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Numerical Investigation of Masonry Infilled RC Frames Subjected to Seismic Loading
(2018-02-21)Reinforced concrete frames, infilled with brick/concrete block masonry, are the most common type of structures found in multi-storeyed constructions, especially in developing countries. Usually, the infill walls are ... -
Numerical methods for non-homogeneous hyperbolic conservation laws
The numerical simulation of hyperbolic conservation equations has reached a level of maturity with the development of several efficient numerical methods in the past three decades. The same level of success is not present ... -
Numerical Methods For Solving The Eigenvalue Problem Involved In The Karhunen-Loeve Decomposition
(2014-05-05)In structural analysis and design it is important to consider the effects of uncertainties in loading and material properties in a rational way. Uncertainty in material properties such as heterogeneity in elastic and mass ... -
Numerical Modeling Of Jointed Rock Mass
(Indian Institute of Science, 2007-02-28)The behavior of jointed rock mass is very complex and is influenced by many factors such as location of joints, joint frequency, joint orientation and joint strength. A thorough review of literature on different aspects ... -
Numerical Modeling of Sediment Transport using ANUGA Sed: Application to Mahanadi River Basin, India
Soil erosion and sediment transport are natural processes primarily driven by water. However, excessive human interference through agriculture, urbanization, and the construction of water storage reservoirs has significantly ... -
Numerical Modelling and Software Development for Analysing Squeeze Film Fffect in MEMS
(2018-06-05)The goal of the current study was to develop a computational framework for modelling the coupled fluid-structure interaction problem of squeeze films often encountered in MEMS devices. Vibratory MEMS devices such as ... -
Numerical Modelling of Reinforced Concrete Structural Elements and Assemblages Exposed to Thermo-mechanical Loading
Fire represents one of the extreme loads that a structure may experience during its design life. In reinforced concrete (RC) structures, the mechanical properties of both concrete and steel deteriorates with rise in ... -
Numerical Simulation of a High-speed Jet Injected in a Uniform Supersonic Crossflow Using Adaptively Redistributed Grids
(2018-05-22)Minimizing numerical dissipation without compromising the robust shock-capturing attributes remains an outstanding challenge in the design of numerical methods for high-speed compressible flows. The conflicting requirements ... -
Numerical Simulation of Convection Dominated Flows using High Resolution Spectral Method
(2018-03-19)A high resolution spectrally accurate three-dimensional flow solver is developed in order to simulate convection dominated fluid flows. The governing incompressible Navier Stokes equations along with the energy equation ... -
Numerical Simulation Of Nocturnal Temperature Profiles
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Numerical Simulations Of Axisymmetric Near Wakes At High Reynolds Numbers
(2009-03-13)The flow past the needle of a Pelton turbine injector is an axisymmetric wake embedded in a round jet. The wake does not fully relax to yield a uniform velocity jet due to the short distance between ... -
Numerical Simulations of Deforming Capsules and Cells in a flow
Understanding the evolution of deforming capsules and cells in various flow configurations can assist in better diagnosis of diseases like Malaria and sickle cell anemia. Flow of deformable capsules is also useful in ... -
Numerical Simulations Of Two-Phase Reacting Flow In A Cavity Combustor
(2013-05-28)In the present work, two phase reacting flow in a single cavity Trapped Vortex Combustor (TVC) is studied at atmospheric conditions. KIVA-3V, numerical program for simulating three dimensional compressible reacting flows ... -
Numerical Simulations Of Void Growth In Ductile Single Crystals
(2010-09-03)The failure mechanism in ductile materials involves void nucleation, their growth and subsequent coalescence to form the fracture surface. The voids are generated due to fracture or debonding of second phase particles or ... -
Numerical Simulations on the Indentation Behaviour of Shape Memory Alloys
Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) are increasingly being used as micro actuators, sensors, as self expanding cardiovascular stents and in MEMs based devices because of their ability to recover large values of imposed strain. ... -
Numerical solution of non-classical beam and plate theories using di erential quadrature method
For effcient design of the nano/micro scale structural systems, detailed analysis and through understanding of size-dependent mechanical behaviour at nano/micro scale is very critical. Various approaches have been used ... -
Numerical studies of some non-linear problems in fluid mechanics
The problem of flow around a circular cylinder has long attracted the attention of many research workers because of its many practical applications and exciting mathematical features. This thesis contains the results of ... -
Numerical Studies On Ductile Fracture Of Pressure Sensitive Plastic Solids
(2010-07-08)Experimental studies have shown that the yield strength of many important engineering materials such as polymers, ceramics and metallic glasses is dependent on hydrostatic stress. In addition, these materials may also ...