Liquefaction resistance of sand can be either increased or reduced due to an undrained cyclic pre-shearing depending on the degree pre-shearing, which hinders a better prediction liquefaction potential established. The mechanism such changes in has been poorly understood. This contribution aims gain micromechanical insights into effects using discrete element method (DEM) simulations. In partic...

‎In this paper‎, ‎we study the convex combinations of harmonic mappings obtained by shearing a class of slit conformal mappings‎. ‎Sufficient conditions for the convex combinations of harmonic mappings of this family to be univalent and convex in the horizontal direction are derived‎. ‎Several examples of univalent harmonic mappings constructed by using these methods are presented to illustrate...

The material characteristics such as size effect are one of the most important factors that could not be neglected in cutting the material at nanoscale. The effects of anisotropic nature of single crystal materials in nano-cutting are investigated employing the molecular dynamics simulation. Results show that the size effect of the plastic deformation is based on different plastic carriers, suc...

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) behave differently from massive samples. Conventional testing and inspection techniques usually fail at the microscale. Recently there has been an increasing interest in the application of optical techniques for microstructure testing, because they are high-resolution, non-contact, full-field, fast and relatively inexpensive. New interferometric systems, wh...