Chemical Reaction Effects on the Flow of Titanium Dioxide–Water in a Mixed Convective Nanofluid along an Inclined Plate in a Porous Medium by Md. Nasir Uddin, Kakali Chowdhury, Jannatul Ferdows Mim

“…An inclined plate is being approached by a mixed convective boundary layer nanofluid flow of titanium dioxide–water through a porous medium. A numerical analysis has been done to investigate the effects of chemical reactions on the considered nanofluid flow. …”
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Evaluation of Face Stability for Mega Tunnel Under Varying Ground Strength Parameters by Deshpande Shilpa, Hedaoo Namdeo

“…This study investigates the impact of various geological strength variables, such as Young’s modulus and coefficient of lateral earth pressure, on Mega Tunnel face stability. Employing the numerical analysis-based computational tool Midas Gts Nx, three-dimensional modelling was conducted to analyze Mega Tunnels. …”
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Study on Tensile Properties of Nanoreinforced Epoxy Polymer: Macroscopic Experiments and Nanoscale FEM Simulation Prediction by Zhenqing Wang, Fang Liu, Wenyan Liang, Limin Zhou

“…Weight fractions of nanoparticles were converted to volume fractions, in order to coordinate the content unit in the simulation. In numerical analysis, the weak interface strengthening and toughening mechanism was adopted. …”
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Differential Microwave Imaging for Brain Stroke Followup by R. Scapaticci, O. M. Bucci, I. Catapano, L. Crocco

“…The proposed imaging procedure is based on a differential approach which requires the processing of scattered field data measured at different time instants. By means of a numerical analysis dealing with synthetic data generated for realistic anthropomorphic phantoms, we address some crucial issues for the method’s effectiveness. …”
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Influence of Bearing Stiffness on the Nonlinear Dynamics of a Shaft-Final Drive System by Xu Jinli, Wan Lei, Luo Wenxin

“…The engine’s torque ripple, the alternating load from the universal joint (U-joint), and the time-varying mesh parameters of hypoid gear of the shaft-final drive system were also considered for accurate quantitative analysis. The numerical analysis of the vibration response of the coupled system was performed and the experimental measurements were carried out for the validation test. …”
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Fatigue Crack Propagation Behavior of RC Beams Strengthened with CFRP under High Temperature and High Humidity Environment by Dongyang Li, Peiyan Huang, Guang Qin, Xiaohong Zheng, Xinyan Guo

“…Paris-Erdogan formula was developed based on the numerical analysis and environmental fatigue tests.…”
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Coverage Extension and Balancing the Transmitted Power of the Moving Relay Node at LTE-A Cellular Network by Jaafar A. Aldhaibani, Abid Yahya, R. Badlishah Ahmad

“…Moreover, we proposed a new algorithm to balance the transmitted power of moving relay node (MR) over cell size and providing required SNR and throughput at the users inside vehicle along with reducing the transmitted power consumption by MR. The numerical analysis along with the simulation results indicates that an improvement in capacity for users is 40% increment at downlink transmission from cell capacity. …”
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Investigation of Multifrequency Piezoelectric Energy Harvester by Andrius Čeponis, Dalius Mažeika

“…Results of the numerical investigation revealed that harvester has five resonance frequencies in the range from 15 Hz to 300 Hz. Numerical analysis of the harvester revealed that the highest open circuit voltage density is 19.85 mV/mm3. …”
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A Time Scheduling Model of Logistics Service Supply Chain with Mass Customized Logistics Service by Weihua Liu, Yi Yang, Xiang Li, Haitao Xu, Dong Xie

“…Setting the total cost, completion time, and the satisfaction of functional logistics service providers (FLSPs) as optimal targets, this paper establishes a time scheduling model of LSSC, which is constrained by the service order time requirement. Numerical analysis is conducted by using Matlab 7.0 software. …”
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Analysis of Stress-Strain Relationship of Earthen Soil Based on Molecular Dynamics by Jianwei Yue, Xuanjia Huang, Peng Li, Tingting Yue

“…The results of the numerical analysis are in good agreement with those of the macro test, which indicates that the research ideas and the methods used for earthen soil exploration in this work are feasible. …”
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Price and Service Competition in a Dual-Channel Supply Chain with Product Customization by Jian Wang, Huijuan Jiang

“…The impacts of price and service competition, service cost, and customers sensitivity to the customization level on the optimal decisions are investigated. Through the numerical analysis, we find that, among the three models, the manufacturer Stackelberg model is the most beneficial game structure for the overall supply chain but has the largest revenue gap between the two members. …”
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Mechanical Evaluation of Bottom Ash from Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Used in Roadbase by Qiang Tang, Fan Gu, Hui Chen, Cong Lu, Yu Zhang

“…The cemented aggregate containing bottom ash was evaluated through both experimental and numerical analysis. According to the results, the unconfined compressive strength of samples increases with the curing time, and the failure strain of sample decreases with the curing time. …”
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Influence of Tunneling in Cohesionless Soil for Different Tunnel Geometry and Volume Loss under Greenfield Condition by Raja Kanagaraju, Premalatha Krishnamurthy

“…This paper presents the numerical analysis of settlement to profile the vulnerable zone or influence zone due to tunneling activities in cohesionless deposits for free field or Greenfield conditions. …”
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Numerically evaluate axial force variations of jointed precast piles during construction by Md. Foisal Haque, Ishtiaque Ahmed

“…The difference in result of 6.84% may indicate a good agreement with the verification of the numerical analysis. The rates of the normalized axial force increments for variable soil elastic moduli, soil Poisson’s ratios, and precast pile sizes are found to be (1 to 2) %, (1.25 to 1.75) %, and (27 to 36) %, respectively. …”
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Coordination Strategy for a New Retail Supply Chain Based on Combination Contract by Shuiwang Zhang, Yu Mei, Qiang Bao, Lingzhi Shao

“…We performed a numerical analysis to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the coordination contract.…”
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High-Efficiency Dynamic Modeling of a Helical Spring Element Based on the Geometrically Exact Beam Theory by Jian Zhang, Zhaohui Qi, Gang Wang, Shudong Guo

“…In addition, a model smoothing method is developed and applied in the numerical analysis to filter the high-frequency oscillation component of the flexible multibody systems, so as to correct the system dynamic equations and improve the calculation efficiency when solving the static equilibrium of the spring. …”
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Implementing PMIPv6 Protocol Based on Extended Service Set for IEEE 802.11 Infrastructure WLAN by Deqing Zhu, Lin Xu, Yi-hua Zhu, Xianzhong Tian

“…Moreover, the handoff delay in the proposed scheme is derived, through which the performance of the proposed scheme is analyzed. Numerical analysis indicates that the proposed scheme considerably outperforms the existing scheme that uses the Basic Service Set (BSS) based architecture in terms of handoff delay in the case when the delay between Mobile Access Gateway (MAG) and local mobile anchor (LMA) is relatively large.…”
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Ultimate Pullout Capacity of a Square Plate Anchor in Clay with an Interbedded Stiff Layer by Tugen Feng, Jingyao Zong, Wei Jiang, Jian Zhang, Jian Song

“…Three-dimensional nonlinear numerical analysis is carried out to determine the ultimate pullout capacity of a square plate anchor in layered clay using the large finite element analysis software ABAQUS. …”
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Effect of Particle Breakage and Shape on the Mechanical Behaviors of Granular Materials by Yongxin Wang, Shengjun Shao, Zhi Wang

“…In addition, the numerical analysis was conducted by simulating the microshape parameters of particles. …”
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Shaking Table Model Test and Seismic Performance Analysis of a High-Rise RC Shear Wall Structure by Shujin Li, Cai Wu, Fan Kong

“…The shaking table model test, numerical analysis, and damage identification prove that this building is well designed and can be safely put into use. …”
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