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In this paper, we focus on multi-scale modeling and simulation of piezoelectric composite materials. A multi-scale model for piezoelectric composite materials under the framework of Heterogeneous Multi-scale Method(HMM) is proposed. For…
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We present a virtual element method (VEM) for the numerical approximation of the electromagnetics subsystem of the resistive magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) model in two spatial dimensions. The major advantages of the virtual element method…
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Computational material modeling using advanced numerical techniques speeds up the design process and reduces the costs of developing new engineering products. In the field of multiscale modeling, huge computation efforts are expected for…