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Analysis of effective properties of piezocomposites by the subregion BEM-Mori-Tanaka approach
(2011) Dziatkiewicz, Grzegorz
Recently, many approaches have been proposed to estimate the effective properties of composites. The most typical are: the self-consistent method and the Mori-Tanaka method. However, they are restricted to simple geometries of phases. Also for complex constitutive laws the analytical results are complicated. On the other hand, the combination of numerical methods and these approaches gives an efficient computational scheme for estimating effective properties of composite materials. In this paper the hybrid subregion boundary element method (BEM) and Mori-Tanaka approach is implemented to solve coupled field equations of linear piezocomposites in the unit cell approach and then to determine the effective properties. To obtain the BEM fundamental solutions, the Stroh formalism is used. The numerical examples demonstrate an effectiveness of the BEM-Mori-Tanaka approach.
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Grounds for the selection of software components for building FEM simulation systems for coupled problems
(2011) Putanowicz, Roman
This paper discusses rationales for selection of software components for building scientific simulation tools. Nowadays no single research team has the resources or knowledge to build non-trivial simulation software form scratch. Sharing experience about the motives behind the choice of software components and the consequences of particular decisions seems a valuable knowledge as it can help to avoid some potential traps. In the paper we discuss software selection decisions for our problem solving environment for numerical modelling of coupled problems. For selected tools we discuss pros and cons of their use and mention potential alternatives. The detailed discussion concerns implementation of a solver for thermoelasticity problems.