The paper presents the static, free vibration and buckling analyses of eccentrically stiffened plates by the cell-based smoothed discrete shear gap method (CS-FEM-DSG3) using triangular elements. In this method, the original plate element CS-DSG3 is combined with a membrane element and stiffened by a thick beam element. The eccentricity between the plate and the beam is included in the formulat...

In this paper, we use Hermite cubic finite elements to approximate the solutions of a nonlinear Euler– Bernoulli beam equation. The equation is derived from Hollomon’s generalized Hooke’s law for work hardening materials with the assumptions of the Euler–Bernoulli beam theory. The Ritz–Galerkin finite element procedure is used to form a finite dimensional nonlinear program problem, and a nonlin...

Thisarticle presents the evaluation of static and dynamic behavior of simply supported sigmoid functionally graded ordinary (SFGO) beam. A finite element method is used considering first order shear deformation for the analysis.The element chosen in the present case is different from the conventional elements in the sense that the shape functions of the element is obtained from the exact soluti...

in this paper, a crack localization method for euler-bernoulli beams via an efficient static data based indicator is proposed. the crack in beams is simulated here using a triangular variation in the stiffness. static responses of a beam are obtained by the finite element modeling. in order to reduce the computational cost of damage detection method, the beam deflection is fitted through a poly...

Crack identification is a very important issue in mechanical systems, because it is a damage that if develops may cause catastrophic failure. In the first part of this research, modal analysis of a multi-cracked variable cross-section beam is done using finite element method. Then, the obtained results are validated usingthe results of experimental modal analysis tests. In the next part, a nove...

Fig. 1. Rapid-scanning x-ray fluorescence mapping experimental setup. Synchrotron x-rays at 11 keV passed through a 50 μm aperture (Ap). The beam intensity was monitored with a N2-filled ion chamber (I0). The brain slice was mounted vertically on a motorized stage (St) at 45° to the incident x-ray beam and raster scanned in the beam. A 13-element Ge detector (Ge) was positioned at a 90° angle t...

This paper introduces a novel architecture of a multi-beam adaptive beamformer for SDMA (space division multiple access) applications. Combined with a 5.8 GHz eight-element RF front-end, digital beamforming performance using the proposed frequency-domain multi-beam beamformer is demonstrated in post processing. The DOA estimation based on the ESPRIT algorithm and simultaneous dual-beam forming ...

the rapid melting of a semi- infinite body due to the absorption of a cw laser beam radiation has been studied. the enthalpy technique for the solution of phase change problems has been used in an explicit finite difference form to calculate the transient temperature distribution in the semi-infinite body and the growth rate of the melt pool. the technique has been modified so that it is not ne...

v-shaped and triangular cantilevers are widely employed in atomic force microscope (afm) imaging techniques due to their stability. for the design of vibration control systems of afm cantilevers which utilize patched piezo actuators, obtaining an accurate system model is indispensable prior to acquiring the information related to natural modes. a general differential quadrature element method (...

Circular antenna array design is one of the most important electromagnetic optimization problems of current interest. The antenna must generate a pencil beam pattern in the vertical plane along with minimized side lobe level. In this paper we present non conventional method based on improved parameter of hyper beam exponent x. The circular array when implemented using hyper beam technique, ther...