This paper aims to study the mechanical behaviour and failure mechanism of intact rocks under different loading conditions using the grain based model implemented in the universal distinct element code (UDEC). The grain based numerical model is a powerful tool to investigate complicated micro-structural mechanical behaviour of rocks. In the UDEC grain based model, the intact material is simulat...

the molybdenum dicilicide is an intermetallic compound with two allotropies tetragonal ?-mosi2 and hexagonal ?-mosi2.the ?-mosi2 phase is established to 1900 ?c and ?-mosi2 phase from 1900 to 2050 ?c. this material has considerable properties that provide different applications in different industries such as air-space industry and gas turbines. the molybdenum synthesis can be down in various w...

   This paper deals with the development and modeling of cylindrical contact theories and also the simulation of contact forces to be applied in the manipulation of various biological micro/nanoparticles by means of the AFM. First, the simulation of contact forces in four environments has been carried out, which are the most commonly used fluid in biomanipulation. Then, the spherical and cy...

We formulate two problems of optimal design for mechanical structures in unilatéral contact the truss topology problem and the matenal design problem for elastic bodies In both cases we consider gênerai multi-load formulations, wherefor each load-case we may have different set of contact constraints (ngid obstacles) We show that both problems (after discretizatwn of the latter one) can be rewri...

Mechanical contacts are crucial to systems in engineering, electronics and biology. The microscopic nature of the contacting surfaces determines how they mesh on the nanoscale. There is thus much interest in methods that can map the actual area of two surfaces in contact--the real contact area--during the loading or unloading phases. We address this problem using an ultrafast optical technique ...

We investigated the influence of mechanical, visual and contact chemical stimulation on behavioural gregarization of fifth-instar solitarious nymphs of the desert locust. The stimuli were applied in two 2x2 factorial experimental designs, the first with contact chemical and mechanical stimuli, and the second with contact chemical and visual stimulation. Stimulus treatments were applied for a 4-...

It is anticipated that future nanoelectronic devices will utilize carbon nanotubes (CNT) and/or single graphene sheets (SGS) as the low-level on-chip interconnects or functional elements. Here we address the contact resistance of Cu for higher level on-chip interconnects with CNT or SGS elements. We use first-principles quantum mechanical (QM) density functional and matrix Green’s function meth...

Mechanical behavior of two-layer metal laminate structures under low-speed impact loading was investigated experimentally and numerically. The experimental results were just used for validation of numerical results. Then numerical modeling was used to study the behavior of metal laminates in details. The mechanical behavior of the metal laminate structures under impact loading was found to be d...