A finite element formulation to approximate the behavior of lipidic membranes is proposed. The mathematical model incorporates tangential viscous stresses and bending elastic forces, together with the inextensibility constraint and the enclosed volume constraint. The membrane is discretized by a surface mesh made up of planar triangles, over which a mixed formulation (velocity-curvature) is bui...

condition monitoring of bldc motors due to their important applications is gaining more and more significance. rotor eccentricity is one of the most important sources of faults in these motors. up to now, detection methods of this fault under nonstationary conditions are limited to complicated and time-consuming methods using wavelets and cohen class algorithms which are difficult to implement ...

Announcement. Tony Humphries is delighted to announce his engagement to Rosa Almeida, who he met whilst travelling in Portugal after the conference. Abstract. We compute general (non-radial) positive solutions of the semi-linear elliptic PDE u+u+ u 5 = 0, in 3 space dimensions (where the nonlinearity is critical) using the Finite Element Method. We have overcome two fundamental diiculties in th...

In this paper, we study the semi-discrete Galerkin finite element method for parabolic equations with Lipschitz continuous coefficients. We prove the maximumnorm stability of the semigroup generated by the corresponding elliptic finite element operator, and prove the space-time stability of the parabolic projection onto the finite element space in L∞(QT ) and L p((0, T ); Lq ( )), 1 < p, q < ∞....

In this paper, an H-Galerkin mixed finite element method is discussed for the coupled Burgers equations. The optimal error estimates of the semi-discrete and fully discrete schemes of the coupled Burgers equation are derived. Keywords—The coupled Burgers equation; H-Galerkin mixed finite element method; Backward Euler’s method; Optimal error estimates.

This paper presents a method to compute consistent response sensitivities of force-based finite element models of structural frame systems to both material constitutive and discrete loading parameters. It has been shown that force-based frame elements are superior to classical displacement-based elements in the sense that they enable, at no significant additional costs, a drastic reduction in t...

To solve crack problems, some coupled methods have been developed in recent years. Most of these methods have some shortcomings such as the need for a transition region. The finite element and enriched element free Galerkin methods are widely used for this class of problems. In order to take the advantages of these methods while avoiding the disadvantages, it is essential to follow solution app...

As a semi-analytical structural analysis algorithm, the scaled boundary finite-element method (SBFEM) only discretizes the boundary of the analyzed domain without the need of fundamental solutions, which makes it powerful for problems with stress singularity or unbounded foundation media. In this paper, a sensitivity analysis method of SBFEM is proposed for elastostatics, through which the firs...