RESEARCH ON SINGLE-LEAF WALLS MADE WITH LIGHTENED CLAY BRICKS by MANUEL C. JUÁREZ, Mª PILAR MORALES, PEDRO MUÑOZ, PABLO OLASOLO

“…The internal and external geometry of the bricks has been studied by the Finite Element Method (FEM). Different wall assemblies with these bricks have been studied. …”
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Parametric Design and Mechanical Characterization of a Selective Laser Sintering Additively Manufactured Biomimetic Ribbed Dome Inspired by the Chorion of Lepidopteran Eggs by Alexandros Efstathiadis, Ioanna Symeonidou, Emmanouil K. Tzimtzimis, Dimitrios Avtzis, Konstantinos Tsongas, Dimitrios Tzetzis

“…The above results were validated using respective finite element analyses.…”
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Structural safety assessment procedure of plastic single-span greenhouses considering semi-rigid clamp joints by Byung-Hun Seo, Sangik Lee, Do-Kyung Kim, Jong-Hyuk Lee, Dong-Su Kim, Dong-Woo Kim, Yerim Jo, Won Choi

“…This study evaluated the structural safety of 9 greenhouse types under extreme weather loads using a nonlinear finite element method (FEM) model that accounts for material nonlinearity of clamp joint. …”
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The Characteristic Improvement of Electromagnetic Proportional Directional Control Valve by Hua Zhang

“…The magnetic field and coil temperature field distribution of the control valve are modeled and analyzed by using the finite element method. The influence laws of the geometry and parameters on electromagnetic force are analyzed. …”
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Dynamic Responses of Supported Beams with Intermediate Supports Under Moving Loads by Biaobiao Zhang, Steve Shepard

“…Transient responses of this beam structure are investigated and verified by the traditional finite element method. This method can be used to solve transient response problems of moving pressure loads exciting the beam structure with intermediate support. …”
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Time Frequency Features of Rotor Systems with Slowly Varying Mass by Tao Yu, Qingkai Han

“…With the analytic method and numerical method respectively, the asymptotic solutions and finite element model of rotor system with single slowly varying mass is obtained to investigate the time frequency features of such rotor system; furthermore, with given model of slowly varying mass, the rotor system with dual slowly varying mass is studied. …”
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COMPUTATIONAL MODELING THE SUPERHEATED STEAM FLOWS INTO THE SETTING PARTS OF MICROTURBINE AND EFFICIENCY ESTIMATION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF TURBOAGGREGATE CONSTRUCTION by A. M. Krot, P. P. Tkachova, I. N. Spagar

“…To improve turbo-aggregate construction the finite element model of the setting parts of microturbine has been modified. …”
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Width Optimization of Array Electrode for Human Lung Electrical Resistance Tomography System Based on prior Knowledge by Liqing Xiao

“…In electrical resistance tomography (ERT) technology for human lung, under the same experimental conditions, the width of the sensitive field boundary electrode has a significant impact on the calculation accuracy of the inverse problem besides the finite element model (FEM) topology. Aiming to improve the quality of reconstructed images, the FEM for human lung was set up based on prior knowledge. …”
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Dynamics of inclined CNTRC sandwich beams under a moving mass with influence of CNT agglomeration by Tran, Thi Thom, Nguyen, Dinh Kien

“…The beams compose of a homogeneous core and two composite face layers with effective properties being estimated by Eshelby–Mori–Tanaka approach. A novel finite element formulation is formulated and used to establish the equation of motion. …”
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Nonlinear Power Inductors for Large Current Crest Factors by Alexander Stadler, Tobias Stolzke, Christof Gulden

“…For this purpose, a nonlinear model was developed based on finite element method (FEM). It is shown how a highly efficient construction with low stray fields and maximum package density can be achieved. …”
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A Novel Drive Option for Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Transducers by Diana Engelke, Bernd Oehme, Jens Strackeljan

“…A novel drive option, where the stack contains a new type of divided piezoelectric rings, is analyzed using the finite element method, prototyped, and tested. To gain a better sense of the vibration behavior, the studies focus initially on one ring and subsequently on the different possibilities to assemble the transducer. …”
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First Characterization of a New Method for Numerically Solving the Dirichlet Problem of the Two-Dimensional Electrical Impedance Equation by Marco Pedro Ramirez-Tachiquin, Cesar Marco Antonio Robles Gonzalez, Rogelio Adrian Hernandez-Becerril, Ariana Guadalupe Bucio Ramirez

“…To warrant the effectiveness of the posed method, we consider several examples of conductivity functions, whose boundary conditions are exact solutions of the electrical impedance equation, performing a brief comparison with the finite element method. Finally, we discuss the possible contributions of these results to the field of the electrical impedance tomography.…”
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A Class of Spectral Element Methods and Its A Priori/A Posteriori Error Estimates for 2nd-Order Elliptic Eigenvalue Problems by Jiayu Han, Yidu Yang

“…The special work of this paper is as follows. (1) We prove a priori and a posteriori error estimates for spectral and spectral element methods. (2) We compare between spectral methods, spectral element methods, finite element methods and their derived p-version, h-version, and hp-version methods from accuracy, degree of freedom, and stability and verify that spectral methods and spectral element methods are highly efficient computational methods.…”
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Influence of Reinforcement Length on Singularity of Single-Lap Joints by Yuqi Wang, Yanhui Li, Kaixuan Zhou

“…Stresses along the interface close to the singularity points were calculated with finite element analyses (FEAs). Results showed that the singular stress intensity factor of single-lap joints can be decreased by the reinforcement. …”
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Comparative analysis of sloshing effects on elevated water tanks’ dynamic response using ANN and MARS by Tahera, Neethu Urs, K. Shashi Raj, Rakesh Kumar, Harish Soundalgekar, T. Deepa, Mohd Asif Shah

“…In order to precisely capture the fluid–structure interaction, this work uses a 3D finite element model based on the Coupled Eulerian–Lagrangian (CEL) approach to investigate the dynamic response of raised water tanks under seismic excitation. …”
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Cylindrical Shell with Junctions: Uncertainty Quantification of Free Vibration and Frequency Response Analysis by Harri Hakula, Vesa Kaarnioja, Mikael Laaksonen

“…In this paper, we solve the multiparametric free vibration of complex shell configurations under uncertainty using stochastic collocation with the p-version of finite element method and apply the collocation approach to frequency response analysis. …”
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Analysis of Layered Composite Beam to Underwater Shock Including Structural Damping and Stiffness Effects by S.W. Gong, K.Y. Lam

“…The effective structural damping and stiffness are formulated and incorporated in the fluid-structure-coupled equations, which relate the structure response to fluid impulsive loading and are solved using coupled finite-element and DAA-boundary element codes. The present computational method facilitates the study of transient response of the layered composite beams to underwater shock, involving the effects of structural damping and stiffness. …”
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COMPUTER MODELING OF STRAINS ON PHASE BOUNDARIES IN DUCTILE CAST IRON AT HOT EXTRUSION by A. I. Pokrovsky, V. A. Kovtun, Т. V. Ryabchenko, I. Khrol

“…Using a software system of finite-element analysis ANSYS the numerical values of the strains at the phase boundaries: ferrite-perlite, graphiteferrite and also inside the graphite inclusions were defined. …”
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Resistance of CNT film toughened composite laminates under high-speed impact: Experimental and numerical study by L.I. Zhouyi, L.I. Jiming, L.I.U. Yan, J.I.A. Pengcheng, C.H.A.O. Huan

“…It shows that the FEM (Finite element method) model can effectively predict the impact behavior of CNTs interlaminar toughened composites under high-speed impact. …”
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Numerical Study on Deformation Capacity of Steel Plate Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls by Zhi Zhou, Jiang Qian, Wei Huang

“…This paper investigates the deformation capacity of the SPRC shear wall under cyclic loads. A nonlinear 3-D finite element model in ABAQUS was developed and validated against published experimental results. …”
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