The ultimate properties of a fibrous composite system depend highly on the transverse mechanical properties of the fibers. Here, we report the size dependency of transverse elastic modulus in cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs). In addition, the mechanical properties of CNCs prepared from wood and cotton resources were investigated. Nanoindentation in an atomic force microscope (AFM) was used in comb...

Symbolic computation is employed to automatically derive formulas in finite element analysis (FEA) and to generate parallel numeric code. Key FEA computations parallelized include element stiffness computations and solution of global system of equations. An element-by-element preconditioned conjugate gradient method is used to solve the global system of equations in parallel. Derived formulas a...

We describe a significant extension of the finite element method (FEM) that allows finite element analysis (FEA) to be performed in situ, on a native geometric representation of a solid domain. The proposed method, called Scan&Solve, is a particular implementation of the solution structure method (SSM) that builds on the classical ideas of Kantorovich and Rvachev. It can be applied to any geome...

Creep deformation and rupture experiments are conducted on samples of the Ni-base superalloy directionally solidified GTD-111 tested at temperatures between 649°C and 982°C and two orientations (longitudinally and transversely oriented). The secondary creep constants are analytically determined from creep deformation experiments. The classical Kachanov–Rabotnov model for tertiary creep damage i...

Self-piercing riveting (SPR) is a high-speed mechanical fastening technique which is suitable for point-joining advanced lightweight sheet materials that are dissimilar, coated, and hard to weld. Major advances have been made in recent years in SPR technique. Latest literature relating to finite element analysis (FEA) of SPR joints is reviewed in this paper. The recent development in FEA of SPR...

This paper reports the mechanical design, structural analysis, and experimental veri cation of a new high performance semi-direct drive robot arm. A design optimization methodology employing nite element analysis (FEA) is reviewed, and a resulting arm design is reported. FEA simulations of the nal design predict high structural vibration frequencies throughout the arms workspace. Extensive stru...

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The introduction of finite element analysis (FEA) into orthopaedic biomechanics allowed continuum structural analysis of bone and bone-implant composites of complicated shapes (Huiskes and Chao, J. Biomechanics, Vol. 16, 1983, pp. 385-409). However, besides having complicated shapes, musculoskeletal tissues are hierarchical composites with multiple structural levels that adapt to their mechanic...

A new detector system for protein crystallography is now being developed based on an X-ray HARP-FEA (high-gain avalanche rushing amorphous photoconductor-field emitter array), which consists of an amorphous selenium membrane and a matrix field emitter array. The combination of the membrane avalanche effect with a single driven FEA has several advantages over currently available area detectors, ...

Helical compression springs are generally synthesized and evaluated by determining the maximum torsional stress, fatigue life, natural frequency, and/or load loss due to stress relaxation. To this end, researchers have developed finite element analysis (FEA) modeling methods to simulate the design performance of helical compression springs. The intent of this paper was to make a useful contribu...