In this study a series of ambient vibration tests on the triple ferrocement elevated water tanks with 150 cubic meters volume, is carried out. In order to verify the dynamic characteristics of full, half-full and one full tanks (mass eccentric system), the different arrangements of sensors are used. The effects of base rotation are also considered in the tests. Natural frequencies and mode shap...

The Community Atmosphere Model (CAM) version 5 includes a spectral element dynamical core option from NCAR’s High-Order Method Modeling Environment. It is a continuous Galerkin spectral finite element method designed for fully unstructured quadrilateral meshes. The current configurations in CAM are based on the cubedsphere grid. The main motivation for including a spectral element dynamical cor...

In this study a series of ambient vibration tests on the triple ferrocement elevated water tanks with 150 cubic meters volume, is carried out. In order to verify the dynamic characteristics of full, half-full and one full tanks (mass eccentric system), the different arrangements of sensors are used. The effects of base rotation are also considered in the tests. Natural frequencies and mode shap...

We address the Korteweg-de Vries equation as an interesting model of high order partial differential equation, and show that using the classical spectral element method, i.e. a high order continuous Galerkin approximation, it is possible to develop satisfactory schemes, in terms of accuracy, computational efficiency, simplicity of implementation and, if required, conservation of the lower invar...

This paper presents an analytical method to compute the leakage inductances of power transformers with a turn-to-turn winding fault. A leakage inductance model to represent the transformer with faulty turns is also proposed. The results obtained from the application of the analytical method are validated by using data obtained from finite-element analysis and experimental tests.

The celebrated Spectral Element Method (SEM) has appeared to be of great interest to extend the capabilities of spectral methods to complex geometries. However, using quadrangular (hexahedral in 3D) elements may be a severe restriction for the most complex geometries, because requiring a structured mesh. Thus, Finite element meshes are usually based on triangles (tetrahedra in 3D). Efforts have...

Finite element formulations based generally on classical beam theories such as Euler-Bernoulli or Timoshenko. Sometimes, these two formulations could be problematic expressed in terms of restrictions of Euler-Bernoulli beam theory, in case of thicker beams due to non-consideration of transverse shear; phenomenon that is known as shear locking characterized the Timoshenko beam theory, in case of...