Engineering Computations: Volume 39 Issue 8

Stability analysis of Xiluodu Hydropower Station right bank slope based on discontinuous deformation analysis method

Ke Ma, Yu Li, Guoyang Liu, Gang He, Chun Sha, Yilin Peng

The purpose of this study is to investigate the deformation characteristics and failure modes of the right bank slope of Xiluodu Hydropower Station after excavation.

Coalition of metaheuristics through parallel computing for solving unconstrained continuous optimization problems

Mümin Emre Şenol, Adil Baykasoğlu

The purpose of this study is to develop a new parallel metaheuristic algorithm for solving unconstrained continuous optimization problems.

Numerical analysis for mining-induced stress and plastic evolution involving influencing factors: high in situ stress, excavation rate and multilayered heterogeneity

Yongliang Wang, Jin Huang, Guocheng Wang

This study aims to analyse the deep resource mining that causes high in situ stress, and the disturbance of tunnelling and mining which may induce large stress concentration…

A novel multi-objective optimization method with local search scheme using shuffled complex evolution applied to mechanical engineering problems

Fran Sérgio Lobato, Gustavo Barbosa Libotte, Gustavo Mendes Platt

In this work, the multi-objective optimization shuffled complex evolution is proposed. The algorithm is based on the extension of shuffled complex evolution, by incorporating two…

Simultaneous identification of multi-parameter for power hardening elastoplastic problems in three-dimensional geometries

Chunyun Zhang, Jie Mei, Yushuai Bai, Miao Cui, Haifeng Peng, X. W. Gao

The purpose of this study is to simultaneously determine the constitutive parameters and boundary conditions by solving inverse mechanical problems of power hardening…

Slope reliability analysis using Bayesian optimized convolutional neural networks

Houlai Lin, Liang Li, Kaiqi Meng, Chunli Li, Liang Xu, Zhiliang Liu, Shibao Lu

This paper aims to develop an effective framework which combines Bayesian optimized convolutional neural networks (BOCNN) with Monte Carlo simulation for slope reliability…

A new scheme for extracting fault features of rolling element bearings

Xiangnan Liu, Kuanfang He

The purpose of this paper is to propose a new fault feature extraction scheme for the rolling element bearing.

Comparative study for multi-variable regression methods based on Laguerre polynomial and manifolds optimization

Zibo Li, Zhengxiang Yan, Shicheng Li, Guangmin Sun, Xin Wang, Dequn Zhao, Yu Li, Xiucheng Liu

The purpose of this paper is to overcome the application limitations of other multi-variable regression based on polynomials due to the huge computation room and time cost.

Topology optimization of shell-infill structures for natural frequencies

Kang Liu, Yingchun Bai, Shouwen Yao, Shenggang Luan

The purpose of this paper is to develop a topology optimization algorithm considering natural frequencies.

System reliability analysis of foundation stability of gravity dams considering anisotropic seepage and multiple sliding surfaces

Jia-Nan He, De-wei Yang, Wu Zhenyu

For gravity dams built on foundations with directional joint sets, the seepage in the foundation possesses anisotropic characteristics and may have adverse effects on the…

Estimating mechanical and dynamic properties of rubberized concrete using machine learning techniques: a comprehensive study

Ahed Habib, Umut Yildirim

Currently, many experimental studies on the properties and behavior of rubberized concrete are available in the literature. These findings have motivated scholars to propose…