Engineering Computations: Volume 41 Issue 1

A resource-efficient form-finding approach to tensegrity structures

Heping Liu, Sanaullah, Angelo Vumiliya, Ani Luo

The aim of this article is to obtain a stable tensegrity structure by using the minimum knowledge of the structure.

Dynamic analysis of a highway bridge beam under the passage of compound heavy trucks with multiple trailers

Diego Gabriel Metz, Roberto Dalledone Machado, Marcos Arndt, Carlos Eduardo Rossigali

Realistic composite vehicles with 2, 3, 5 and 9 axles, consisting of a truck with one or two trailers, are addressed in this paper by computational models for vehicle–bridge…

Prediction of soil degree of compaction based on machine learning: a case study of two fine-grained soils

Yuling Ran, Wei Bai, Lingwei Kong, Henghui Fan, Xiujuan Yang, Xuemei Li

The purpose of this paper is to develop an appropriate machine learning model for predicting soil compaction degree while also examining the contribution rates of three…

A DFT-based finite element model to study the elastic, buckling and vibrational characteristics of monolayer bismuthene

Peyman Aghdasi, Shayesteh Yousefi, Reza Ansari

In this paper, based on the density functional theory (DFT) and finite element method (FEM), the elastic, buckling and vibrational behaviors of the monolayer bismuthene are…

Hydraulic loss characteristics of closed-loop piping system during start-up process of mixed-flow pump

Wei Li, Yuxin Huang, Leilei Ji, Lingling Ma, Ramesh Agarwal

The purpose of this study is to explore the transient characteristics of mixed-flow pumps during startup process.

Multi-view fuzzy C-means clustering with kernel metric and local information for color image segmentation

Xiumei Cai, Xi Yang, Chengmao Wu

Multi-view fuzzy clustering algorithms are not widely used in image segmentation, and many of these algorithms are lacking in robustness. The purpose of this paper is to…

Dynamic analysis of Pine Flat dam–water–foundation rock system utilizing the H-W truncation boundary condition

Vahid Lotfi, Hesamedin Abdorazaghi

The response of the Pine Flat dam–water–foundation rock system is studied by a new described approach (i.e. FE-(FE-TE)-FE). The initial part of study is focused on the time…

A study of rotary cutting machine (RCM) performance on Korean granite

Young Jin Shin, Ebrahim Farrokh, Jaehoon Jung, Jaewon Lee, Hanbyul Kang

Despite the many advantages this type of equipment offers, there are still some major drawbacks. Linear cutting machine (LCM) cannot accurately simulate the true rock-cutting…

Assessment of shear band evolution using discrete element modelling

Yang Yang, Yinghui Tian, Runyu Yang, Chunhui Zhang, Le Wang

The objective of this paper is to quantitatively assess shear band evolution by using two-dimensional discrete element method (DEM).

Observer-based preview control for T-S fuzzy systems

Li Li, Hui Ye, Xiaohua Meng

Considering the unmeasurable states of the systems and the previewed reference signal, a novel fuzzy observer-based preview controller, which is a mixed controller of the fuzzy…

Numerical calculation of shock wave overpressure produced by multiple cloud detonation

Zeye Fu, Jiahao Zou, Luxin Han, Qi Zhang

A model for calculating the global overpressure time history of a single cloud detonation from overpressure time history of discrete positions in the range of single cloud…

A complex model decomposition algorithm based on 3D frame fields and features

Chengpeng Zhang, Zhihua Yu, Jimin Shi, Yu Li, Wenqiang Xu, Zheyi Guo, Hongshi Zhang, Zhongyuan Zhu, Sheng Qiang

Hexahedral meshing is one of the most important steps in performing an accurate simulation using the finite element analysis (FEA). However, the current hexahedral meshing method…

Vibration control enhancement in a full vehicle dynamic model by optimization of the controller’s gain parameters

Leonardo Valero Pereira, Walter Jesus Paucar Casas, Herbert Martins Gomes, Luis Roberto Centeno Drehmer, Emanuel Moutinho Cesconeto

In this paper, improvements in reducing transmitted accelerations in a full vehicle are obtained by optimizing the gain parameters of an active control in a roughness road…