Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures: Volume 16 Issue 3

Modeling of electrical characteristics of photovoltaic solar arrays with protection against current overloads based on PolySwitch elements

A.S. Tonkoshkur, A.V. Ivanchenko

The purpose of this paper is to minimize and prevent current overloads (including the elimination of abnormal and fire hazardous situations) in photovoltaic solar arrays by using…

Moisture absorption in thick composite plates: modelling and experiments

Giacomo Canale, Moustafa Kinawy, Prabhakar Sathujoda, Angelo Maligno, Roberto Guglielmo Citarella

When a thick structure is, on the contrary, subjected to moisture absorption, a fairly long time may be needed to reach full saturation. It is, therefore, important to understand…

Elastic–plastic deformation and residual stresses in helical springs

Vladimir Kobelev

The purpose of this paper is to develop the method for the calculation of residual stress and enduring deformation of helical springs.

An algorithmic approach to the multiple impact of a disk in a corner

Claudia Fassino, Stefano Pasquero

The purpose of this paper is to present and analyze the iterative rules determining the impulsive behavior of a rigid disk having a single or possibly multiple frictionless impact…

Study of chiroptical effects on the novel chiral photonic structure

Chemseddine Zara, Zinelabiddine Mezache, Fatiha Benabdelaziz

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate a novel chiral photonic crystal with thin thickness and small unit cells via numerical calculations. The multi-band circular dichroism…

The effect of winding patterns on the mechanical behavior of filament-wound cylinder shells

Zhangxin Guo, Zhonggui Li, Junjie Cui, Yongcun Li, Yunbo Luan

The purpose of this paper is to present a finite element analysis (FEA) of filament-wound composites, as well as application of these materials.

An applied model for predicting memory effects of flexible polyurethane foams: Fractional derivative-to-hereditary combined approach

Makram Elfarhani, Ali Mkaddem, Ahmed A. Alzahrani, Abdullah S. Bin Mahfouz, Abdessalem Jarraya, Mohamed Haddar

The efficiency of fractional derivative and hereditary combined approach in modeling viscoelastic behavior of soft foams was successfully addressed in Elfarhani et al. (2016a)…

Numerical study of the particles segregation phenomenon in the fluidized beds

Samaneh Karami, Ataallah Soltani Goharrizi, Bahador Abolpour, Samira Darijani

The purpose of this paper is to present a computational fluid dynamic simulation for the investigation of the particles segregation phenomenon in the gas–solid fluidized beds.

Dynamical and optimal procedure to analyze the attributes of yield exhibiting material with double diffusion theories

Muhammad Sohail, Sana Tariq

Thermal and species transport of magneto hydrodynamic Casson liquid over a stretched surface is investigated theoretically in this examination for the three-dimensional boundary…

Investigating thermal developing zone of compressible laminar flow inside hot tube

Bahador Abolpour, Rahim Shamsoddini

Increasing the temperature of gas flows passing through hot tubes is one of the industrial interests. Operations in the gas phase with high temperature variations involve…

Research on dynamic characteristics of compensation mechanism for large-power wind turbine disc brake

Yu Liu, Jie Hao, Panli Kang, Zhihua Sha, Fujian Ma, Dapeng Yang, Shengfang Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to establish a rigid–flexible coupling model of wind turbine disc brake to simulate the actual working condition of the wind turbine brake and to…

Design-of-experiments application in the friction stir welding of aluminium alloy AA 8011-h14 for structural application

Navneet Khanna, Mahesh Bharati, Prachi Sharma, Vishvesh J. Badheka

The demand for aluminium alloys has been increasing in almost all the fields. In this study, the friction stir welding (FSW) of similar aluminium alloy AA 8011-h14 has been…