A newly-developed numerical algorithm, which is called the new Generalized-α (G-α) method, is presented for solving structural dynamics problems with nonlinear stiffness. The traditional G-α method has undesired ...
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A newly-developed numerical algorithm, which is called the new Generalized-α (G-α) method, is presented for solving structural dynamics problems with nonlinear stiffness. The traditional G-α method has undesired overshoot properties as for a class of α-method. In the present work, seven independent parameters are introduced into the single-step three-stage algorithmic formulations and the nonlinear internal force at every time interval is approximated by means of the generalized trapezoidal rule, and then the algorithm is implemented based on the finite difference theory. An analysis on the stability, accuracy, energy and overshoot properties of the proposed scheme is performed in the nonlinear regime. The values or the ranges of values of the seven independent parameters are determined in the analysis process. The computational results obtained by the new algorithm show that the displacement accuracy is of order two, and the acceleration can also be improved to a second order accuracy by a suitable choice of parameters. Obviously, the present algorithm is zero- stable, and the energy conservation or energy decay can be realized in the high-frequency range, which can be regarded as stable in an energy sense. The algorithmic overshoot can be completely avoided by using the new algorithm without any constraints with respect to the damping force and initial conditions.
A damped heat wave (DHW) algorithm is applied for the temperature distribution calculation in a solution of a linear inverse heat conduction problem (IHCP). A nonlinear least squares algorithm is used for calculation ...
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A damped heat wave (DHW) algorithm is applied for the temperature distribution calculation in a solution of a linear inverse heat conduction problem (IHCP). A nonlinear least squares algorithm is used for calculation of the unknown boundary heat flux history in a one-dimensional medium. The solution is based on the assumption that the temperature measurements are available, at least, at one point of the medium over the whole time domain. Sample calculations, for a comparison between exact heat sources and estimated ones, are made to confirm the validity of the proposed method. The close agreement between the exact and estimated values calculated for both exact and noisy data shows the potential of the proposed method for finding a relatively accurate heat source distribution in a one-dimensional homogeneous finite medium. The proposed method of solving inverse heat conduction problems is very simple and easy to implement.
The stability theories energetically associated with different finite strain measures are equivalent if the tangential moduli are transformed as a function of the stress. However, for homogenized soft-in-shear composi...
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The stability theories energetically associated with different finite strain measures are equivalent if the tangential moduli are transformed as a function of the stress. However, for homogenized soft-in-shear composites, they can differ greatly if the material is in small-strain and constant elastic moduli measured in small-strain tests are used. Only one theory can then be correct. The preceding variational energy analysis showed that, for sandwich columns and elastomeric bearings, respectively, the correct theories are Engesser's and Haringx's, associated with Green's and Almansi's Lagrangian strain tensors, respectively. This analysis is reviewed, along with supporting experimental and numerical results, and is then extended to arbitrary multiaxially loaded homogenized soft-in-shear orthotropic composites. It is found that, to allow the use of constant shear modulus when the material is in small strain, the correct stability theory is associated with a general Doyle-Ericksen finite strain tensor of exponent m depending on the principal stress ratio. Further it is shown that the standard updated Lagrangian algorithm for finite element analysis, which is associated with Green's Lagrangian finite strain, can give grossly incorrect results for homogenized soft-in-shear structures and needs to be generalized for arbitrary finite strain measure to allow using constant shear modulus for critical loads at small strain. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
In this paper, a numerical method for computing the relaxation modulus of a linearly viscoelastic material is presented. The method is valid for relaxation tests where a constant strain rate is followed by a constant ...
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In this paper, a numerical method for computing the relaxation modulus of a linearly viscoelastic material is presented. The method is valid for relaxation tests where a constant strain rate is followed by a constant strain. The method is similar to the procedure suggested by Zapas and Phillips. Unlike Zapas-Phillips approach, this new method can be also applied for times shorter than t (1)/2, where t (1) denotes time when the maximum strain is achieved. Therefore this method is very suitable for materials that experiences fast relaxation. The method is verified with numerical simulations. Results from the simulations are compared with analytical solution and Zapas-Phillips method. Results indicate that the presented approach is suitable for estimating the relaxation modulus.
In this paper, a computational model of fuzzy reliability focusing on solving the engineering problems with random general stress-fuzzy general strength is presented. The mathematical basis of this computational model...
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In this paper, a computational model of fuzzy reliability focusing on solving the engineering problems with random general stress-fuzzy general strength is presented. The mathematical basis of this computational model is that the fuzzy probability can be computed with the computational method of conventional probability by use of a mathematical transition. Based on this computational model, a numerical algorithm is given which can be applied to compute the fuzzy reliability of mechanical components, sensors, electronic units, etc. This establishes a basis for the reliability analysis of systems consisting of components with fuzzy reliability. As an example, a case study about the fuzzy reliability analysis of a kind of sensor used in railway systems is provided to verify the logic of this algorithm. The computation results show that this algorithm fits the engineering experience. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
We propose a new algorithm for minimizing the Gibbs energy functional and constructing phase diagrams through utilizing geometric properties of the energy surfaces together with effective sampling techniques to improv...
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We propose a new algorithm for minimizing the Gibbs energy functional and constructing phase diagrams through utilizing geometric properties of the energy surfaces together with effective sampling techniques to improve on the starting points for the minimization. The new method possesses advantages over existing methods in terms of computational complexity and can be used to automate the calculation of phase equilibria in complex systems. numerical results for binary and ternary systems are presented. Generalizations to higher dimensions are discussed. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
The paper reports new software developments for symmetrical components estimation. Nonrecursive Newton-type algorithm is extended with the second stage algorithm for symmetrical components calculation from the estimat...
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The paper reports new software developments for symmetrical components estimation. Nonrecursive Newton-type algorithm is extended with the second stage algorithm for symmetrical components calculation from the estimated fundamental phasors of three-phase signals (arbitrary voltages or currents). The algorithm is not sensitive to power system frequency changes and to the harmonic distortion of input signals. The algorithm is tested through computer simulations and by using laboratory obtained input signals and those recorded in the real distribution network.
The paper presents a numerical algorithm used to establish the position of a vehicle reported to the Earth s geographical frame. The method we suggest based on the direct integration of the equation of inertial naviga...
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(纸本)9789537044039
The paper presents a numerical algorithm used to establish the position of a vehicle reported to the Earth s geographical frame. The method we suggest based on the direct integration of the equation of inertial navigation, considering the vehicle's attitude as a result of the integration of the differential matriceal attitude equation. This integration is performed using a quick method, the induced commutation error being avoided with a numerical logistics which implies the usage of the data acquisition card from strop-down gyrometers in the navigation processor
This paper proposes a new singular value decomposition algorithm which can be fully parallelized. I-SVD algorithm was recently proposed using the theory of integrable systems. It computes singular value decompositions...
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(纸本)0889865450
This paper proposes a new singular value decomposition algorithm which can be fully parallelized. I-SVD algorithm was recently proposed using the theory of integrable systems. It computes singular value decompositions much faster than standard algorithms such as QR and Divide and Conquer(D&C), and at the same accuracy level. However, we show that the parallelism of I-SVD is limited to singular vector computation only because it shows seriality in the case of singular value computation. Our concern is a fully parallelizable algorithm whose serial version is as fast and accurate as I-SVD. Compared to the original D&C, where most of the running time is consumed for vector updating during singular vector computation, our new algorithm first computes singular values by the "compact" D&C without computing singular vectors. Thus, the compact D&C is wholly faster than the original one. The corresponding singular vectors are then computed by twisted factorization. The algorithm has great parallelism because each step can be executed parallelly. Our new algorithm is numerically tested on some SVD computations. It is as fast as I-SVD and even much faster than the standard algorithms. Also, its accuracy is as good as that of the others. 505-033 in display pdf
New weighted modifications of direct statistical simulation methods designed for the approximate solution of the nonlinear Smoluchowski equation are developed on the basis of stratification of the interaction distribu...
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