Browsing by Subject "finite element analysis"
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(2011-08-23)Department: Biomedical EngineeringAssessment of the restoration of load-bearing function is the central goal in the study of bone fracture healing. However, bone fracture calluses are inhomogeneous and irregular materials and this complexity has led to ...
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(2013-11-27)Department: Mechanical EngineeringFinite element analysis employs the finite element numerical method to solve complicated engineering problems. Integrating finite element studies into the design cycle can help to shorten the design process. In this thesis, ...
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(2017-12-04)Department: Civil EngineeringDamage mechanics approaches are developed for the numerical modeling of fracture evolution along sharp (i.e., zero-thickness) and diffuse (i.e., finite-thickness) interfaces and applied to investigate ice sheet fracture ...
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(2008-08-03)Department: Civil EngineeringAn efficient response surface construction method for fatigue life prediction is investigated in this study, based on the Gaussian process (GP) modeling approach. The model is applied to fatigue crack growth analysis, in ...
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(2013-09-18)Department: Civil EngineeringOne of the defense related research programs of recent interest is focused on developing ultra-high strength concrete (UHSC) mixtures and lightweight, rapidly deployable protective structures. A goal of these research ...
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(2014-07-22)Department: Civil EngineeringThis research proposes a computational framework of the dynamic response of composite structures based on the mathematical homogenization theory with multiple spatial scales. The computational framework serves to reproduce ...
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(2006-12-12)Department: Biomedical EngineeringIn hepatic applications, radiofrequency ablation (RFA) produces ablation extents that are limited in size both as a result of local tissue properties as well as constraints in ablation device design and physics. Because ...
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(2012-08-06)Department: Biomedical EngineeringThis project involves the use of ultrasound imaging as a method to acquire posterior surface information intraoperatively for the use in deformation correction for image guided liver surgery. In this thesis, the subsurface ...