Compatibility among substructures is an issue for hybrid simulation. Traditionally, the structure model is regarded as the idealized shear model. The equilibrium and compatibility of the axial and rotational direction at the substructure boundary are...
In this paper, we follow the Test-Driven Development (TDD) paradigm in the development of an in-house code to allow for the finite element analysis of finite periodic type electromagnetic structures (e.g., antenna arrays, metamaterials, and several r...
The dynamic prediction of large spacecraft is a time-consuming process. The impulse-based substructuring (IBS) method is an efficient and accurate method for the dynamic analysis of large-scale structures. The ordinary IBS method couples the substruc...
Effective methods for extending the storage capacity of tailings for a mining company include expanding and increasing the height of the tailings dam. However, this change could lead to an uplift in the phreatic line and a decrease in the slope stabi...
One of the factors that influence the dynamic characteristics of machining systems is the cutting tool. Cutting tools are very diverse, and receptance coupling substructure analysis (RCSA) is essential for analyzing the dynamic characteristics of eac...
Fully prefabricated bridge construction technology has gradually replaced traditional cast-in-place methods, becoming a core approach for efficient, environmental, and intelligent construction of bridges in cities. However, due to city-embedded restr...
There is a constant need to predict the dynamic properties of composite materials already at the design stage. A particularly attractive tool for achieving this goal is mesoscale finite element modeling. This paper presents the mesoscale modeling of...
Key-based substructural fingerprints are an important element of computer-aided drug design techniques. The usefulness of the fingerprints in filtering compound databases is invaluable, as they allow for the quick rejection of molecules with a low pr...
Additive manufacturing techniques are being used more and more to perform the precise fabrication of engineering components with complex geometries. The heterogeneity of additively manufactured microstructures deteriorates the mechanical integrity of...
Background: Radiotherapy for thymoma is delivered post-operatively in selected cases. Given the particular location of the thymic bed and the excellent prognosis, late cardiac toxicities may be an issue. The purpose of this retrospective dosimetric s...
With the use of seismic isolation techniques on mega-sub structures, several scholars have carried out research on them. However, little research has been carried out on mega-sub isolated structures under multiaxial earthquakes. There have been insta...
Dynamic substructuring methods are initially developed for time-invariant systems to evaluate the dynamic behavior of a complex structure by coupling the component substructures. Sometimes, the component substructures change their position over time,...
Advances in silicon carbide fabrication techniques enable the fabrication of high aspect ratio non-line-of-sight structures. The further development of non-line-of-sight fabrication tools and the use of the non-line-of-sight structures requires a set...
Plant and animal surfaces have become a model for preparing special synthetic surfaces with low wettability, reflectivity, or antibacterial properties. Processes that lead to the creation of replicas of natural character use two-step imprinting metho...
Substructure shake table testing (SSTT) is an advanced experimental technique that is suitable for investigating the vibration control of secondary structure-type dampers such as tuned mass dampers (TMDs). The primary structure and damper are conside...
Laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF), as one of the additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing techniques, has been widely used for the net-shape fabrication of high-entropy alloys (HEAs). However, microstructural defects are often present in the FeCoNiCr...
High-speed railway administrations are particularly concerned about safety and comfort issues, which are sometimes threatened by the differential deformation of substructures. Existing deformation-monitoring techniques are impractical for covering th...
Background: The aim of the present study was to investigate the accuracy of a new digital impression system, comparing it to the plaster impression technique in the realization of full-arch implant-supported metal frameworks. Methods: We took 11 scan...
Real-time hybrid simulation (RTHS), dividing the emulated structure into numerical substructures (NS) and physical substructures (PS), is a powerful technique to obtain responses and then to assess the seismic performance of civil engineering structu...
Fully coupled integrated load analyses (ILAs) to evaluate not only the load response but also the structural integrity are required to design a floating offshore wind turbine, since there has been no firmly established approach for obtaining the stru...
Lignin is considered a promising renewable source of valuable chemical compounds and a feedstock for the production of various materials. Its suitability for certain directions of processing is determined by the chemical structure of its macromolecul...
A real-time hybrid simulation (RTHS) is a promising technique to investigate a complicated or large-scale structure by dividing it into numerical and physical substructures and conducting cyber-physical tests on it. The control system design of an RT...
Left-sided breast cancer radiotherapy can lead to late cardiovascular complications, including ischemic events. To mitigate these risks, cardiac-sparing techniques such as deep-inspiration breath-hold (DIBH) and intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT...
This article focuses on a Hardware-In-the-Loop application developed from the advanced energy field project LIFES50+. The aim is to replicate, inside a wind gallery test facility, the combined effect of aerodynamic and hydrodynamic loads on a floatin...
Metal additive manufacturing (AM), especially selective laser melting (SLM), has been receiving particular attention because metallic functional structures with complicated configurations can be effectively fabricated using the technique. However, th...
This paper proposes a method of structural modification for the assignment of natural frequencies and mode shapes based on frequency response functions (FRFs). The method involves the addition of masses or stiffness (supporting stiffness or connectio...
Stoichiometric single crystals of Mn4Al11 were synthesized from the elements using Sn as a flux. The crystal structure of Mn4Al11 was investigated using single crystal X-ray diffraction and showed a complex triclinic structure with a relatively small...
Paper presents an effective technique for developing reduced-order models to predict the dynamic responses of systems using the receptance coupling and frequency-based substructuring (RCFBS) method. The proposed approach is particularly suited for re...
Hybrid simulation is a method used to investigate the dynamic response of a system subjected to a realistic loading scenario. The system under consideration is divided into multiple individual substructures, out of which one or more are tested physic...
This work attempts to process AlCu4MgSi (AW 2017A) alloy continuous ingots by means of the equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) method. The equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) technique has been widely investigated in recent years as the most prom...
The subject of the present paper is the characterization of third bodies of run-in systems. By means of continuous friction and wear measurement, lubricated steel-steel and steel-aluminum contacts were evaluated. Microstructure, chemical composition...
Hydraulic factors account for a large part of the causes of bridge collapse. Due to the nature of the underwater environment, quick and accurate inspection is required when damage occurs. In this study, we developed a 2 MHz side scan sonar sensor mod...
This study evaluates the dynamic performance of a reference footbridge under human–structure interaction (HSI) effects using real-time hybrid simulation (RTHS). The footbridge, designed with precise multi-axial dynamic sensitivity, is tested un...
Although recent work has shown natural lignin products are promising to fabricate various polymer based functional composites, high-value applications were challenged by their structural complexity and inhomogeneity. This work specially assessed the...
The design of monopile foundations for offshore wind turbines is most often driven by fatigue. With the foundation price contributing to the total price of a turbine structure by more than 30%, wind farm operators seek to gain knowledge about the amo...
Generally, the high-fidelity finite element models of aero-engines comprise millions of degrees of freedom (DOFs). Although they can provide precise predictions of structural dynamics, the computational cost will be often unaffordable if appropriate...
Chatter, a self-excited vibration phenomenon, is a critical challenge in high-speed machining operations, affecting tool life, product surface quality, and overall process efficiency. While machine learning models trained on simulated data have shown...
This paper reviews perhaps one of the most enigmatic groups of secondary uranium minerals. The number of uranyl vanadate mineral species does not reach even 20, and they do not display a large range of structural diversity, but those natural phases f...
The vibrations produced by an agricultural machine are transmitted to the seat of the tractor operator and must comply with the limitations imposed by international and national regulations. An agricultural machine is generally composed of a tractor...
As the global transition to carbon neutrality accelerates, hydrogen energy has emerged as a key alternative to fossil fuels due to its potential to reduce carbon emissions. Many countries, including Korea, are constructing hydrogen refueling stations...
This study examines the evolution of dislocation density in cold rolled 1050 Al alloy. Various techniques such as numerical approaches, indentation techniques, X-ray diffraction line profile analysis, and electron backscattering diffraction were empl...
Single-molecule force spectroscopy experiments allow protein folding and unfolding to be explored using mechanical force. Probably the most informative technique for interpreting the results of these experiments at the structural level makes use of s...
Surface plasmon resonance has become a widely accepted optical technique for studying biological and chemical interactions. Among others, detecting small changes in analyte concentration in complex solutions remains challenging, e.g., because of the...
The traveling wave effect and soil–structure interaction have significant influence on the seismic response of large-span bridges with complex site conditions. In this paper, a 1/10 scaled-down large-span rigid-framed bridge model was designed...
After cold rolling of high-strength interstitial-free (IF) steel, the ferrite grains undergo plastic deformation associated with the formation of substructures and intense cold-rolling texture, which affects the microstructure and texture in the subs...
In this study, large-scale molecular dynamic simulations were performed to analyze the dislocation substructure interaction with various types of obstacles present in microalloyed steels during severe plastic deformation. Specifically, fully function...
As an innovative technology, the impedance-based technique has been extensively studied for the structural health monitoring (SHM) of various civil structures. The technique’s advantages include cost-effectiveness, ease of implementation on a c...
Controlled, reversible attachment is widely spread throughout the animal kingdom: from ticks to tree frogs, whose weights span from 2 mg to 200 g, and from geckos to mosquitoes, who stick under vastly different situations, such as quickly climbing tr...
We consider the finite element approximation of the solution to elliptic partial differential equations such as the ones encountered in (quasi)-static mechanics, in transient mechanics with implicit time integration, or in thermal diffusion. We propo...
Open data makes it possible to gain insights into the transaction patterns of blockchain projects. These patterns can be modeled as transaction networks, which support a wide range of analytical techniques. Depending on the trade-off between informat...
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