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Deflections, stresses and free vibration studies of FG-CNT reinforced sandwich plates resting on Pasternak elastic foundation

  • Bendenia, Noureddine;Zidour, Mohamed;Bousahla, Abdelmoumen Anis;Bourada, Fouad;Tounsi, Abdeldjebbar;Benrahou, Kouider Halim;Bedia, E.A. Adda;Mahmoud, S.R.;Tounsi, Abdelouahed
    • Computers and Concrete
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.213-226
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    • 2020
  • The present study covenants with the static and free vibration behavior of nanocomposite sandwich plates reinforced by carbon nanotubes resting on Pasternak elastic foundation. Uniformly distributed (UD-CNT) and functionally graded (FG-CNT) distributions of aligned carbon nanotube are considered for two types of sandwich plates such as, the face sheet reinforced and homogeneous core and the homogeneous face sheet and reinforced core. Based on the first shear deformation theory (FSDT), the Hamilton's principle is employed to derive the mathematical models. The obtained solutions are numerically validated by comparison with some available cases in the literature. The elastic foundation model is assumed as one parameter Winkler - Pasternak foundation. A parametric study is conducted to study the effects of aspect ratios, foundation parameters, carbon nanotube volume fraction, types of reinforcement, core-to-face sheet thickness ratio and types of loads acting on the bending and free vibration analyses. It is explicitly shown that the (FG-CNT) face sheet reinforced sandwich plate has a high resistance against deflections compared to other types of reinforcement. It is also revealed that the reduction in the dimensionless natural frequency is most pronounced in core reinforced sandwich plate.

Analytical study of bending and free vibration responses of functionally graded beams resting on elastic foundation

  • Chaabane, Lynda Amel;Bourada, Fouad;Sekkal, Mohamed;Zerouati, Sara;Zaoui, Fatima Zohra;Tounsi, Abdeldjebbar;Derras, Abdelhak;Bousahla, Abdelmoumen Anis;Tounsi, Abdelouahed
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.71 no.2
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    • pp.185-196
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    • 2019
  • In this investigation, study of the static and dynamic behaviors of functionally graded beams (FGB) is presented using a hyperbolic shear deformation theory (HySDT). The simply supported FG-beam is resting on the elastic foundation (Winkler-Pasternak types). The properties of the FG-beam vary according to exponential (E-FGB) and power-law (P-FGB) distributions. The governing equations are determined via Hamilton's principle and solved by using Navier's method. To show the accuracy of this model (HySDT), the current results are compared with those available in the literature. Also, various numerical results are discussed to show the influence of the variation of the volume fraction of the materials, the power index, the slenderness ratio and the effect of Winkler spring constant on the fundamental frequency, center deflection, normal and shear stress of FG-beam.

The nano scale buckling properties of isolated protein microtubules based on modified strain gradient theory and a new single variable trigonometric beam theory

  • Alwabli, Afaf S.;Kaci, Abdelhakim;Bellifa, Hichem;Bousahla, Abdelmoumen Anis;Tounsi, Abdelouahed;Alzahrani, Dhafer A.;Abulfaraj, Aala A.;Bourada, Fouad;Benrahou, Kouider Halim;Tounsi, Abdeldjebbar;Mahmoud, S.R.;Hussain, Muzamal
    • Advances in nano research
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.15-24
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    • 2021
  • Microtubules (MTs) are the main part of the cytoskeleton in living eukaryotic cells. In this article, a mechanical model of MT buckling, considering the modified strain gradient theory, is analytically examined. The MT is assumed as a cylindrical beam and a new single variable trigonometric beam theory is developed in conjunction with a modified strain gradient model. The main benefit of the present formulation is shown in its new kinematic where we found only one unknown as the Euler-Bernoulli beam model, which is even less than the Timoshenko beam model. The governing equations are deduced by considering virtual work principle. The effectiveness of the present method is checked by comparing the obtained results with those reported by other higher shear deformation beam theory involving a higher number of unknowns. It is shown that microstructure-dependent response is more important when material length scale parameters are closer to the outer diameter of MTs. Also, it can be confirmed that influences of shear deformation become more considerable for smaller shear modulus and aspect ratios.

The effect of visco-Pasternak foundation on the free vibration behavior of exponentially graded sandwich plates with various boundary conditions

  • Fatima, Bounouara;Salem Mohammed, Aldosari;Abdelbaki, Chikh;Abdelhakim, Kaci;Abdelmoumen Anis, Bousahla;Fouad, Bourada;Abdelouahed, Tounsi;Kouider Halim, Benrahou;Hind, Albalawi;Abdeldjebbar, Tounsi
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.46 no.3
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    • pp.367-383
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    • 2023
  • In this investigation, an improved integral trigonometric shear deformation theory is employed to examine the vibrational behavior of the functionally graded (FG) sandwich plates resting on visco-Pasternak foundations. The studied structure is modelled with only four unknowns' variables displacements functions. The simplicity of the developed model being in the reduced number of variables which was made with the help of the use of the indeterminate integral in the formulation. The current kinematic takes into consideration the shear deformation effect and does not require any shear correction factors as used in the first shear deformation theory. The equations of motion are determined from Hamilton's principle with including the effect of the reaction of the visco-Pasternak's foundation. A Galerkin technique is proposed to solve the differentials governing equations, which enables one to obtain the semi-analytical solutions of natural frequencies for various clamped and simply supported FG sandwich plates resting on visco-Pasternak foundations. The validity of proposed model is checked with others solutions found in the literature. Parametric studies are performed to illustrate the impact of various parameters as plate dimension, layer thickness ratio, inhomogeneity index, damping coefficient, vibrational mode and elastic foundation on the vibrational behavior of the FG sandwich plates.

Mechanical and thermal stability investigation of functionally graded plates resting on visco-Pasternak foundation

  • Samira Hassiba Tagrara;Mohamed Mehdi hamri;Mahmoud Mohamed Selim Saleh;Mofareh Hassan Ghazwani;Abdelbaki Chikh;Abdelmoumen Anis Bousahla;Abdelhakim Kaci;Fouad Bourada;Abdelouahed Tounsi
    • Steel and Composite Structures
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    • v.46 no.6
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    • pp.839-856
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    • 2023
  • This work presents a simple four-unknown refined integral plate theory for mechanical and thermal buckling behaviors of functionally graded (FG) plates resting on Visco-Pasternak foundations. The proposed refined high order shear deformation theory has a new displacement field which includes indeterminate integral variables and contains only four unknowns in which any shear correction factor not used, with even less than the conventional theory of first shear strain (FSDT). Governing equations are deduced from the principle of minimum total potential energy and a Navier type analytical solution is adopted for simply supported FG plates. The Visco-Pasternak foundations is considered by adding the impact of damping to the usual foundation model which characterized by the linear Winkler's modulus and Pasternak's foundation modulus. The accuracy of the present model is demonstrated by comparing the computed results with those available in the literature. Some numerical results are presented to show the impact of material index, elastic foundation type, and damping coefficient of the foundation, on the mechanical and thermal buckling behaviors of FG plates.

Vibration Isolation Characteristics of CRP Materials and SNORE Ring on the Multi-Curved Structure (CRP 재질 및 SNORE 링 부착에 따른 다층 곡면 구조물의 진동 차단 특성 연구)

  • Lee, Jong-Kil;Jo, Chi-Yong
    • 대한공업교육학회지
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.224-237
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    • 2010
  • When the underwater structure sails high speed, noise and vibration propagate to the sensor in the nose of the dome. In this paper, to avoid this kind of noise and vibration CRP(Carbon Reinforced Plastic) material and SNORE ring(Self-NOise REduction Ring) are attached at the curved structure and simulates its isolation characteristics using commercial software. Vibration displacement and stress are calculated at the planar sensor array. The material of the curved structure is aluminum and maximum outer diameter is 53Omm, 215mm in length, 270mm in planar diameter, respectively. Based on the simulation results, reduction ratio of the received normal stress at the sensor is above 95% at the frequency of 12kHz and 15kHz. At the mid point of the planar sensor the normal stress is higher than 20mm and 40mm apart. This results can be used to increase the sensitivity of the acoustic sensor as a basic data.

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Perfect Interference Alignment for K-user MIMO X Network (K-사용자 X 네트워크에서 다중안테나를 이용한 완전 간섭정렬기법)

  • Park, Seong-Ho;Park, Ki-Hong;Kim, Myeong-Jin;Ko, Young-Chai
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.95-101
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    • 2011
  • In wireless X networks where all transmitters send the independent messages to all receivers, the theoretical bound on the degrees of freedom (DOF) and interference alignment (IA) scheme for its achievability are given by Cadambe and Jafar [1]. However, IA scheme for wireless X network may be infeasible in practice unless the transmitters have the perfect channel information. In addition, if the transmitter with single antenna uses time-varying channel coefficients as a beamforming vector, the infinite channel extension is required to achieve the theoretical bound on the DOF of wireless X networks with perfect IA scheme. In this paper, we consider K-user MIMO X network where K transmitters and K receivers have M antennas each. While the beamforming vectors have been constructed with multiple channel uses over multiple time slot in the earlier work, we consider the beamforming vectors constructed only by a spatial signature over unit time. Accordingly the channel information at the transmitters can be available instantaneously. Then we propose the perfect IA scheme with no channel extension. Based on our sum-rate analysis and the simulation results, we confirm that our proposed scheme can achieve MK/2 DOF which is quite close to the theoretical bound on the DOF region of wireless X networks.

The Optical Properties of $TiO_2/Al/TiO_2$, $TiO_2/Cr/TiO_2$ Multi-layered Pearl-pigment films by DC, RF Magnetron Sputtering (DC, RF Magnetron Sputtering 공법을 이용한 다층 $TiO_2/Al/TiO_2$, $TiO_2/Cr/TiO_2$ 진주안료용 필름의 광학적 특성)

  • Lee, Nam-Il;Jang, Gun-Eik;Jeong, Jae-Il;Cho, Seong-Yoon;Jang, Gil-Wan
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2006.06a
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    • pp.448-449
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    • 2006
  • For the possible applicative pearl pigment, multi-layered $TiO_2/Al/TiO_2$, $TiO_2/Cr/TiO_2$ thin film was deposited on glass substrate by using sputtering method. $TiO_2$ and Al or Cr was selected as a possible high and low refraction materials at the film interface respectively. Optical properties including color effect were systematically studied in terms of different film thickness and film layers by using spectrometer. In order to expect the experimental results, the simulation program, the Essential Macleod Program(EMP) was adopted and compared with the experimental data. The film consisting of $TiO_2/Al/TiO_2$, $TiO_2/Cr/TiO_2$ layers show the wavelength range of 430 - 760nm, typically color ranges between bluish purple and red. It was confirmed that this experimental result was quite well matched with the experimental one.

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Characteristics and Modeling Analysis of Entrained Flow Gasifiers (분류층 가스화기 특징 및 공정모사 분석)

  • Yoo, Jeongseok;Kim, Youseok;Paek, Minsu
    • New & Renewable Energy
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.20-28
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    • 2013
  • The gasification process has developed to convert coal into the more useful energy and material since decades. Despite the numberous design of ones, entrained flow gasifier of the major companies has had an advantage on the market. Because it has a merit of full-scale and high performance plant. In this paper, the gasification technologies of GE energy, Phillips, Siemens and Shell have been reviewed to compare their characteristics and a high performance gasification process was suggested. And the simulation model of gasifiers using Aspen Plus offered the quantitative comparison data for difference designs. The simulation results revealed the poor performance of the slurry feed than dry design. The corresponding cold gas efficiency of 77% is much lower than the 80.3% for the dry feed cases. The exergy analysis of the difference syngas quenching system showed that chemical quenching is superior to another. The results of analysis recommend the two stage gasifier with dry multi-feeder as the energy effective design.

A Study on Slipping Phenomenon in a Media Transport System (급지 장치에서의 미끄러짐 현상에 대한 연구)

  • 유재관;이순걸;임성수;김시은
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2004.10a
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    • pp.681-685
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    • 2004
  • A media-feeding (or media-transport) system is a key component in daily consumer systems such as printers, copiers and ATM's. The role of the media-transport system is to feed a medium, which is usually in the form of a thin film, to the main process in a uniform and repeatable manner. Even small slippage between the media and the feeding rollers could significantly degrade the performance of the entire system. The slippage between the medium and the feeding rollers is determined by many parameters which include the friction coefficient between the feeding rollers and the medium material, the angular velocity of the feeding rollers, and the normal force applied by feeding rollers on the medium. This paper investigates the effect of the normal force and the angular velocity of feeding rollers on the slippage of the medium. Authors have constructed a test bed for experiments, which consists of a feeding module and various measuring devices. Using regular paper as media being fed, the authors experimentally measured the slippage of the medium under various normal forces and angular velocities of driving feeding roller. Also the authors developed a novel two-dimensional simulation model for the media-transport system. The paper medium is modeled as a set of multiple rigid bodies interconnected by revolute joints and rotational springs and dampers. Simulations were executed using a multi-body dynamic analysis tool called RecurDy $n^{ⓡ}$. The slippage obtained by the simulation is compared to experimental results.ults.

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