sandwich sheet rolling process is investigated using an analytical method (slab method) and a numerical method (finite element method). the horizontal stress distribution in the layers, the rolling pressure along the contact interface and the neutral point between the roll and the sheet are investigated. then the affects of the parameters such as the friction between the sheet and the roll, she...

This article deals with the efficient (approximate) inversion of finite element stiffness matrices of general second-order elliptic operators with L∞-coefficients. It will be shown that the inverse stiffness matrix can be approximated by hierarchical matrices (H-matrices). Furthermore, numerical results will demonstrate that it is possible to compute an approximate inverse with almost linear co...

In this paper, the first and second order approximations of Taylor expansion are used for calculating the change of each natural frequency by modifying an arbitrary parameter of a system with a known amount and based on this approximation, the inverse eigenvalue problem is transformed to a solvable algebraic equation. The finite element formulation, based on the classical laminated plate theory...

In this paper, transfinite element method is used to analyze the two dimensional thermoelasticity problems. A comparison is made between the thermoelastic analysis results of the classical theory and theories with one or two relaxation times (i.e. L-S and G-L theories), for the half space problem. Governing equations are transformed to Laplace domain and then, node variables are calculated by t...

The inverse problem in EEG and MEG aims at reconstructing the underlying current distribution in the human brain. The finite element method, used for the forward problem, is able to realistically model tissue conductivity inhomogeneities and anisotropies. So far, the computational complexity is quite large when using the necessary high resolution finite element models. It is already known that ...

Displacement finite element models of various beam theories have been developed using traditional finite element interpolations (i.e., Hermite cubic or equi-spaced Lagrange functions). Various finite element models of beams differ from each other in the choice of the interpolation functions used for the transverse deflection w, total rotation φ and/or shear strain γxz, or in the integral form u...

In this work, a new methodology for inverse estimation of thermal constitutive models is introduced. This new methodology combines computational intelligence with finite element analysis for solving inverse heat transfer problems. A neural network (NN) representation of thermal constitutive behavior and its implementation in non-linear finite element analysis are presented. The self-learning me...

a non-linear finite element model could be a useful tool in the development of a method of predicting soil pressure-sinkage behaviour, and can be used to investigate and analyze soil compaction. this study was undertaken to emphasize that the finite element method (fem) is a proper technique to model soil pressure-sinkage behaviour. for this purpose, the finite element method was used to model ...