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    A Scalar Homotopy Method with Optimal Hybrid Search Directions for Solving Nonlinear Algebraic Equations

    Weichung Yeih1,2, Cheng-Yu Ku1,2,3, Chein-Shan Liu4, I-Yao Chan1,2
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.90, No.4, pp. 255-282, 2013, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2013.090.255
    Abstract In this paper, a scalar homotopy method with optimal hybrid search directions for solving nonlinear algebraic equations is proposed. To conduct the proposed method, we first convert the vector residual function to a scalar function by taking the square norm of the vector function and then, introduce a fictitious time variable to form a scalar homotopy function. To improve the convergence and the accuracy of the proposed method, a vector with multiple search directions and an iterative algorithm are introduced into the evolution dynamics of the solutions. Further, for obtaining the optimal search direction, linear and nonlinear optimization algorithms are… More >

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    Analysis of Band Structure for 2D Acoustic Phononic Structure by BEM and the Block SS Method

    H.F. Gao1, T. Matsumoto1, T. Takahashi1 and H. Isakari1
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.90, No.4, pp. 283-301, 2013, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2013.090.283
    Abstract By its very basis, the block Sakurai-Sugiura (SS) method may be applied to solving nonlinear eigenvalue problem formulated by boundary integral equation. In this paper, the methodology of BEM combined with the block SS method is applied to the computation of band structures of phononic structures for acoustic problems. Since the conventional boundary integral equation yields the real fictitious eigenfrequencies when it is applied to an exterior problem of scatters, Burton-Miller’s method is employed to remove the real fictitious eigenfrequencies resulted by the boundary of the scatterers. The application of the method is demonstrated through analyses of band structures of… More >

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    Multi-Objective Optimization of a Fluid Structure Interaction Benchmarking

    M. Razzaq1, C. Tsotskas2, S. Turek1, T. Kipouros2, M. Savill2, J. Hron3
    CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.90, No.4, pp. 303-337, 2013, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2013.090.303
    Abstract The integration and application of a new multi-objective tabu search optimization algorithm for Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI) problems are presented. The aim is to enhance the computational design process for real world applications and to achieve higher performance of the whole system for the four considered objectives. The described system combines the optimizer with a well established FSI solver which is based on the fully implicit, monolithic formuFlation of the problem in the Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian FEM approach. The proposed solver resolves the proposed fluid-structure interaction benchmark which describes the self-induced elastic deformation of a beam attached to a cylinder in… More >

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