Vibration Analysis and Experimental Study of GIS Busbar Enclosure under Electric Force by Dingge Yang, Yuzhao Li, Yanhua Han, Bin Ding, Liangshu Li, Jingfeng Wu

“…The vibration mode was obtained by finite element technology. Accordingly, the vibration response of the busbar enclosure was obtained by vibration analysis in the frequency domain, and the vibration acceleration of the busbar was monitored in the substation. …”
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Evaluation of Damage to Existing Buildings Induced by Tunnel Excavation by Ekin Evrim Laçin Akşit, Kadir Güler

“…Since the obtained settlement values did not meet the proposed boundary conditions, a three-dimensional finite element model was generated using the SAP2000 analysis program. …”
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A Two-Step Composite Time Integration Scheme for Vehicle-Track Interaction Analysis considering Contact Separation by Ya Gao, Jin Shi, Chenxu Lu

“…The adoption of the two-step integration method can ensure the accuracy of solutions and significantly increase the computational efficiency; moreover, the matrixes representing the model information will not change during the calculation process, so the substructure data exported from commercial finite element software can be directly adopted.…”
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Modeling Current Distribution Within Conductors and Between Parallel Conductors in High-Frequency Magnetics by Michael Solomentsev, Alex J. Hanson

“…However, at high frequency, current is not guaranteed to spread out maximally over the cross-section of a single conductor or to split evenly between parallel conductors. Finite element analysis (FEA) and SPICE-based systems have been used to analyze current distribution within magnetic components, but these methods are computationally intensive. …”
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Evaluating structural safety of trusses using Machine Learning by Tran-Hieu Nguyen, Anh-Tuan Vu

“…Stresses inside truss members as well as displacements of nodes are determined through finite element analyses and obtained values are compared with design constraints. …”
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Stress intensity factors analyses for external semi-elliptical crack for repaired gas-pipeline by composite overwrap under pressure by D. E. Belhadri, M. Belhamiani, W. N. Bouzitouna, W. Oudad

“…The purpose of this article is to present the stress intensity factors (SIF) solutions for semi-elliptic crack in pipelines under internal pressures, the stress intensity factors are calculated by the three-dimensional finite element method (FEM) for cracked pipelines and repaired pipe by composite patch. …”
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Ecological Retaining Wall for High-Steep Slopes: A Case Study in the Ji-Lai Expressway, Eastern China by Peng Jiang, Jin Li, Shen Zuo, Xin Zhuang Cui

“…The lateral displacement and Earth pressure distribution on the flexible ecological retaining wall applied to the high-steep slope were studied using finite element numerical simulations and verified using field experiments. …”
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Study on the abrasion property of the anvil inside a hydraulic DTH hammer fitted with horizontal oriented sliders by J. He, Q. Yin, K. Yin

“…The abrasion property of the horizontal oriented slider have been numerically simulated and analyzed by Finite Element Analysis. Simulation and experimental results have shown that the abrasion rate exponentially varies with the mass of the anvil and the friction coefficient of horizontal oriented slider, nevertheless the abrasion rate of horizontal anvil is almost logarithmically varies with moving velocity of oriented slider. …”
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Fatigue Strength Analysis of Cracked Wind Turbine Planetary Gear Train Under Variable Load Excitation by Ben Chen, Shijing Wu, Pan Zheng, Jun Wang, Qiang Chen, Sujie Gao, Jianhua Zhou

“…A four-component model considering the wake effect is used to simulate the random wind speed of a wind farm， and combined with the finite element method， the fatigue life of the wind power planetary gear train is obtained. …”
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Shape optimization using a level set based mesh evolution method: an overview and tutorial by Dapogny, Charles, Feppon, Florian

“…In a nutshell, two complementary representations of the shape are combined: on the one hand, it is meshed exactly, which allows for precise mechanical calculations based on the finite element method; on the other hand, it is described implicitly, using the level set method, which makes it possible to track its evolution in a robust way. …”
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Surface crack growth subject to bending and biaxial tension-compression by V. Shlyannikov, A. Tumanov, A. Zakharov, A. Gerasimenko

“…For the experimental surface crack paths in tested specimens the T-stress, the local triaxiality parameter h, the out-of-plane TZ factor and the governing parameter for the 3D-fields of the stresses and strains at the crack tip in the form of In-integral were calculated as a function of aspect ratio by finite element analysis to characterization of the constraint effects along semi-elliptical crack front. …”
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Effects of Unidirectional In Situ Stress on Crack Propagation of a Jointed Rock Mass Subjected to Stress Wave by Zhanfeng Fan, Jianhua Cai

“…The two-dimensional finite element program (ANSYS/LS-DYNA) was applied to further simulate the crack propagation of a jointed rock mass under different in situ stresses. …”
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Research on Discontinuous Contact Intra-strand Steel Stress of Steel Rope Ring CVT by Wu Zhang, Weixiong Liu, Lü Changlei, Feiyan Han

“…In order to explore the stress distribution of steel wire in the strand when the curved steel rope is in contact with continuous and discontinuous grooves， taking the 6×19+IWS right cross-twisted steel rope as the research object， the finite element models of contact between steel ropes and continuous and discontinuous grooves are established respectively， and the stress distribution of the steel wire in continuous and discontinuous contact is analyzed. …”
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Correlating crystallographic texture with anisotropic properties and sheet metal forming of aluminium alloys by Olaf Engler

“…Application possibilities include the prediction of in-plane anisotropy developing during uniaxial and plane strain tensile tests, earing during cup drawing of Al sheet products as well as polycrystal-plasticity driven prediction of input data used to calibrate phenomenological yield functions.Sheet metal forming is commonly simulated with the finite element method (FEM), where anisotropic properties are accounted for by suitable materials models. …”
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Investigating Reinforced Concrete Beams with Web Opening under Static and Cyclic Loads by Ali Fawzy, Arafa EL-Helloty, Mahmoud Hassan Mahmoud, Aymen Summra

“…Numerical studies were performed on ANSYS software, and the finite element results were verified through experiments. …”
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Analysis of the Internal Force and Deformation Characteristics of Double-Layer Lining Structure of Water Conveyance Tunnel by null Yueyue Zhu, null Cheng Liu, null Xiaotian Yin, null Jingyu Zhang

“…Finally, through the stress analysis of the lining structure, the axial force, shear force, and bending moment acted on the structure are obtained. By comparing finite element calculation results with analytical calculation results, the rationality of analytical solutions is verified. …”
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Meso-Analysis of Recycled Coarse Aggregate Self-Compacting Concrete on the Basis of Random Aggregate Model by Songpu Gao, Qing Liu, Fengxia Han, Zhongyan Guo, Jianping Yang, Jianwei Ren

“…The simulation results of the bending process of RCASCC beams analyzed by the concrete damaged plasticity (CDP) model and extended finite element (XFEM) were compared with the test results. …”
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Tooth Root Bending Fatigue Performance of Shot Peening TM210A Steel Spur Gear by H. J. Xu, Guang-Qiang Yin, X. Y. Tong, S. L. Lv

“…The tooth root residual stress of the shot peened gear was measured by the X-ray diffraction method, the stress field at the tooth root was calculated by the finite element method, and the fatigue failure mechanism of the shot peened gear tooth root was analyzed. …”
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Bubble Flow Analysis of High Speed Cylindrical Roller Bearing under Fluid-Solid Thermal Coupling by Li Cui, Wenxia Wang, Zhang Yanlei

“…Based on these models and finite element method, bubble flow of a high speed roller bearing is studied based on FLUENT software. …”
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Investigation on the Crack Initiation of V-Shaped Notch Tip in Precision Cropping by Lijun Zhang, Shengdun Zhao, Zhenwei Wang

“…The crack initiation of V-shaped notch tip has a very important influence on the cross-section quality and the cropping time for every segment of metal bar in course of low stress precision cropping. By the finite element method, the influence of machining precision of V-shaped notch bottom corner on the crack initiation location is analyzed and it is pointed out that the crack initiation point locates in the place at the maximal equivalent stress change rate on V-shaped notch surface. …”
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