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Dynamic behavior
No full textThis chapter deals with the experimental techniques commonly employed to characterize the dynamic behavior of rock materials. The dynamic testing machines are illustrated, focusing on the strain rate level achievable and the loading scheme. The main dynamic properties of common rock materials are discussed, with reference to the corresponding dynamic increase factors, which affect compression and tensile behavior
Novel finite particle formulations based on projection methodologies
No full textParticle methods are among the most studied meshless approaches, with applications ranging from solid mechanics to fluid-dynamics and thermo-dynamics. The objective of the present paper is to analyze the behavior of finite particle formulations based on projection methodologies, investigating in particular how these approaches behave in approximating 1D and 2D second-order problems. Moreover, the issue of choosing suitable projection functions is discussed and 1D and 2D numerical tests, showing the second-order accuracy of the methods under investigation, are performed
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Modified finite particle method: applications to elasticity and plasticity problems
No full textMeshless methods are widely investigated and successfully implemented in many applications, including mechanics, fluid-dynamics, and thermo-dynamics. Within this context, this paper introduces a novel particle approach for elasticity, namely the modified finite particle method (MFPM), derived from existing projection particle formulations, however presenting second-order convergence rates when used to solve elastic boundary value problems. The formulation is discussed and some applications to bi-dimensional elastic and elasto-plastic problems are presented. The obtained numerical results confirm the accuracy of the method, both in elasticity and in plasticity applications
SPH methods for a 1D elastic model problem: error analysis and development of a second-order accurate formulation
No full textError evaluation in approximation of derivatives using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics method
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