Engineering Computations: Volume 16 Issue 8

Convex hull of a planar set of straight and circular line segments

Yong Yue, J.L. Murray, J.R. Corney, D.E.R. Clark

The problem of constructing the convex hull of a set of points and of curvilinear segments arises in many applications of geometric analysis. Although there has been much work on…

Elastoplastic analysis using quasi‐higher order symmetric Galerkin boundary element method

S.T. Lie, K. Xu, Q. Liu

In this paper, an interpolation method called the quasi‐higher order element method (QHOEM) is proposed for solving elastoplastic problems using symmetric Galerkin boundary…

A simulation of crystallinity gradients developed in slowly crystallizing injection molded polymers via parallel splitting

Qin Sheng, Fred F. Farshad, Shangyu Duan

In this study, a three‐dimensional (3D) flow model is used to approximate the crystallinity gradients of slowly crystallizing polymers developed in the injection molding process…

An integrated software environment for multi‐disciplinary computational engineering

N.P. Weatherill, E.A. Turner‐Smith, J. Jones, K. Morgan, O. Hassan

As computer simulation increasingly supports engineering design and manufacture, the requirement for a computer software environment providing an integration platform for…

Integrated design optimization of stiffened plate structures

F. Belblidia, S.M.B. Afonso, E. Hinton, G.C.R. Antonino

Topology optimization and conventional structural sizing optimization procedures are used together to obtain optimum designs for plate structures. A three‐layer, Mindlin‐Reissner…