Genetic Algorithms (GA) are useful optimization methods for exploration of the search space, but they usually have slowness problems to exploit and converge to the minimum. On the other hand, gradient based methods converge ...

The use of Active Flow Control (AFC) technologies to modify the forces acting on streamlined bodies is one of the most active research fields in aerodynamics. For each particular application, finding the optimum set of AFC ...

This study presents an E-FEM/L-S approach for modeling fluid-fluid inter-face deformation in microsystems under electric fields. The approach treats the interface as a zero-thickness boundary and precisely models discontinuities ...

Computational modeling has become a powerful tool in biomedical engineering thanks to its potential to simulate coupled systems. However, real parameters are usually not accurately known, and variability is inherent in ...

Cochlear implantation (CI) is a complex surgical procedure that restores hearing in patients with severe deafness. The successful outcome of the implanted device relies on a group of factors, some of them unpredictable ...

This work present a framework based on datadriven techniques for quantifying and chaos theory for propagating the uncertainty present in the aircraft trajectory prediction process when computing the expected trajectory ...

This work aims at bridging experimental and numerical approaches to determine the optimal operating parameters for the fabrication of well-shaped polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) particles via electrohydrodynamic atomization. ...

Turbulent boundary layer control (TBLC) for skin-friction drag reduction is a relatively new technology made possible through the advances in computational-simulation capabilities, which have improved the understanding of ...

The analysis and understanding of the environmental effects of the air transport are topics on the research table for more than 20 years. It is also true this environmental concern has grown in the recent years, with a ...

This work is devoted to developing an efficient and robust technique for accurately capturing the electric field in multi-material problems. The formulation is based on the finite element method enriched by the introduction ...