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Thermo-Hydraulic Characteristics of Non-Isothermal Batch Transportation Pipeline System with Different Inlet Oil Temperature
The batch transportation process of several kinds of crude oil is accomplished by an entire coupled pipeline system, which exhibits complex...
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High-Velocity Impact Modeling in Materials Science: A Multiscale Perspective
High-velocity impact events are ubiquitous in our modern world, from aerospace applications to ballistic impacts, and understanding how materials...
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Strength criteria at anisotropic principal directions expressed in closed form by interparticle parameters for elliptical particle assembly
Using a microstructural mechanics approach, the close-packed elliptical particle assembly is first represented by a lattice model that is described...
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Liquefaction induced permanent ground deformations and energy dissipation analysis based on smoothed particle hydrodynamics method (SPH): validation by large-scale model tests
To accurately simulate the permanent displacements caused by liquefaction in saturated sandy soils, a mesh-free method named smoothed particle...
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A semi-empirical re-evaluation of the influence of state on elastic stiffness in granular materials
This study uses data acquired from three-dimensional discrete element method simulations to reconsider what measure of state can be used to predict...
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Tunnel excavation in granular media: the role of force chains
We investigate how force chains in a granular packing influence and change during a tunnel excavation process. A two-dimensional (2 D ) frictional...
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P − v criticalities, phase transitions and geometrothermodynamics of charged AdS black holes from Kaniadakis statistics
Boltzmann entropy-based thermodynamics of charged anti-de Sitter (AdS) black holes has been shown to exhibit physically interesting features, such as P ...
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Research on Random Induced Vibration Response of Stone Pavement by Engineering Construction Material Vehicles
AbstractThis study aims to scientifically and reasonably assess the damage caused by randomly induced vibrations from construction vehicles driving...
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A statistical damage-based shear constitutive model for soils and its application to slope stability analysis
The shear constitutive model of soils plays a key role in the stability analysis of slopes. In this work, a statistical damage-based shear...
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2D DEM analysis of the interactions between bio-inspired geo-probe and soil during inflation–deflation cycles
The cone penetration test and the standard penetration test are perhaps the most versatile techniques for investigating soil properties in-situ ....
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3-D contact and pore network analysis of MICP cemented sands
The study describes a comprehensive methodology to evaluate X-Ray micro-computed tomography data from sand samples and to characterize their 3D...
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Of monkeys, mice and men
For years, an unusual piece of artwork hung in Don Lind’s house. Painted by the astronaut himself, he gifted copies to his children, hopeful that...
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Numerical and experimental estimation of anisotropy in granular soils using multi-orientation shear wave velocity measurements
Soils can have direction-dependent characteristics reflected in the anisotropy of their responses. Studies have demonstrated the impact of the stress...
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Water—Ice Phase Transition in Unsaturated Soil in the Presence of Capillary Pressure
The problem of ice formation in unsaturated soil in the presence of pressure gradient and capillary forces is formulated. The complete system of...
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DEM simulation of small strain and large strain behaviors of granular soils with a coherent contact model
AbstractDiscrete element method is widely used to study the macroscopic behaviors of granular soils subjected to various loading conditions at a...
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On the Question of the Causality Problem in Quantum Mechanics. Preface to the 1931 Russian Translation of Arthur Haas, Materiewellen und Quantenmechanik
To quote Lenin, the crisis in physics was that “matter has disappeared”. First the electron theory and later the theory of relativity demanded a...
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Transient dynamic response of cylindrical lining in unsaturated soils induced by internal loads
Abstract—The dynamic interaction between lining and soil in an underground structure is an important basic problem of soil dynamics. The transient...
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Finite element implementation of a geometrically and physically nonlinear consolidation model
The paper presents a rather general formulation of a porous medium deformation coupled with a fluid flowing through the pores within the framework of...
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Experimental studies on deformation of granular materials during orthogonal cutting
A study has been made of the deformation field in a plane strain orthogonal cutting of a model granular material. In our experiments, images of...
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Simulation of hysteresis in soil–water retention with a correlation between the invading pressure to the governing effective flow area
In order to determine the soil–water retention (SWR) behavior of a particulate medium, the invading phase pressure in the inter-particle level is...
