Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements: XVI

Contents Section 1: Computational and experimental methods Modelling the elastic response of a polyurethane open cell foam based on a minimal surface energy approach; Computational solution verification applied to a thermal model of a Ruggedized Instrumentation Package; Multi-criteria decision and multi-objective optimization for constructing and selecting models for systems identification; Efficient eigenvalue numerical solutions for time dependent linear systems; The areolar strain approach for grazing waves; Composite model of a hematopoietic system with clone competition; Two numerical methods based on discretization of the MPS method for solving the two-dimensional Burgers' equation; Effect of moisture dependent thermal and hygric parameters on the moisture and temperature fields in multi-layered systems of building materials; Design condition of a sustainable two-layer circular tube with energy absorbing capacity Section 2: Fluid flow Interface instability analysis induced from the flow field in the initial nonuniform characteristics; Numerical simulation of flow through a wellbore for horizontal wells; A three-dimensional numerical simulation of particle-gas mixing in an ejection with a spherical sample surface; Lift forces on a circular cylinder in cross flow resulting from heat/mass transfer; An experimental and theoretical study of unsteady flow (gust) effects on structures Section 3: Heat transfer Laminar forced convective heat transfer of Al2O3/water nanofluids; The effect of jet angle and velocity ratio on turbine blade film cooling; Experimental study on a compact methanol-fueled reformer with heat regeneration using ceramic honeycomb (third report: observation of reaction structure and its effect on reforming characteristics) Section 4: Aquatic systems Integrated marine measurements in Civitavecchia, near Rome; An ontological approach to multi-scale modelling of environmental fate and ecological effects in aquatic ecosystems; Groundwater flow on a drained beach Section 5: Materials characterisation Application of artificial neural network for dimensional stability of repair materials under local hot weather; Increasing the interfacial strength in carbon fiber/polypropylene composites by growing CNTs on the fibers Section 6: Mechanical characterisation An in situ monitoring system for the study of environmental influences on durability and the destructive process of building materials and structures; Effect of water absorption on the mechanical properties of carbon fiber reinforced polyoxamide composites Section 7: Measurements and simulations for engineering applications (Special session organised by H. Sakamoto) Visualisation of high-speed fracture phenomena; Fatigue damage formation and microstructure of ultrafine grained copper under two-step loading; Piezoelectric-fluid interaction finite element analysis of a valve-less piezoelectric pump; Buckling criteria for vacuum bottle based on finite element analysis Section 8: Structural and stress analysis A methodology for identification of dynamic parameters in assembled aircraft structures; Computational and experimental analysis of a hybrid car impact absorber; Autofrettage process: finite element simulation and experimental validation; Influence of hydrolysis on the mechanical properties of PLA nanofibers; Numerical and experimental study of seismic retrofitting for one-bay single-storey reinforced concrete (R/C) frames with an encased R/C panel; Stability analysis of a thick piezoelectric FGM plate; Experimental evaluation of Hovenring Bridge stay-cable vibration Section 9: Computational methods On the parallelization of bio-heat transfer problem using input file affinity measure with MPI; Modeling of graceful motions: determining characteristics of graceful motions from handover motion; Simulation of planning strategies for track allocation at marshalling yards