Engineering Computations: Volume 11 Issue 4

Optimal design of multiple load case structures using an evolutionary procedure

Y.M. Xie, G.P. Steven

The structural optimization presented in this paper is based on anevolutionary procedure, developed recently, in which the low stressed part ofa structure is removed from the…

Nonlinear soil‐structure interaction in plane frames

J. Noorzaei, M.N. Viladkar, P.N. Godbole

Study of soil‐structure interaction effect in framed structuresnecessitates proper physical modelling of the structure, foundation and thesoil mass. At the same time, the…

New ALE applications in non‐linear fast‐transient solid dynamics

A. Huerta, F. Casadei

The arbitrary Lagrangian—Eulerian (ALE)formulation, which is already well established in the hydrodynamics andfluid‐structure interaction fields, is extended to materials…

Elastoplastic finite element analysis on a mimd parallel‐computer

O. Klaas, M. Kreienmeyer, E. Stein

This paper presents the development of a parallel finiteelement algorithm for a MIMD parallel computer. Theelements are distributed, onto the processors, in such a waythat…

Numerical solution of melting/solidification problems in cylindrical geometry

James Caldwell, Chi‐Keung Chiu

In this report, we study the numerical solution ofmelting/solidification problems in cylindrical geometry by the heatbalance integral method. The heat balance method can be…

Design of a new finite element programming environment

A. Cardona, I. Klapka, M. Geradin

This paper presents the architecture for a new finite element program written in the C⁺⁺ programming language. A powerful command interpreter allows the user not only to introduce…