Engineering Computations: Volume 31 Issue 3

A two-step Taylor-Galerkin formulation for fast dynamics

Izian Abd. Karim, Chun Hean Lee, Antonio J. Gil, Javier Bonet

– The purpose of this paper is to present a new stabilised low-order finite element methodology for large strain fast dynamics.

Method of lines solutions for the three-wave model of Brillouin equations

Fikri Serdar Gokhan, Graham W. Griffiths, William E. Schiesser

The purpose of this paper is to present the method of lines (MOL) solution of the stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) equations (a system of three first-order hyperbolic partial…

Numerical study on the dynamics and mass transfer characteristics of a radial offset jet

Zhiwei Li, Wenxin Huai, Zhonghua Yang, Zhongdong Qian, Yuhong Zeng

A radial offset jet has the flow characteristics of a radial jet and an offset jet, which are encountered in many engineering applications. The purpose of this paper is to study…

A Mie-Grüneisen mixture Eulerian model for underwater explosion

Zongduo Wu, Zhi Zong, Lei Sun

– The purpose of this paper is to provide an improved Mie-Grüneisen mixture model to simulate underwater explosion (UNDEX).

An innovative strategy to create equivalent elements for modelling assembly points in joined structures

Maxime Bérot, Julien Malrieu, François Bay

Large structures (e.g. plane, bridge, etc.) often include several hundreds of assembly points. Structural computations often use over-simplistic approximations for these points;…

A computational method for evaluating the damage in a solder joint of an electronic package subjected to thermal loads

Jonas Johansson, Ilja Belov, Erland Johnson, Peter Leisner

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a novel computational method to evaluate damage accumulation in a solder joint of an electronic package, when exposed to operating…

Numerical analysis of characteristics of the wind caused by methane-air explosion

Qi Zhang, Lei Pang, Dachao Lin

The high-velocity wind caused by a methane-air explosion is one of the important hazardous effects in explosion events of coal mines, and, however, until now it has not been…

Numerical evaluation of the side wall effect on the flow around a hydrofoil

Min He, Lingli Yuan, Lingjiu Zhou, Jing Yang, Zhengwei Wang

Studies of the three-dimensional flow characteristics during hydrofoil cavitation have shown that the side walls strongly affect the flow field around the hydrofoil. The purpose…

Transient heat conduction across thermal barrier coating on an anisotropic substrate

Y.M. Lee, T.W. Tsai, Y.C. Shiah

The purpose of this paper is to examine the transient heat conduction in a two-dimensional anisotropic substrate coated with a thin layer of thermal barrier coating (TBC)…

Techniques to derive geometries for image-based Eulerian computations

Seth Dillard, James Buchholz, Sarah Vigmostad, Hyunggun Kim, H.S. Udaykumar

The performance of three frequently used level set-based segmentation methods is examined for the purpose of defining features and boundary conditions for image-based Eulerian…

Polyhedra faster than spheres?

Mark A. Hopkins

– The purpose of this paper is to present a new and efficient technique for discrete element modelling using non-convex polyhedral grain shapes.

Combined equivalent & multi-scale simulation method for 3-D seismic analysis of large-scale shield tunnel

Weiwei Zhang, Xianlong Jin, Zhihao Yang

The great magnitude differences between the integral tunnel and its structure details make it impossible to numerically model and analyze the global and local seismic behavior of…