Mehiar, D.A.F., Azizul, Z.H.^*, Loo, C.K.

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.26, No.3, pp. 447-454, 2020, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2020.013921

Abstract In this paper we show how the quantum-based particle swarm optimization (QPSO) method is adopted to derive a new derivation for robotics application in search and rescue simulations. The new derivation, called the Quantum Robot Darwinian PSO (QRDPSO) is inspired from another PSO-based algorithm, the Robot Darwinian PSO (RDPSO). This paper includes comprehensive details on the QRDPSO formulation and parameters control which show how the swarm overcomes communication constraints to avoid obstacles and achieve optimal solution. The results show the QRDPSO is an upgrade over RDPSO in terms of convergence speed, trajectory control, obstacle avoidance More >

Jinyu Ren, Dezhi Xu, Jing Xu^*

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.16, No.3, pp. 561-572, 2020, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2020.09791 - 25 May 2020

Abstract Submarine maneuverability has been analyzed by means of computational fluid dynamics (CFD). This approach provides an alternative, accurate, and cost-effective method for simulating actual flow. The numerical results show that the numerical simulation of the viscous flow related to a moving submarine based on the RANS equation with a relevant turbulence model can not only provide rich flow field details such as flow separation, but also accurately predict its hydrodynamic performance. The present study indicates that CFD can be used to forecast the submarine’s maneuverability in the initial design stage. The present results will be More >

Lionel Fabian Fourie¹, Lynndle Square^2,*

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.16, No.2, pp. 225-235, 2020, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2020.08771 - 21 April 2020

Abstract A heat transfer study was conducted, in the framework of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), on a Hot-Wire Chemical Vapour Deposition (HWCVD) reactor chamber to determine a safe deposition distance for atomic hydrogen produced by HWCVD. The objective of this study was to show the feasibility of using heat transfer simulations in determining a safe deposition distance for deposition of this kind. All CFD simulations were set-up and solved within the framework of the CFD packages of OpenFOAM namely; snappyHexMesh for mesh generation, buoyantSimpleFoam and rhoSimpleFoam as the solvers and paraView as the post-processing tool. Using More >

Abierdi¹, Yuzhou Xiang², Haiyi Zhong², Xin Gu², Hanlong Liu^{2, 3}, Wengang Zhang^{2, 3, *}

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.63, No.2, pp. 825-844, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.07946 - 01 May 2020

Abstract Tunnel excavation is a complicated loading-unloading-reloading process characterized by decreased radial stresses and increased axial stresses. An approach that considers only loading, is generally used in tunnel model testing. However, this approach is incapable of characterizing the unloading effects induced by excavation on surrounding rocks and hence presents radial and tangential stress paths during the failure process that are different from the actual stress state of tunnels. This paper carried out a comparative analysis using laboratory model testing and particle flow code (PFC^2D)-based numerical simulation, and shed light upon the crack propagation process and, microscopic stress More >

Yue Jia¹, Chun Li^{1, *}, Jinwu Jiang², Ning Wei³, Yang Chen⁴, Yongjie Jessica Zhang⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.63, No.2, pp. 813-823, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.07801 - 01 May 2020

Abstract The present work carries out molecular dynamics simulations to compute the thermal conductivity of the borophene nanoribbon and the borophene nanotube using the Muller-Plathe approach. We investigate the thermal conductivity of the armchair and zigzag borophenes, and show the strong anisotropic thermal conductivity property of borophene. We compare results of the borophene nanoribbon and the borophene nanotube, and find the thermal conductivity of the borophene is orientation dependent. The thermal conductivity of the borophene does not vary as changing the width of the borophene nanoribbon and the perimeter of the borophene nanotube. In addition, the More >

Muhammad Shoaib Arif^{1, *}, Ali Raza¹, Muhammad Rafiq², Mairaj Bibi³, Javeria Nawaz Abbasi³, Amna Nazeer³, Umer Javed⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.62, No.1, pp. 61-77, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.08595

Abstract We are presenting the numerical simulations for the stochastic computer virus propagation model in this manuscript. We are comparing the solutions of stochastic and deterministic computer virus models. Outcomes of a threshold number R₀ hold in stochastic computer virus model. If R₀ < 1 then in such a condition virus controlled in the computer population while R₀ > 1 shows virus rapidly spread in the computer population. Unfortunately, stochastic numerical techniques fail to cope with large step sizes of time. The suggested structure of the stochastic non-standard finite difference technique can never violate the dynamical properties. On More >

Yanzhuo Xue¹, Renwei Liu¹, Yang Liu^1,*, Lingdong Zeng¹, Duanfeng Han¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.121, No.2, pp. 523-550, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2019.06951

Abstract In this study, a numerical method was developed based on peridynamics to determine the ice loads for a ship navigating in level ice. Convergence analysis of threedimensional ice specimen with tensile and compression loading are carried out first. The effects of ice thickness, sailing speed, and ice properties on the mean ice loads were also investigated. It is observed that the ice fragments resulting from the icebreaking process will interact with one another as well as with the water and ship hull. The ice fragments may rotate, collide, or slide along the ship hull, and More >

Wei Sun^1,*

Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Vol.16, Suppl.2, pp. 64-64, 2019, DOI:10.32604/mcb.2019.08533

Abstract Fluid–structure interaction (FSI) is a common phenomenon in biological systems. FSI problems of practical interest, such as fish/mammalian swimming, insect/bird flight, and human cardiac blood flow and respiration often involve multiple 3D immersed bodies with complex geometries undergoing very large structural displacements, and inducing very complex flow phenomena. Simulation of heart valve FSI is a technically challenging problem due to the large deformation of the valve leaflets through the cardiac fluid domain in the atrium and ventricular chambers.
Recently, we developed a FSI computational framework [1] for modeling patient-specific left heart (LH) dynamics using smoothed… More >

Ram P. Ghosh¹, Matteo Bianchi¹, Gil Marom², Oren M. Rotman¹, Brandon Kovarovic¹, Danny Bluestein^1,*

Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Vol.16, Suppl.2, pp. 12-14, 2019, DOI:10.32604/mcb.2019.07379

Abstract This article has no abstract. More >

Akiyuki Takahashi^1,*, Takaki Fujiwara¹, Yuichi Shintaku²

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.22, No.4, pp. 170-170, 2019, DOI:10.32604/icces.2019.05151

Abstract This paper presents a Paris law-based cohesive zone model (CZM) for fatigue crack growth simulations to enable the consideration of the plasticity induced crack closure effect, which is known to be a source of substantial crack growth retardation. In order to avoid the addition of any redundant model parameters, the basic equation of the CZM is derived from the Paris law so that the CZM has only the parameters of Paris law. Thus, the parameters can be determined by referring the existing experimental data of the Paris law without any troublesome fitting processes. Only the More >