Engineering Computations: Volume 26 Issue 8

Erratum

This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/02644400910985206. When citing the…

The natural neighbour radial point interpolation method: dynamic applications

L.M.J.S. Dinis, R.M. Natal Jorge, J. Belinha

The purpose of this paper is to extend the natural neighbour radial point interpolation method (NNRPIM) to the dynamic analysis (free vibrations and forced vibrations) of…

Comparing displacement ventilation and mixing ventilation as HVAC strategies through CFD

Nuno Serra, Viriato Semiao

The purpose of this paper is to compare two different ventilation strategies, displacement and mixing, in heat, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems with recourse to…

A heuristic solution to the university timetabling problem

Aderemi O. Adewumi, Babatunde A. Sawyerr, M. Montaz Ali

The purpose of this paper is to consider the problem of university lecture timetabling. Timetabling deals with the problem of placing certain resources into a limited number of…

Numerical simulation of cutterhead and soil interaction in slurry shield tunneling

Jianqi Shen, Xianlong Jin, Yun Li, Jiyun Wang

This paper aims to provide a 3D finite element (FE) model for dynamic simulation of cutterhead and soil interaction in slurry shield tunneling.

Pressure pulsation prediction by 3D turbulent unsteady flow simulation through whole flow passage of Kaplan turbine

Shuhong Liu, Jianqiang Mai, Jie Shao, Yulin Wu

The purpose of this paper is to predict pressure pulsation in Kaplan hydraulic turbines.

Accuracy, reliability and validity of finite element analysis in metal forming: a user's perspective

A.E. Tekkaya, P.A.F. Martins

The purpose of this paper is to provide industrial, education and academic users of computer programs a basic overview of finite elements in metal forming that will enable them to…

Boundary element analysis of mixed‐mode stress intensity factors in an anisotropic cuboid with an inclined surface crack

Chia‐Hau Chen, Chao‐Shi Chen, Ernian Pan, Han‐Chou Tseng, Pao‐Shan Yu

The purpose of this paper is to present special nine‐node quadrilateral elements to discretize the un‐cracked boundary and the inclined surface crack in a transversely isotropic…