Vibration suppression has been thoroughly studied in the last few years. A number of methods has been proposed for this purpose. An evolving method lies in the search of band gap regions, that is, certain frequency ranges where vibrations are isolated. In the present investigation, a periodic unit cell of a chiral metamaterial has been created in o...

By Panagiotis Koutsianitis, Georgios K. Tairidis, Alexandros Kougkoulos, Georgios E. Stavroulakis

The aims of this work are to investigate and compare two different flow dynamics techniques (steady state - pulsatile flow) for endothelial shear stress calculation, compare lesion specific smartFFR and ESS values, as well as total vessel smartFFR and ESS values, and investigate the relationship between smartFFR and ESS to stress MBF (myocardial bl...

By Panagiotis K. Siogkas, Georgios-Eleftherios Kalykakis, Constantinos D. Anagnostopoulos, Themis P. Exarchos

In an ultrasound-guided needle insertion, physicians should adjust a certain insertion angle and the position of the transducer to ensure that the initial point and final target are in-plane inside the imaging plane. One of the crucial problems in this interventional procedure is poor and inconsistent needle visibility in B-mode ultrasound. In this...

By Hesty Susanti, S. Suprijanto, Deddy Kurniadi

The purpose of this study is to create a universal computational model of a plane-stressed joint element, which could be implemented as a special finite element of the beam-column subassembly integrated into the FEA procedure to improve its accuracy. The combination both of the finite element method and the finite difference method has been accepte...

By Sergey Savin

This article focuses on the design and manufacture of mechanical parts that have complicated shapes using the technique of reverse design using a scanner or an MMT for data acquisition in the form of a point cloud, using CAD software (CATIA). The digital model created is used for a virtual representation of the final product. Then we get the physic...

By Salah Amroune, Ahmed Belaadi, Moussa Menaseri, Noureddine Geroski, Barhm Mohamad, Khalissa Saada, Riyad Benyettou

Antioxidant activity represents one of the important features of phenolic acids, such as hydroxyderivatives of cinnamic acid. However, in the case of cis-cinnamic acid derivatives, corresponding thermochemistry data can be still considered scarce. This work is focused on the two most relevant mechanisms of primary antioxidant action in gas-phase, n...

By Monika Biela, Peter Poliak, Andrea Kleinová, Vladimír Lukeš, Erik Klein

In this study, a new numerical method based on the combination of High Exploration Particle Swarm Optimization (HEPSO) and Moving Least Squares (MLS) is introduced to solve nonlinear porous media equations. The MLS scheme is employed to describe an appropriate discretized function, and the penalty method is implemented to convert the constrained pr...

By Mohammad Javad Mahmoodabadi, Ali Reza Ghanizadeh

In this research, analysis of entropy generation for mixed convection fluid flow in a trapezoidal enclosure is numerically investigated. To achieve this goal, the influences of Grashof number, Reynolds number and inclination angle of enclosure side walls on the distributions of the velocity and temperature fields and the values of entropy generatio...

By Meysam Atashafrooz, Mohsen Shafie

In this paper, the governing equations of continuity and momentum subjected to suitable boundary conditions have been solved numerically to investigate the fluid flow in stirred vessel of two-bladed impeller. The numerical simulations have been carried out in three-dimensions for laminar flow. The studied fluid was considered Newtonian and incompre...

By Houssem Laidoudi

Erosion caused by solid particles in curve pipes is one of the major concerns in the oil and gas industries. Small solid particles flow with a carrier liquid fluid and impact the inner wall of the piping, valves, and other equipment. These components face a high risk of solid particle erosion due to the constant collision, which may result in equip...

By Mohammad Sheikh Mamoo, Ataallah Soltani Goharrizi, Bahador Abolpour