Face mask mechanics and Covid-19 transmission Research in AMCG, led by a team under Dr Jiansheng Xiang, has begun to address the modelling of face mask and face covering mechanics, in its work looking into the efficacy of face masks … Continued
This is a fluid-structure interaction model (FSI) to simulate the blood flow and vessel wall mechanics of a mouse carotid artery. This FSI model is based on the immersed-body method (Yang, Xiang et al. 2016) which couples an open source … Continued
Background In our European research project on geothermal energy, (SURE) a most pressing challenge is being addressed: how to drill many lateral deviator holes to depth cheaply and control the fluid and thus the heat flow. Water jet drilling has … Continued
Background Whereas at the scale of an intact rock core, the fracture style and strength outcome of a Brazilian disc or uniaxial compressive strength test is often quite predictable, fracture processes in rock are poorly understood when examined at the … Continued
The study of particle systems have a wide range of applications from soil mechanics to powder technology. Nevertheless, many questions on their mechanical behaviour are still open. In particular the exact mechanism for transmitting loads between neighbouring particles with ‘force … Continued
In mining, accounting for pre-existing discontinuities in fragmentation prediction has followed pragmatic empirical e.g. blastability approaches. Efforts to improve prediction and blast design are increasingly employing dynamic crack propagation models. Here, a discontinuous computational approach based on the combine finite-discrete … Continued
Journal Articles Scaravaglione, G., Latham, J. -P., & Xiang, J. (2021). Numerical Model Study of Prototype Drop Tests on Cube and Cubipod(R) Concrete Armor Units Using the Combined Finite-Discrete Element Method. JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, 9(5), 22 pages. … Continued
Natural fractures such as joints and faults are ubiquitous in crustal rocks. These naturally occurring discontinuities often comprise complex networks and create highly disordered geological conditions. Fractures, along which rupture has caused cohesion loss and mechanical weakness in the rock, … Continued