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...

this paper a novel homotopy perturbation method has been presented for forced convection boundary layer problems in a porous medium. Noting the infinite condition, a homotopy form which is similar to the singular perturbation form has been considered. The inner and outer solutions have been achieved and the coincidence of the results has been investigated with a proper matching method. The resu...

analysis of the stresses, displacements, and horizontal strains of the ground subsidence due to underground excavation in rocks can be accomplished by means of a hybridized higher order indirect boundary element/finite difference (be/fd) formulation. a semi-infinite displacement discontinuity field is discretized (numerically) using the cubic displacement discontinuity elements (i.e. each highe...

In this paper, we consider some boundary value problems (BVP) for fractional order partial differential equations ‎(FPDE)‎ with non-local boundary conditions. The solutions of these problems are presented as series solutions analytically via modified Mittag-Leffler functions. These functions have been modified by authors such that their derivatives are invariant with respect to fractional deriv...

In several problems of interest in computational modeling there is a media that is either infinite or semi-infinite. Some examples include: modeling the ocean when doing ship analysis, modeling the soil underneath a footing, and modeling the air around an airplane. However, every finite element model must be terminated at some finite boundary. Unfortunately, for problems involving wave propagat...

This article describes two methods for controlling the surface of a liquid in an open container as it is being carried by a robot arm. Both methods make use of the fundamental mode of oscillation and damping of the liquid in the container as predicted from a boundary element model of the fluid. The first method uses an infinite impulse response filter to alter the acceleration profile so that t...

Robotically Controlled Slosh-Free Motion of an Open Container of Liquid John Feddema, Clark Dohrmann, Gordon Parker, Rush Robinett, Vicente Romero, Dan Schmittt Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque, NM 87185 RECEIVED OCT 1 1 1995 Q S T I This paper describes two methods for controlling the surface of a liquid in an open container as it is being carried by a robot arm. Both methods make use ...