Models for the dynamic adsorption of volatile organic compound (VOC) traces in air are considered. They are based on the linear driving force approximation associated with various adsorption isotherms characteristic of the couple VOC-adsorbent (Langmuir, Freundlich, Type V and Dubinin–Astakhov...

A general finite element framework for the application to different types of phase transforming alloys and under general thermo-mechanical loadings is presented. The developed technique is exemplified on cubic to tetragonal transformations of shape memory alloys.

In this study, the length and width effects of metal films on the stress-induced bending of a surface micromachined cantilever curved grating are systematically investigated. A characterization of cantilever curved gratings with various lengths and widths was conducted to observe out-of-plane...

On 28 February 1969, the coasts of Portugal, Spain and Morocco were affected by sea waves generated by a submarine earthquake (Ms=7.3) with its epicenter located off Portugal. The propagation of this tsunami has been simulated by a finite element numerical model solving the Boussinesq equations....

This paper analyzes numerically a long-term average stochastic control problem involving a controlled diffusion on a bounded region. The solution technique takes advantage of an infinite-dimensional linear programming formulation for the problem which relates the stationary measures to the...

We deal with the problem of constructing and/or approximating some curves and surfaces from a noisy data set. The main objective here is to adapt the theory of the discrete smoothing variational splines [A. Kouibia, M. Pasadas, Approximation by discrete variational splines, J. Comput. Appl....

In this study, we present numerical methods, based on the optimal quadratic spline collocation (OQSC) methods, for solving the shallow water equations (SWEs) in spherical coordinates. The error associated with quadratic spline interpolation is fourth order locally at certain points and third...

Currently in most global meteorological applications, low-order finite difference or finite element methods, or the spectral transform method are used. The spectral transform method, which yields high-order approximations, requires Legendre transforms. The Legendre transforms have a...

Analysis of forces and stresses of horizontal axis propellers and turbines has an increased interest in recent years, because of the need to develop adequate analytical tools for the design and evaluation of wind turbines rotors.

The present study reports a numerical investigation of water and CO2 (carbon dioxide) flooding at the pore scale of a porous medium. We use high resolution micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) images of Berea sandstone core to obtain the pore geometry. The numerical solution used for the...