Engineering Computations: Volume 34 Issue 4
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International journal for computer-aided engineering and softwareTable of contents
Fatigue crack growth prediction of 7075 aluminum alloy based on the GMSVR model optimized by the artificial bee colony algorithm
Dalian Yang, Yilun Liu, Songbai Li, Jie Tao, Chi Liu, Jiuhuo YiThe aim of this paper is to solve the problem of low accuracy of traditional fatigue crack growth (FCG) prediction methods.
Pressure fluctuation characteristics in the sidewall gaps of a centrifugal dredging pump
Lei Cao, Yexiang Xiao, Zhengwei Wang, Yongyao Luo, Xiaoran ZhaoThe purpose of this paper is to study the pressure fluctuation characteristics in the sidewall gaps of a centrifugal dredging pump in detail and discover the excitation sources.
Patch size setup and performance/cost trade-offs in multi-objective EM-driven antenna optimization using sequential domain patching
Slawomir Koziel, Adrian BekasiewiczThis paper aims to assess control parameter setup and its effect on computational cost and performance of deterministic procedures for multi-objective design optimization of…
Uncertainty quantification/propagation in nonlinear models: Robust reduction – generalized polynomial chaos
Khaoula Chikhaoui, Noureddine Bouhaddi, Najib Kacem, Mohamed Guedri, Mohamed SoulaThe purpose of this paper is to develop robust metamodels, which allow propagating parametric uncertainties, in the presence of localized nonlinearities, with reduced cost and…
A tensor-based modelling and simulation method for multibody system
Fan Shen, Siyuan Rong, Naigang Cui, Xianren KongThe purpose of this paper is to provide a method with convenient modelling as well as precise computation to the research of complex multi-body system, such as robot arms and…
Large-deformation finite element analysis of the interaction between concrete cut-off walls and high-plasticity clay in an earth core dam
Xiang Yu, Degao Zou, Xianjing Kong, Long YuA large, uneven settlement that is unfavourable to dam safety can occur between a concrete cut-off wall and the high-plasticity clay of earth core dam built on alluviums. This…
Numerical simulations for the fluid-thermal-structural interaction lubrication in a tilting pad thrust bearing
Liming Zhai, Yongyao Luo, Xin Liu, Funan Chen, Yexiang Xiao, Zhengwei WangThe purpose of this paper is to analyze lubrication characteristics of a tilting pad thrust bearing considering the effect of the thermal elastic deformation of the pad and collar.
Interface modelling between CFD and FEM analysis: the dual-layer post-processing model
Daphne Pantousa, Euripidis MistakidisThe primary purpose of this paper is the development of a fire–structure interface (FSI) model, which is referred in this study as a simplified “dual-layer” model. It is oriented…
Application of computational fluid dynamics to predict hydrodynamic downpull on high head gates
Mete Koken, Ismail Aydin, Akis SahinHigh head gates are commonly used in hydropower plants for flow regulation and emergence closure. Hydrodynamic downpull can be a critical parameter in design of the lifting…
Fast computation of accurate sphere-cube intersection volume
Bruce D. Jones, John R. WilliamsVolume mapping of large spherical particles to a Cartesian grid with smaller grid elements is typically required in application of simple immersed boundary conditions in coupled…
Computationally efficient algorithm for vision-based simultaneous localization and mapping of mobile robots
Chen-Chien Hsu, Cheng-Kai Yang, Yi-Hsing Chien, Yin-Tien Wang, Wei-Yen Wang, Chiang-Heng ChienFastSLAM is a popular method to solve the problem of simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). However, when the number of landmarks present in real environments increases…
Dynamic stability of viscoelastic plates under axial flow by differential quadrature method
Mouafo Teifouet Armand Robinson, Sarp AdaliCantilever plates subject to axial flow can lose stability by flutter and properties such as viscoelasticity and laminar friction affect dynamic stability. The purpose of the…
A numerical algorithm based on modified cubic trigonometric B-spline functions for computational modelling of hyperbolic-type wave equations
Ali Saleh Alshomrani, Sapna Pandit, Abdullah K. Alzahrani, Metib Said Alghamdi, Ram JiwariThe main purpose of this work is the development of a numerical algorithm based on modified cubic trigonometric B-spline functions for computational modelling of hyperbolic-type…
An adaptive methodology for multi-GPU programming in OpenCL
Andre Luis Cavalcanti Bueno, Noemi de La Rocque Rodriguez, Elisa Dominguez SotelinoThe purpose of this work is to present a methodology that harnesses the computational power of multiple graphics processing units (GPUs) and hides the complexities of tuning GPU…
Quadrature element method for vibration analysis of functionally graded beams
Chunhua Jin, Xinwei WangThe purpose of this paper is to present a general formulation of the quadrature element method (QEM). The method is then used to investigate the free vibration of functionally…
Applications of the symplectic method in quasi-static analysis for viscoelastic functionally graded materials
W.X. Zhang, R.G. Liu, Y. BaiFor general quasi-static problems of viscoelastic functionally graded materials (VFGMs), the correspondence principle can be applied only for simple structures with a closed form…
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