Influence of Foundation Pit Excavation and Precipitation on Settlement of Surrounding Buildings by Hongming Wei

“…The main research work includes the following aspects: summarizing and analyzing the soil consolidation theory, foundation pit excavation, and precipitation process; the influencing factors of the adjacent soil layer displacement; the influence mechanism and influence types of foundation pit excavation and precipitation on adjacent buildings. The finite element model considering the whole process of foundation pit excavation is established, and the variation law of the upper layer displacement around the foundation pit is analyzed. …”
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Seismic Analysis on the Behaviors of Meru Structures: A Sacred Building in Balinese Temples by I Ketut Sudarsana, Gede Adi Susila, Ni Putu Silvi, Ngakan Ketut Acwin Dwijendra

“…As many as five types of the Meru structure traditionally built were modeled and analyzed using finite element-based software. Each type of Meru has three variations in the roof masses that were obtained from increasing the roof thickness from 500 mm, 600 mm, and 700 mm. …”
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Simulation Analysis of the Sound Transmission Loss of Composite Laminated Cylindrical Shells with Applied Acoustic Coverings by Bin Li, Haoyang Ding, Zhigang Hu, Junya Zhao, Menghui Qi, Zhiyong Wang

“…Additionally, based on the LMS Virtual Lab acoustic simulation software, finite element models corresponding to the noise reduction experiments are established, and the acoustic cavity’s simple positive frequency and acoustic response of the cavity are numerically calculated. …”
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Damage and Failure of Aeroengine Blades Under Small UAV Impacts by Zhibin Wu, Chi Chen, Feiying Chen, Jun Liu

“…In this paper, a finite element (FE) model of a UAV with a weight of 4.78 kg, turbofan blades, propeller blades, and helicopter tail rotor blades was developed. …”
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Impact of Plastic Hinge Properties on Capacity Curve of Reinforced Concrete Bridges by Nasim Shatarat, Mutasem Shehadeh, Mohammad Naser

“…The nonlinear properties of the user-defined hinge model for existing highway bridges can be determined in accordance with the recommendations of the Seismic Retrofit Manual by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA-SRM). Finite element software such as the software SAP2000 offers a simpler and easier approach to determine the nonlinear hinge properties through the automated-hinge model which are determined automatically from the member material and cross section properties. …”
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Predicting Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of Coalesced Cracks Using the Global-Local Superimposed Technique by Mohd Shamil Shaari, Sylvia Urai, Akiyuki Takahashi, Mohd Akramin Mohd Romlay

“… The S-version Finite Element Method (FEM) is known as a global-local superimposed approach that consists of two separate meshes referred to as global and local cracks. …”
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Understanding the edge crack phenomenon in ceramic laminates by O. Ševe?ek, M. Kotoul, D. Leguillon, E. Martin, R. Bermejo

“…In this work, a 2D parametric finite element model has been developed to predict the onset and propagation of an edge crack in ceramic laminates using a coupled stress-energy criterion. …”
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The Influence of Buckling Mode and Buckling Stability Coefficient of Rigid-Frame Bridge during Construction in Cold Region by Jiangjiang Li, Xuanyu Zhang, Xiandong Wang

“…The continuous rigid-frame bridge is taken as the research object, the finite element model of the bridge body is established by using the beam element, and the overall stability of the rigid-frame bridge is analyzed in the construction and completion stages. …”
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Optimization of Driving Axle Housing of Dump Truck based on Robustness Selection by Ronghui Lin, Peng Zhou

“…In lightweight research of driving axle housing of heavy dump trucks，the reliability of the axle housing is difficult to be controlled due to the uncertainty factors in the use and production conditions of the axle housing，so a lightweight research method combining deterministic optimization and robustness selection is proposed. The finite element analysis is carried out on the axle housing，it is verified that there is room for further optimization of the original axle housing. …”
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Plastic stress intensity factor behavior at small and large scale yielding by Alexander Zakharov, Valery Shlyannikov, Anastasia Tartygasheva

“…In this paper the plastic stress intensity factor (SIF) is used to study the coupling effects of the loading biaxiality, the material properties and the cracked body configuration in both the small- and large-scale yielding ranges. A finite element (FE) analysis is performed for a cracked Mode I plane strain plate subjected to biaxial tension/compression loading. …”
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Synergism Analysis of Bedding Slope with Piles and Anchor Cable Support under Sine Wave Vehicle Load by Li Dan-Feng, Wang Lian-Jun

“…Three-dimensional finite element methodology (FEM) is used to simulate the bedding slope with piles and anchor cable support; furthermore, the eigenvalue can be obtained. …”
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SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION DESIGN OF AIRFOIL HONEYCOMBS STRUCTURE by ZHANG MingMing, WU HongWei, WANG Shuai, MA BinJie

“…The global equivalent model of full height honeycombs structure is analyzed by finite element simulation,and sub-model analysis technology is applied to extract the region of interest from global equivalent model of full height honeycombs structure for detail analysis,the comparison of simulation and experimentation indicated the analysis method have better accuracy. …”
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Design and Optimization of a Triangular Shear Piezoelectric Acceleration Sensor for Microseismic Monitoring by Yannan Shi, Shuaishuai Jiang, Yang Liu, Yiying Wang, Penglei Qi

“…The parametric design of the designed sensor is carried out, and its finite element structural model is built by ANSYS. The modal analysis, resonance response analysis, and piezoelectric analysis of the designed sensor are carried out. …”
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Evaluation of Induced Settlements of Piled Rafts in the Coupled Static-Dynamic Loads Using Neural Networks and Evolutionary Polynomial Regression by Ali Ghorbani, Mostafa Firouzi Niavol

“…Evaluation of induced settlements of CPRFs has been commonly carried out using three-dimensional finite element/finite difference modeling or through expensive real-scale/prototype model tests. …”
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Numerical Investigation of Complex Thermal Coal-Gas Interactions in Coal-Gas Migration by Xiaoyan Ni, Peng Gong, Yi Xue

“…Then, this complex model is implemented into a finite element (FE) model and solved through the numerical method. …”
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Predicting Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of Coalesced Cracks Using the Global-Local Superimposed Technique by Mohd Shamil Shaari, Sylvia Urai, Akiyuki Takahashi, Mohd Akramin Mohd Romlay

“… The S-version Finite Element Method (FEM) is known as a global-local superimposed approach that consists of two separate meshes referred to as global and local cracks. …”
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A Coupled Gas Flow-Mechanical Damage Model and Its Numerical Simulations on High Energy Gas Fracturing by Yu Bai, Li Sun, Chenhui Wei

“…Numerical model and determination of mesomechanical parameters in finite element analysis are described in detail. Numerical simulations on crack evolution under HEGF, GF, and HEGF+GF are carried out, and the impact of in situ stress conditions on crack evolution is discussed further. …”
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Crack path predictions and experiments in plane structures considering anisotropic properties and material interfaces by P.O. Judt, A. Ricoeur

“…Numerical tools for the calculation of loading quantities using these path-invariant integrals are implemented into the commercial finite element (FE)-code ABAQUS. Global approaches of the integrals are convenient considering crack tips approaching other crack faces, internal boundaries or material interfaces. …”
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Model Reduction of the Flexible Rotating Crankshaft of a Motorcycle Engine Cranktrain by Stefano Ricci, Marco Troncossi, Alessandro Rivola

“…In this paper, this latter aspect is the objective of the investigation; in particular, a finite element model of the crankshaft is implemented as a replacement for the corresponding rigid member. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Studies on Residual Stress in Wide Butt Welds by Yang Ding, Zhe Liu, Jia-Bao Yan, Liang Zong

“…This paper also developed a finite element model by SYSWELD to simulate the residual stress produced by the wide butt welding. …”
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