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 - Liang, Chao A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - A coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical model of jointed hard rock for compressed air energy storage JF - Mathematical Problems in Engineering N2 - Renewable energy resources such as wind and solar are intermittent, which causes instability when being connected to utility grid of electricity. Compressed air energy storage (CAES) provides an economic and technical viable solution to this problem by utilizing subsurface rock cavern to store the electricity generated by renewable energy in the form of compressed air. Though CAES has been used for over three decades, it is only restricted to salt rock or aquifers for air tightness reason. In this paper, the technical feasibility of utilizing hard rock for CAES is investigated by using a coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) modelling of nonisothermal gas flow. Governing equations are derived from the rules of energy balance, mass balance, and static equilibrium. Cyclic volumetric mass source and heat source models are applied to simulate the gas injection and production. Evaluation is carried out for intact rock and rock with discrete crack, respectively. In both cases, the heat and pressure losses using air mass control and supplementary air injection are compared. KW - Energiespeicherung KW - Druckluft KW - Kaverne KW - Modellierung Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170428-31726 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 - Völske, Michael A1 - Gollub, Tim A1 - Hagen, Matthias A1 - Stein, Benno T1 - A keyquery-based classification system for CORE JF - D-Lib Magazine N2 - We apply keyquery-based taxonomy composition to compute a classification system for the CORE dataset, a shared crawl of about 850,000 scientific papers. Keyquery-based taxonomy composition can be understood as a two-phase hierarchical document clustering technique that utilizes search queries as cluster labels: In a first phase, the document collection is indexed by a reference search engine, and the documents are tagged with the search queries they are relevant—for their so-called keyqueries. In a second phase, a hierarchical clustering is formed from the keyqueries within an iterative process. We use the explicit topic model ESA as document retrieval model in order to index the CORE dataset in the reference search engine. Under the ESA retrieval model, documents are represented as vectors of similarities to Wikipedia articles; a methodology proven to be advantageous for text categorization tasks. Our paper presents the generated taxonomy and reports on quantitative properties such as document coverage and processing requirements. KW - Massendaten KW - Taxonomie KW - Dynamic Taxonomy Composition, Keyquery, Classification Systems, Reverted Index, Big Data Problem Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170426-31662 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 - Le, Ha Thanh A1 - Nguyen, Sang Thanh A1 - Ludwig, Horst-Michael T1 - A Study on High Performance Fine-Grained Concrete Containing Rice Husk Ash JF - International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials N2 - Rice husk ash (RHA) is classified as a highly reactive pozzolan. It has a very high silica content similar to that of silica fume (SF). Using less-expensive and locally available RHA as a mineral admixture in concrete brings ample benefits to the costs, the technical properties of concrete as well as to the environment. An experimental study of the effect of RHA blending on workability, strength and durability of high performance fine-grained concrete (HPFGC) is presented. The results show that the addition of RHA to HPFGC improved significantly compressive strength, splitting tensile strength and chloride penetration resistance. Interestingly, the ratio of compressive strength to splitting tensile strength of HPFGC was lower than that of ordinary concrete, especially for the concrete made with 20 % RHA. Compressive strength and splitting tensile strength of HPFGC containing RHA was similar and slightly higher, respectively, than for HPFGC containing SF. Chloride penetration resistance of HPFGC containing 10–15 % RHA was comparable with that of HPFGC containing 10 % SF. KW - Hochfester Beton KW - Verarbeitungseigenschaft KW - Druckfestigkeit KW - high performance fine-grained concrete, rice husk ash, workability, compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, chloride penetration resistance Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170425-31477 SP - 301 EP - 307 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 - Motra, Hem Bahadur A1 - Hildebrand, Jörg A1 - Dimmig-Osburg, Andrea T1 - Assessment of strain measurement techniques to characterise mechanical properties of structural steel JF - Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal N2 - Strain measurement is important in mechanical testing. A wide variety of techniques exists for measuring strain in the tensile test; namely the strain gauge, extensometer, stress and strain determined by machine crosshead motion, Geometric Moire technique, optical strain measurement techniques and others. Each technique has its own advantages and disadvantages. The purpose of this study is to quantitatively compare the strain measurement techniques. To carry out the tensile test experiments for S 235, sixty samples were cut from the web of the I-profile in longitudinal and transverse directions in four different dimensions. The geometry of samples are analysed by 3D scanner and vernier caliper. In addition, the strain values were determined by using strain gauge, extensometer and machine crosshead motion. Three techniques of strain measurement are compared in quantitative manner based on the calculation of mechanical properties (modulus of elasticity, yield strength, tensile strength, percentage elongation at maximum force) of structural steel. A statistical information was used for evaluating the results. It is seen that the extensometer and strain gauge provided reliable data, however the extensometer offers several advantages over the strain gauge and crosshead motion for testing structural steel in tension. Furthermore, estimation of measurement uncertainty is presented for the basic material parameters extracted through strain measurement. KW - Baustahl KW - Werkstoffprüfung KW - Zugversuch KW - Affecting factors; Measurement uncertainty; Materials testing; Quantitative comparison; Strain comparison; Tensile test Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170425-31540 SP - 260 EP - 269 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 - Chen, Zhen A1 - Schwing, Moritz A1 - Karlovšek, Jurij A1 - Wagner, Norman A1 - Scheuermann, Alexander T1 - Broadband Dielectric Measurement Methods for Soft Geomaterials: Coaxial Transmission Line Cell and Open-Ended Coaxial Probe JF - International Journal of Engineering and Technology N2 - Broadband dielectric measurement methods based on vector network analyzer coupled with coaxial transmission line cell (CC) and open-ended coaxial probe (OC) are simply reviewed, by which the dielectric behaviors in the frequency range of 1 MHz to 3 GHz of two practical geomaterials are investigated. Kaolin after modified compaction with different water contents is measured by using CC. The results are consistent with previous study on standardized compacted kaolin and suggest that the dielectric properties at frequencies below 100 MHz are not only a function of water content but also functions of other soil state parameters including dry density. The hydration process of a commercial grout is monitored in real time by using OC. It is found that the time dependent dielectric properties can accurately reveal the different stages of the hydration process. These measurement results demonstrate the practicability of the introduced methods in determining dielectric properties of soft geomaterials. KW - Impedanzspektroskopie KW - Electromagnetic properties of porous materials KW - Koaxialkabel KW - Dielectric spectroscopy KW - open-ended coaxial probe KW - coaxial transmission line KW - real-time monitoring KW - physicochemical properties of geomaterials Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20210408-43984 UR - http://www.ijetch.org/index.php?m=content&c=index&a=show&catid=58&id=838 VL - 2014 IS - volume 6, number 5 SP - 373 EP - 380 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 - TY - JOUR A1 - Zhao, Jiyun A1 - Jiang, Jin-Wu A1 - Wang, L. A1 - Guo, Wanlin A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Coarse-grained potentials of single-walled carbon nanotubes JF - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids N2 - Coarse-grained potentials of single-walled carbon nanotubes KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2014 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - König, Reinhard A1 - Knecht, Katja T1 - Comparing two evolutionary algorithm based methods for layout generation: Dense packing versus subdivision JF - Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing N2 - We present and compare two evolutionary algorithm based methods for rectangular architectural layout generation: dense packing and subdivision algorithms.We analyze the characteristics of the two methods on the basis of three floor plan sce- narios. Our analyses include the speed with which solutions are generated, the reliability with which optimal solutions can be found, and the number of different solutions that can be found overall. In a following step, we discuss the methods with respect to their different user interaction capabilities. In addition, we show that each method has the capability to generate more complex L-shaped layouts. Finally,we conclude that neither of the methods is superior but that each of them is suitable for use in distinct application scenarios because of its different properties. KW - Architektur KW - Informatik KW - Kremlas Y1 - 2014 UR - http://www.journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0890060414000237 N1 - Paper is only available from the journal home page. SP - 285 EP - 299 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ataollahi Oshkour, Azim A1 - Talebi, Hossein A1 - Seyed Shirazi, Seyed Farid A1 - Bayat, Mehdi A1 - Yau, Yat Huang A1 - Tarlochan, Faris A1 - Abu Osman, Noor Azuan T1 - Comparison of various functionally graded femoral prostheses by finite element analysis JF - Scientific World Journal N2 - This study is focused on finite element analysis of a model comprising femur into which a femoral component of a total hip replacement was implanted. The considered prosthesis is fabricated from a functionally graded material (FGM) comprising a layer of a titanium alloy bonded to a layer of hydroxyapatite. The elastic modulus of the FGM was adjusted in the radial, longitudinal, and longitudinal-radial directions by altering the volume fraction gradient exponent. Four cases were studied, involving two different methods of anchoring the prosthesis to the spongy bone and two cases of applied loading. The results revealed that the FG prostheses provoked more SED to the bone. The FG prostheses carried less stress, while more stress was induced to the bone and cement. Meanwhile, less shear interface stress was stimulated to the prosthesis-bone interface in the noncemented FG prostheses. The cement-bone interface carried more stress compared to the prosthesis-cement interface. Stair climbing induced more harmful effects to the implanted femur components compared to the normal walking by causing more stress. Therefore, stress shielding, developed stresses, and interface stresses in the THR components could be adjusted through the controlling stiffness of the FG prosthesis by managing volume fraction gradient exponent. KW - Finite-Elemente-Methode KW - Hüftgelenk KW - Funktioneller Gradientenwerkstoff Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170413-31194 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Massaretti, Pier Giorgio T1 - Dagli inizi dell’urbanismo teorico alla città moderna. Visioni urbanistiche del totalitarismo – Italia JF - Anthologie zum Städtebau. Das Phänomen Großstadt und die Entstehung der Stadt der Moderne N2 - La prima edizione di questo testo è apparsa, in tedesco, nel volume II.2.: Anthologie zum Städtebau. Das Phänomen Großstadt und die Entstehung der Stadt der Moderne, a cura di Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani, Katia Frey, Eliana Perotti, con il sostegno di Departement Architektur der Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule, Zürich (Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin 2014, pp. 1307-1390). Previ specifici accordi con l’editore, viene qui presentata la versione originaria, in italiano, dell’intero capitolo: Modernität und Emphase. Städtebau im italienischen Faschismus, e comprendente: i) una capiente saggio introduttivo – in una versione più ampia ed articolata (comprensiva della “Bibliografia sistematica”, di riferimento) del testo in tedesco; ii) la versione in italiano del repertorio antologico di riferimento – e comprensiva di una “Scheda introduttiva”, sull’Autore-Opera, e di una selezione del testo in esame. KW - Städtebau Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170529-32228 SP - 1 EP - 45 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nanthakumar, S.S. A1 - Lahmer, Tom A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Detection of multiple flaws in piezoelectric structures using XFEM and level sets JF - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering N2 - Detection of multiple flaws in piezoelectric structures using XFEM and level sets KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Stochastik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2014 SP - 98 EP - 112 ER -