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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829912203321

Titolo

Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian and fluid-structure interaction [[electronic resource] ] : numerical simulation / / edited by Mhamed Souli, David J. Benson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : ISTE

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2010

ISBN

1-118-55788-3

1-118-61868-8

1-299-31535-6

1-118-61970-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 p.)

Collana

ISTE

Altri autori (Persone)

SouliM

BensonD. J <1955-> (David J.)

Disciplina

620.106

624.1/71

624.171

Soggetti

Fluid-structure interaction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian and Fluid-Structure Interaction; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. Introduction to Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian in Finite Element Methods; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Governing equations; 1.3. Operator splitting; 1.4. The Lagrangian step; 1.4.1. Governing equations; 1.4.2. The central difference method; 1.4.3. Element formulation; 1.4.4. Hourglass modes; 1.4.5. Stress rates; 1.4.6. Shock viscosity; 1.4.6.1. von Neumann-Richtmyer; 1.4.6.2. Standard quadratic and linear formulation; 1.4.6.3. Effect on time step size

1.4.7. Mixture theories1.4.7.1. Mean strain rate mixture theory; 1.4.7.2. Mean stress mixture theory; 1.5. Mesh relaxation; 1.6. The Eulerian step; 1.6.1. Transport in one dimension; 1.6.2. Multidimensional transport by operator Splitting; 1.6.3. Multidimensional transport on unstructured meshes; 1.6.4. Momentum transport; 1.6.4.1. Momentum transport using a dual mesh in one



dimension; 1.6.4.2. Element-centered transport in one dimension; 1.6.5. Interface reconstruction; 1.6.5.1. Lagrangian methods; 1.6.5.2. Level set methods; 1.6.5.3. Volume of fluid methods; 1.7. Future research directions

1.8. BibliographyChapter 2. Fluid-Structure Interaction: Application to Dynamic Problems; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. General ALE description of Navier-Stokes equations; 2.3. Fluid-structure interaction; 2.3.1. Contact algorithms for fluid-structure interaction problems; 2.3.2. Euler-Lagrange coupling; 2.3.3. Damping in the coupling; 2.4. Numerical applications; 2.4.1. Piston problem; 2.4.2. Two-dimensional slamming modeling; 2.4.2.1. Numerical approach of a two-dimensional slamming problem; 2.4.2.2. Numerical approach for rigid structure; 2.4.3. Airbag deployment; 2.4.4. Sloshing tank problem

2.4.4.1. Analytical treatment of the sloshing problem2.4.4.2. Sloshing in a rigid tank; 2.4.4.3. Frequency analysis for sloshing; 2.4.4.4. Application to a cylindrical flexible tank subjected to seismic loading; 2.5. Conclusion; 2.6. Acknowledgments; 2.7. Bibliography; Chapter 3. Implicit Partitioned Coupling in Fluid-Structure Interaction; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Computational fluid mechanics; 3.2.1. Governing equations; 3.2.1.1. Incompressible flows; 3.2.1.2. Inviscid flows; 3.2.2. Finite volume discretization; 3.2.2.1. Solution algorithms; 3.3. Computational structural mechanics

3.3.1. Governing equations3.3.1.1. Linear elasticity; 3.3.1.2. Plane stress problems; 3.3.1.3. Hyperelasticity; 3.3.2. Finite element methods; 3.4. Fluid-structure interaction algorithms; 3.4.1. ALE formulation; 3.4.2. Mesh dynamics; 3.4.2.1. Algebraic approaches; 3.4.2.2. Elliptic approaches; 3.4.3. Coupling methods; 3.4.3.1. Implicit partitioned coupling; 3.5. Results and applications; 3.5.1. Verification results; 3.5.2. Validation results; 3.5.3. Flow induced by solid deformation; 3.5.4. Interaction of flow and solid deformation; 3.6. Bibliography

Chapter 4. Avoiding Instabilities Caused by Added Mass Effects in Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides the fundamental basics for solving fluid structure interaction problems, and describes different algorithms and numerical methods used to solve problems where fluid and structure can be weakly or strongly coupled. These approaches are illustrated with examples arising from industrial or academic applications. Each of these approaches has its own performance and limitations. Given the book's comprehensive coverage, engineers, graduate students and researchers involved in the simulation of practical fluid structure interaction problems will find this book extremely useful.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953900303321

Titolo

Granulocytes : production, types, and roles in disease / / Hisao Abukara and Michi Jumonji, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publisher's, Inc., c2012

ISBN

1-61942-812-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 p.)

Collana

Cell biology research progress

Microbiology research advances

Altri autori (Persone)

AbukaraHisao

JumonjiMichi

Disciplina

616.07/99

Soggetti

Granulocytes

Granulocytes - Diseases

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""GRANULOCYTES""; ""GRANULOCYTES""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""REGULATION OF GRANULOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION BY MICRO-RNA AND TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS â€? LESSONS LEARNED FOR UNDERSTANDING HEMATOPOIETIC DISEASES ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""BIOSYNTHESIS AND REGULATION OF  MICRO-RNA IN MAMMALIAN CELLS""; ""GENERAL MECHANISMS OF  GRANULOPOIESIS AND  REGULATION BY TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS ""; ""MIRNA â€? ONE OF THE GATE  KEEPER IN GRANULOPOIESIS ""; ""MIRNA â€? A CONTRIBUTOR TO MYELOID  MALIGNANCIES AND A POTENT TOOL  FOR PROGNOSIS AND CLASSIFICATION ""; ""CONCLUDING REMARKS ""

""BIBLIOGRAPHY """"THE ESSENTIAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOR GRANULOCYTIC DIFFERENTIATION, CCAAT/ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA (C/EBPÎ?), AND ITS MUTATIONS OR INHIBITION ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIAS ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF C/EBPÎ? ""; ""CEBPA Gene and C/EBPα mRNA ""; ""Transcription Factor C/EBPα ""; ""The Post-Translational Modifications of C/EBPα ""; ""Phosphorylation of C/EBPα  ""; ""Sumoylation of C/EBP.  ""; ""REGULATION OF CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION BY C/EBPÎ? ""; ""Growth-Inhibiting Activity of C/EBPα ""

""FUNCTIONAL ROLE OF C/EBPÎ? IN LINEAGE SPECIFICATION """"C/EBPα



Function in Granulopoiesis ""; ""Cooperation of PU.1 and C/EBPα Transcription Factors in Lineage Decision ""; ""Regulation of MicroRNAs Involved in Granulocytic Differentiation by C/EBPα and Effect of MicroRNA on C/EBPα ""; ""REGULATION OF C/EBPÎ? EXPRESSION ""; ""Decreased Expression of CEBPA by Transcriptional Regulation ""; ""Decreased Expression of CEBPA by Methylation of CEBPA Gene Promoter  ""; ""Decreased or Increased expression of C/EBPα by Posttranslational Regulation ""

""ROLE OF C/EBPÎ? IN MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION AND LEUKEMIA """"CONCLUSION AND PERSPECTIVES  ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHEMOTACTIC ASSAY OF HUMAN NEUTROPHILS AND EOSINOPHILS ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""1. CHEMOTAXIS IS CRITICAL TO THE DEFENSIVE FUNCTION OF NEUTROPHILS AND EOSINOPHILS ""; ""2. MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGE OF HL-60 CELLS DURING DIFFERENTIATION  ""; ""3. PHENOTYPIC CHANGE OF HL-60  CELLS DURING DIFFERENTIATION ""; ""4. FUNCTIONAL MATURATION OF  HL-60 CELLS DURING DIFFERENTIATION ""; ""5. APOPTOSIS OF HL-60 CELLS DURING DIFFERENTIATION ""

""6. CHEMOTACTIC RESPONSE OF  HL-60 CELLS BY TRANSWELL ASSAY """"7. CHEMOTACTIC RESPONSE OF HL-60 CELLS OBSERVED BY VIDEO MICROSCOPY  ""; ""8. EOSINOPHILS ARE MULTIFUNCTIONAL LEUKOCYTES ""; ""9. EOL-1 CELL IS A USEFUL MODEL FOR THE FUNCTIONAL STUDY OF EOSINOPHILS""; ""10. EOSINOPHILIC PRECURSOR EOL-1 CELLS EXPRESSED LYMPHOID CHEMOKINE RECEPTORS CCR7 AND CCR9 FOLLOWING CYTOKINE-INDUCED DIFFERENTIATION ""; ""11. CYTOKINE-STIMULATED DEOL-1 CELLS  SHOWED DIRECTIONAL MIGRATION  TO THE LYMPHOID CHEMOKINES  ""

""12. CYTOKINE-STIMULATED DEOL-1 CELLS SHOWED SURFACE EXPRESSION OF APC-RELATED COSTIMULATORY MOLECULES, AS WELL AS IDO ""

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the latest research developments in the study of the production, types and roles in disease of granulocytes. Topics include the regulation of granulocyte differentiation by microRNA and transcription factors; chemotactic assay of human neutrophils and eosinophils; basophilic granulocytes; and the role of granulocytes on the onset of tissue-destructive diseases. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical)