...Le-tian Da; Jun-tao Ma; Ping Li; Hang Xu; Zeng-tao Kuang; Zhiqiang Xie Purpose To establish a 3D finite element thermo-mechanical coupling model, investigate the spatiotemporal evolution of temperature and thermally-induced stress in pile foundations post-concrete pouring, analyze influences...

...Chao Xu; Zhongbing Xu; Xiuhui Long; Zhengjia Ji; Hongxia Zhou Purpose To investigate the influence of the heterogeneous structure of woven liners on the tribological performance of self-lubricating spherical plain bearings. Design/methodology/approach A thermo-mechanical coupling model...

...Ming Xia Purpose The main purpose of this paper is to present a comprehensive upscale theory of the thermo-mechanical coupling particle simulation for three-dimensional (3D) large-scale non-isothermal problems, so that a small 3D length-scale particle model can exactly reproduce the same...

... by the bond can be expressed as follows: (Equation 19) Dr Ming Xia can be contacted at: xiaming105@126.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Particle simulation Geomechanics Non-isothermal problem Upscale theory Thermo-mechanical coupling Large length scale Even...