Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications

Article Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

Data-driven modeling of wildfire spread with stochastic cellular automata and latent spatio-temporal dynamics

Nicholas Grieshop, Christopher K. Wikle

Summary: We propose a Bayesian stochastic cellular automata modeling approach to model the spread of wildfires with uncertainty quantification. The model considers a dynamic neighborhood structure and captures additional spatial information, allowing for accurate prediction of fire states.

SPATIAL STATISTICS (2024)

Article Mathematics, Applied

Non-autonomous inverse Jacobi multipliers and periodic orbits of planar vector fields

Isaac A. Garcia, Susanna Maza

Summary: This paper analyzes the role of non-autonomous inverse Jacobi multipliers in the problem of nonexistence, existence, localization, and hyperbolic nature of periodic orbits of planar vector fields. It extends and generalizes previous results that focused only on the autonomous or periodic case, providing novel applications of inverse Jacobi multipliers.

COMMUNICATIONS IN NONLINEAR SCIENCE AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION (2024)

Article Mathematics, Applied

Modelling of bidirectional functionally graded plates with geometric nonlinearity: A comparative dynamic study using whole domain and finite element method

S. Kumar, H. Roy, A. Mitra, K. Ganguly

Summary: This study investigates the nonlinear dynamic behavior of bidirectional functionally graded plates (BFG) and unidirectional functionally graded plates (UFG). Two different methods, namely the whole domain method and the finite element method, are used to formulate the dynamic problem. The results show that all three plates exhibit hardening type nonlinearity, with the effect of material gradation parameters being more pronounced in simply supported plates.

COMMUNICATIONS IN NONLINEAR SCIENCE AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION (2024)

Article Engineering, Multidisciplinary

Residual-based error corrector operator to enhance accuracy and reliability of neural operator surrogates of nonlinear variational boundary-value problems

Prashant K. Jha

Summary: This work focuses on developing methods for approximating the solution operators of a class of parametric partial differential equations using neural operators. It addresses challenges such as generating appropriate training data, cost-accuracy trade-offs, and hyperparameter tuning. The study introduces a framework based on a linear variational problem to correct the predictions generated by neural operators, and analyzes the associated correction operator. Numerical results demonstrate a significant increase in approximation accuracy when neural operators are corrected using the proposed scheme. Additionally, the limitations of neural operators and the efficacy of the correction scheme are highlighted in a topology optimization problem.

COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING (2024)

Article Engineering, Multidisciplinary

The anisotropic graph neural network model with multiscale and nonlinear characteristic for turbulence simulation

Qiang Liu, Wei Zhu, Xiyu Jia, Feng Ma, Jun Wen, Yixiong Wu, Kuangqi Chen, Zhenhai Zhang, Shuang Wang

Summary: In this study, a multiscale and nonlinear turbulence characteristic extraction model using a graph neural network was designed. This model can directly compute turbulence data without resorting to simplified formulas. Experimental results demonstrate that the model has high computational performance in turbulence calculation.

COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING (2024)

Article Engineering, Multidisciplinary

Volume conservation issue within SPH models for long-time simulations of violent free-surface flows

C. Pilloton, P. N. Sun, X. Zhang, A. Colagrossi

Summary: This paper investigates the smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations of violent sloshing flows and discusses the impact of volume conservation errors on the simulation results. Different techniques are used to directly measure the particles' volumes and stabilization terms are introduced to control the errors. Experimental comparisons demonstrate the effectiveness of the numerical techniques.

COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING (2024)

Article Engineering, Multidisciplinary

Probabilistic physics-guided transfer learning for material property prediction in extrusion deposition additive manufacturing

Akshay J. Thomas, Mateusz Jaszczuk, Eduardo Barocio, Gourab Ghosh, Ilias Bilionis, R. Byron Pipes

Summary: We propose a physics-guided transfer learning approach to predict the thermal conductivity of additively manufactured short-fiber reinforced polymers using micro-structural characteristics obtained from tensile tests. A Bayesian framework is developed to transfer the thermal conductivity properties across different extrusion deposition additive manufacturing systems. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness and reliability of our method in accounting for epistemic and aleatory uncertainties.

COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING (2024)

Article Engineering, Multidisciplinary

Coupled total- and semi-Lagrangian peridynamics for modelling fluid-driven fracturing in solids

Changyi Yang, Fan Zhu, Jidong Zhao

Summary: This paper presents a novel computational approach for modelling fluid-driven fracturing in quasi-brittle solids using peridynamics. The approach combines total-Lagrangian formulation and semi-Lagrangian formulation to solve the Navier-Stokes equation and quantify the forces at the fluid-solid interface using a non-local differential operator. The proposed approach offers a unified peridynamics-based framework that enables simulations of a wide range of fluid-driven fracturing problems in solids and has been validated through various classic problems.

COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING (2024)

Article Engineering, Multidisciplinary

A level set reliability-based topology optimization (LS-RBTO) method considering sensitivity mapping and multi-source interval uncertainties

Zeshang Li, Lei Wang, Geng Xinyu

Summary: With the diversification of engineering structure performance requirements and the continuous development of structural design refinement, structural design methods are facing more and more factors to be considered. This paper proposes a sensitivity mapping technique for topology optimization based on a gradient optimization algorithm and considers the influence of multi-source uncertainties.

COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING (2024)

Article Engineering, Multidisciplinary

Machine learning powered sketch aided design via topology optimization

Weisheng Zhang, Yue Wang, Sung-Kie Youn, Xu Guo

Summary: This study proposes a sketch-guided topology optimization approach based on machine learning, which incorporates computer sketches as constraint functions to improve the efficiency of computer-aided structural design models and meet the design intention and requirements of designers.

COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING (2024)

Article Engineering, Multidisciplinary

A neural network-based enrichment of reproducing kernel approximation for modeling brittle fracture

Jonghyuk Baek, Jiun-Shyan Chen

Summary: This paper introduces an improved neural network-enhanced reproducing kernel particle method for modeling the localization of brittle fractures. By adding a neural network approximation to the background reproducing kernel approximation, the method allows for the automatic location and insertion of discontinuities in the function space, enhancing the modeling effectiveness. The proposed method uses an energy-based loss function for optimization and regularizes the approximation results through constraints on the spatial gradient of the parametric coordinates, ensuring convergence.

COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING (2024)

Article Engineering, Multidisciplinary

Stabilized mixed material point method for incompressible fluid flow

Bodhinanda Chandra, Ryota Hashimoto, Shinnosuke Matsumi, Ken Kamrin, Kenichi Soga

Summary: This paper proposes new and robust stabilization strategies for accurately modeling incompressible fluid flow problems in the material point method (MPM). The proposed approach adopts a monolithic displacement-pressure formulation and integrates two stabilization strategies to ensure stability. The effectiveness of the proposed method is validated through benchmark cases and real-world scenarios involving violent free-surface fluid motion.

COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING (2024)

Article Engineering, Multidisciplinary

Numerical analysis of non-proportional biaxial reverse experiments with a two-surface anisotropic cyclic plasticity-damage approach

Zhichao Wei, Steffen Gerke, Michael Bruenig

Summary: This paper explores the numerical analysis of ductile damage and fracture behavior under non-proportional biaxial reverse loading conditions. A two-surface anisotropic cyclic elastic-plastic-damage continuum model is presented, taking into account various effects. An efficient Euler explicit numerical integration algorithm is used, and discussions are provided on achieving convergence within the global Newton-Raphson scheme.

COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING (2024)

Article Engineering, Multidisciplinary

A stochastic LATIN method for stochastic and parameterized elastoplastic analysis

Zhibao Zheng, David Neron, Udo Nackenhorst

Summary: This paper presents a stochastic LATIN method to solve stochastic and/or parameterized elastoplastic problems. The method approximates the stochastic solution by decomposing it into spatial, temporal, and stochastic spaces and using a set of triplets of spatial functions, temporal functions, and random variables. The method efficiently handles nonlinearity and randomness and/or parameters.

COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING (2024)

Article Engineering, Multidisciplinary

A unified analytical expression of the tangent stiffness matrix of holonomic constraints

Chao Peng, Alessandro Tasora, Dario Fusai, Dario Mangoni

Summary: This article discusses the importance of the tangent stiffness matrix of constraints in multibody systems and provides a general formulation based on quaternion parametrization. The article also presents the analytical expression of the tangent stiffness matrix derived through linearization. Examples demonstrate the positive effect of this additional stiffness term on static and eigenvalue analyses.

COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING (2024)

Article Engineering, Multidisciplinary

Automated translation and accelerated solving of differential equations on multiple GPU platforms

Utkarsh Utkarsh, Valentin Churavy, Yingbo Ma, Tim Besard, Prakitr Srisuma, Tim Gymnich, Adam R. Gerlach, Alan Edelman, George Barbastathis, Richard D. Braatz, Christopher Rackauckas

Summary: This article presents a high-performance vendor-agnostic method for massively parallel solving of ordinary and stochastic differential equations on GPUs. The method integrates with a popular differential equation solver library and achieves state-of-the-art performance compared to hand-optimized kernels.

COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING (2024)

Article Engineering, Multidisciplinary

On the detection of nonlinear normal mode-related isolated branches of periodic solutions for high-dimensional nonlinear mechanical systems with frictionless contact interfaces

Thibaut Vadcard, Fabrice Thouverez, Alain Batailly

Summary: This contribution presents a methodology for detecting isolated branches of periodic solutions to nonlinear mechanical equations. The method combines harmonic balance method-based solving procedure with the Melnikov energy principle. It is able to predict the location of isolated branches of solutions near families of autonomous periodic solutions. The relevance and accuracy of this methodology are demonstrated through academic and industrial applications.

COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING (2024)

Article Engineering, Multidisciplinary

Multi-temporal decomposition for elastoplastic ratcheting solids

Jacinto Ulloa, Geert Degrande, Jose E. Andrade, Stijn Francois

Summary: This paper presents a multi-temporal formulation for simulating elastoplastic solids under cyclic loading. The proper generalized decomposition (PGD) is leveraged to decompose the displacements into multiple time scales, separating the spatial and intra-cyclic dependence from the inter-cyclic variation, thereby reducing computational burden.

COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING (2024)

Article Engineering, Multidisciplinary

Convolution finite element based digital image correlation for and strain measurements

Ye Lu, Weidong Zhu

Summary: This work presents a novel global digital image correlation (DIC) method based on a convolution finite element (C-FE) approximation. The C-FE based DIC provides highly smooth and accurate displacement and strain results with the same element size as the usual finite element (FE) based DIC. The proposed method's formulation and implementation, as well as the controlling parameters, have been discussed in detail. The C-FE method outperformed the FE method in all tested examples, demonstrating its potential for highly smooth, accurate, and robust DIC analysis.

COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING (2024)

Article Engineering, Multidisciplinary

Optimization based on performance of lungs in body: Lungs performance-based optimization (LPO)

Mojtaba Ghasemi, Mohsen Zare, Amir Zahedi, Pavel Trojovsky, Laith Abualigah, Eva Trojovska

Summary: This paper introduces Lung performance-based optimization (LPO), a novel algorithm that draws inspiration from the efficient oxygen exchange in the lungs. Through experiments and comparisons with contemporary algorithms, LPO demonstrates its effectiveness in solving complex optimization problems and shows potential for a wide range of applications.

COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING (2024)