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.

The quasi-hydrodynamic model for semiconductor devices is a typical example of non-local models which, in contrast to the conventional drift-diffusion models, allows to account for non-equilibrium processes in semiconductor plasma. In this paper, we present results of a numerical simulation of...

Nanowire superlattices (NWSLs) are objects with a wide range of potential applications in nanoscale electronics and photonics. These objects are already grown experimentally in laboratories and studies of their properties represent an important task in nanotechnology research. Tools of...

Although structural constraints such as model order and time delay have been incorporated in the continuous time system identification since its origin, the constraints on the estimated model parameters were rarely enforced. This paper proposes a continuous time system identification approach...

A model of strategic investment and trade is incorporated in a politiacl economy framework of the Grossman-Helpman type to study the impacts of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the formulation of trade and industrial policies in the host country.

In this study, a new Pseudo-optimal Inexact Stochastic Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Sets Linear Programming (PIS-IT2FSLP) energy model is developed to support energy system planning and environment requirements under uncertainties for Xiamen City. The PIS-IT2FSLP model is based on an integration of...

The purpose of this study is to explore how companies in the Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian wood products value-chains currently employ environmental performance measures (EPMs) in their communication and to study the existence of strategic element in the use of EPMs. The primary data for this...

The purpose of this study is to explore how companies in the Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian wood products value-chains currently employ environmental performance measures (EPMs) in their communication and to study the existence of strategic element in the use of EPMs. The primary data for this...

Drought is one of the major natural disasters in the Loess Plateau of China. We aimed to reveal drought occurrence regularity, relations between different magnitudes of drought and precipitation intensity changes. Based on Chinese climate divisions and digital elevation model graphs of the Loess...

This paper presents a numerical and experimental analysis of the coupled heat and mass transfer mechanisms in the adsorbent of a waste-heat adsorption cooling system. A new three-dimensional non-equilibrium model is developed and used to investigate the simultaneous transport of heat and mass....