Tengda Li, Gang Wang, Qiang Fu^*, Xiangke Guo, Minrui Zhao, Xiangyu Liu

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.76, No.3, pp. 3499-3522, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.041253

Abstract Aiming at the problems of traditional dynamic weapon-target assignment algorithms in command decision-making, such as large computational amount, slow solution speed, and low calculation accuracy, combined with deep reinforcement learning theory, an improved Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient algorithm with dual noise and prioritized experience replay is proposed, which uses a double noise mechanism to expand the search range of the action, and introduces a priority experience playback mechanism to effectively achieve data utilization. Finally, the algorithm is simulated and validated on the ground-to-air countermeasures digital battlefield. The results of the experiment show that, under the framework of the deep neural… More >

Sophie Lelorain^1,*, Christelle Duprez², Laura Caton², Marie-Mai Nguyen², Gildas d’Almeida², Guillaume Piessen³, Alexis Cortot⁴

Psycho-Oncologie, Vol.17, No.3, pp. 201-209, 2023, DOI:10.32604/po.2023.044910

Abstract Cet article retrace l’histoire d’un projet de recherche qui a échoué. Nous avons conçu et implémenté une intervention psychologique visant à augmenter les compétences émotionnelles des patient·e·s atteint·e·s de cancer œsogastrique ou de cancer du poumon, après leurs traitements. L’étude était un essai contrôlé randomisé dans un hôpital public. Nous présentons le protocole final de l’étude, décrivons les difficultés rencontrées et nos réflexions à ce sujet, afin de transmettre notre expérience et les messages clefs qui vont avec aux chercheur·e·s et clinicien·ne·s pour la mise en œuvre de telles interventions. Tout d’abord, le rôle de la psychologie, des émotions et… More >

Menghui Liang¹, Changjun Zheng^1,*, Yongbin Zhang¹, Chuanxing Bi¹

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.27, No.1, pp. 1-1, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.09605

Abstract This paper presents an accurate and efficient indirect boundary element method (IBEM) accelerated by the fast multipole algorithm (FMA)for the design sensitivity analysis of large-scale thin-body acoustic problems above an infinite impedance plane. The non-uniqueness issue of the IBEM in solving exterior acoustic problems is avoided by applying a hybrid combination of single- and double-layer potentials. The half-space impedance Green’s function which involves an image complex line source and is valid for both mass-like and spring-like impedance plane is employed to involve the sound-absorbing effect of the ground surface. Explicit evaluation formulations of the singular boundary integrals are derived and… More >

Ruoyan Li^1,2, Yijun Liu^1,*, Wenjing Ye²

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.27, No.1, pp. 1-1, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.09472

Abstract The boundary element method (BEM) for acoustic problems is a numerical method based on solving the discretized boundary integral equation (BIE) corresponding to the Helmholtz equation. A fast direct BEM for 3D acoustic problems is proposed in this paper, which is more suitable for broadband acoustic simulation of complex structures, such as in the design and analysis of acoustic metamaterials. The main idea of the fast direct solver is based on the hierarchical off-diagonal low-rank (HODLR) matrix, randomized interpolative decomposition and fast matrix inversion formula. Several numerical examples in solving both interior and exterior acoustic problems are presented in this… More >

Nizar Faisal Alkayem¹, Maosen Cao^2,*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.26, No.4, pp. 1-1, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.09367

Abstract Structural damage identification is a key engineering technique that attempts to ensure structural reliability. In this regard, one of the major intelligent approaches is the inverse analysis of structural damage using metaheuristics. By considering the recent achievements, an efficient hybrid objective function that combines the modal kinetic energy and modal strain energy is developed. The objective function aims to extract maximum modal information from the structure and overcome noisy conditions. Moreover, the original methods are usually vulnerable to the associated high multimodality and uncertainty of the inverse problem. Therefore, the particle swarm algorithm (PSO) mechanism is combined with another newly… More >

Dan Li¹, Jie Wang¹, Haibo Chen^1,*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.26, No.4, pp. 1-2, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.09139

Abstract In practical vibro-acoustic problems, the external excitation normally contains a certain frequency band structure [1]. Therefore, it is needed to perform optimization under frequency band analysis. For sound radiation problems caused by structural vibration, a topology optimization method for structural materials is proposed based on the acoustic-vibration coupling analysis [2-6] and the frequency-band matrix interpolation method [7,8]. By combining the advantages of FEM and BEM in structural and acoustic field analysis, the accurate solution of the acoustic-vibration coupling problem is achieved. The structural material interpolation model is established using the solid isotropic material with penalization (SIMP) method, and the topological… More >

Zipu Yan^1,2, Honghua Dai^1,2,*, Xiaokui Yue^1,2

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.26, No.3, pp. 1-1, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.09138

Abstract As a significant research interest in orbital mechanics, periodic orbits are fundamental for understanding orbital behaviors and space explorations. Although the harmonic balance (HB) method and its variants have been the most widely-used approaches for periodic dynamical systems, they are seldom applied to celestial dynamics. Here we use the reconstruction harmonic balance (RHB) method for solving periodic orbits. Starting from a presupposed Fourier form and an initial guess at the solution, the algorithm uses timedomain collocation points to optimally reconstruct the high-order HB procedure without complicated symbolic operations and non-physical solutions. Following a description of the method, it is applied… More >

Shourong Hao¹, Yongxing Shen^1,*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.25, No.4, pp. 1-1, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.09336

Abstract Dynamic fracture is an important class of damage widely present in engineering materials and structures, e.g., high-speed impact and explosion. In recent years, the phase field approach to fracture proposed by Bourdin et al. [1] becomes popular for complicated fracture problems for its ability to simulate crack nucleation, propagation, branching, and merging without extra criteria, and the crack path does not need to be tracked, which makes the implementation straightforward and the calculation efficient. However, one of the major issues of the phase field method is the high computational cost due to the need of a very fine mesh, which… More >

Qiumeng Ouyang¹, Ge Kang^1,*, Pengwan Chen^1,*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.25, No.3, pp. 1-1, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.010514

Abstract Impact phenomenon is a complicated mechanical problems frequently encountered in our daily life, especially in the military field. Numerical manifold method (NMM) is a novel numerical theory which is proposed based on dual-topology to solve the continuous-discontinues displacement field in both static and dynamic mechanical problems. In the present work, the 3D-NMM program framework enriched with the cover-based contact theory is developed to simulate the impact mechanical problems. Classic Taylor rod experiments with different length-diameter ratios and hitting velocities (150-250m/s) are systematic conducted with ourselves code. The simulation shows that as the impact speed increasing, the plastic deformation of the… More >

Jiahao Liu¹, Moubin Liu^1,*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.25, No.3, pp. 1-1, 2023, DOI:10.32604/icces.2023.010056

Abstract The dynamic failure process of structures under impact and explosive loading is very common in both military and industrial fields. However, the conventional mesh-based method has some shortcomings, such as large mesh distortion and sliding surface treatment. Some typical phenomena are difficult to be simulated. The smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method has natural advantages in treating large material deformations in impact and explosion problems [1]. To make the SPH method suitable for the impact and explosion problems, it is also improved by some treatments [2] to avoid inherent stress instability and unphysical oscillation. However, numerical calculations for 3D engineering applications,… More >