Study on Model of Penetration into Thick Metallic Targets with Finite Planar Sizes by Long Rods by Juan Wang, Junhai Zhao, Jianhua Zhang, Yuan Zhou

“…Meanwhile, the numerical simulation is performed using the ANSYS/LS-DYNA finite element code to investigate the variations in residual projectile velocity, length, and mass abrasion. …”
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Long-Term Vibration Monitoring of the Effects of Temperature and Humidity on PC Girders with and without Fly Ash considering ASR Deterioration by Tuan Minh Ha, Saiji Fukada, Kazuyuki Torii

“…No apparent variation in the mode shapes could be identified. A finite element model was proposed for numerical verification, the results of which were in good agreement with the measured changes in the natural frequencies. …”
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Study on the Dynamic Response of Composite Box Girder Bridges with Corrugated Steel Webs by Ya-Na Mao, Chi Ma, Shi-Zhong Liu, Li-Yuan Li

“…To more accurately consider the dynamic response of composite box girder bridges with corrugated steel webs under the effect of live loads, based on the theory of vehicle-bridge coupled vibration, a refined finite element model of vehicle-bridge coupled vibration analysis for composite box girders was established. …”
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Performance Optimization of Piled Raft Foundations in Layered Soil under Uniform Vertical Loading Using Plaxis 3D by Biya Degefu Teji, Argaw Asha Ashango

“…In this study, the effects of raft thickness, number of piles, pile length, spacing of piles, and pile diameter on the response of piled-raft foundations were investigated using the finite element-based program Plaxis 3D for layered soils (medium to very stiff high plastic silty clay and medium to very dense silty sand soil) subjected to uniform vertical loading. …”
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Study on Preload of Bolted Connections in Pitch Bearing Based on Vibration Modal Analysis by Hongwei Zhang, Tao Chen, Kangkang Ji, Meng Zhu, Chengwei Ju

“…Hammer modal tests are conducted under various preloading forces. By combining finite element modal analysis, the correspondence between preloading changes and the bending frequencies and modes of the bolted connection is obtained. …”
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Analysis of Slotted Tooth Switched Reluctance Motors for Electric Vehicle Applications by Mohamed A. Abdel Tawab, Hamdy Shatla, M. Bahy

“…The design parameters of the three models are the same and carried out by finite element tools (FETs) to obtain the magnetic characteristics, and the static analysis of the three models is compared. …”
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Fully Discrete Local Discontinuous Galerkin Approximation for Time-Space Fractional Subdiffusion/Superdiffusion Equations by Meilan Qiu, Liquan Mei, Dewang Li

“…., backward Euler difference or second-order central difference)/local discontinuous Galerkin finite element mixed method to construct and analyze a kind of efficient, accurate, flexible, numerical schemes for approximately solving time-space fractional subdiffusion/superdiffusion equations. …”
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Crack path simulation for cylindrical contact under fretting conditions by R.A. Cardoso, J.A. Araújo, J.L.A. Ferreira, F.C. Castro

“…The numerical simulations are provided by a 2D Finite Element Analysis taking into account interactions between the crack faces. …”
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Behavior of Zr�1Nb alloy in coarse- and ultrafine-grain states under laser-induced shock wave loading by Dmitry Ledon, Aleksandr Balakhnin, Sergey Uvarov, Irina Bannikova, Yuriy Bayandin, Oleg Naimark

“…Numerical simulation of the process under study has been carried out using statistically based nonlinear model of solid with defects and finite element method to describe the deformation behavior and fracture of the material under shock-wave loading. …”
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Induced Unbalance as a Method for Improving the Dynamic Stability of High-Speed Turbochargers by R. Gordon Kirk, Ali A. Alsaeed

“…This study presents a new method for improving the dynamic stability by inducing the turbocharger rotor unbalance in order to suppress the subsynchronous vibration. The finite-element model of the turbocharger with floating-ring bearings is numerically solved for the nonlinear time-transient response. …”
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Effect of Variable Thermal Conductivity on the Generalized Thermoelasticity Problems in a Fiber-Reinforced Anisotropic Half-Space by Chun-Bao Xiong, Li-Na Yu, Yan-Bo Niu

“…A fiber-reinforced anisotropic half-space is selected as the research model, and a region of its surface is subjected to a transient thermal shock. The time-domain finite element method is applied to analyze the nonlinear problem and derives the governing equations. …”
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Numerical Analysis of Pipelines Settlement Induced by Tunneling by KunYong Zhang, Jose Luis Chavez Torres, ZhenJun Zang

“…Three-dimensional finite element method analysis on the tunnel-soil-underground pipeline was carried out based on the ABAQUS program. …”
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Research on the Low Frequency Broadband Piezoelectric-Magnetostrictive Hybrid Transducer by Duo Teng, Ning Zhu

“…Through building the equivalent circuit model and finite element model, the performances of transducer will be predicted. …”
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Multicriteria Decision Analysis in Improving Quality of Design in Femoral Component of Knee Prostheses: Influence of Interface Geometry and Material by Ali Jahan, Marjan Bahraminasab

“…In this study, full factorial design of experiment (DOE) method was accompanied by finite element analysis (FEA) to evaluate the effect of inner contours of femoral component on mechanical stability of the implant and biomechanical stresses within the implant components and adjacent bone areas with preservation of the outer contours for standard Co-Cr alloy and a promising functionally graded material (FGM). …”
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Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Ring Foundations Embedded in Undrained Homogeneous Clay by An-hui Wang, Yan-fang Zhang, Fan Xia, Ru-ping Luo, Ning Wang

“…This paper is aimed at exploring the ultimate bearing capacity of ring foundations embedded in undrained clay. Based on the finite element limit analysis, effects of the inside-to-outside radius ratio, embedment depth ratio, cutting face inclination angle, and face roughness on the vertical ultimate bearing capacity of ring foundations are investigated. …”
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Numerical Study on the In-Plane and Out-of-Plane Resistance of Brick Masonry Infill Panels in Steel Frames by Vahid Bahreini, Tariq Mahdi, MohammadMahdi Najafizadeh

“…In this paper, three different configurations have been evaluated by using the general finite element software, ABAQUS. Nonlinear pushover and time history analyses have been conducted for each of the three configurations. …”
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In-Plane Interactive Buckling of High Strength Steel Welded Wide Web I-Section Beam-Columns by Pei Xin Liang, Bin Huang

“…A numerical investigation on the overall-local interactive buckling performance of high strength steel (HSS) wide web I-section members was conducted using finite element (FE) models verified against experimental data. …”
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Experimental and Computational Study of Acceleration Response in Layered Cylindrical Structure Considering Impedance Mismatch Effect by Sachiko Sueki, Samaan G. Ladkany, Brendan J. O’Toole

“…Computational studies using finite element analysis (FEA) verified the experimental results of our interference hypothesis.…”
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Mixed Convection in a Double Lid-Driven Wavy Shaped Cavity Filled with Nanofluid Subject to Magnetic Field and Internal Heat Source by Kakali Chowdhury, Md. Abdul Alim

“…The physical problems are characterized by 2D governing partial differential equations accompanying proper boundary conditions and are discretized using Galerkin’s finite element formulation. The study is executed by analyzing different ranges of geometrical and physical parameters, namely, internal heat source length 0.2≤CH≤0.6, solid concentration of nanoparticles 0≤φ≤0.09, Hartmann’s number 0≤Ha≤70, and Richardson’s number 0.1≤Ri≤10. …”
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Influence of Initial Gap, Voltage, and Additives on Zinc Microcolumn Morphology by Local Electrochemical Deposition by Yi Liu, Fuliang Wang

“…A holistic approach integrating experimental methodologies with finite element simulations was adopted to scrutinize the influence of these variables on the microcolumns’ dimensions, surface morphology, and structural integrity. …”
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