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Weiqin Liu, Qilu Zou, Yaqiang Zhang, Yong Nie and Xuemin Song
Large waves cause a great number of collapsed-ship accidents, resulting in the loss of many lives and properties. It has been found that most of these collapses are caused by encountering oblique waves. As a result, the ship structure experiences a compl...
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Christos Tzimopoulos, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Nikiforos Samarinas, Basil Papadopoulos and Christos Evangelides
In this work, a novel fuzzy FEM (Finite Elements Method) numerical solution describing the recession flow in unconfined aquifers is proposed. In general, recession flow and drainage problems can be described by the nonlinear Boussinesq equation, while th...
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Przemyslaw Sebastjan and Waclaw Kus
In this paper, the authors focus on presenting the methodology for tuning optimization algorithm parameters, with a special focus on evolutionary algorithm applications. The problem considered concerns the phenomenon of nonlinear buckling of the automoti...
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Binaya Raj Pandey, Helmut Knoblauch and Gerald Zenz
Rapid Draw-Down (RDD) in an earthfill dam has serious implications for dam safety regarding slope stability issues. The evaluation of reservoir draw-down impact on slope stability was carried out with the Limit Equilibrium Method (LEM) and stress-based F...
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Thanapon Tipsunavee, Goran Arangjelovski and Pornkasem Jongpradist
Nowadays, seismic codes are regularly updated with new knowledge and a better understanding of the earthquake phenomenon. With these updates, existing buildings require a reevaluation of their stability and a process of reinforcement and/or retrofitting....
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Haoyuan Shao, Daochun Li, Zi Kan, Shiwei Zhao, Jinwu Xiang and Chunsheng Wang
Catapult-assisted takeoff is the initiation of flight missions for carrier-based aircrafts. Ensuring the safety of aircrafts during catapult-assisted takeoff requires a thorough analysis of their motion characteristics. In this paper, a rigid?flexible co...
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Andreas P. Mayer, Elena A. Mayer, Markus Mayer, Werner Ruile, Vikrant Chauhan, Thomas Forster and Karl C. Wagner
In the framework of electro-elasticity theory and the finite element method (FEM), a model is set up for the computation of quantities in surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices accounting for nonlinear effects. These include second-order and third-order int...
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Wenyan Gu, Jinsheng Zhang, Longye Pan, Yegao Qu, Jin-Hwan Choi and Xiangqian Zhu
Many solar panels for spacecrafts are deployed by Tape Spring Hinges (TSHs) which have changeable stiffness. The stiffness of TSH is small when panels are folded, and it becomes large quickly in its deployed status. Since the solar panel is a thin sheet,...
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Jian Shi and Mingbo Tong
In order to study the nonlinear behaviors and interactions among the constituents for the composite material structure under the tensile load, multiscale damage model using generalized method of cells (GMC) and a lamina-level progressive damage model wer...
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Yutai Yang, Weizhe Sun and Guoshao Su
Aiming at the characteristics of high computational cost, implicit expression and high nonlinearity of performance functions corresponding to large and complex structures, this paper proposes a support-vector-machine- (SVM) based grasshopper optimization...
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