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- Alves, Gustavo R., et al.
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International Cooperation for Remote Laboratory Use
- 2018
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Ingår i: Contributions to Higher Engineering Education. - Singapore : Springer. - 9789811089176 ; , s. 1-31
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Experimenting is fundamental to the training process of all scientists and engineers. While experiments have been traditionally done inside laboratories, the emergence of Information and Communication Technologies added two alternatives accessible anytime, anywhere. These two alternatives are known as virtual and remote laboratories and are sometimes indistinguishably referred as online laboratories. Similarly to other instructional technologies, virtual and remote laboratories require some effort from teachers in integrating them into curricula, taking into consideration several factors that affect their adoption (i.e., cost) and their educational effectiveness (i.e., benefit). This chapter analyzes these two dimensions and sustains the case where only through international cooperation it is possible to serve the large number of teachers and students involved in engineering education. It presents an example in the area of electrical and electronics engineering, based on a remote laboratory named Virtual Instruments System in Reality, and it then describes how a number of European and Latin American institutions have been cooperating under the scope of an Erasmus+ project, for spreading its use in Brazil and Argentina.
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- Bouckaert, Igor, et al.
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A Hybrid Discrete-Finite Element method for continuous and discontinuous beam-like members including nonlinear geometric and material effects
- 2024
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Ingår i: International Journal of Solids and Structures. - 0020-7683 .- 1879-2146. ; 294
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This paper introduces a novel formulation, called Hybrid Discrete-Finite Element (HybriDFEM) method, for modeling one-directional continuous and discontinuous planar beam-like members, including nonlinear geometric and material effects. In this method, the structure is modeled as a series of distinct rigid blocks, connected to each other through contact pairs distributed along the interfaces. Each of those contact pairs are composed of two nonlinear multidirectional springs in series, which can represent either the deformation of the blocks themselves, or the deformation of their interface. Unlike the Applied Element Method, in which contact pairs are composed of one single spring, the current approach allows capturing phenomena such as sectional deformations or relative deformations between two blocks composed of different materials. This method shares similarities with the Discrete Element Methods in its ability to model contact interfaces between rigid or deformable units, but does not require a numerical time-domain integration scheme. More importantly, its formulation resembles that of the classical Finite Elements Method, allowing one to easily couple the latter with HybriDFEM. Following the presentation of its formulation, the method is benchmarked against analytical solutions selected from the literature, ranging from the linear-elastic response of a cantilever beam to the buckling and rocking response of continuous flexible columns, and rigid block stackings. One final example showcases the coupling of a HybriDFEM element with a linear beam finite element.
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- Bouckaert, Igor, et al.
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A strategy for generating pushover curves of block assemblies including post-peak branch using the discrete element method
- 2022
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Ingår i: Proceedings of 3rd EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING & SEISMOLOGY.. ; , s. 839-
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Pushover analyses are often used to evaluate the seismic performance of a structure. They give an estimate of the ultimate displacement a structure can undergo, as well as of the residual resisting forces in the post-peak response. When modelling masonry structures composed of multiple blocks, obtaining the post-peak branch of the pushover curve can be difficult with a classic displacement-control strategy. This paper describes a strategy designed to compute this branch for multi-block systems subjected to a given pattern of forces, without the need to apply a displacement-control algorithm. The strategy is general, therefore straightforwardly implementable in different software tools and applicable to complex block assemblies. In the present work, it is implemented in two different DEM software, namely LMCG90 and UDEC, and tested on a benchmark problem for evaluating the in-plane response of masonry walls.
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- Bouckaert, Igor, et al.
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MODELING OF FRAMES WITH HYBRIDFEM, A PSEUDO-DISCRETE-FINITE MODEL INCLUDING NONLINEAR GEOMETRIC EFFECTS AND NONLINEAR MATERIALS
- 2023
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper, a novel numerical method for strucural analysis, called the Hybrid Discrete-Finite Element Method (HybriDFEM), is presented. In this method, a structure is modeled as an assembly of rigid blocks in contact. All the deformation is concentrated at the interfaces, which are modeled as series of distributed nonlinear multidirectional springs. The method shares similarities with the Discrete Element Methods (DEM) in its ability to account for contact interfaces and/or block deformability, and with the Applied Element Method (AEM) in the representation of interfaces as a series of normal and shear springs. However, it is close to the FEM in the way it is formulated, which offers the possibility to readily link both methods for potential hybrid applications. This paper focuses on the modeling of continuous and discontinuous frames with the HybriDFEM. It is shown how the model can do so with a nonlinear material model, and considering (or not) nonlinear geometric effects through large nodal displacements. Different nonlinear solution procedures implemented in HybriDFEM are demonstrated, such as load-control and various displacement-controlled methods. This model is able to simulate contacts between rigid or deformable units, an important feature when it comes to the modeling of, e.g., unreinforced masonry structures, with a reasonable computational cost and a formulation that is cast within the framework of the classical FEM.
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