Shanmugam

The aim of this study is to ensure the structural integrity of 90° back-to-back (B2B) pipe bends by developing a closed-form numerical solution for estimating the collapse load of…

An innovative reinforcement method: the combination of CFRP bars and UHPC layer is applied to the flexural reinforcement of RC beams

Long Liu, Xingpeng Ma, Li Yan, Yongmei Wang

Embedding carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) bars in the tension zone of reinforced concrete (RC) beams is a widely used reinforcement method, which has the advantages of…

Modeling of resettable fuses characteristics for protection of solar arrays from current overloads

Alexander Yu. Lyashkov, Vladimir O. Makarov, Yevhen G. Plakhtii

The paper aims to substantiate optimization directions of resettable fuses parameters to protect solar arrays from overcurrent.

2D problem of nonlocal rotating thermoelastic half-space with memory-dependent derivative

Samia M. Said

The present study discussed wave propagation in a nonlocal generalized thermoelastic half-space with moving an internal heat source under influence of rotation.

Simulation of reinforced concrete beam retrofitted with steel angles subjected to flexure

Sheikh Shakib, Abu Zakir Morshed, Md Ibrahim Kholil, Md Akhtar Hossain

The study focused on improving stiffness and premature failure, the weaknesses of the other retrofitting techniques and the retrofitted beam. A detailed study regarding the…