Engineering Computations: Volume 38 Issue 10

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International journal for computer-aided engineering and software
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Reliability analysis for dependent competing failure of harmonic drive with strength failure and stiffness degradation failure

Xian Zhang, Gedong Jiang, Hao Zhang, Xialun Yun, Xuesong Mei

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the dependent competing failure reliability of harmonic drive (HD) with strength failure and degradation failure.

Time-dependent reliability and optimal design of scraper chains based on fretting wear process

Shuai Li, Zhencai Zhu, Hao Lu, Gang Shen

This paper aims to present a dynamic reliability model of scraper chains based on the fretting wear process and propose a reasonable structural optimization method.

Determination of the time-dependent convection coefficient in two-dimensional free boundary problems

Mousa Huntul, Daniel Lesnic

The purpose of the study is to solve numerically the inverse problem of determining the time-dependent convection coefficient and the free boundary, along with the temperature in…

Fast and reliable knowledge-based design closure of antennas by means of iterative prediction-correction scheme

Slawomir Koziel, Anna Pietrenko-Dabrowska

A novel framework for expedited antenna optimization with an iterative prediction-correction scheme is proposed. The methodology is comprehensively validated using three…

An artificial compressibility method for axisymmetric swirling flows

Stavros N. Leloudas, Georgios N. Lygidakis, Argiris I. Delis, Ioannis K. Nikolos

This study aims to feature the application of the artificial compressibility method (ACM) for the numerical prediction of two-dimensional (2D) axisymmetric swirling flows.

An inverse problem of determining the time-dependent potential in a higher-order Boussinesq-Love equation from boundary data

M.J. Huntul, Mohammad Tamsir, Abdullah Ahmadini

The paper aims to numerically solve the inverse problem of determining the time-dependent potential coefficient along with the temperature in a higher-order Boussinesq-Love…

Computational analysis of convective heat transfer properties of turbulent slot jet impingement

Anuj Kumar Shukla, Anupam Dewan

Convective heat transfer features of a turbulent slot jet impingement are comprehensively studied using two different computational approaches, namely, URANS (unsteady…

Numerical modeling of inverse problem of parameter identification for viscoelastic functionally graded materials/structures

Linlin Zhang, Haitian Yang

This paper attempts to develop an efficient algorithm to solve the inverse problem of identifying constitutive parameters in VFG (viscoelastic functionally graded…

A fast workpiece detection method based on multi-feature fused SSD

Guoyuan Shi, Yingjie Zhang, Manni Zeng

Workpiece sorting is a key link in industrial production lines. The vision-based workpiece sorting system is non-contact and widely applicable. The detection and recognition of…

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Balancing assembly lines operating with heterogeneous workers under uncertainty in task processing times

Paraskevi Th. Zacharia, Andreas C. Nearchou

This paper considers the assembly line worker assignment and balancing problem of type-2 (ALWABP-2) with fuzzy task times. This problem is an extension of the (simple) SALBP-2 in…

The meso-failure mechanism of lightweight concrete simulated by the phase field method

Jichang Wang, Xiaoming Guo

A mesoscopic phase field (PF) model is proposed to simulate the meso-failure process of lightweight concrete.

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A weak form temporal quadrature element formulation for linear structural dynamics

Junning Qin, Hongzhi Zhong

Various time integration methods and time finite element methods have been developed to obtain the responses of structural dynamic problems, but the accuracy and computational…

A note on variation iteration method with an application on Lane–Emden equations

Amit K. Verma, Narendra Kumar, Mandeep Singh, Ravi P. Agarwal

In this article, the authors consider the following nonlinear singular boundary value problem (SBVP) known as Lane–Emden equations, −u″(t)-(α/t) u′(t) = g(t, u), 0 < t < 1 where α

Identifying an unknown potential term in the fourth-order Boussinesq–Love equation from mass measurement

M.J. Huntul, Mohammad Tamsir

The inverse problem of identifying the time-dependent potential coefficient along with the temperature in the fourth-order Boussinesq–Love equation (BLE) with initial and boundary…

Solution of the 3D Helmholtz equation using barycentric Lagrange interpolation collocation method

Miaomiao Yang, Xinkun Du, Yongbin Ge

This meshless collocation method is applicable not only to the Helmholtz equation with Dirichlet boundary condition but also mixed boundary conditions. It can calculate not only…

Automatic sizing functions for unstructured mesh generation revisited

Zhiwei Liu, Jianjun Chen, Yifan Xia, Yao Zheng

Sizing functions are crucial inputs for unstructured mesh generation since they determine the element distributions of resulting meshes to a large extent. Meanwhile, automating…

Experimental validation of numerical simulations of free-surface flow within casting mould cavities

Ondřej Bublík, Libor Lobovský, Václav Heidler, Tomáš Mandys, Jan Vimmr

The paper targets on providing new experimental data for validation of the well-established mathematical models within the framework of the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM), which…

Estimation of structural response using convolutional neural network: application to the Suramadu bridge

Arya Panji Pamuncak, Mohammad Reza Salami, Augusta Adha, Bambang Budiono, Irwanda Laory

Structural health monitoring (SHM) has gained significant attention due to its capability in providing support for efficient and optimal bridge maintenance activities. However…

Macro autonomous traffic flow model with traffic jerk and downstream vehicle information

Zhai Cong, Weitiao Wu

In the era of connected and autonomous vehicles, a large amount of surrounding vehicular information can be acquired by the focal vehicle in real time using vehicle-to-vehicle…

Numerical investigation of the flow characteristics and permeability of 2D irregular columnar jointed rock masses

Zhichao Cheng, Huanling Wang, Weiya Xu, Long Yan

The objective of this paper is to provide a better understanding of the effect of irregular columnar jointed structure on the permeability and flow characteristics of rock masses.

Temporal and spatial evolution of cavitating bubbles and coherent structures in a confined submerged jet shear layer

Runqiang Zhang, Guoyong Sun, Yuchuan Wang, Sebastián Leguizamón

The study aims to display the bubbles' evolution in the shear layer and their relationship with the pressure fluctuations. Furthermore, the coherent structures of the first six…

A new method to optimize the truncated PCE order of collocation-based SRSM in reliability analysis and its application to geotechnical problems

Peng Zeng, Tianbin Li, Rafael Jimenez, Xianda Feng, Yu Chen, Tianlong Zhang

The collocation-based stochastic response surface method (CSRSM) is widely used in geotechnical reliability analyses due to its efficiency and accuracy. Determining the optimal…

Cover of Engineering Computations

ISSN:

0264-4401

Online date, start – end:

1984

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

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hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof. Chenfeng Li