Engineering Computations: Volume 34 Issue 2
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International journal for computer-aided engineering and softwareTable of contents
Intelligent wheeled mobile robots for blind navigation application
Ter-Feng Wu, Pu-Sheng Tsai, Nien-Tsu Hu, Jen-Yang ChenVisually impaired people have long been living in the dark. They cannot realize the colorful world with their vision, so they rely on hearing, touch and smell to feel the space…
Automatic tunable deployment for real-time strategy games
Cheng-Ta Yang, Her-Tyan Yeh, Bing-Chang Chen, Guo-Xiang JianExtensive efforts have been conducted on the real-time strategy (RTS) games. The purpose of this paper is the specific artificial intelligence (AI) challenges posed by RTS games;…
Low-order mixed finite element analysis of progressive failure in pressure-dependent materials within the framework of the Cosserat continuum
Hongxiang Tang, Yuhui Guan, Xue Zhang, Degao ZouThis paper aims to develop a finite element analysis strategy, which is suitable for the analysis of progressive failure that occurs in pressure-dependent materials in practical…
Using the buck-interleaved buck–boost converter to implement a step-up/down inverter
Chien-Hsuan Chang, Hung-Liang Cheng, En-Chih ChangA typical photovoltaic grid-connection power system usually consists of multi-stage converters to perform multiple functions simultaneously. To simplify system configuration…
A Krylov enhanced proper orthogonal decomposition method for frequency domain model reduction
David Binion, Xiaolin ChenThis paper aims to describe a method for efficient frequency domain model order reduction. The method attempts to combine the desirable attributes of Krylov reduction and proper…
Efficient numerical simulation of injection mold filling with the lattice Boltzmann method
Lin Deng, Junjie Liang, Yun Zhang, Huamin Zhou, Zhigao HuangLattice Boltzmann method (LBM) has made great success in computational fluid dynamics, and this paper aims to establish an efficient simulation model for the polymer injection…
Compressive strength analysis of soil reinforced with fiber extracted from water hyacinth
Harsha Vardhan, Sanandam Bordoloi, Akhil Garg, Ankit Garg, Sreedeep S.The purpose of this study is to measure the effects of density, moisture, fiber content on unconfined compressive strength (UCS) of soil by formulating the models based on…
Analysis of repetitive and near-repetitive structures by transformation to equivalent circulant structures
A. Kaveh, H. Rahami, A. JodakiThere are many structures that have a repetitive pattern. If a relationship can be established between a repetitive structure and a circulant structure, then the repetitive…
Numerical simulation of the blade channel vortices in a Francis turbine runner
Lingjiu Zhou, Meng Liu, Zhengwei Wang, Demin Liu, Yongzhi ZhaoThis study analyzes the blade channel vortices inside Francis runner with a particular focus on the identification of different types of vortices and their causes.
Isogeometric analysis of free vibration of framed structures: comparative problems
Mateus Rauen, Roberto Dalledone Machado, Marcos ArndtThe purpose of this paper is to check the efficiency of isogeometric analysis (IGA) by comparing its results with classical finite element method (FEM), generalized finite element…
On deterministic procedures for low-cost multi-objective design optimization of miniaturized impedance matching transformers
Slawomir Koziel, Adrian BekasiewiczThis paper aims to investigate deterministic strategies for low-cost multi-objective design optimization of compact microwave structures, specifically, impedance matching…
An on-line Kriging metamodel assisted robust optimization approach under interval uncertainty
Qi Zhou, Ping Jiang, Xinyu Shao, Hui Zhou, Jiexiang HuUncertainty is inevitable in real-world engineering optimization. With an outer-inner optimization structure, most previous robust optimization (RO) approaches under interval…
Efficient force method for tetrahedron finite element analysis using mathematical optimization technique
Maryam Daei, S. Hamid MirmohammadiThe efficiency of the finite element analysis via force method depends on the overall flexibility matrix of the structure, while this matrix is directly affected from null bases…
Shooting homotopy analysis method: A fast method to find multiple solutions of nonlinear boundary value problems arising in fluid mechanics
L. Ahmad Soltani, E. Shivanian, Reza EzzatiThe purpose of this paper is to present a new method based on the homotopy analysis method (HAM) with the aim of fast searching and calculating multiple solutions of nonlinear…
Performance evaluation of local surrogate models in differential evolution-based optimum design of truss structures
Eduardo Krempser, Heder S. Bernardino, Helio J.C. Barbosa, Afonso C.C. LemongeThe purpose of this paper is to propose and analyze the use of local surrogate models to improve differential evolution’s (DE) overall performance in computationally expensive…
Distortion-resistant and locking-free eight-node elements effectively capturing the edge effects of Mindlin–Reissner plates
Yi Bao, Song Cen, Chenfeng LiA simple shape-free high-order hybrid displacement function element method is presented for precise bending analyses of Mindlin–Reissner plates. Three distortion-resistant and…
A numerical study of thermo-diffusion, diffusion-thermo and chemical reaction effects on flow of a micropolar fluid in an asymmetric channel with dilating and contracting permeable walls
Syed Tauseef Mohyud-din, Naveed Ahmed, Umar Khan, Mohammad Mehdi RashidiThe purpose of this study is to analyze thermo-diffusion and diffusion-thermo effects, combined with first-order chemical reaction, in the flow of a micropolar fluid through an…
Analysis of hydromagnetic natural convection radiative flow of a viscoelastic nanofluid over a stretching sheet with Soret and Dufour effects
Gauri Shanker Seth, Rohit Sharma, Manoj Kumar Mishra, Ali J. ChamkhaThe purpose of this paper is to assess steady, two-dimensional natural convection flow of a viscoelastic, incompressible, electrically conducting and optically thick…
Partially coupled extended stochastic gradient algorithm for nonlinear multivariable output error moving average systems
Xuehai Wang, Feng DingThe purpose of this paper is to study the parameter estimation problem of nonlinear multivariable output error moving average systems.
Reducing computational time of cohesionless discrete simulations based on particle clusters
Istvan Oldal, Ferenc Safranyik, Istvan KepplerThe purpose of this study is the reduction of computational time demand of discrete element based modeling.
Algal bloom prediction by support vector machine and relevance vector machine with genetic algorithm optimization in freshwater reservoirs
Yanjie Wang, Zhengchao Xie, InChio Lou, Wai Kin Ung, Kai Meng MokThe purpose of this paper is to examine the applicability and capability of models based on a genetic algorithm and support vector machine (GA-SVM) and a genetic algorithm and…
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