The paper deals with structural optimization of biomorphic microcellular ceramics invoking an elasto– plasticity with the von Mises yield criterion in the macroscopic model. The return mapping algorithms introduced by Simo and Ortiz in 1985 are applied for the numerical solution of the problem. The latter methods are computationally effective, robust and stable, and have recently become the mos...

In this paper, we propose a probabilistic framework for model-based clustering of direction of arrival (DOA) data to obtain stable sound source localization (SSL) estimates. Model-based clustering has been shown capable of handling highly overlapped and noisy datasets, such as those involved in DOA detection. Although the Gaussian mixture model is commonly used for model-based clustering, we pr...

To investigate the stress distribution in a maxillary canine restored with each of four different post systems at different levels of alveolar bone loss. Two-dimensional finite element analysis (FEA) was performed by modeling a severely damaged canine with four different post systems: CAD/CAM zirconia, CAD/CAM glass fiber, cast titanium, and cast gold. A force of 100 N was applied to the crown,...

A finite element analysis was conducted to determine the effect of moisture diffusion and hygroscopic swelling in rice. A parallel simple stochastic modeling was performed to predict the number of grains cracked as a result of moisture absorption and hygroscopic swelling. Rice grains were soaked in thermally (25C) controlled water and then tested for compressive stress. The destructive compress...

A combined approach of numerical modeling and animal experiments was used to study the mechanisms of traumatic brain injury (TBI). A three‐dimensional finite element model (FEM) of the rat brain was submitted to experimental sagittal plane rotational acceleration pulses. The experimental setup provided histological analysis of injured brain tissues for a range of severiti...

In environmental risk analysis, it is common to assume the stochastic independence (or separability) between the marks associated with the random events of a spatial-temporal point process. Schoenberg (2004, Biometrics 60, 471-481) proposed several test statistics for this hypothesis and used simulated data to evaluate their performance. He found that a Cramér-von Mises-type test is powerful to...

A method is described for the calculation of the three-parameter Weibull distribution function from censored samples. The method introduces a data driven technique based on an adapted Gaussian like kernel to match the censoring scheme. The method minimizes the Cramer von Mises distance from a non-parametric density estimate and the parametric estimate at the order statistics. The maximum likeli...

Comparing two random vectors by calculating a distance measure between the underlying probability density functions is a key ingredient in many applications, especially in the domain of image processing. For this purpose, the recently introduced generalized Cramér-von Mises distance is an interesting choice, since it is well defined even for the multivariate and discrete case. Unfortunately, th...

Based on viscoplastic Anand’s model, the structural stress of 8 8 InSb infrared focal plane array detector with underfill is systematically analyzed by finite element method, and the impacts of design parameters including indium bump diameters, heights on both Von Mises stress and its distribution are discussed in this manuscript. Simulation results show that for the given indium bump height, t...

This paper considers partially linear varying coefficient models when the response variable is missing at random. The paper uses imputation techniques to develop an omnibus specification test. The test is based on a simple modification of a Cramer von Mises functional that overcomes the curse of dimensionality often associated with the standard Cramer von Mises functional. The paper also consid...