Engineering Computations: Volume 37 Issue 3

Transient dynamic analysis of bars and trusses by the adaptive generalized finite element method

Leticia Col Debella, Carolina Castro Cittadin, Marcos Arndt, Roberto Dalledone Machado

This paper aims to present an adaptive approach of the generalized finite element method (GFEM) for transient dynamic analysis of bars and trusses. The adaptive GFEM, previously…

Static analysis of carbon nanotube-reinforced FG shells using an efficient solid-shell element with parabolic transverse shear strain

Abdessalem Hajlaoui, Elouni Chebbi, Mondher Wali, Fakhreddine Dammak

This paper aims to study the static behavior of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) reinforced functionally graded shells using an efficient solid-shell element with parabolic transverse…

Expedited optimization of antenna input characteristics with adaptive Broyden updates

Slawomir Koziel, Anna Pietrenko-Dabrowska

A technique for accelerated design optimization of antenna input characteristics is developed and comprehensively validated using real-world wideband antenna structures…

Research on passive control of cloud cavitation based on a bionic fin-fin structure

W.G. Zhao, Guipeng Wang

The purpose of this paper is to use the NACA 0015 symmetric hydrofoil as the research subject and control cloud cavitation on hydrofoils.

Study on the particle stratification and penetration of a swing vibrating screen by using DEM

Shuigen Ning, Jianzhang Xiao, Guifeng Wang, Pengcheng Huang

As for vibrating screen, the separation of granular materials is a very complicated process, particularly the screening with a swing trace. To study the characteristics of…

Evolution of face-centered-cubic polycrystalline plastic anisotropy under biaxial loading by crystal plasticity finite element method

Dan Zhao, Cun Xin, Tao Jin, Xiaopeng Yan, Shenggguo Ma, Zhihua Wang

The purpose of this study to analyze the plastic anisotropy of 6061 aluminum alloy with finite deformation using crystal plasticity finite element method.

A gradient algorithm for the identification of interconnected discrete time varying systems

Yamna Ghoul

An identification scheme to identify interconnected discrete-time (DT) varying systems.

An automatic approach to constrained quadrilateral mesh generation

Xinwu Ma, Lu Sun

Arbitrary constraints might be included into the problem domain in many engineering applications, which represent specific features such as multi-domain interfaces, cracks with…

A sequential sampling method for adaptive metamodeling using data with highly nonlinear relation between input and output parameters

Guanying Huo, Xin Jiang, Zhiming Zheng, Deyi Xue

Metamodeling is an effective method to approximate the relations between input and output parameters when significant efforts of experiments and simulations are required to…

PSO-tuned support vector machine metamodels for assessment of turbulent flows in pipe bends

Ganesh Narayanan, Milan Joshi, Prasun Dutta, Kanak Kalita

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique is the most commonly used numerical approach to simulate fluid flow behaviour. Owing to its computationally, cost-intensive nature CFD…

Structure prediction of multi-principal element alloys using ensemble learning

Amitava Choudhury, Tanmay Konnur, P.P. Chattopadhyay, Snehanshu Pal

The purpose of this paper, is to predict the various phases and crystal structure from multi-component alloys. Nowadays, the concept and strategies of the development of…

Characterising 3D spherical packings by principal component analysis

Tingting Zhao, Y.T. Feng, Yuanqiang Tan

The purpose of this paper is to extend the previous study [Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 340: 70-89, 2018] on the development of a novel packing…

Fault-tolerant redundant repairable system with different failures and delays

Chandra Shekhar, Amit Kumar, Shreekant Varshney, Sherif I. Ammar

The internet of things and just-in-time are the embryonic model of innovation for the state-of-the-art design of the service system. This paper aims to develop a fault-tolerant…

Harmonic form-finding for the design of doubly-curved shells

Cecilie Brandt-Olsen, Paul Shepherd, Paul Richens

Shell structures are highly efficient and are an elegant way of covering large uninterrupted spaces, but their complex geometry is notoriously difficult to model and analyse. This…

Cohesive slope failure analysis using methods combining smoothed particle hydrodynamics and response surface function

Liang Li, Xuesong Chu, Guangming Yu

The paper aims to construct a method to simulate the relationship between the parameters of soil properties and the area of sliding mass of the true slip surface of a landslide.

Numerical simulation of the debonding process in pull-out tests of near-surface mounted FRP rod in concrete

Tie-Lin Chen, Wenbin Tao, Wenjun Zhu, Mozhen Zhou

Near-surface mounted (NSM) fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) rod is extensively applied in reinforced concrete (RC) structures. The mechanical performances of NSM FRP-strengthened RC…