Engineering Computations: Volume 36 Issue 6

A novel technique based on Bernoulli wavelets for numerical solutions of two-dimensional Fredholm integral equation of second kind

S. Saha Ray, S. Behera

A novel technique based on Bernoulli wavelets has been proposed to solve two-dimensional Fredholm integral equation of second kind. Bernoulli wavelets have been created by…

A study on performance of MHDA in training MLPs

Sree Ranjini K.S.

In recent years, the application of metaheuristics in training neural network models has gained significance due to the drawbacks of deterministic algorithms. This paper aims to…

Numerical simulation of fracture characteristics of jointed rock masses under blasting load

Chao Liu, Mingyang Yang, Haoyu Han, Wenping Yue

To study fracture characteristics of jointed rock masses under blasting load, the RFPA2D analysis software for dynamic fracture of rocks based on the finite element method and…

A rapid stress calculation method for short flexspline harmonic drive

Shuang Wang, Gedong Jiang, Xuesong Mei, Chuang Zou, Xian Zhang, Hao Zhang

Because of the compact structure, short flexspline (FS) harmonic drive (HD) is increasingly used. The stress calculation of FS is very important in design and optimization of HD…

An improved immune clonal selection algorithm for bi-objective robotic assemble line balancing problems considering time and space constraints

Binghai Zhou, Qiong Wu

The extensive applications of the industrial robots have made the optimization of assembly lines more complicated. The purpose of this paper is to develop a balancing method of…

Uncertain nonlinear system control using hybrid fuzzy LQR-sliding mode technique optimized with evolutionary algorithm

Nguyen Ngoc Son, Cao Van Kien, Ho Pham Huy Anh

This paper aims to propose an advanced tracking control of the uncertain nonlinear dynamic system using a novel hybrid fuzzy linear quadratic regulator…

Computer vision approach for phase identification from steel microstructure

Amitava Choudhury, Snehanshu Pal, Ruchira Naskar, Amitava Basumallick

The purpose of this paper is to develop an automated phase segmentation model from complex microstructure. The mechanical and physical properties of metals and alloys are…

Reconfiguration method of tensegrity units using infinitesimal mechanisms

Andrés González, Ani Luo, Dongyan Shi

This paper aims to present a reconfiguration strategy for actuated tensegrity structures. The main idea is to use the infinitesimal mechanisms of the structure to generate a path…

Improving the bending response of four-node quadrilateral and eight-node hexahedral elements for Cosserat elasticity problems

Qing Xie, Yucai Hu, Yexin Zhou, Wanshui Han

Poor bending response is a major shortcoming of lower-order elements due to excessive representation of shear stress/strain field. Advanced finite element (FE) formulations for…

A truck scheduling problem at a cross-docking facility with mixed service mode dock doors

Behnam Vahdani, Shayan Shahramfard

The purpose of this study is truck scheduling and assignment of trucks to the doors simultaneously since these issues were considered mainly separately in the previous research…

Adaptive finite element analysis with local mesh refinement based on a posteriori error estimate of element energy projection technique

Yiyi Dong, Si Yuan, Qinyan Xing

This study aims to propose a general and efficient adaptive strategy with local mesh refinement for two-dimensional (2D) finite element (FE) analysis based on the element energy…

An exact GITT solution for static bending of clamped parallelogram plate resting on an elastic foundation

Guangming Fu, Yudan Peng, Baojiang Sun, Chen An, Jian Su

The purpose of this study is to propose generalised integral transform technique (GITT) to obtain the exact solutions for bending of clamped parallelogram plate resting on elastic…

Multi-objective optimization of bending force preset in cold rolling

He-Nan Bu, Hong-Gen Zhou, Zhu-Wen Yan, Dian-Hua Zhang

In the process of cold rolled strip, there is tight coupling between flatness control and gauge control. The variation of the roll gap caused by the change of bending force will…

Three-dimensional coordinate measurement algorithm by optimizing BP neural network based on GA

Xiaohong Lu, Yongquan Wang, Jie Li, Yang Zhou, Zongjin Ren, Steven Y. Liang

The purpose of this paper is to solve the problem that the analytic solution model of spatial three-dimensional coordinate measuring system based on dual-position sensitive…

Efficient analysis of shear wall-frame structural systems

Guiyun Xia, Wenya Shu, Ilinca Stanciulescu

This paper aims to propose an efficient method to conduct the preliminary analyses of medium or high-rise wall-frame structural systems with vertically varying properties. To this…

Identification of continuous-time hybrid “Box–Jenkins” systems with multiple unknown time delays using two-stage parameter estimation algorithm

Yamna Ghoul

This study/paper aims to present a separable identification algorithm for a multiple input single output (MISO) continuous time (CT) hybrid “Box–Jenkins”.