Stanislav Buklovskiy , Kateryna Miroshnichenko , Igor Tsukrov , Rebecca J. Thomson , Peder C. Solberg , Douglas W. Van Citters
{"title":"Mesoscale models for effective elastic properties of carbon-black/ultra-high-molecular-weight-polyethylene nanocomposites","authors":"Stanislav Buklovskiy , Kateryna Miroshnichenko , Igor Tsukrov , Rebecca J. Thomson , Peder C. Solberg , Douglas W. Van Citters","doi":"10.1016/j.ijengsci.2024.104159","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijengsci.2024.104159","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, we apply mesoscale numerical modeling to predict the effective elastic properties of conductive carbon-black/ultra-high-molecular-weight-polyethylene nanocomposites. The models are based on X-ray microcomputed tomography images. The images show that for the considered range of carbon additive weight fractions, the conductive carbon black (CB) particles are distributed around the ultra-high-molecular-weight-polyethylene (UHMWPE) granules forming a carbon-containing layer of a thickness on the order of 1–2 <span><math><mrow><mi>μ</mi><mi>m</mi></mrow></math></span>.</div><div>Finite element models of representative volume elements (RVE), incorporating the CB-containing layer, are developed. The RVEs are generated based on the size and shape statistics extracted from processed microcomputed tomography images with further incorporation of the CB-containing layer by a custom image processing code. The layer is modeled analytically as a 2-phase composite consisting of spherical CB inclusions distributed in the UHMWPE matrix. Elastic moduli predicted in the models are compared to experimental data. Results show that the numerical simulations predict effective elastic moduli within the confidence intervals of the experimental measurements up to 7.5 wt % of CB inclusions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14053,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Engineering Science","volume":"205 ","pages":"Article 104159"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142418652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the refined boundary condition at the edge of a thin elastic strip supported by a Winkler-type foundation under antiplane shear deformation","authors":"Ludmila Prikazchikova , Evgeniya Nolde , Wiktoria Miszuris , Julius Kaplunov","doi":"10.1016/j.ijengsci.2024.104152","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijengsci.2024.104152","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The derivation of the boundary conditions is the most challenging part of the asymptotic techniques underlying low-dimensional models for thin elastic structures. At the moment, these techniques do not take into consideration the effect of the environment, e.g., a Winkler foundation, when tackling boundary conditions, and have to be amended. In this paper as an example we consider an antiplane problem for a thin elastic strip contacting with a relatively compliant Winkler foundation. Refined boundary conditions at an edge loaded by prescribed stresses are established using a properly adjusted Saint-Venant’s principle. They appear to be useful for advanced structure modelling including analysis of the static equilibrium under self-equilibrated loading.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14053,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Engineering Science","volume":"205 ","pages":"Article 104152"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142418648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of interfacial sliding on anti-plane waves in an elastic plate imperfectly attached to an elastic half-space","authors":"Gennadi I. Mikhasev , Victor A. Eremeyev","doi":"10.1016/j.ijengsci.2024.104158","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijengsci.2024.104158","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We study the anti-plane shear waves in a domain consisting of an elastic layer (plate) with a coating attached to an elastic half-space (substrate). We assume an imperfect contact between the layer and the half-space, allowing some sliding. We also assume some elastic bonds between the layer and the substrate. On the free top surface we apply the compatibility conditions within the Gurtin–Murdoch surface elasticity. We found two different solutions: (i) the transversely exponential–transversely exponential (TE–TE) regime with amplitudes decaying exponentially from the free top surface and the interface in both the plate and the half-space, and (ii) the transversely harmonic–transversely exponential (TH–TE) regime with harmonic wave behaviour in the transverse direction in the plate and exponential decay in the half-space. The TE regime of anti-plane waves in an elastic half-space with non-perfect contact is also considered as a special case. A detailed analysis of the derived dispersion relations reveals a crucial influence of the interface stiffness on the phase velocities of anti-plane waves. This effect consists in the decrease of the phase velocities when the interfacial bonds are weakened. The strongest effect of the interfacial sliding on the phase velocities was observed for the long-length waves belonging to the TE–TE regime. Based on the derived lower bounds for the wave numbers from which the TE–TE regime of anti-plane waves exists, we have developed the theoretical background and methodology for assessing the bond stiffness of thin plates imperfectly bonded to an elastic substrate.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14053,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Engineering Science","volume":"205 ","pages":"Article 104158"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142418649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The energy balance of a hydraulic fracture at depth","authors":"Carlo Peruzzo, Andreas Möri, Brice Lecampion","doi":"10.1016/j.ijengsci.2024.104151","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijengsci.2024.104151","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We detail the energy balance of a propagating hydraulic fracture. Using the linear hydraulic fracture model which combines lubrication flow and linear elastic fracture mechanics, we demonstrate how different propagation regimes are related to the dominance of a given term of the power balance of a growing hydraulic fracture. Taking an energy point of view allows us to offer a physical explanation of hydraulic fracture growth behaviours, such as, for example, the transition from viscosity to toughness dominated growth for a radial geometry, fracture propagation after the end of the injection or transition to self-buoyant elongated growth. We quantify the evolution of the different power terms for a series of numerical examples. We also discuss the order of magnitudes of the different terms for a industrial-like hydraulic fracturing treatment accounting for the additional dissipation in the injection line.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14053,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Engineering Science","volume":"205 ","pages":"Article 104151"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142330003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S.Y. Liang , F. Zhu , Yun-Jiang Wang , E. Pineda , T. Wada , H. Kato , J.C. Qiao
{"title":"On the kinetics of structural evolution in metallic glasses","authors":"S.Y. Liang , F. Zhu , Yun-Jiang Wang , E. Pineda , T. Wada , H. Kato , J.C. Qiao","doi":"10.1016/j.ijengsci.2024.104146","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijengsci.2024.104146","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The classic phenomenological models fail to describe the physical landscape of creep deformation for amorphous solids. In this paper, creep behavior of typical metallic glasses with chemical compositions La<sub>62</sub>Al<sub>14</sub>Ag<sub>2.34</sub>Ni<sub>10.83</sub>Co<sub>10.83</sub>, Pd<sub>20</sub>Pt<sub>20</sub>Cu<sub>20</sub>Ni<sub>20</sub>P<sub>20</sub> and Cu<sub>46</sub>Zr<sub>39</sub>Hf<sub>8</sub>Al<sub>7</sub> were studied. Instead, we attempt to use a modified hierarchically correlated model informed by physics to realize the creep behaviors of metallic glasses. The anelastic deformation of creep is categorized into two distinct components, i.e., the highly correlated deformation unit sensitive to annealing and the low correlated unit associated with diffusion relaxation. The correlated component diminishes with structural aging. The validity of the model is verified by these findings, and the derived parameters provide insights into the structural and kinetic characteristics of metallic glasses. Decreased characteristic times and contrasting correlation factors indicate homogeneous structure and lower energy states. Moreover, a qualitative evaluation of the relative strengths of the dual deformation mechanisms during creep enables the characterization of β relaxation forms, shedding light on the intrinsic attributes of different types of metallic glasses. This methodology additionally facilitates the detection of structural aging and rejuvenation phenomena.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14053,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Engineering Science","volume":"205 ","pages":"Article 104146"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142330101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ahmed Elhanafy , Yasser Abuouf , Samir Elsagheer , Shinichi Ookawara , Sameh Nada , Mahmoud Ahmed
{"title":"Effect of micro-vessel stenosis severity and hematocrit level on red blood cell dynamics and platelet margination: A numerical study","authors":"Ahmed Elhanafy , Yasser Abuouf , Samir Elsagheer , Shinichi Ookawara , Sameh Nada , Mahmoud Ahmed","doi":"10.1016/j.ijengsci.2024.104155","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijengsci.2024.104155","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding many micro-vascular diseases is aided by examining the dynamical behavior of blood cells. For instance, micro-vascular stenosis significantly influences the dynamics of red blood cells and hence causes several micro-vascular disorders. Thus, the objective of the current study is to numerically simulate cellular blood flow in stenosed micro-vessels with different stenosis severities and hematocrits to examine hemodynamic features which have important clinical implications. Red blood cells’ migration, velocity, and deformation are predicted. Furthermore, platelets’ margination and cell-free layer formation are examined. Accordingly, a three-dimensional numerical simulation of blood cells and their interaction with the surrounding plasma is considered. The simulation is performed using a validated code developed for cellular blood flows. Red blood cells’ migration and platelets’ margination are confirmed, which enhances the validity of the code. The obtained results report a high dependence of red blood cells’ migration and platelets’ margination on the hematocrit level, which agrees with other published studies. An asymmetrical cell-free layer thickness is exhibited along the stenosed vessel, with a maximum value at the throat of the stenosis, which greatly affects blood apparent viscosity and induces plasma skimming in this region. In addition, it is found that the cell-free layer thickness is strongly linked to stenosis severity and the hematocrit level. Due to its role in the endothelial cells’ function and structure, the wall shear stress is estimated. A reduction more than 75 % in the wall shear stress is obtained due to stenosis, with maximum values at the throat compared with the healthy case. The Fahraeus effect is examined, and the obtained results are compared with published experimental and computational works with an acceptable degree of agreement.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14053,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Engineering Science","volume":"205 ","pages":"Article 104155"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142330002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Buckling analysis of functionally graded nanobeams via surface stress-driven model","authors":"Rosa Penna, Giuseppe Lovisi, Luciano Feo","doi":"10.1016/j.ijengsci.2024.104148","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijengsci.2024.104148","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The manuscript investigates the buckling behaviour of Bernoulli-Euler nanobeams composed of Functionally-Graded (FG) materials with different cross-sectional shapes. This analysis is conducted using the surface stress-driven model of elasticity. The nonlocal governing equations for the elastostatic buckling problem are derived employing the principle of virtual work. The study also includes a parametric investigation, presenting and discussing the main results while varying the nonlocal parameter, material gradient index, the cross-sectional shapes and the constraints at the ends of the FG nanobeams. Critical loads are numerically calculated and compared with those obtained by other authors using the classical stress-driven model elasticity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14053,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Engineering Science","volume":"205 ","pages":"Article 104148"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142326531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Surface treatment of metal by combined particle beam","authors":"Elena S. Parfenova, Anna G. Knyazeva","doi":"10.1016/j.ijengsci.2024.104150","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijengsci.2024.104150","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This work is related to modeling of metal surface modification process by combined particles beam. On the basis of thermodynamics of irreversible processes, including equations of state in differential form, a nonlinear model is formulated. The model takes into account the interaction of thermal, diffusion and mechanical waves and finiteness of relaxation times of thermal and diffusion processes. For the combined particle flow such model is proposed for the first time. The numerical algorithm is based on implicit difference schemes. The study of the interaction of waves of different nature is carried out on the example of a copper target treated with nickel and gold particles. It is shown that deformations take the maximal value at the left boundary, which is directly related to the presence of impurity concentration gradients. Depending on the pulse duration, the difference between the extrema on the elastic wave becomes less significant. With increasing temperature, obviously, the diffusion process accelerates. The propagation velocities of the interacting waves are different. The character of distributions of concentrations of introduced particles directly depends on the value of parameters proportional to relaxation times.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14053,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Engineering Science","volume":"205 ","pages":"Article 104150"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142326530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modeling shock attenuation in hydrogels via frequency-dependent acoustic drag","authors":"Orel Guetta , Daniel Rittel","doi":"10.1016/j.ijengsci.2024.104149","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijengsci.2024.104149","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A new method for assimilating a frequency-dependent drag coefficient into time-domain acoustic simulations is presented. The method combines structural (wave propagation) simulations together with acoustic attenuation of the individual frequencies through a model for the frequency-dependent drag coefficient. An incident pressure pulse is obtained experimentally or from a preliminary finite element simulation. This pulse is then decomposed into its spectral components. The propagation of each frequency component is simulated separately with the appropriate drag coefficient. In the final stage, the nodal pressure for all single frequency simulations are summed to reconstruct the transmitted attenuated pressure pulse. This method is demonstrated using a previously calibrated spectral model of the attenuation of methyl cellulose hydrogel, but it can be used for any other damping material for which a frequency response function can be obtained.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14053,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Engineering Science","volume":"205 ","pages":"Article 104149"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142322337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integral micromorphic model reproducing dispersion in 1D continuum","authors":"Michal Šmejkal , Milan Jirásek , Martin Horák","doi":"10.1016/j.ijengsci.2024.104147","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijengsci.2024.104147","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The paper develops a new integral micromorphic elastic continuum model, which can describe dispersion properties of band-gap metamaterials, i.e., metamaterials that inhibit propagation of waves in a certain frequency range. The enrichment consists in nonlocal treatment of three terms in the expression for the potential energy density of the standard micromorphic continuum. After proper calibration, such a formulation can <strong>exactly</strong> reproduce two given branches of the dispersion curve (acoustic and optical), even in cases with a band gap. The calibration process exploits Fourier images of the unknown weight functions, which are analytically deduced from the dispersion relation of the material of interest. The weight functions are then reconstructed in the spatial domain by numerical evaluation of the inverse Fourier transform. The presented approach is validated on several examples, including discrete mass–spring chains with alternating masses, for which the dispersion relation has an explicit analytical form and the optical and acoustic branches are separated by a band gap.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":14053,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Engineering Science","volume":"205 ","pages":"Article 104147"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142235023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}