Engineering Computations: Volume 15 Issue 6

Some low‐order quadrilateral elements based on novel integration rules

B. Daya Reddy, Martin Küssner

This work explores the properties of four‐noded quadrilateral elements for which integration is carried out using low‐order integration rules, based on one‐point…

Interior point tracking in shape evolving unstructured finite element meshes

James C. Robinson, John S. Campbell, Denis Kelliher

An algorithm is presented for the tracking of interior points in a shape evolving unstructured FE mesh. Evolution of the boundary shape may be associated with a governing…

Dual boundary element analysis for cracked bars under torsion

J.T. Chen, K.H. Chen, W. Yeih, N.C. Shieh

A dual integral formulation for a cracked bar under torsion is derived, and a dual boundary element method is implemented. It is shown that as the thickness of the crack…

On the dynamic effects of explicit FEM in sheet metal forming analysis

W.J. Chung, J.W. Cho, T. Belytschko

This study is concerned with dynamic effects when we use explicit FEM for sheet metal forming analysis. Since sheet metal forming is a quasi‐static process, time scaling…

Three‐dimensional finite element simulation of connecting rod forging using a new remeshing scheme

J.R. Cho, D.Y. Yang

A new method of three‐dimensional remeshing is proposed for thermo‐viscoplastic finite element analysis of connecting rod forging. In the method, the deformed body to be…

Thermo‐electro‐mechanical coupling problems solved by FE‐formulation

K. Bouranta, G.A. Malegiannakis, B. Kröplin

Coupled problems are of great interest in the area of technical applications. In the current paper we present the theory of thermo‐electro‐mechanical coupling and provide…