Mesoscopic aspects of the computational homogenization with meshless modeling for masonry material

The multiscale homogenization scheme is becoming a diffused tool for the analysis of heterogeneous materials as masonry since it allows dealing with the complexity of formulating closed-form constitutive laws by retrieving the material response from the solution of a unit cell (UC) boundary value problem (BVP). The robustness of multiscale simulations depends on the robustness of the nested macroscopic and mesoscopic models. In this study, specific attention is paid to the meshless solution of the UC BVP under plane stress conditions, comparing performances related to the application of linear displacement or periodic boundary conditions (BCs). The effect of the geometry of the UC is also investigated since the BVP is formulated for the two simpliest UCs, according to a displacement-based variational formulation assuming the block indefinitely elastic and the mortar joints as zero-thickness elasto-plastic interfaces. It will be showed that the meshless discretization allows obtaining some advantages with respect to a standard FE mesh. The influence of the UC morphology as well as the BCs on the linear and nonlinear UC macroscopic response is discussed for pure modes of failure. The results can be constructive in view of performing a general Fe·Meshless or Meshless² analysis.     

PEMFC阴极催化层的LBM模拟

采用格子-Boltzmann方法(LBM)直接从介观层次数值模拟了质子交换膜燃料电池(PEMFC)阴极催化层的传质和电化学反应过程.开发了二维程序;为了验证所编程序的正确性,建立了一个理想的二维规则模型,模拟得到的极化曲线和已有文献的极化曲线吻合较好.处理PEMFC阴极催化层的电镜扫描图得到了二维实际计算模型,应用LBM模拟得到了二维的O2浓度和电势分布.表明LBM是一有效的分析PEMFC阴极催化层中传递和电化学反应过程的数值模拟方法.