Engineering Computations: Volume 36 Issue 1

Moisture-dependent thermo-mechanical constitutive modeling of wood

Robert Fleischhauer, Jens U. Hartig, Peer Haller, Michael Kaliske

The purpose of this study is the numerical investigation of densification and molding processes of wood. Providing theoretical and numerical approaches with respect to a…

Interpolatory model reduction for quadratic-bilinear systems using error estimators

Mian Ilyas Ahmad, Peter Benner, Lihong Feng

The purpose of this paper is to propose an interpolation-based projection framework for model reduction of quadratic-bilinear systems. The approach constructs projection matrices…

Application of the peridynamic differential operator to the solution of sloshing problems in tanks

Soheil Bazazzadeh, Arman Shojaei, Mirco Zaccariotto, Ugo Galvanetto

The purpose of this paper is to apply the Peridynamic differential operator (PDDO) to incompressible inviscid fluid flow with moving boundaries. Based on the potential flow…

High-order finite volume approximation for population density model based on quadratic integrate-and-fire neuron

Paramjeet Singh, Santosh Kumar, Mehmet Emir Koksal

The purpose of this paper is to develop and apply a high-order numerical method based on finite volume approximation for quadratic integrate-and-fire (QIF) neuron model with the…

Numerical prediction of the elastoplastic response of FG tubes using nonlinear kinematic hardening rule with power-law function model under thermomechanical loadings

Aref Mehditabar, Gholam H. Rahimi

This study aims to explain the characterization of cyclic behavior of a tube made of functionally graded material (FGM) under different combinations of internal pressure and…

Multiscale concurrent topology optimization of structures and microscopic multi-phase materials for thermal conductivity

Daicong Da, Xiangyang Cui, Kai Long, Yong Cai, Guangyao Li

The optimal material microstructures in pure material design are no longer efficient or optimal when accounting macroscopic structure performance with specific boundary…

Vibration simulation for a cantilever beam including a slant vertical crack

Xiaohua Song, Yiming Shao

Modelling methods can be helpful for understanding vibrations of beam structures including cracks, as well as for early detection of crack. This study aims to provide an…

An explicit time integration algorithm for linear and non-linear finite element analyses of dynamic and wave problems

Mi Zhao, Huifang Li, Shengtao Cao, Xiuli Du

The purpose of this paper is to propose a new explicit time integration algorithm for solution to the linear and non-linear finite element equations of structural dynamic and wave…

Cloud-based improved Monte Carlo localization algorithm with robust orientation estimation for mobile robots

I-hsum Li, Wei-Yen Wang, Chung-Ying Li, Jia-Zwei Kao, Chen-Chien Hsu

This paper aims to demonstrate a cloud-based version of the improved Monte Carlo localization algorithm with robust orientation estimation (IMCLROE). The purpose of this system is…

Spatial combined cable element for cable-supported bridges

Jiandong Wei, Manyu Guan, Qi Cao, Ruibin Wang

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the cable-supported bridges more efficiently by building the finite element model with the spatial combined cable element.

Novel reliable routing method for engineering of internet of vehicles based on graph theory

De-gan Zhang, Ya-meng Tang, Yu-ya Cui, Jing-xin Gao, Xiao-huan Liu, Ting Zhang

The communication link in the engineering of Internet of Vehicle (IOV) is more frequent than the communication link in the Mobile ad hoc Network (MANET). Therefore, the highly…

Design optimization of FGM beam in stability problem

Igor V. Andrianov, Jan Awrejcewicz, Alexander A. Diskovsky

The purpose of this paper is to define and solve the problem of an optimized structural topology of the simply supported beam made from functionally graded material (FGM) enabling…

Numerical modelling of SH-wave propagation in initially-stressed multilayered composite structures: A casewise study

Shalini Saha, Amares Chattopadhyay, Abhishek Kumar Singh

The purpose of this paper is to develop a numerical (finite-difference) model exploring phase and group velocities of SH-wave propagation in initially stressed transversely…

Numerical study on crack propagation in linear elastic multiphase composite materials using phase field method

Xiang Li, Dongyang Chu, Yue Gao, Zhanli Liu

The purpose of this paper is to develop an efficient numerical method to study the complex crack initiation and propagation in linear elastic multiphase composites.

Transient elastodynamic analysis with a combination of convolution quadrature method and pseudo-initial condition method

Yuan Li, J. Zhang, Yudong Zhong, Xiaomin Shu, Yunqiao Dong

The Convolution Quadrature Method (CQM) has been widely applied to solve transient elastodynamic problems because of its stability and generality. However, the CQM suffers from…

The modified characteristics finite element method for time-dependent Darcy-Brinkman problem

Cheng Liao, Pengzhan Huang

This study aims to capture the effective behavior of double-diffusion problem, which arises from the combined heat and mass transfer in porous medium and develop the modified…