A 2-D finite point meshless model was used to simulate the heat transfer and solidification of steel in continuous casting molds to illustrate its use in metallurgy. The latent heat of the pure metal was treated using the temperature recovery method and the latent heat of the alloy was treated using...

A higher-order theory for laminated composite beams is used to study the free vibration of laminated composite beams, and the differential quadrature method is employed to obtain the numerical solution of the governing differential equations. Free vibration analysis of beams with rectangular cross-s...

This paper reviews the classification and application of the model predictive control (MPC) in electrical drive systems. Main attention is drawn to the discrete form of MPC, i.e. finite control set model predictive control (FCS-MPC), which outputs directly the switching states of power converters. T...

An analytical solution for the natural frequencies of a beam containing a cavity on an elastic foundation is presented. Based on the analytical solution, a numerical method for identifying cavities in the foundation is developed. The position and size of the cavities are identified by minimizing an ...

Modeling results are presented for the laminar flow and heat transfer within a circular tube connected coaxially with a d.c. arc plasma torch. In order to determine the correct boundary conditions at the tube inlet, the computational domain is extended to include both the circular tube and the arc p...