Engineering Computations: Volume 2 Issue 1

A method for the prediction of Coriolis induced secondary flows and their influence on heat transfer in rotating ducts

C. Taylor, J. Rance, J.O. Medwell

A method is presented for the determination of heat transfer rates in cylindrical cooling ducts which rotate about an axis orthogonal to its own axis of symmetry. The equations of…

Non‐linear static and dynamic response analysis for floating offshore structures

Pál G. Bergan, Egil Mollestad, Nils Sandsmark

A method for non‐linear static and dynamic analysis of flexible systems submerged in water is outlined. The systems considered here include cable and beam elements, as well as…

Beam model of bolted flanged connections

Petar Agatonovic

The behaviour of bolt connections is illustrated by an example of eccentrically loaded plate strip, examined on a FE model with a description of the beam model of this connection…

A robust hybrid algorithm for computing multiple equilibrium solutions

Layne T. Watson, Manohar P. Kamat, Michael H. Reaser

A hybrid method is described that seeks to combine the efficiency of a quasi‐Newton method capable of locating stable and unstable equilibrium configurations with a robust…

Non‐orthogonal cracks in a smeared finite element model

R. de Borst, P. Nauta

A new model for handling non‐orthogonal cracks within the smeared crack concept is described. It is based on a decomposition of the total strain increment into a concrete and into…

Use of stabilization matrices in non‐linear analysis

Wing Kam Liu, Ted Belytschko, Jame Shau‐Jen Ong, Sinlap Edward Law

The numerical quadrature of the stiffness matrices and force vectors is a major factor in the accuracy and efficiency of the finite element methods. Even in the analysis of linear…

Use of inhomogeneous finite elements for the prediction of stress in rope terminations

S. Zhang, C.M. Leech

An inhomogeneous element method of solving the strain and stress distribution of a cone‐like synthetic rope termination, which is designed and manufactured to enhance the strength…

Large CYBER 205 model of the Euler equations for vortex‐stretched turbulent flow around delta wings

Arthur Rizzi, Charles J. Purcell

The large‐scale numerical simulation of fluid flow is described as a discipline within the field of software engineering. As an example of such work, a vortex flowfield is…

A new treatment of the recombination term in the current continuity equations of semi‐conductor device models

John J.H. Miller

An integral identity is derived by the method of Marchuk for the continuity equation of a carrier current in a semi‐conductor device. The coefficients of this identity are then…

Finite Element Education Survey

W.M. Mair, M.H. Hodge, A. Creechan

In view of the importance of finite element (FE) techniques in the design, analysis and validation of many engineering products, the National Agency for Finite Element Methods and…