Elasticity Solutions for Sandwich Arches considering Permeation Effect of Adhesive by Ruili Huo, Yichen Liu, Peng Wu, Hai Fang, Weiqing Liu, Ding Zhou

“…The present solution agrees well with the finite element solution with a fine mesh, while the finite element method is time consuming in mesh division and calculation. …”
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Optimal Design of the Sealing Structure of a Hydraulic Cylinder on the Basis of a Surrogate Model by Hong Zhang, Yu Sun, Chenchen Li, Haoran Wang

“…In this study, a finite-element simulation model was established for a two-dimensional hydraulic cylinder seal structure with highly nonlinear materials and contacts for achieving the optimal sealing effect with the structure. …”
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Ultimate Pullout Capacity of a Square Plate Anchor in Clay with an Interbedded Stiff Layer by Tugen Feng, Jingyao Zong, Wei Jiang, Jian Zhang, Jian Song

“…The rationality of the finite element numerical calculation results and the empirical formula is verified by comparing the results from this study with results previously reported in the literature.…”
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Numerical Simulation of Pollutant Transport in Fractured Vuggy Porous Karstic Aquifers by Xiaolin Fan, Shuyu Sun, Wei Wei, Jisheng Kou

“…A hybrid mixed finite element (HMFE) method is applied to approximate the velocity field for the model. …”
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The influence of heating sequence on deformation of steel plate in induction heating process by ZHANG Xuebiao, WANG Junqi, WANG Qiao

“…The paper uses the elastic-plastic inherent strain finite element model to study the overall deformation of a steel plate in different heating sequences. …”
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A Normalized Transfer Matrix Method for the Free Vibration of Stepped Beams: Comparison with Experimental and FE(3D) Methods by Tamer Ahmed El-Sayed, Said Hamed Farghaly

“…The experimental results for stepped beams with single step and two steps, for sixteen different test samples, are in excellent agreement with those of the three-dimensional finite element FE(3D). The comparison between the NTM method and the finite element method results shows that the modal percentage deviation is increased when a beam step location coincides with a peak point in the mode shape. …”
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Coupling Ratio-Based Design and Seismic Performance of Modular Prefabricated Hybrid Coupled Walls by Yun Shi, Yumin Zhang, Jianbo Dai, Guangyuan Weng

“…Subsequently, nonlinear hysteretic analyses are conducted from finite element analysis software ABAQUS, and a parametric study based on the finite element technique is performed to identify the optimal value of the coupling ratio. …”
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The Effects of Process Parameters on Evolutions of Thermodynamics and Microstructures for Composite Extrusion of Magnesium Alloy by H.-J. Hu

“…The thermal-mechanical coupling finite element models including the geometric and FEM models and solution conditions were applied to calculate the effective strain and temperature and extrusion force during ES extrusion. …”
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Numerical Simulation on Slabs Dislocation of Zipingpu Concrete Faced Rockfill Dam during the Wenchuan Earthquake Based on a Generalized Plasticity Model by Bin Xu, Yang Zhou, Degao Zou

“…The procedure and constitutive model of materials used for finite element analysis are consistent. The water elevation, the angel, and the strength of the construction joints were among major variables of investigation. …”
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The Optimization Algorithm for Large-Scale In Situ Stress Field by Fei Li, Ningdong Chang

“…For a real construction site, the amount of calculation using a finite element method for in situ stress field increases dramatically with the increase of the calculation freedom due to large-scale uncertainties. …”
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Research on structural fatigue residual life of pitch bearing rings after pre-damage by ZHANG Mingqian, CHEN Guanci, DING Yinke, LIU Minghan, MAO Huaping

“…ObjectiveThe corrosion fatigue fracture of the wind turbine pitch bearing is a major failure mode, often leading to the blade detachment and shutdown. To this end, a finite element model of replacing the whole pitch bearing with a local one was proposed to investigate the structural fatigue remaining life of pitch bearings after corrosion of the raceways.MethodsA combined method of finite element software Ansys and three-dimensional fracture mechanics software Franc3D was adopted to simulate the corrosion pit by inserting a pre-damage at the location of the maximum equivalent stress in the bearing ring. …”
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Design and analysis of modular pneumatic soft crawling robots by YIN Hongfei, LÜ Yuedong, SONG Xiaojuan

“…Therefore, a kind of honeycomb soft driving unit was designed, which can be connected and composed to realize the modular driving soft robot with different functions.MethodsThe material selection and mechanical analysis of the designed imitation honeycomb soft drive unit were carried out, and a nonlinear relational model between the driving pressure and deformation in the soft drive unit was established; the validity of the model was verified by combining with the finite element simulation. Based on the imitation honeycomb soft body drive unit module, a flexible soft robot and a bidirectional bending soft robot were designed, and finite element simulations on both configurations of soft robots were conducted. …”
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Numerical Study of the Active Tendon Control of a Cable-Stayed Bridge in a Construction Phase by M. H. El Ouni, N. Ben Kahla

“…This paper investigates numerically the active tendon control of a cable-stayed bridge in a construction phase. A linear Finite Element model of small scale mock-up of the bridge is first presented. …”
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Design and analysis of electromagnetic and mechanical structure of ultra-high-speed slotted solid rotor induction motor by Jiawei Yi, Zhihao Zhu

“…Then, by constructing a two-dimensional finite element model, the slot matching scheme and coil pitch are optimized, and the influence of different slot matching scheme and coil pitch on the output torque and harmonics of the motor is compared. …”
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A Comparative Study on Sensitivity-Based Damage Detection Methods in Bridges by Akbar Mirzaee, Reza Abbasnia, Mohsenali Shayanfar

“…These sensitivity-based methods utilize finite element model updating procedure and allow a wide choice of physically meaningful parameters leading to vast range of applications in damage detection. …”
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Seismic Behavior Analysis of Damaged Steel Fiber-Reinforced High-Strength Concrete Frame Joints Strengthened by FRP by Wang Tingyan, Zhou Yun, Zhang Junwei

“…Then, the nonlinear finite element program was used to simulate the seismic behavior of FRP strengthened and unstrengthened steel fiber-reinforced high-strength concrete frame joints under low cyclic repeated load. …”
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Analysis of Vibration Characteristics of Hydraulic Excavator Device Under Flat Ground Conditions by Kailei Liu, Haifang Zhong, Maoze Chen, Jing Yang, Hongbin Qiang, Shaopeng Kang

“…Secondly, the modal analysis of the excavator arm is carried out by finite element simulation software, and the displacement and acceleration harmonic response analysis is carried out using the modal superposition method. …”
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Adaptivity in Crashworthiness Calculations by Ted Belytschko, Sang-Ho Lee, I-Sheng Yeh, Jerry I. Lin, Chen-Shyh Tsay, James M. Kennedy

“…h-Adaptive finite element methods for nonlinear transient analysis by explicit time integration are described. …”
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Reaction Spectrum Comparative Analysis of Seismic Performance of 62 m CFST Bridge with Curved-String Truss before and after Reinforcement by Daihai Chen, Yinxin Li, Zheng Li, Yilin Fang, Laijing Ma, Fengrui Ma

“…Taking a 62 m CFST bridge with a curved-string truss as the research object, according to its reinforcement scheme, the spatial finite element models of the bridge before and after reinforcement were established by using the general finite element software ANSYS. …”
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Mechanical Characteristics of Asphalt Pavement Pothole Maintenance by Fengjun Zhao, Yuhang Tang, Jianjun Wu, Zhi Huang, Mingyue Gao, Yanliang Long

“…Subsequently, the influences of the material modulus, size, thickness, and modulus of the old pavement material on the potholes are calculated by using the finite element model under the most unfavorable loading position.…”
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