Engineering Computations: Volume 41 Issue 4

Application of Laplace Adomian decomposition method for fractional Fokker-Planck equation and time fractional coupled Boussinesq-Burger equations

Yufeng Zhang, Lizhen Wang

Fractional Fokker-Planck equation (FFPE) and time fractional coupled Boussinesq-Burger equations (TFCBBEs) play important roles in the fields of solute transport, fluid dynamics…

High-order discretization–based self-adaptive turbulence eddy simulation for supersonic base flow with PHengLEI software

Wenchang Wu, Zhenguo Yan, Yaobing Min, Xingsi Han, Yankai Ma, Zhong Zhao

The purpose of the present study is to develop a new numerical framework that can predict the supersonic base flow more accurately, including the development of axisymmetrically…

Gene expression programming (GEP) as novel tool for thermal analysis and kinetic modeling of pyrolysis reactions: coal pyrolysis case study

Hamidreza Najafi, Ahmad Golrokh Sani, Mohammad Amin Sobati

In this study, a different approach is introduced to generate the kinetic sub-model for the modeling of solid-state pyrolysis reactions based on the thermogravimetric (TG…

Multiscale stochastic optimal control of hysteretic structures based on wavelet transform and probability density evolution method

Haylim Chha, Yongbo Peng

Contemporary stochastic optimal control by synergy of the probability density evolution method (PDEM) and conventional optimal controller exhibits less capability to guarantee…

A generic numerical method for treating a system of Volterra integro-differential equations with multiple delays and variable bounds

Ömür Kıvanç Kürkçü, Mehmet Sezer

This study aims to treat a novel system of Volterra integro-differential equations with multiple delays and variable bounds, constituting a generic numerical method based on the…

Artificial intelligence schemes to predict the mechanical performance of lignocellulosic fibers with unseen data to enhance the reliability of biocomposites

Rami Al-Jarrah, Faris M. AL-Oqla

This work introduces an integrated artificial intelligence schemes to enhance accurately predicting the mechanical properties of cellulosic fibers towards boosting their…

Design and optimization of a domestic solar dryer: an analytical approach

Shimpy Shimpy, Mahesh Kumar, Anil Kumar

Food loss and wastage is an issue of global concern and the household sector is one of the biggest contributors to this. Solar drying has been explored by many eminent researchers…

Investigation of the influence of plane strain constrained anisotropic plastic flow on the localized necking prediction

Bora Şener

The purpose of this manuscript is to investigate the influence of the satisfying of plane strain conditions on the prediction of the localized necking and to evaluate this effect…

Improving stability and adaptability of automotive electric steering systems based on a novel optimal integrated algorithm

Tuan Anh Nguyen, Jamshed Iqbal

Design a novel optimal integrated control algorithm for the automotive electric steering system to improve the stability and adaptation of the system.

Size-dependent finite element analysis of FGMs in thermal environment based on the modified couple stress theory

Songhao Wang, Zhenghua Qian, Yan Shang

The paper aims to the size-dependent analysis of functionally graded materials in thermal environment based on the modified couple stress theory using finite element method.

Computational approach and convergence analysis for interval-based solution of the Benjamin–Bona–Mahony equation with imprecise parameters

Rambabu Vana, Karunakar Perumandla

To provide a new semi-analytical solution for the nonlinear Benjamin–Bona–Mahony (BBM) equation in the form of a convergent series. The results obtained through HPTM for BBM are…

An implicit solution method for digital construction of temperature fields in concrete structures based on point temperature measurements

Zhenyang Zhu, Yi Liu, Lei Zhang

At present, using the finite element method is difficult to efficiently and accurately construct the temperature field of mass concrete based on temperature measurement points…