Engineering Computations: Volume 26 Issue 3

The method of fundamental solutions with dual reciprocity for three‐dimensional thermoelasticity under arbitrary body forces

C.C. Tsai

The purpose of this paper is to develop a meshless numerical method for three‐dimensional isotropic thermoelastic problems with arbitrary body forces.

Numerical modelling of a slope stability test by means of porous media mechanics

Lorenzo Sanavia

The purpose of this paper is to present a finite‐element analysis of the initiation of a slope failure in a small‐scale laboratory test due to pore pressure variation. To this…

Optimization of non‐convex water resource problems by honey‐bee mating optimization (HBMO) algorithm

O. Bozorg Haddad, A. Afshar, M.A. Mariño

The purpose of this paper is to present the honey‐bee mating optimization (HBMO) algorithm tested with, first, a well‐known, non‐linear, non‐separable, irregular, multi‐modal…

An assessment of the Gurson yield criterion by a computational multi‐scale approach

S.M. Giusti, P.J. Blanco, E.A. de Souza Netoo, R.A. Feijóo

The purpose of this paper is to assess the Gurson yield criterion for porous ductile metals.

Development of a CAD/CAM system for simulating closed forging process using finite‐element method

Faruq Al‐Omari, Mohammad Al‐Jarrah, Mohammad Omari, Mohammed Hayajneh

The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of the height and diameter of the dies as well as work‐piece dimensions, on stresses and strains on dies in the forging process…

Nodal ordering for bandwidth reduction using ant system algorithm

A. Kaveh, P. Sharafi

For the solution of equations with sparse matrices, the problem of bandwidth reduction is an important issue. Though graph theoretical algorithms are available, the purpose of…