TY - JOUR A1 - Nguyen-Xuan, Hung A1 - Nguyen, Hiep Vinh A1 - Bordas, Stéphane Pierre Alain A1 - Rabczuk, Timon A1 - Duflot, Marc T1 - A cell-based smoothed finite element method for three dimensional solid structures JF - KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering N2 - This paper extends further the strain smoothing technique in finite elements to 8-noded hexahedral elements (CS-FEM-H8). The idea behind the present method is similar to the cell-based smoothed 4-noded quadrilateral finite elements (CS-FEM-Q4). In CSFEM, the smoothing domains are created based on elements, and each element can be further subdivided into 1 or several smoothing cells. It is observed that: 1) The CS-FEM using a single smoothing cell can produce higher stress accuracy, but insufficient rank and poor displacement accuracy; 2) The CS-FEM using several smoothing cells has proper rank, good displacement accuracy, but lower stress accuracy, especially for nearly incompressible and bending dominant problems. We therefore propose 1) an extension of strain smoothing to 8-noded hexahedral elements and 2) an alternative CS-FEM form, which associates the single smoothing cell issue with multi-smoothing cell one via a stabilization technique. Several numerical examples are provided to show the reliability and accuracy of the present formulation. KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12205-012-1515-7 SP - 1230 EP - 1242 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Talebi, Hossein A1 - Silani, Mohammad A1 - Bordas, Stéphane Pierre Alain A1 - Kerfriden, Pierre A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - A computational library for multiscale modeling of material failure JF - Computational Mechanics N2 - A computational library for multiscale modeling of material failure KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2014 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zhuang, Xiaoying A1 - Huang, Runqiu A1 - Rabczuk, Timon A1 - Liang, C. T1 - A coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical model of jointed hard rock for compressed air energy storage JF - Mathematical Problems in Engineering N2 - A coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical model of jointed hard rock for compressed air energy storage KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2014 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Silani, Mohammad A1 - Ziaei-Rad, S. A1 - Talebi, Hossein A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - A Semi-Concurrent Multiscale Approach for Modeling Damage in Nanocomposites JF - Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics N2 - A Semi-Concurrent Multiscale Approach for Modeling Damage in Nanocomposites KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2014 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zhao, Jun-Hua A1 - Jiang, Jin-Wu A1 - Jia, Yue A1 - Guo, Wanlin A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - A theoretical analysis of cohesive energy between carbon nanotubes, graphene and substrates JF - Carbon N2 - Explicit solutions for the cohesive energy between carbon nanotubes, graphene and substrates are obtained through continuum modeling of the van der Waals interaction between them. The dependence of the cohesive energy on their size, spacing and crossing angles is analyzed. Checking against full atom molecular dynamics calculations and available experimental results shows that the continuum solution has high accuracy. The equilibrium distances between the nanotubes, graphene and substrates with minimum cohesive energy are also provided explicitly. The obtained analytical solution should be of great help for understanding the interaction between the nanostructures and substrates, and designing composites and nanoelectromechanical systems. KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2013.01.041 SP - 108 EP - 119 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Budarapu, Pattabhi Ramaiah A1 - Gracie, Robert A1 - Bordas, Stéphane Pierre Alain A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - An adaptive multiscale method for quasi-static crack growth JF - Computational Mechanics N2 - This paper proposes an adaptive atomistic- continuum numerical method for quasi-static crack growth. The phantom node method is used to model the crack in the continuum region and a molecular statics model is used near the crack tip. To ensure self-consistency in the bulk, a virtual atom cluster is used to model the material of the coarse scale. The coupling between the coarse scale and fine scale is realized through ghost atoms. The ghost atom positions are interpolated from the coarse scale solution and enforced as boundary conditions on the fine scale. The fine scale region is adaptively enlarged as the crack propagates and the region behind the crack tip is adaptively coarsened. An energy criterion is used to detect the crack tip location. The triangular lattice in the fine scale region corresponds to the lattice structure of the (111) plane of an FCC crystal. The Lennard-Jones potential is used to model the atom–atom interactions. The method is implemented in two dimensions. The results are compared to pure atomistic simulations; they show excellent agreement. KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00466-013-0952-6 SP - 1129 EP - 1148 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nguyen-Thanh, Nhon A1 - Muthu, Jacob A1 - Zhuang, Xiaoying A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - An adaptive three-dimensional RHT-splines formulation in linear elasto-statics and elasto-dynamics JF - Computational Mechanics N2 - An adaptive three-dimensional RHT-splines formulation in linear elasto-statics and elasto-dynamics KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2014 SP - 369 EP - 385 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Areias, Pedro A1 - Pinto da Costa, A. A1 - Rabczuk, Timon A1 - Queiros de Melo, F. J. M. A1 - Dias-da-Costa, D. T1 - An alternative formulation for quasi-static frictional and cohesive contact problems JF - Computational Mechanics N2 - An alternative formulation for quasi-static frictional and cohesive contact problems KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2014 SP - 807 EP - 824 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zhao, Jun-Hua A1 - Lu, Lixin A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Binding energy and mechanical stability of single- and multi-walled carbon nanotube serpentines JF - The Journal of Chemical Physics N2 - Binding energy and mechanical stability of single- and multi-walled carbon nanotube serpentines KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4878115 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Joshi, Suraj A1 - Hildebrand, Jörg A1 - Aloraier, Abdulkareem S. A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Characterization of material properties and heat source parameters in welding simulation of two overlapping beads on a substrate plate JF - Computational Materials Science N2 - This paper presents several aspects of characterization of welding heat source parameters in Goldak’s double ellipsoidal model using Sysweld simulation of welding of two overlapping beads on a substrate steel plate. The overlap percentages ranged from 40% to 80% in increments of 10%. The new material properties of the fused metal were characterized using Weldware and their continuous cooling transformation curves. The convective and radiative heat transfer coefficients as well as the cooling time t8/5 were estimated using numerical formulations from relevant standards. The effects of the simulation geometry and mesh discretization were evaluated in terms of the factor F provided in Sysweld. Eventually, the parameters of Goldak’s double ellipsoidal heat source model were determined for the welding simulation of overlapping beads on the plate and the simulated bead geometry, extent of the molten pool and the HAZ were compared with the macrographs of cross-sections of the experimental weldments. The results showed excellent matching, thus verifying this methodology for determination of welding heat source parameters. KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2012.11.029 SP - 559 EP - 565 ER -