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Applied Mechanics, Volume 3, Issue 2

2022 June - 21 articles

Cover Story: This study focuses on the mechanical response of nonwovens as a multiphase porous layer excited by an underlying vibrating plate. The material properties are characterized via laboratory measurements. The dynamic analysis of the underlying thin plate is carried out to obtain its eigenmodes, which are utilized as boundary conditions in an advanced continuum porous media model to simulate the dynamic response of the anisotropic fibrous material. To understand the coupled processes, 3D simulations of porous media dynamics are introduced. The results demonstrate the interplay between the pore-air pressure and the effective stresses and the role of the pore air in vibration-induced frequency-dependent fiber-fiber friction reduction and the effectiveness of the nonwovens in the dissipation of kinetic energy. View this paper
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Articles (21)

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,612 Views
13 Pages

Introducing an Open-Source Simulation Model for Track Rollers Considering Friction

  • Jan Wenzel,
  • Christoph Bienefeld,
  • Alexander Kretschmer and
  • Eckhard Kirchner

18 June 2022

Locating bearing track rollers are used, for example, in monorail transport systems to enable relative movement between the rail and the shuttle. Due to the two-point contact, both radial and axial forces can be transmitted simultaneously. Since fric...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,908 Views
9 Pages

18 June 2022

The study presents a generalized analytical solution of the laminar, oscillatory, creeping flow of an incompressible Newtonian fluid in a porous circular pipe with spatiotemporally periodic suction/injection at the wall. The analytical solution is ex...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,042 Views
20 Pages

17 June 2022

In the finite element simulation process, it is very common to use simplified models to replace the original complex models to reduce the computational cost. To improve the accuracy of simulation with simplified numerical models in Abaqus Explicit, w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,066 Views
14 Pages

21 May 2022

When a finger actively slides over a surface, contact conditions including the contact area, sliding speed, and finger moisture naturally fluctuate. These random fluctuations lead to an apparent change of frictional properties and influence tactile p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,086 Views
21 Pages

Selection Criteria for Biplane Wing Geometries by Means of 2D Wind Tunnel Tests

  • Ángel Antonio Rodríguez-Sevillano,
  • Miguel Ángel Barcala-Montejano,
  • Rafael Bardera-Mora,
  • Adelaida García-Magariño García,
  • María Elena Rodríguez-Rojo,
  • Sara Morales-Serrano and
  • Jaime Fernández-Antón

16 May 2022

This paper presents a study based on wind tunnel research on biplane configurations. The objective of this research is to establish an experimental basis for relationships between the main geometrical parameters that define a biplane configuration (s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,203 Views
20 Pages

16 May 2022

Circular and spherical particle models are a class of discrete elements (DEM) that have been increasingly applied to fracture studies of quasi-brittle materials, such as rock and concrete, due to their proven ability to simulate fracture processes th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,448 Views
18 Pages

13 May 2022

This paper studies a cracked orthotropic solid under symmetric heat flow, and symmetric mechanical loading is studied. A modified partially impermeable crack model is employed to simulate thermal load transfer. With the application of the Fourier tra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,026 Views
17 Pages

10 May 2022

An expanding pin locks the pin assembly to its supports and bearings and prevents any relative movements between the surfaces in contact. In this study, the diameter changes of the bearing inner ring as a function of the expanding pin’s tighten...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,090 Views
13 Pages

The incorporation of ceramic nanoinclusions in carbon nanocomposites can induce additional functionality in the field of magnetic properties, piezoelectricity, etc. In this study, series of nanocomposites, consisting of different carbon nanoinclusion...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,822 Views
16 Pages

29 April 2022

Laser additive manufacturing enables economical production of complex lightweight structures. To realize the potential benefits of additive manufacturing technology in industrial applications, the fatigue performance of parts additively manufactured...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,850 Views
11 Pages

26 April 2022

The Updated Lagrangian method for nonlinear elasticity with contact is presented. First, we describe the Total Lagrangian for a compressible Neo-Hookean material. Next, we introduce the Updated Lagrangian formulation for Neo-Hookean and Ogden compres...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,812 Views
16 Pages

Fatigue Life Analysis of Automotive Cast Iron Knuckle under Constant and Variable Amplitude Loading Conditions

  • Kazem Reza Kashyzadeh,
  • Kambiz Souri,
  • Abdolhossein Gharehsheikh Bayat,
  • Reza Safavi Jabalbarez and
  • Mahmood Ahmad

25 April 2022

The main aim of the present paper is to assess the fatigue lifetime of ductile cast iron knuckles as one of the critical components of an automotive steering system. To this end, a real driving path, including various maneuvers, such as acceleration,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,026 Views
21 Pages

A Study of the Mechanical Response of Nonwovens Excited by Plate Vibration

  • Jan-Lukas Archut,
  • Ruben Kins,
  • Yousef Heider,
  • Frederik Cloppenburg,
  • Bernd Markert,
  • Thomas Gries and
  • Burkhard Corves

24 April 2022

Nonwovens are a type of textile that possess a wide range of unique properties, such as lightweight and damping characteristics, which make them suitable for many applications as in medicine and engineering. In this study, the focus lies on the mecha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,869 Views
15 Pages

Computational Analysis of Concrete Flow in a Reinforced Bored Pile Using the Porous Medium Approach

  • Thomas Kränkel,
  • Daniel Weger,
  • Karsten Beckhaus,
  • Fabian Geppert,
  • Christoph Gehlen and
  • Jithender J. Timothy

22 April 2022

In this paper, the flow of concrete in a reinforced bored pile is analysed using computational simulations. In order to reduce the computational time, a porous medium that equally mimics the presence of the reinforcement is used. Experimental measure...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,276 Views
17 Pages

18 April 2022

In this paper, hierarchical studies based on both analytical and computational approaches have been employed to validate and improve current structural designs of mud holding tanks for hydraulic fracturing in petroleum industries. Through detailed co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,065 Views
51 Pages

12 April 2022

The ‘diffraction in space’ and the ‘diffraction in time’ phenomena are considered in regard to a continuously open, and a closed shutter that is opened at an instant in time, respectively. The purpose of this is to provide a b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
20,848 Views
22 Pages

A Design Method for Low-Pressure Venturi Nozzles

  • Hannah O’Hern,
  • Timothy Murphy,
  • Xiang Zhang,
  • James Liburdy and
  • Bahman Abbasi

2 April 2022

The purpose of this work is to provide empirical design models for low-pressure, subsonic Venturi nozzles. Experimentally validated simulations were used to determine the effect of nozzle geometry and operating conditions on the suction ratio (ratio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
7,315 Views
15 Pages

31 March 2022

This paper presents a novel method for the design of purely elastic interference fits by exploiting the plastic properties of a material. In this process, the elastic potential of the material is expanded by the targeted application of residual stres...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,587 Views
15 Pages

28 March 2022

In this paper, a new methodology for the numerical simulation of the wheel–surface interaction has been presented. The finite-element method was combined with the discrete-element method, rigid body dynamics, and the advanced wheel–surfac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,711 Views
21 Pages

A New Coupled Approach for Enthalpy Pumping Consideration in a Free Piston Stirling Engine (FPSE)

  • Mahdi Majidniya,
  • Mohamed Tahar Mabrouk,
  • Abdelhamid Kheiri,
  • Benjamin Remy and
  • Thierry Boileau

25 March 2022

One group of losses that can considerably affect the performance of Free Piston Stirling Engines’ (FPSE) is the enthalpy pumping and the shuttle effect, which are due to the gap standing between the cylinder and the displacer. The shuttle effec...

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Appl. Mech. - ISSN 2673-3161