Dongmin Yang
University of Leeds
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BioMed Research International | 2015
Paul Brocklehurst; Ismail Adeniran; Dongmin Yang; Yong Sheng; Henggui Zhang; Jianqiao Ye
Cardiac tissue is a syncytium of coupled cells with pronounced intrinsic discrete nature. Previous models of cardiac electromechanics often ignore such discrete properties and treat cardiac tissue as a continuous medium, which has fundamental limitations. In the present study, we introduce a 2D electromechanical model for human atrial tissue based on the discrete element method (DEM). In the model, single-cell dynamics are governed by strongly coupling the electrophysiological model of Courtemanche et al. to the myofilament model of Rice et al. with two-way feedbacks. Each cell is treated as a viscoelastic body, which is physically represented by a clump of nine particles. Cell aggregations are arranged so that the anisotropic nature of cardiac tissue due to fibre orientations can be modelled. Each cell is electrically coupled to neighbouring cells, allowing excitation waves to propagate through the tissue. Cell-to-cell mechanical interactions are modelled using a linear contact bond model in DEM. By coupling cardiac electrophysiology with mechanics via the intracellular Ca2+ concentration, the DEM model successfully simulates the conduction of cardiac electrical waves and the tissues corresponding mechanical contractions. The developed DEM model is numerically stable and provides a powerful method for studying the electromechanical coupling problem in the heart.
Machining Science and Technology | 2018
Lei Wan; Badis Haddag; Dazhong Wang; Yong Sheng; Dongmin Yang
Abstract A numerical study of the effects of friction conditions on the formation of dead metal zone (DMZ) is presented. The friction conditions are classified as three different cases in the form of coefficient: (1) constant coefficient of friction, (2) “smooth” and “sharp” change of the friction coefficient and (3) time-dependent friction coefficient. These friction cases are numerically investigated using the finite element (FE) code ABAQUS/Explicit. A FE model based on the arbitrary-Lagrangian–Eulerian approach is developed to simulate the cutting process and investigate the influences of the friction conditions. The simulated results, for a wide range of friction conditions, are obtained, analyzed and compared with previously published experimental/numerical data. It has been found that the friction coefficient has a direct effect on the amount and shape of DMZ, the sharp change of coefficient has a larger effect on the DMZ formation than the smooth one and the formation of DMZ is more determined by the value of the friction coefficient than its duration.
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering | 2012
Dongmin Yang; Yong Sheng; Jianqiao Ye; Yuanqiang Tan
The progressive damage in cross-ply laminates was modeled by discrete element method (DEM). A particle radius expansion method was used to account for thermal loading applied to cross-ply laminates in which nominal fibers were introduced in the 0° plies so as to achieve the anisotropic thermal expansion behaviors. A series of convergence and validation tests of both mechanical and thermal properties of the 0° plies with nominal fibers have been carried out in order to validate the method. The DEM results of interfacial stress distribution of cross-ply laminates under pure thermal loading and under coupled thermal/mechanical loading were compared with other theoretical predictions. Microstructure of 90° plies was also studied by the DEM model. Transverse cracking which was formed by the coalescence of micro cracks in matrix and at fiber/matrix interface has been observed in the modeling results together with the ply-ply delaminations. It was found that the DEM model can predict not only the stress distribution but also the progressive damage initialized from the constituent failure due to its multi scale nature.
Powder Technology | 2012
Hao Zhang; Yuanqiang Tan; Dongmin Yang; F.X. Trias; Shengqiang Jiang; Yong Sheng; A. Oliva
Computers & Fluids | 2014
Hao Zhang; Yuanqiang Tan; Shi Shu; Xiao-Dong Niu; F.X. Trias; Dongmin Yang; Hao Li; Yong Sheng
Tribology International | 2011
Yuanqiang Tan; Hao Zhang; Dongmin Yang; Shengqiang Jiang; Junhua Song; Yong Sheng
Computational Materials Science | 2010
Dongmin Yang; Yong Sheng; Jianqiao Ye; Yuanqiang Tan
Composites Science and Technology | 2010
Yong Sheng; Dongmin Yang; Yuanqiang Tan; Jianqiao Ye
Powder Technology | 2015
Hao Zhang; F. Xavier Trias; A. Oliva; Dongmin Yang; Yuanqiang Tan; Shi Shu; Yong Sheng
Computational Materials Science | 2011
Dongmin Yang; Jianqiao Ye; Yuanqiang Tan; Yong Sheng