Engineering Computations: Volume 27 Issue 1

Application of fuzzy models for the monitoring of ecologically sensitive ecosystems in a dynamic semi‐arid landscape from satellite imagery

Meng‐Lung Lin, Cheng‐Wu Chen

The purpose of this paper is to better understand landscape dynamics in arid and semi‐arid environments. Land degradation has recently become an important issue for land…

Analysis of some partitioned algorithms for fluid‐structure interaction

R. Rossi, E. Oñate

The purpose of this paper is to analyse algorithms for fluid‐structure interaction (FSI) from a purely algorithmic point of view.

Plastic‐damage analysis of reinforced concrete frames

J. Faleiro, S. Oller, A.H. Barbat

The purpose of this paper is to develop an improved analytical model for predicting the damage response of multi‐storey reinforced concrete frames modelled as an elastic…

Simulation and probabilistic failure prediction of grafts for aortic aneurysm

Ron Layman, Samy Missoum, Jonathan Vande Geest

The use of stent‐grafts to canalize aortic blood flow for patients with aortic aneurysms is subject to serious failure mechanisms such as a leak between the stent‐graft and the…

Computation of heat transfer and fluid flow in an obstructed channel using lattice Boltzmann method

Mohamed Amine Moussaoui, Mohamed Jami, Ahmed Mezrhab, Hassan Naji

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the laminar flow and heat transfer characteristics in a two‐dimensional horizontal channel with two square blocks placed side‐by‐side…

A hybrid ant colony optimization algorithm for solving facility layout problems formulated as quadratic assignment problems

Kuan Yew Wong, Phen Chiak See

This paper aims to describe a new hybrid ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm developed to solve facility layout problems (FLPs) formulated as quadratic assignment problems…

Modelling of hydro‐fracture flow in porous media

Mauricio Centeno Lobão, Rob Eve, D.R.J. Owen, Eduardo Alberto de Souza Neto

The mechanical response of the skeleton of a porous medium is highly dependent on its seepage behaviour as pore pressure modifications affect the in situ stress field. The purpose…

An improved ant colony optimization for constrained engineering design problems

A. Kaveh, S. Talatahari

The computational drawbacks of existing numerical methods have forced researchers to rely on heuristic algorithms. Heuristic methods are powerful in obtaining the solution of…

Measuring the impact of research

Rebecca Marsh