Based on 3-D elasticity approach, differential quadrature method (DQM) in axial direction is adopted along with Globalized Nelder–Mead (GNM) algorithm to optimize the stacking sequence of a laminated cylindrical shell. The anisotropic cylindrical shell has finite length with simply supported boundary conditions. The elasticity approach, combining the state space method and DQM is used to obtain...

Net-shape liquid composite molding (LCM) processes for the manufacturing of composite structures involve the permeation of a reactive thermoset polymeric resin through complex, fiber woven preforms. The physical behavior during the processing thus involves coupled multi-physics phenomena consisting of mass, thermal and species transport. The flow process models based on conservation of mass are...

A core-shell gelatin-alginate composite used for intestine-released oral delivery drug carrier was synthesized through microfluidic technique. At the fixed continuous phase flow rate, the size of the core-shell gelatin-alginate microparticles increases with the dispersed phase flow rate, and monodispersity can be retained (the variation coefficient for the diameter distribution can be kept less...

The synthesis, characterization and property evaluation of drug-loaded polymer-coated magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) relevant to multimodal cancer therapy has been studied. The hyperthermia and controlled drug release characteristics of these particles was examined. Magnetite (Fe(3)O(4))-poly-n-(isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) composite MNPs were synthesized in a core-shell morphology by dispersio...

The Layerwise Shell Theory is used to model discretely stiffened laminated composite plates and cylindrical shells for stress, vibration, pre-buckling and post-buckling analyses. The layerwise theory reduces a 3-D problem to a 2-D problem by expanding the 3-D displacement field as a function of a surface-wise 2-D displacement field and a 1-D interpolation polynomial through the shell thickness....

In the textile composite drape process, material bending behavior plays a critical role in onset and development of wrinkles. The moment is linked with membrane forces classical shell element which leads to insufficient for draping simulation. Specific composite, hypoelastic approach proposed within stress resultant shell. A stiffness independent introduced calculate moments finite analysis. Th...

Front Cover: In article number 2100222 by Rachel C. Steinhardt and co-workers, a soft actuation system is described, based on new core-shell thermally-expandable microparticle, made of isobutane core polystyrene shell, linked to photothermal nano-transducer, gold nanoparticles, resulting in core-shell-shell nanohybrid. The particles expand thermal milieus, are able power the movement composite ...