A coplanar waveguide (CPW) fed ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna with a notch band characteristic is presented in the paper. The radiation patch of the proposed UWB antenna is designed using cantor set fractal technology. The bandwidth is broadened by setting two symmetrical triangular tapered corners at the bottom of the wide slot of the proposed UWB antenna. The notched band characteristic is achi...

A CPW-fed UWB antenna with WiMAX and WLAN band-notched characteristics is presented in this paper. The proposed antenna is fed by a CPW structure and provides the band-notched characteristics by etching an arc slot on the monopole plate and integrating the antenna with electromagnetically coupled microstrip resonator into a single module. In order to prevent interference problem due to existing...

In this article, a novel simplified dual-composite right/lefthanded transmission line (S-D-CRLH-TL) is proposed according to the theory of dual-composite right/left-handed transmission line. The electromagnetic characteristics of S-D-CRLH-TL are analyzed by simulator, and the results indicate that the proposed structure has two narrow stopbands; they can be controlled by changing the geometry p...

This article proposes an open-source implementation of a phase-field model for brittle fracture using recently developed finite-element toolbox, Gridap in Julia. work exploits the advantages both and toolbox simulating materials. On one hand, use model, which is continuum approach uses diffuse representation sharp cracks, enables proposed to overcome such well-known drawbacks discrete predictin...

The use of recycled materials and industrial by-products as sustainable constituents cement-based could be an environmentally technically promising solution for application to structural elements. In the present work, technical environmental impact using steel fibers alternative concrete reinforcement was assessed at material level. Numerical simulations were performed derive post-cracking cons...

a constitutive model based on two–dimensional unstructured galerkin finite volume method (gfvm) is introduced and applied for analyzing nonlinear behavior of cracked concrete structures in equilibrium condition. the developed iterative solver treats concrete as an orthotropic nonlinear material and considers the softening and hardening behavior of concrete under compression and tension by using...

thermomechanical control process steel produced by rolling has a significant anisotropy. the elongated grains and inclusions formed during hot rolling of ferrite and low carbon hsla steels directly influence the anisotropy of the steel’s mechanical properties as a result of microstructural anisotropy. the present research deals with this anisotropy, and particular attention has been paid to the...

A specific design approach is formulated to notched components of additively manufactured AISI 316L against constant/variable amplitude multiaxial fatigue loading. The accuracy the proposed checked experimental results generated by testing, under biaxial loading, plain/notched cylindrical specimens 3D-printed 316L. Specific trials were run investigate also effect out-of-phase angles equal 90° a...