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The formation of kink wave fronts (KWFs) in a quasi-two-dimensional granular system is investigated numerically with a focus on the role of cohesive interactions between individual particles. The cohesive particle-particle interaction is…
This paper studies the aeroelasticity of a stiffened cantilever plate using composite material and novel structural layouts. A comprehensive parametric study is conducted to determine the influence of different design parameters on the…
The vaporization of a freely moving drop in a uniform, high-temperature gas stream is investigated through direct numerical simulation. The incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with surface tension and phase change are solved in…
Conventional phase-field models often drive solid-solid interfaces to coalesce when in close proximity. This feature limits their use for processes like diffusion bonding, where the interfaces might need to remain distinct under certain…
The relativistic hydrodynamics (RHD) equations can give rise to solutions which have shocks, contact discontinuities, and other sharp structures, which interact and evolve over time. Capturing these sharp waves effectively requires a mesh…
We consider the two-dimensional Kirchhoff-Love plate equation in the context of elasticity modeling the stresses and deformations in thin plates subjected to forces and moments. We establish global recovery of the material parameters like…
We present an approach that combines the local density approximation (LDA) and the dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT) in the framework of the full-potential linear augmented plane waves (FLAPW) method. Wannier-like functions for the…
On the basis of a previous theoretical approach to the plastic flow of highly refined materials, a physical explanation for diffusion bonding is essayed, which yields closed--form equations relating the bonding progress with time,…
An adhesive unilateral contact between visco-elastic bodies at small strains and in a Kelvin-Voigt rheology is scrutinized, neglecting inertia. The flow-rule for debonding the adhesive is considered rate independent, unidirectional, and…
Effective interface conditions for a periodically voided thin layer separating two homogeneous bulk regions are derived for the elastic wave equation by taking the simultaneous limit of vanishing layer periodicity and layer thickness. The…
By combining the Baeriswyl wavefunction with equilibrium and time-dependent variational principles, we develop a non-equilibrium formalism to study quantum quenches for two dimensional spinless fermions with nearest-neighbour hopping and…
The secret to the spectacular flight capabilities of flapping insects lies in their wings, which are often approximated as flat, rigid plates. Real wings are however delicate structures, composed of veins and membranes, and can undergo…
This work proposes a novel model and numerical formulation for lubricated contact problems describing the mutual interaction between two deformable 3D solid bodies and an interposed fluid film. The solid bodies are consistently described…
The present study is concerned with a one-dimensional problem in explosive welding that pertains to the collision of lead and steel plates. The metal plates and the surrounding air are represented as separate immiscible phases governed by…
This paper proposes an efficient boundary-integral based "windowed Green function" methodology (WGF) for the numerical solution of three-dimensional electromagnetic problems containing dielectric waveguides. The approach, which generalizes…
We consider the problem of electrowetting on dielectric (EWoD). The system involves the dynamics of a conducting droplet, which is immersed in another dielectric fluid, on a dielectric substrate under an applied voltage. The fluid dynamics…
This paper presents a detailed analysis of the three-dimensional stability properties of an annular liquid film coating a cylindrical fibre in the presence of van der Waals (vdW) interactions, whose influence depends on the wettability of…
We rigorously derive a Blake-Zisserman-Kirchhoff theory for thin plates with material voids, starting from a three-dimensional model with elastic bulk and interfacial energy featuring a Willmore-type curvature penalization. The effective…
Consider the wave propagation in a two-layered medium consisting of a homogeneous compressible air or fluid on top of a homogeneous isotropic elastic solid. The interface between the two layers is assumed to be an unbounded rough surface.…
A new variational formulation is herein proposed for the solution of adhesive contact problems for non-planar profiles of arbitrary shape indenting a deformable half-plane. The method exploits the original idea of accounting for the shape…