Engineering Computations: Volume 22 Issue 1

Knowledge‐based design aid tool for power electronic converters

Bouketir Omrane, Norman Mariun, Ishak Aris, Senan Mahmoud, Taib Soib

The paper aims to develop a CAD tool power electronics converters.

Generalized hierarchical bases: a Wavelet‐Ritz‐Galerkin framework for Lagrangian FEM

S. D'Heedene, K. Amaratunga, J. Castrillón‐Candás

This paper presents a novel framework for solving elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs) over irregularly spaced meshes on bounded domains.

Automotive crashworthiness design using response surface‐based variable screening and optimization

K.J. Craig, Nielen Stander, D.A. Dooge, S. Varadappa

The purpose of this paper is to provide a methodology with which to perform variable screening and optimization in automotive crashworthiness design.

Transformation of geometric models into orthogonal polyhedra using fuzzy logic

R. Obiała, B.H.V. Topping, G.M. Seed, D.E.R. Clark

This paper describes how non‐orthogonal geometric models may be transformed into orthogonal polyhedral models. The main purpose of the transformation is to obtain a geometric…

Numerical formulation for solving soil/tool interaction problem involving large deformation

Nicolas Renon, Pierre Montmitonnet, Patrick Laborde

Purpose – The aim of this work is to provide a global 3D finite element (FE) model devoted to the modelling of superficial soil ploughing in the large deformation range and for a…

Reliability analysis of concrete structures with neural networks and response surfaces

Herbert Martins Gomes, Armando Miguel Awruch

To research the feasibility in using artificial neural networks (ANN) and response surfaces (RS) techniques for reliability analysis of concrete structures.