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Fragility curves production by seismic improvement of the high-dimensional model representation method
Payam Asadi, Hosein SouraniIn the absence of random variables, random variables are generated by the Monte Carlo (MC) simulation method. There are some methods for generating fragility curves with…
A global sensitivity analysis-assisted sequential optimization tool for plant-fin heat sink design
Enying Li, Zheng Zhou, Hu Wang, Kang CaiThis study aims to suggest and develops a global sensitivity analysis-assisted multi-level sequential optimization method for the heat transfer problem.
Numerical analysis and simulation of delay parabolic partial differential equation involving a small parameter
Lolugu Govindarao, Jugal MohapatraThe purpose of this paper is to provide an efficient and robust second-order monotone hybrid scheme for singularly perturbed delay parabolic convection-diffusion initial…
Fast multi-objective design optimization of microwave and antenna structures using data-driven surrogates and domain segmentation
Slawomir Koziel, Adrian BekasiewiczThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the strategies and algorithms for expedited design optimization of microwave and antenna structures in multi-objective setup.
Applications of surrogate-assisted and multi-fidelity multi-objective optimization algorithms to simulation-based aerodynamic design
Anand Amrit, Leifur LeifssonThe purpose of this work is to apply and compare surrogate-assisted and multi-fidelity, multi-objective optimization (MOO) algorithms to simulation-based aerodynamic…
Research progress of high-performance BEM and investigation on convergence of GMRES in local stress analysis of slender real thin-plate beams
Zhenhan Yao, Xiaoping Zheng, Han Yuan, Jinlong FengBased on the error analysis, the authors proposed a new kind of high accuracy boundary element method (BEM) (HABEM), and for the large-scale problems, the fast algorithm…
A three-layer mechanical model for the analysis of effects of pia matter on cortical folding
Linlin Wang, Jianyao Yao, Huiming Ning, Liangke Wu, Dongyang Sun, Ning HuThis paper aims to investigate the effects of the pia matter on cerebral cortical folding.
An interpolating meshless method for the numerical simulation of the time-fractional diffusion equations with error estimates
Jufeng Wang, Fengxin SunThis paper aims to present an interpolating element-free Galerkin (IEFG) method for the numerical study of the time-fractional diffusion equation, and then discuss the…
Some advances in high-performance finite element methods
Song Cen, Cheng Jin Wu, Zhi Li, Yan Shang, Chenfeng LiThe purpose of this paper is to give a review on the newest developments of high-performance finite element methods (FEMs), and exhibit the recent contributions achieved…
Modelling and simulation of residual stress of strip during continuous annealing process
Chun-Jian Su, Yong Li, De-Xing Yang, Zhen-Hua Bai, Rui Wang, Yu-Ting Lv, Jian-Gao DuanThe purpose of this study is to solve the key problem of the residual stress of strip in buckling and deviation during the continuous annealing process (CAP).
Integral and differential nonlocal micromorphic theory
Amir Norouzzadeh, Mohammad Faraji Oskouie, Reza Ansari, Hessam RouhiThis paper aims to combine Eringen’s micromorphic and nonlocal theories and thus develop a comprehensive size-dependent beam model capable of capturing the effects of…
Refined bond-based peridynamics for thermal diffusion
Xin Gu, Qing Zhang, Erdogan MadenciThis paper aims to review the existing bond-based peridynamic (PD) and state-based PD heat conduction models, and further propose a refined bond-based PD thermal…
Theoretical and numerical models for the influence of debonding on the interaction between hydraulic fracture and natural fracture
Tao Wang, Zhanli Liu, Yue Gao, Xuan Ye, Zhuo ZhuangThe interaction between hydraulic fracture (HF) and natural fracture (NF) in naturally fractured rocks is critical for hydraulic fracturing. This paper aims to focus on…
Stochastic finite element analysis of rockfill dam considering spatial variability of dam material porosity
Hui Chen, Donghai LiuThe purpose of this study is to develop a stochastic finite element method (FEM) to solve the calculation precision deficiency caused by spatial variability of dam…
Convergence improvement of the simultaneous relaxation method used in the finite element analysis of incompressible fluid flows
Haruhiko KohnoThis paper aims to present an improved finite element method used for achieving faster convergence in simulations of incompressible fluid flows. For stable computations of…
Rapid computation of rotary derivatives for subsonic and low transonic flows
Jian-Ming Fu, Hai-Min Tang, Hong-Quan ChenThe purpose of this paper is to develop a new approach for rapid computation of subsonic and low-transonic rotary derivatives with the available steady solutions obtained…
Modeling observer happiness from facial hyperspectral sensor
Min Hao, Guangyuan Liu, Desheng Xie, Ming Ye, Jing CaiHappiness is an important mental emotion and yet becoming a major health concern nowadays. For this reason, better recognizing the objective understanding of how humans…
Time-varying importance measure of mechanical systems considering maintenance
Yangfan Li, Yingjie Zhang, Lin Zhang, Bochao DaiThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the changes in its importance due to the maintenance and repair of components.
Research on passive control of cloud cavitation based on a bionic fin-fin structure
W.G. Zhao, Guipeng WangThe purpose of this paper is to use the NACA 0015 symmetric hydrofoil as the research subject and control cloud cavitation on hydrofoils.
Static analysis of carbon nanotube-reinforced FG shells using an efficient solid-shell element with parabolic transverse shear strain
Abdessalem Hajlaoui, Elouni Chebbi, Mondher Wali, Dammak FakhreddineThis paper aims to study the static behavior of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) reinforced functionally graded shells using an efficient solid-shell element with parabolic…
A velocity corrected unresolved CFD-DEM coupled method to reproduce wake effects at moderate Reynolds number
Zekun Wang, Khuram Walayat, Moubin LiuThe purpose of this paper is to develop a corrected unresolved CFD-DEM method that can reproduce the wake effects in modeling particulate flows at moderate Reynolds number.
Parallel algorithms for moving boundary problems by local remeshing
Lisha He, Jianjing Zheng, Yao Zheng, Jianjun Chen, Xuan Zhou, Zhoufang XiaoThe purpose of this paper is to develop parallel algorithms for moving boundary simulations by local remeshing and compose them to a fully parallel simulation cycle for…
Multi-scale analysis for helically wound structures with one-dimensional periodicity
Jun Yan, Haitao Hu, Zhixun Yang, Rui Wan, Yang LiThe purpose of this study is to present a multi-scale analysis methodology for calculating the effective stiffnesses and the micro stresses of helically wound structures…
On the response and prediction of multi-layered flexible riser under combined load conditions
Mengsha Liu, J.Y. Li, Lixin Chen, J.S. JuThe internal force is more complicated in a combined load case than in a single load case, and the influence of the combined load on the stress cannot be neglected. The…
Rendering optimal design under various uncertainties
Hui Lü, Kun Yang, Wen-bin Shangguan, Hui Yin, DJ YuThe purpose of this paper is to propose a unified optimization design method and apply it to handle the brake squeal instability involving various uncertainties in a…
Evolution of face-centered-cubic polycrystalline plastic anisotropy under biaxial loading by crystal plasticity finite element method
Dan Zhao, Cun Xin, Tao Jin, Xiaopeng Yan, Shenggguo Ma, Zhihua WangThe purpose of this study to analyze the plastic anisotropy of 6061 aluminum alloy with finite deformation using crystal plasticity finite element method.
Modelling and simulation of the expansion of a shape memory polymer stent
Ruoxuan Liu, Sean Mcginty, Fangsen Cui, Xiaoyu Luo, Zishun LiuThe purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the feasibility of using shape memory polymer (SMP) for developing vascular stent. In particular, the expansion performance is…
Efficient uncertainty propagation for MAPOD via polynomial chaos-based Kriging
Xiaosong Du, Leifur LeifssonModel-assisted probability of detection (MAPOD) is an important approach used as part of assessing the reliability of nondestructive testing systems. The purpose of this…
Efficient computational models for shallow water flows over multilayer erodible beds
Thomas Rowan, Mohammed SeaidThe purpose of this paper is to present a new numerical model for shallow water flows over heterogeneous sedimentary layers. It is already several years since the…
Vehicles distance estimation using detection of vanishing point
Sana Bougharriou, Fayçal Hamdaoui, Abdellatif MtibaaThis paper aims to study distance determination in vehicles, which could allow an in-car system to provide feedback and alert drivers, by either prompting the driver to…
Non-invasive implementation of nonlinear isogeometric analysis in an industrial FE software
Marie Tirvaudey, Robin Bouclier, Jean-Charles Passieux, Ludovic ChamoinThe purpose of this paper is to further simplify the use of NURBS in industrial environnements. Although isogeometric analysis (IGA) has been the object of intensive…
Influence of circulating-flow’s geometric characters on energy transition of a vortex pump
Hui Quan, Yi Chai, Rennian Li, Guo-Yi Peng, Ying GuoHaving read previous literature about vortex pump, we noticed that mechanisms of circulating flow and its relationship with energy transition remain unclear yet. However…
An exploration-enhanced elephant herding optimization
Islam A. ElShaarawy, Essam H. Houssein, Fatma Helmy Ismail, Aboul Ella HassanienThe purpose of this paper is to propose an enhanced elephant herding optimization (EEHO) algorithm by improving the exploration phase to overcome the fast-unjustified…
Study on the particle stratification and penetration of a swing vibrating screen by using DEM
Shuigen Ning, Jianzhang Xiao, Guifeng Wang, Pengcheng HuangAs for vibrating screen, the separation of granular materials is a very complicated process, particularly the screening with a swing trace. To study the characteristics of…
3D coupled conduction-convection problem using in-house heat transfer experiments in conjunction with hybrid inverse approach
Vishweshwara P.S., Harsha Kumar M.K., N. Gnanasekaran, Arun M.Many a times, the information about the boundary heat flux is obtained only through inverse approach by locating the thermocouple or temperature sensor in accessible…
Statistical study of the void structure of Bi2212 multifilamentary superconducting wires and its effect on the critical current density
Xin-Xin Zhou, Feng Xue, Xiaofan Gou, Teng-Ming ShenMultifilamentary Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox (Bi2212) superconductor composite wires are the only high-temperature superconducting round wires (RW) with sufficient critical current…
A novel scheme for imposing periodic boundary conditions on RVE in second-order computational homogenization for granular material
Xikui Li, Songge Zhang, Qinglin DuanThis paper aims to present a novel scheme for imposing periodic boundary conditions with downscaled macroscopic strain measures of gradient Cosserat continuum on the…
Influence of airflow dynamics on vortices in the human nasal cavity
Punjan Dohare, Amol P. Bhondekar, Anupma Sharma, C. GhanshyamThe purpose of this paper is to understand the effect of airflow dynamics on vortices for different flow rates using the human nose three-dimensional model.
Application of agent model in the optimal design of AIG for SCR-DeNOx system
Na Li, Han Wang, Hui Xu, Mingfeng MiaoAmmonia injection grid (AIG) is used as an input device for ammonia which reacts with NOx in the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) reactor. However, non-uniform…
Improved moth flame optimization algorithm to optimize cost-oriented two-sided assembly line balancing
Mohd Fadzil Faisae Ab. Rashid, Ahmad Nasser Mohd Rose, Nik Mohd Zuki Nik Mohamed, Fadhlur Rahman Mohd RomlayThis paper aims to propose an improved Moth Flame Optimization (I-MFO) algorithm to optimize the cost-oriented two-sided assembly line balancing (2S-ALB). Prior to the…
Numerical simulation of ship motion fully coupled with sloshing tanks by naoe-FOAM-SJTU solver
Yuan Zhuang, Decheng WanThe purpose of this paper is to verify the ability of our in-house solver naoe-FOAM-SJTU to solve the problem of exterior fluid field coupled with interior fluid field and…
A hybrid method to update stress for perfect von-Mises plasticity coupled with Lemaitre damage mechanics
Maliheh Tavoosi, Mehrdad Sharifian, Mehrzad SharifianThe purpose of this paper is to suggest a robust hybrid method for updating the stress and plastic internal variables in plasticity considering damage mechanics.
A direct topological reanalysis algorithm based on updating matrix triangular factorization
Ren Yang, Qi Song, Pu ChenThe purpose of this paper is to establish and implement a direct topological reanalysis algorithm for general successive structural modifications, based on the updating…
Dimension-adaptive algorithm-based PCE for models with many model parameters
Yangtian Li, Haibin Li, Guangmei WeiTo present the models with many model parameters by polynomial chaos expansion (PCE), and improve the accuracy, this paper aims to present dimension-adaptive…
On Minkowski difference-based contact detection in discrete/discontinuous modelling of convex polygons/polyhedra
Y.T. Feng, Yuanqiang TanContact detection for convex polygons/polyhedra has been a critical issue in discrete/discontinuous modelling, such as the discrete element method (DEM) and the…
A gradient algorithm for the identification of interconnected discrete time varying systems
Yamna GhoulAn identification scheme to identify interconnected discrete-time (DT) varying systems.
Transient dynamic analysis of bars and trusses by the adaptive generalized finite element method
Leticia Col Debella, Carolina Castro Cittadin, Marcos Arndt, Roberto Dalledone MachadoThis paper aims to present an adaptive approach of the generalized finite element method (GFEM) for transient dynamic analysis of bars and trusses. The adaptive GFEM…
A coupled MMALE-FE method for solving 3D fluid-solid interaction problems with multi-material flow
Xiang Chen, Xiong ZhangThe simulation of the fluid–solid interaction (FSI) problem is important for both academic studies and engineering applications. However, the numerical approach for…
Mixed multiscale three-node triangular elements for incompressible elasticity
Wenan Wu, Hong ZhengThis study aims to introduce the hybrid finite element (FE) – meshfree method and multiscale variational principle into the traditional mixed FE formulation, leading to a…
Energy absorption properties of thin-walled square tube with lateral piecewise variable thickness under axial crashing
Shutian Liu, Xueshan Ding, Zeqi TongThis paper aims to study the energy absorption properties of the thin-walled square tube with lateral piecewise variable thickness under axial crashing and the influence…
Dynamic analysis of railway with locally continuous supported superstructures
Muzaffer Metin, Arif Ulu, Ozgur Demir, Aytac ArikogluIn this study, a railway superstructure is modeled with a new approach called locally continuous supporting, and its behavior under the effect of moving load is analyzed…
Isogeometric boundary integral formulation for Reissner’s plate problems
Ahmed K. Abdelmoety, Taha H.A. Naga, Youssef F. RashedThis paper aims to develop a new isogeometric boundary element formulation based on non-uniform rational basis splines (NURBS) curves for solving Reissner’s…
Differential geometry of autonomous wheel-legged robots
Vahide BulutThe purpose of this study is to obtain the differential geometric analysis of autonomous wheel-legged robots and their trajectories on the terrain.
Fitting procedure based on Differential Evolution to evaluate impedance parameters of metal–coating systems
Francisco González, David Greiner, Vicente Mena, Ricardo M. Souto, Juan J. Santana, Juan J. AznárezImpedance data obtained by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) are fitted to a relevant electrical equivalent circuit to evaluate parameters directly related to…
Expedited optimization of antenna input characteristics with adaptive Broyden updates
Slawomir Koziel, Anna Pietrenko-DabrowskaA technique for accelerated design optimization of antenna input characteristics is developed and comprehensively validated using real-world wideband antenna structures…
A formulation of membrane finite elements with true drilling rotation
Djamel BoutagougaThis paper aims to describe the formulation of a displacement-based triangular membrane finite element with true drilling rotational degree of freedom (DOF).
Numerical modeling of the simultaneous propagation of multiple hydraulic fractures with fluid lags
Qinglei Zeng, Zhanli Liu, Tao Wang, Yue Gao, Zhuo ZhuangThe purpose of this paper is to develop a numerical method to model the simultaneous propagation of multiple hydraulic fractures (HFs) with fluid lags driven from a…
Application of the particle finite element method for large deformation consolidation analysis
Wei-Hai Yuan, Wei Zhang, Beibing Dai, Yuan WangLarge deformation problems are frequently encountered in various fields of geotechnical engineering. The particle finite element method (PFEM) has been proven to be a…
A novel PGSA–PSO hybrid algorithm for structural optimization
Zhengrong Jiang, Quanpan Lin, Kairong Shi, Wenzhi PanThe purpose of this paper is to propose a new hybrid algorithm, named improved plant growth simulation algorithm and particle swarm optimization hybrid algorithm (PGSA–PSO…
Multi-level approach for important component identification and reliability evaluation for complex system by survival signature
Liling Ge, Yingjie ZhangThe purpose of this paper is to identify the critical components of a complex system by using survival signature. First, a complex system is abstracted with varying scales…
Identification of inter-turn insulation faults in induction motor
Gopu Venugopal, V. Gopalakrishnan, S.P. RajkumarInduction motors (IMs) are considered one of the most important elements of the industrial process. However, in this environment, these machines are subject to electrical…
Vibration-damping characteristic analysis of constrained stand-off layer damping cylindrical shell using Rayleigh-Ritz method
Bijuan Yan, Huijun Liang, Minjie Jin, Zhanlong Li, Yong SongIn the vibration reduction field, constrained stand-off layer damping cylindrical shell plays an important role. However, due to the lack of accurate analysis of its…
An improved genetic algorithm with variable neighborhood search to solve the assembly line balancing problem
Masood Fathi, Amir Nourmohammadi, Amos H.C. Ng, Anna Syberfeldt, Hamidreza EskandariThis study aims to propose an efficient optimization algorithm to solve the assembly line balancing problem (ALBP). The ALBP arises in high-volume, lean production systems…
Fast tolerance-aware design optimization of miniaturized microstrip couplers using variable-fidelity EM simulations and response features
Slawomir Koziel, Adrian BekasiewiczThis paper aims to investigate the strategy for low-cost yield optimization of miniaturized microstrip couplers using variable-fidelity electromagnetic (EM) simulations.
Free element method and its application in CFD
X.W. Gao, Huayu Liu, Miao Cui, Kai Yang, Haifeng PengThe purpose of this paper is to propose a new strong-form numerical method, called the free element method, for solving general boundary value problems governed by partial…
Sobol’ indices as dimension reduction technique in evolutionary-based reliability assessment
Gonçalo das Neves Carneiro, Carlos Conceição AntónioIn the reliability assessment of composite laminate structures with multiple components, the uncertainty space defined around design solutions easily becomes…
Development of femoral component design geometry by using DMROVAS (design method requiring optimum volume and safety)
Burak Öztürk, Fehmi ErzincanliThis study aims to design a femoral component with minimum volume and maximum safety coefficient. Total knee prosthesis is a well-established therapy in arthroplasty…
Accuracy analysis of different higher-order Laplacian models of incompressible SPH method
Zohreh Heydari, Gholamreza Shobeyri, Seyed Hossein Ghoreishi NajafabadiThis paper aims to examine the accuracy of several higher-order incompressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics (ISPH) Laplacian models and compared with the classic model…
Polynomials for numerical solutions of space-time fractional differential equations (of the Fokker–Planck type)
Jiao WangFokker–Planck equation arises in various fields in natural science, it is used to describe solute transport and Brownian motion of particles. This paper aims to present an…
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