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Animal Shapes, Modal Analysis, and Visualization of Motion (IV): Geometric Constructions and Implementation
We address computer implementation and technology issues in geometric constructions for mathematical and computational modeling purposes, especially regarding 3D finite-element mesh generation for large scale ...
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Animal Shapes, Modal Analysis, and Visualization of Motion (I): Horse and Camel
Eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of physical systems and engineering structures can reveal many of the system’s fundamental features and, therefore, become a basis for the study of inverse problems. In this seri...
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Animal Shapes, Modal Analysis, and Visualization of Motion (III): Giraffe, Duck, Goose, T-Rex Dinosaur, and the Flying Modes of Eagle
This paper contains more varieties of animals, including the giraffe, bird species duck, goose and eagle, and the T-Rex dinosaur. They range across mammals, birds and reptiles. For each of them, we present the...
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Animal Shapes, Modal Analysis, and Visualization of Motion (II): Dynamics and Fourier Decomposition
This paper begins with solving the linear elastodynamic equation with forcing by expanding it into Fourier series. We then proceed to prove the conservation laws of momentum, angular momentum, and energy. We i...
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A general numerical scheme for the optimal control of fractional Birkhoffian systems
This paper gives a general numerical scheme for the optimal control problem of fractional Birkhoffian systems. The fractional forced Birkhoff equations within Riemann–Liouville fractional derivatives are deriv...
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Band structures of elastic SH waves in nanoscale multi-layered functionally graded phononic crystals with/without nonlocal interface imperfections by using a local RBF collocation method
A meshless radial basis function (RBF) collocation method based on the Eringen nonlocal elasticity theory is developed to calculate the band structures of ternary and quaternary nanoscale multi-layered phononi...
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Band structures of transverse waves in nanoscale multilayered phononic crystals with nonlocal interface imperfections by using the radial basis function method
A radial basis function collocation method based on the nonlocal elastic continuum theory is developed to compute the band structures of nanoscale multilayered phononic crystals. The effects of nonlocal imperf...
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RBF collocation method and stability analysis for phononic crystals
The mesh-free radial basis function (RBF) collocation method is explored to calculate band structures of periodic composite structures. The inverse multi-quadric (MQ), Gaussian, and MQ RBFs are used to test th...
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Elastic SH Wave Propagation in Periodic Layered Composites with a Periodic Array of Interface Cracks
The interaction of anti-plane elastic SH waves with a periodic array of interface cracks in a multi-layered periodic medium is analyzed in this paper. A perfect periodic structure without interface cracks is f...