GEOTHERM: A finite difference code for testing metamorphic P–T–t paths and tectonic models A finite difference code for testing meta-morphic P–T–t paths and tectonic models, Computers & Geosciences, This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo ...

A flexible solution method for the initial-boundary value problem of the temperature field in a one-dimensional domain of a solid with significantly nonlinear material parameters and radiation boundary conditions is proposed. A transformation of the temperature values allows to isolate the nonlinear material characteristics into a single coefficient of the heat conduction equation. The Galerkin...

Most models used in land surface hydrology, vadose zone hydrology, and hydro-climatology require an accurate representation of soil thermal properties (soil thermal conductivity and volumetric heat capacity). Various empirical relations have been suggested to estimate soil thermal properties. However, they require many input parameters such as soil texture, mineralogical composition, porosity a...

The accumulative roll bonding (ARB) as a severe plastic deformation (SPD) procedure aimed at enhancing the mechanical properties of metals and alloys. In the present study, a new slab method is proposed for estimating the forming stress field for cold extrusion of metals cross the alumina interlayer powder particles by accumulative roll bonding process. Plastic deformation behavior of the metal...

A subway train-steel spring floating slab track-tunnel coupling dynamic model, considering short and middle-long wavelength random track irregularities, and longitudinal connection between adjacent slabs of steel spring floating slab track, was developed. And the influence of slab length on dynamic characteristics of the system under different track conditions and train speeds are theoretically...

Shear reinforcement is one of the common measures used to strengthen slab–column connections. It can make joint’s load capacity increase. However, when connection subjected an unbalanced bending moment, reduction effect shear on moment worth investigating. Nonlinear finite element analysis was performed reinforced concrete slabs with for various moment-to-shear (M/V) ratios. The effects number ...

Computer simulation can provide valuable insight into the forces driving biomolecular liquid–liquid phase separation. However, simulated systems have a limited size, which makes it important to minimize and control finite-size effects. Here, using phenomenological free-energy ansatz, we investigate how single-phase densities observed in canonical system under coexistence conditions depend on si...

Synopsis: The structural design for the East Addition to the St. Cloud Hospital facility in central Minnesota incorporated punching shear and cracked section design criteria that are not currently specified in ACI 318-05. The complexity of the column layout and shallow floor-to-floor spacing were the primary reasons for choosing a twoway 12 in. (300 mm) reinforced concrete flat slab for the 450...

The optical properties of slab waveguides made of indefinite permittivity (ε) materials (IEMs) are considered. In this medium, the real part of the transverse permittivity is negative while that of the longitudinal permittivity is positive. At any given frequency, the IEM waveguide supports an infinite number of transverse magnetic (TM) eigenmodes. For a slab waveguide with a fixed thickness, a...

We characterize the alpha power and chirped types of refractive index profile planar slab waveguide in terms of TE/TM mode study, waveguide dispersion study, mode profile properties, power confinement factor and universal b-V graph. Our own developed finite element method has been efficiently applied to analyze the symmetric planar slab waveguide having a complicated refractive index profile. T...