A Nonlinear Dynamic Foundation Model for Dynamic Response of Track-Train Interaction by Phuoc T. Nguyen, Trung D. Pham, Hoa P. Hoang

“…The paper studies the dynamic response of track-train interaction on a nonlinear dynamic foundation model with special things such as (i) the nonlinear dynamic foundation model includes a nonlinear elastic spring, shear layer, viscous damping, and foundation mass; (ii) the process of the finite-element method of nonlinear dynamic response of the foundation and track-train interaction is established clearly; (iii) the numerical results show that the foundation mass has a significant effect on the dynamic characteristic of the structure system and dynamic response of track-train interaction under a moving vehicle and almost have more increasing dynamic displacements than others without the effect of the foundation mass. …”
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SIMULATION OF FATIGUE CRACK INITIATION LIFE OF TC4 TITANIUM ALLOY BASED ON ITS MESOSCOPIC PROPERTIES by JIANG Ze, XU XiWu, GUO ShuXiang, WU Bin, QI Yan

“…Based on the micro dislocation model of crack initiation and Tanaka mura’s formula of crack life,considering the surface roughness,a finite element model for fatigue crack initiation of TC4 titanium alloy is proposed,and the validity of the simulation model is verified by experiments. …”
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Error Analysis and Numeric Simulation Research of Parallel Seismic Method by Chao Lin, Cheng-Lin Zhang, Li Rao, Chuang Yang, Bin An, Bao–Feng Zhao, Tao Zhan, Xian-Jun Tan

“…The error influencing factors of both two methods are then analysed. Finally, the finite element software ABAQUS was used to simulate the inspection of pile foundations by the parallel seismic method. …”
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Stress Intensity Factors for Corner Cracks under Arbitrary Stress Fields in the Finite Plates Based on the Point Weight Function Method by Guo Li, Huimin Zhou, Junbo Liu, Tongge Xu, Shuiting Ding

“…In sum, 81% of the differences between the point weight function method and finite element results are less than 10%.…”
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Experimental and Numerical Study of the Interfacial Shear Strength in Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Resin Composite under Thermal Loads by Hongxiao Wang, Xiaohui Zhang, Yugang Duan, Lingjie Meng

“…To interpret the effect of thermal loads on IFSS, a thermal-mechanical coupling finite element model was used to simulate the process of fiber pull-out from EP. …”
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PDE Modeling of a Microfluidic Thermal Process for Genetic Analysis Application by Reza Banaei Khosroushahi, Horacio J. Marquez, Jose Martinez-Quijada, Christopher J. Backhouse

“…These equations are solved analytically, and the results are verified using an experimentally verified precise finite element method (FEM) model. The final combined result is a framework for designing a precise tracking controller applicable to the selected lab-on-a-chip device.…”
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STUDY ON LOW VELOCITY IMPACT CHARACTERISTICS OF HYBRID COMPOSITE HONEYCOMB SANDWICH STRUCTURE by ZHANG ChaoFeng, DU WeiZhong, WANG WeiLi

“…The impact resistance of composite honeycomb sandwich structure is studied by means of experiment and finite element analysis. The three-dimensional progressive failure criterion is established based on the VUMAT subroutine, and the accuracy of the simulation model is verified by experiments. …”
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Dynamic Model of a Rotating Flexible Arm-Flexible Root Mechanism Driven by a Shaft Flexible in Torsion by S.Z. Ismail, A.A. Al-Qaisia, B.O. Al-Bedoor

“…The model accounts for the driving shaft and the arm root flexibilities. The finite element method and the Lagrangian dynamics are used in deriving the equations of motion with the small deformation theory assumptions and the Euler-Bernoulli beam theory. …”
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Design of Prestressed Cable Dome Using Minor Perturbation Method by Haitao Zhou, Feng Fu, Bo Si, Deqing You, Fengjian Zhang

“…A corresponding design flow chart is established and programmed with finite element analysis software. Through the case studies of two different kinds of cable dome, it is proven that the proposed method and software program can simply, quickly, and effectively design the cable domes with an economic cross-section.…”
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Influence of Effective Pressure on Percolation Rate of Coal by Fukun Xiao, Wenhai Xu, Renhe Li, Fengrui Zhang, Lei Xu, Le Xing, Zhiyuan Hou

“…The theoretical equation of the effective pressure and percolation rate of coal is calculated with the finite element software COMSOL, and the results obtained from the theoretical equation agree well with the experimental results. …”
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Influence of Soil-Structure Interaction on the Seismic Response of a Continuous Bridge with Friction Pendulum System by Bing Li, Chong Fu, Guolong Liu, Wei Wei, Junfa Duan, Bin Wang

“…A three-dimensional finite element analysis was carried out for the influence of soil-structure interaction (SSI) on the seismic response of an isolated continuous bridge with a friction pendulum system (FPS). …”
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Numerical Investigation of Pull-In Instability in a Micro-Switch MEMS Device through the Pseudo-Spectral Method by P. Di Maida, G. Bianchi

“…A numerical comparison is presented between a pseudo-spectral and a Finite Element (FE) approximation of the problem, both methods employing the same number of degrees of freedom. …”
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NEW DESIGN OF A BRIDGE FENDER-LIKE ANTI-HIGH OVERLOADING ACCELEROMETER by LIU XiaoRou, ZHAO Rui, SHI YunBo, GUO Jin, WU GuoZhang, ZHU JingTong

“…The structure can absorb a part of the energy during an impact with its own deformation,thereby reducing the deformation of the sensor itself. The finite element simulation results indicated that the stress of the proposed accelerometer under the condition of 30 000 g overload was reduced from 994. 88 MPa to 70 MPa. …”
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Numerical analysis of an incompressible soft material poromechanics model using $\tt {T}$-coercivity by Barré, Mathieu, Grandmont, Céline, Moireau, Philippe

“…This allows us to prove that any finite element pair adapted to the Stokes problem is also suitable for this global poromechanical model regardless of porosity and permeability, generalizing previous results from the literature studying this model.…”
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FATIGUE LIFE ANALYSIS OF PIPELINE CONSIDERING INITIAL ASSEMBLY STRESS (MT) by ZHAO ZhengDa, CUN WenYuan, ZHAO XuSheng, ZHANG JieYi, CHEN XueMei, CHEN Guo

“…Aiming at the problem of fatigue fracture of pipeline connectors, a finite element model of pipeline connectors in aircraft hydraulic system is established. …”
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Performance analysis of asymmetrical less‐rare‐earth permanent magnet motor for electric vehicle by Bingchang Lv, Liwei Shi, Lintao Li, Kaiwen Liu, Jianning Jing

“…Electromagnetic performance of the TPMM structure and the ALREPMM structure is compared by finite element method‐based simulation. It is shown that the ALREPMM structure can reduce the amount of rare‐earth materials by 19%, and the cogging torque and the THD values of no‐load back‐EMF are reduced by 77.3% and 26.8%, respectively. …”
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Modal Analysis of a Simply Supported Steel Beam with Cracks under Temperature Load by Yijiang Ma, Guoping Chen, Fan Yang

“…According to boundary conditions of the simply supported beam, natural frequencies of the beam can be calculated, which are compared with the finite element results. Results indicate that the analytical method proposed has a high accuracy; the natural frequencies of the simply supported steel beam are mostly affected by the temperature load, which cannot be ignored.…”
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Fatigue life prediction of 5083 and 5A06 aluminum alloy T-welded joints based on the fatigue characteristics domain by li zou, Xinhua Yang, Jianrong Tan, Hongji Xu, Yibo Sun

“…Three-point bending fatigue test of 5083 and 5A06 aluminum alloy T-welded joints is carried out, and the fatigue life of the specimens with different influencing factors are obtained. Finite element model of the T-welded joint is established and the nodal force based structural stress is calculated. …”
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Eigenpath Following for Systems with Symmetric Complex-Valued Stiffness Matrices by U. Miller, S. Bograd, A. Schmidt, L. Gaul

“…The simulation is conducted with finite element software capable of performing a numeric modal analysis with hysteretic damping assumption. …”
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Design and Optimization of Support and Drive System for Magnetic Levitation Air Compressor for Fuel Cells by Enhui Xing, Qi Gao, Yuanqi Dong, Wenxin Bai

“…Multi-physics field and multi-objective optimization were carried out by integrating the multi-physics field with the Multi-objective Grey Wolf Algorithm (MOGWO), and the feasibility of the design of the system and its reliability were verified using finite element software.…”
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