Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures: Volume 18 Issue 1

Crystal structure optimization approach to problem solving in mechanical engineering design

Babak Talatahari, Mahdi Azizi, Siamak Talatahari, Mohamad Tolouei, Pooya Sareh

In this paper, the authors aim to examine and comparatively evaluate a recently-developed metaheuristic called crystal structure algorithm (CryStAl) – which is inspired by the…

Stability optimization for a simultaneously twisted and compressed rod

Vladimir Kobelev

The authors search the optimal distribution of bending flexure along the axis of the rod. For the solution of the actual problem, the stability equations take into account all…

Three-dimensional finite element analysis for temperature filed of composite materials during the cure

Zhangxin Guo, Zhiqiang Yu, Shiyi Wei, Guoliang Qi, Yongcun Li, Yunbo Luan

The cure simulation of composite structures with arbitrary geometry can be investigated by the finite element program.

Study on anti-aged durability of HMA based on inherent and improved performance

Haitao Zhang, Junfeng Sun, Mingyang Gong

The purpose of this study is to compare and analyze the anti-aging durability of asphalt and asphalt mixture under the conditions of inherent and improved performance. The…

Prediction of load requirement and instabilities during end forming of friction stir processed AA 6063-T6 thin-walled tubes

Arvind K. Agrawal, R. Ganesh Narayanan

The current work aims to propose a finite element (FE) simulation methodology to predict the formability of friction stir processed (FSPed) tubes by end forming. Moreover, a…

Finite element analysis on the thermal fatigue life of full vs peripheral array packages

Mohammad A. Gharaibeh

This paper aims to examine the thermal cycling fatigue life performance of two-common solder array configurations, full and peripheral, using three-dimensional nonlinear finite…

Comparison of flexural capacity of different hollow slab beams with/without pavement layer reinforced by steel plates

Long Liu, Lifeng Wang, Ziwang Xiao

Reinforcement of reinforced concrete (RC) beams in-service have always been an important research field, anchoring steel plate in the bottom of the beams is a kind of common…

Effect of high-frequency PCB laminate on thermal cycling behavior of electronic packaging structures

Lijuan Huang, Zhenghu Zhu, Hiarui Wu, Xu Long

As the solution to improve fatigue life and mechanical reliability of packaging structure, the material selection in PCB stack-up and partitioning design on PCB to eliminate the…

Parameter-free strain-energy function which automatically and accurately matches benchmark test data for soft elastic solids

Heng Xiao, Wei-Hao Yan, Lin Zhan, Si-Yu Wang

A new and explicit form of the elastic strain-energy function for modeling large strain elastic responses of soft solids is constructed based on Hencky's logarithmic strain tensor.

Study of the dynamic response of a CAARC building by the synthetic wind method and comparison with different approaches

Lucas Willian Aguiar Mattias, Carlos Andres Millan Paramo

This paper analyzes the effect that is generated in the dynamic response of a Commonwealth Advisory Aeronautical Council building for different types of power spectra. This…

Numerical simulation of MHD heat and mass transfer past a moving rotating disk with viscous dissipation and ohmic heating

Kushal Sharma, Sanjay Kumar, Neha Vijay

In this paper the effects of viscous dissipation and ohmic heating on the fluid flow and resulting heat and mass transfer caused by vertically moving rotating disk are explored…

Research on structural performance evolution of clay based on distribution force model

You Wang, Tingting Ma, Jialin Ren

The purpose of this paper is to explore the variation law between the clay microstructure and macro external force by using soil scanning electron microscope (SEM) images.