Design and Simulation of an Extendable Wheel Chair. by Rutaraka Gideon

“…The displacement, velocity and acceleration graphs are generated showing the movement of the chair in the Y axis. Finite element analysis of the model is also carried out in solid works. …”
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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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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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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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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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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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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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A Numerical Model to Predict the Anisotropy of Polymer Composites Reinforced with High-Aspect-Ratio Short Aramid Fibers by Jianhong Gao, Xiaoxiang Yang, Lihong Huang

“…Some fiber types have a high aspect ratio and it is very difficult to predict their composites using traditional finite element (FE) modeling. In this study, an FE model was developed to predict the anisotropy of composites reinforced by short aramid fibers. …”
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The Analysis of Stress Waves at a Junction of Beam and String by Mu Chen, Ronghui Wang, Niujing Ma, Zhuojie Zhang

“…The analytical solutions are substantiated by comparing with the finite element programs. The conclusion that if the cross section of the string is relatively small, then the energy density of the structure is relatively large, which is disadvantageous to the structure, can be obtained from this paper.…”
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Improving Heat Exchange Performance of Massive Concrete Using Annular Finned Cooling Pipes by Lemu Zhou, Fangyuan Zhou, Hanbin Ge

“…Analysis of the interior temperature variation and distribution of the concrete block cooled by the annular finned cooling pipe system and the traditional cooling pipe system was conducted through the finite element models. It is found that, for the concrete block using the proposed annular finned cooling pipe system, the peak value of the interior temperature can be further lowered. …”
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Comparison of Two Typical Professional Programs for Mechanical Analysis of Interlayer Bonding of Asphalt Pavement Structure by Shuangxi Li, Liang Tang, Kang Yao

“…The mechanical analysis of interlayer bonding problem of asphalt pavement is performed by the elastic layered system theory or finite element method (FEM); then, a lot of specialized programs based on the above theories emerged successively, of which BISAR3.0 and EverStressFE are quite representative. …”
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Numerical Simulation and Response of Stiffened Plates Subjected to Noncontact Underwater Explosion by Elsayed Fathallah, Hui Qi, Lili Tong, Mahmoud Helal

“…Numerical analysis of the underwater explosion phenomena is implemented in the nonlinear finite element code ABAQUS/Explicit. The aim of this work is to enhance the dynamic response to resist UNDEX. …”
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Stability and Failure Mechanism Analyses of the Zhenggang Landslide in Southwestern China by Shengnian Wang, Weiya Xu, Jinyuan Liu

“…In this study, geological structure, matter features, and macrodeformations of the Zhenggang landslide (including Zone I and Zone II) were investigated for uncovering its formation mechanism and evolution tendency first, and then the stability and failure mechanism analyses of the Zhenggang landslide were conducted in detail by a combined limit equilibrium and finite element analysis method. Results of geological investigations indicate that the Zhenggang landslide has undergone sliding several times and is in a metastable state now. …”
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