Engineering Computations: Volume 37 Issue 8

Finite element implementation of viscoelastic and viscoplastic models

Hossein Sepiani, Maria Anna Polak, Alexander Penlidis

The purpose of this study is to present a finite element (FE) implementation of phenomenological three-dimensional viscoelastic and viscoplastic constitutive models for long term…

Dynamic characteristics analysis of locomotive traction gear pair system under internal and external excitations

Yan Xia, Yi Wan, Hongwei Wang, Zhanqiang Liu

As the transmission component of a locomotive, the traction gear pair system has a direct effect on the stability and reliability of the whole machine. This paper aims to provide…

Improved buried pipe element method for temperature-field calculation of mass concrete with cooling pipes

Zhenyang Zhu, Yi Liu, Zhe Fan, Sheng Qiang, Zhiqiang Xie, Weimin Chen, Congcong Wu

The buried pipe element method can be used to calculate the temperature of mass concrete through highly efficient computing. However, in this method, temperatures along cooling…

Numerical Brazilian split test of pre-cracked granite with randomly distributed micro-components

Shiqi Liu, Huanling Wang, Weiya Xu, Xiao Qu, W.C. Xie

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mechanical behavior and propagation of cracks of numerical granite samples through the Brazilian split test and to provide a…

Stress-seepage-damage coupling modelling method for tunnel in rich water region

Annan Jiang, Shuai Zheng, Shanyong Wang

This paper aims at the problem of surrounding rock excavation damage zone of tunneling in the rich water region, this paper aims to propose a new seepage-stress-damage coupling…

A dynamic reliability assessment methodology of gear transmission system of wind turbine

Huahan Liu, Qiang Dong, Wei Jiang

The purpose of this paper is to present a new methodology, used for dynamic reliability analysis of a gear transmission system (GTS) of wind turbine (WT), which could be used for…

Transverse nonlinear vibration of the eccentric rotor in a 12/8 switched reluctance motor

Feng Wang, Zhiqiang Wu, Yajie Li, Yuancen Wang

To investigate transverse vibration of the eccentric rotor in a 12/8 poles switched reluctance motor (SRM), a transverse analytical vibration model is built by finite element…

A numerical method for solving optimal control problems via Legendre polynomials

Yajing Gu, Hongyan Yan, Yuanguo Zhu

The purpose of this paper is to propose an iterative Legendre technique to deal with a continuous optimal control problem (OCP).

Development of hybrid model for modeling of diffusion phase transformation

Łukasz Łach, Dmytro Svyetlichnyy

Some functional properties of engineering materials, i.e. physical, mechanical and thermal ones, depend directly on the microstructure, which is a result of processes occurring in…

A high-resolution method based on off-step non-polynomial spline approximations for the solution of Burgers-Fisher and coupled nonlinear Burgers’ equations

Ranjan Kumar Mohanty, Sachin Sharma

This paper aims to develop a new high accuracy numerical method based on off-step non-polynomial spline in tension approximations for the solution of Burgers-Fisher and coupled…

Inelastic buckling mode interactions and resonance instabilities in thin-walled columns due to the fatigue damage

Dragan D. Milašinović, Petar Marić, Žarko Živanov, Miroslav Hajduković

The problems of inelastic instability (buckling) and dynamic instability (resonance) have been the subject of extensive investigation and have received wide attention from the…

An adaptive nonlinear finite element analysis of minimal surface problem based on element energy projection technique

Kaifeng Jiang, Si Yuan, Qinyan Xing

This paper aims to propose a new adaptive strategy for two-dimensional (2D) nonlinear finite element (FE) analysis of the minimal surface problem (MSP) based on the element energy…

Numerical analysis of dynamic properties of wrinkled thin membranes

Xiaofeng Wang, Haoyue Chu, Qingshan Yang

This paper aims to numerically study the effects of boundary conditions, pre-stress, material constants and thickness on the dynamic performance of a wrinkled thin membrane.

The effect of opposing notch geometry on the tensile strength of adhesively bonded single-lap joints

Salim Çam, Adnan Özel

This study aims to investigate the effect of opposing notches formed on the adherends on the tensile strength of an adhesively bonded single-lap joint.

Numerical simulation of two-dimensional fins using the meshless local Petrov – Galerkin method

Rajul Garg, Harishchandra Thakur, Brajesh Tripathi

The study aims to highlight the behaviour of one-dimensional and two-dimensional fin models under the natural room conditions, considering the different values of dimensionless…

Analysis of a novel two-lane lattice model with consideration of density integral and relative flow information

Xinyue Qi, Rongjun Cheng, Hongxia Ge

This study aims to consider the influence of density difference integral and relative flow difference on traffic flow, a novel two-lane lattice hydrodynamic model is proposed. The…