Impact of Thin-Walled Projectiles with Concrete Targets by Rayment E. Moxley, Mark D. Adley, Bob Rohani

“…A computational simulation of a test was conducted with an impact/penetration model created by linking a rigid-body penetration trajectory code with a general-purpose finite element code. …”
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Bayesian Estimation of Archimedean Copula-Based SUR Quantile Models by Nachatchapong Kaewsompong, Paravee Maneejuk, Woraphon Yamaka

“…Satisfactory results from simulation studies are obtained suggesting the good performance and reliability of the Bayesian method used in our proposed model. …”
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Analytical Predictor-Corrector Guidance Algorithm Based on Drag Modulation Flight Control System for Mars Aerocapture by Yu-ming Peng, Bo Xu, Bao-dong Fang, Han-lun Lei

“…The simulation results show that the guidance algorithm is accurate and robust, which can effectively overcome the influence of atmospheric density error, aerodynamic parameter error, and initial state uncertainty.…”
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Space-Based Optical Observations on Space Debris via Multipoint of View by Zhao Li, Yidi Wang, Wei Zheng

“…Finally, the system capabilities of different schemes are compared by simulations. For the schemes with the same number of platforms, simulation results show that the initial orbit determination accuracy of the proposed scheme is higher.…”
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Definition of a thermal comfort rating scale for mountaneering boots by Eleonora Bianca, Francesca Dotti, Ada Ferri

“…This study investigates the thermal insulation and moisture management of three types of mountaneering boots and simulated hiking activities under controlled environmental conditions with two elite athletes. …”
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Structural reinforcement of historic buildings based on ABAQUS finite element analysis and reinforcement analysis by Heng Wang, Lei Gao

“…The results demonstrated that the ultimate load, failure load and ultimate displacement could be well simulated by ABAQUS-based finite element analysis. …”
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A Visibility-based Angular Bispectrum Estimator for Radio-interferometric Data by Sukhdeep Singh Gill, Somnath Bharadwaj, Sk. Saiyad Ali, Khandakar Md Asif Elahi

“…Here, we present the formalism of the estimator and validate it using simulated visibility data for the Murchison Widefield Array observations at ν  = 154.25 MHz. …”
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An Optimal Electric Dipole Antenna Model and Its Field Propagation by Yidong Xu, Lili Guo, Wei Xue, Korochentsev Vladimir, Junwei Qi

“…The paper also presents a full-wave electromagnetic simulation for the electromagnetic field propagation in layered conducting medium, which is excited by the horizontal electric dipole antennas. …”
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Performance Evaluation of MBA-OLSR Routing Protocol for MANETs by Waheb A. Jabbar, Mahamod Ismail, Rosdiadee Nordin

“…The protocol performance is evaluated in different simulation scenarios of wireless mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) environment. …”
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Resilient Multi-Agent Systems Against Denial of Service Attacks via Adaptive and Activatable Network Layers by Deepalakshmi Babu Venkateswaran, Zhihua Qu

“…Both simulations confirm that the proposed approach significantly enhances system stability and performance under attack conditions.…”
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Importance of Distribution Type on Bearing Capacity of an Embedded Foundation in Spatially Varying Soils by Jiwei Han, Xiaoming Liu, Yongxin Wu, Xuhui Zhou

“…The nonstationary undrained shear strength is simulated by a nonstationary random field generator based on the spectral representation method. …”
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Zero Index Metamaterial for Designing High-Gain Patch Antenna by Yahong Liu, Xiaojing Guo, Shuai Gu, Xiaopeng Zhao

“…Antenna performances are studied with simulations and measurements. The results show that the more directional and higher gain patch antennas can be obtained. …”
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Development and Performance Test including Mechanical and Thermal of New Tenon Composite Block Masonry Walls by Hui Su, Dongyue Wu, Mengying Shen, Wei Chen, Shilin Wang

“…The mechanical strength and thermal properties of the optimized tenon composite blocks were tested with experiments and numerical simulation in this study. The testing and simulation results indicated that after utilizing the two optimized concrete mixing ratios, the tenon composite block strength matched the strength requirements according to the related design code. …”
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A New Theoretical Method for Solving Forward Kinematics of the Parallel Mechanisms Based on Transfer Matrix by Jin Wang, Zijian Jing, Junli Guo, Tao Qin, Han Li, Xin Li, Zhenchuang Li, Fanhui Meng, Bo Qi

“…The proposed method is applied to analyze the forward kinematics and workspace of both planar and spatial flexible mechanisms. Simulation calculations and experiments are conducted to verify the method’s effectiveness. …”
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Development of Electrohydraulic Steering Control System for Tractor Automatic Navigation by Chengqiang Yin, Qun Sun, Jian Wu, Chengqiang Liu, Jie Gao

“…The effectiveness and the superiority of the proposed method were verified by simulation under Matlab. Simulation results demonstrated the efficiency of the proposed method by showing fast response, control accuracy, and robust performance for the steering control system.…”
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An Analytical Optimisation Framework for Airport Terminal Capacity Expansion by Sultan Alodhaibi, Robert L. Burdett, Prasad K. D. V. Yarlagadda

“…The objective function is stochastic and can only be evaluated using discrete event simulation. As this model is stochastic and nonlinear, a Simulated Annealing (SA) metaheuristic was implemented and tested. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Ground Shock Coupling Factor for Near-Surface Detonations by Timothy W. Shelton, John Q. Ehrgott, Ramon J. Moral, Michele Barbato

“…Comparisons between these recent experimental results and results of numerical simulations of the ground shock propagation in soil are presented. …”
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A Phenomenological Thermal-Mechanical Viscoelastic Constitutive Modeling for Polypropylene Wood Composites by Xiongqi Peng, Hongling Yin, Jun Chen, Xue Liu

“…Then the model is used to simulate thermal compression of the PP wood composite. …”
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Topology Control and Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) in Cyber-Physical System by Ang Li, Chen Zhang, Baoyu Zheng, Lei Li

“…The system reachability set is calculated by covering all possible behaviours of the system through a finite number of simulation steps to ensure that the system trajectory stays within a set safety region. …”
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Dynamic Analysis of Traffic State and Congestion Propagation on Bidirectional Grid Network by Shu-bin Li, Bai-bai Fu, Jian-feng Zheng

“…The simulation results show that the proposed model and method are capable of capturing the real traffic states. …”
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