[PDF] Top 20 Modelling Crack Propagation Using the Finite Element Method and Radial Point Interpolation Meshless Methods

... numerical methods diverge from the results found in literature. When the crack grows beyond 𝑥 = 6 the crack grows erratically, this is because this area has high stresses due to ... See full document

... under the same load cases which are already expressed in section ...as the dental restorative composites. The first material is Tetric N-Ceram Bulk TM produced by Ivoclar Vivadent TM and ... See full document

... b and p are positive constants and, the functions f and ψ are assumed to be sufficiently ...smooth. The main shortcoming of mesh-based methods such as the finite ... See full document

... Using the basic principles of RPIM, a new meshless method was created, the Nat- ural Neighbour Radial Point Interpolation Method ...This method has ... See full document

... created meshless methods used approximation functions, since it produces more smooth solutions, the implementation of the influence- domain concept was easier and the background ... See full document

... from the fact that the approach can map crack evolution on complex structures, many authors have tried to couple XFEM routines to non- or commercial ...following the same research line, Giner ... See full document

... Meshless methods are inherently easier to apply to fracture mechanics problems than conventional FEMs [10], since discontinuities can be easily considered, due to the nonexistence of ...elements. ... See full document

... to the high shear deformation that occurs in the viscoelastic layer as a result of the restraint effect of the adjacent ...correctly the deformation of the dissipative layer. ... See full document

... produce point clouds which are incomplete, noisy, and non-uniformly ...to the modelling processes and meth- ods, requirements associated with pre-processing tech- niques used to ... See full document

... illustrate and test the proposed numerical framework for a complex heterogeneous material, we analyze a 27-particle com- posite system and demonstrate the ability of the numerical ... See full document

... abstract: The development of an efficient machine for harvesting coffee requires comprehensive knowledge of the dynamic behavior of the plant and its ...parts. The finite ... See full document

... that the frequency shift is not sensitive to the local ...structures, and these changes may be undetectable due to measurement or processing ...Also, the natural frequency changes alone may ... See full document

... MODELING AND SIMULATION OF THE OSMOTIC DEHYDRATION PROCESS OF PINEAPPLE’S PIECES USING THE FINITE ELEMENT ...loss and sugar gain were modelling during the ... See full document

... of Meshless methods, unlike the FEM, there is not some sort of algorithm that has been thoroughly applied through the ...years. The meshless method topic is relative new, ... See full document

... Material properties, which have to be considered in piezoelectric analysis of SAW sensor, belong to three categories: mechanical, electrical and piezoelectrical. Mechanical properties have to be defined for all ... See full document

... of the laminated elastomeric isolation bearings began in 1949 when Haringx was the first who treated the bearing as an equivalent column with a con stant cross section area, homogeneous and ... See full document

... camera and Placido disk is found in the Sirius topographer (CSO, Scandicci, Italy), a high precision system for the tridi- mensional imaging of both cornea and anterior ...with the ones ... See full document

... 50 and b = 200 mm, since experimental load-displacement results are only avail- able for these two ...with the crack paths that were reported in [13]. Using the well-known cracking par- ... See full document

... illustrate the procedure introduced here, has been taken from [4], where the cylindrical pipe with internal longitudinal or circumferential crack has been subjected to internal pressure or axial ... See full document

... In the irst, a literature search on the experimental data for the moisture content (θ) as a function of the pressure head (ψ), and the hydraulic conductivity (K) as a function of ... See full document