A NURBS-based interface-enriched generalized finite element scheme for the thermal analysis and design of microvascular composites

DOI10.1016/j.cma.2014.09.008zbMath1423.74924OpenAlexW2083219369MaRDI QIDQ1667519

Ahmad R. Najafi, Masoud Safdari, Philippe H. Geubelle, Marcus Hwai Yik Tan

Publication date: 30 August 2018

Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2014.09.008

zbMATH Keywords

NURBSthermalcurved microchannelinterface-enriched generalized finite element methodmicrochannel networkmicrovascular composites

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Micromechanical theories (74A60)

Related Items (5)

Modeling Thermal Regulation in Thin Vascular Systems: A Mathematical Analysis ⋮ Hybrid topology/shape optimization under uncertainty for actively-cooled nature-inspired microvascular composites ⋮ IGFEM-based shape sensitivity analysis of the transverse failure of a composite laminate ⋮ A NURBS-based generalized finite element scheme for 3D simulation of heterogeneous materials ⋮ 3D dimensionally reduced modeling and gradient-based optimization of microchannel cooling networks

Uses Software

• NURBS

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