a new model is proposed for two-dimensional simulation of the concrete fracture in compression. the model generated by using the voronoi diagram method and with considering random shape and distribution of full graded aggregates at the mesoscopic level. the aggregates modeled by combining irregular polygons, which then is placed into the concrete with no intersection between them. by this new m...

This paper proposes a design for a mesoscale capsule robot which can be used in gaining diagnostic data and delivering medical treatment in inaccessible parts of the human body. A novel approach is presented for the capsule robot control: A PID-controlled closed-loop approach. A modified chaotic genetic algorithm will be used to optimize the coefficients of PID controller. Then, simulation will...

Simulation is becoming an increasingly important tool, not only in materials science in a general way, but in the study of grain growth in particular. Here we exhibit a consistent variational approach to the mesoscale simulation of large systems of grain boundaries subject to Mullins Equation of curvature driven growth. Simulations must be accurate and at a scale large enough to have statistica...

Land-surface processes are one of the important drivers for weather and climate systems over the tropics. Realistic representation of land surface processes in mesoscale models over the region will help accurate simulation of numerical forecasts. The present study examines the influence of Land Use/ Land Cover Change (LULC) on the forecasting of cyclone intensity and track prediction using Meso...

[1] The infamous dust storm over the thanksgiving holiday of 1991 that led to loss of life from numerous automobile accidents on Interstate 5 (I-5) has been re-examined. Pauley et al. (1996) conducted an earlier investigation of this dust storm following the tenets of Danielsen’s paradigm—a paradigm that links the tropopause fold phenomenon and a balanced thermally indirect circulation about th...

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Departures from axisymmetric balance dynamics are quantified during a case of secondary eyewall formation. The case occurred in a three-dimensional mesoscale convection-permitting numerical simulation of a tropical cyclone, integrated from an initial weak mesoscale vortex in an idealized quiescent environment. The simulation exhibits a canonical eyewall replacement cycle. Departures from balanc...

Concrete is non-homogeneous and is composed of three main constituent phases from a mesoscopic viewpoint, namely aggregates, mortar matrix, and interface transition zone (ITZ). A mesoscale model with explicit representation of the three distinctive phases is needed for investigation into the damage processes underlying the macroscopic behaviour of the composite material. This paper presents a f...