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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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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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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Mechanical Behavior of the Reinforced Retaining Wall Subjected to Static Load by Yong Liu, Zhanyong Yao, Hongzhe Liu, Mingxia Shao, Yulong Zhao

“…To study the mechanical behavior and influence factors of the reinforced retaining wall under the static load, numerical simulation of the reinforced retaining wall is conducted by finite element analysis, and its mechanical behavior and influencing methods are studied in accordance with relevant theories. …”
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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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Research on Numerical Simulation of Tantalum Explosively Formed Projectile Forming Driven by Detonation by Yajun Wang, Weibing Li, Jiaxin Yu, Wenbin Li, Heyang Xu

“…In order to study the formation characteristics of tantalum explosively formed projectile (EFP), based on LS-DYNA finite-element software, this article analyzes the influence of mesh size on tantalum EFP forming, compares the accuracy of JC constitutive parameters in different literature on the characterization of tantalum EFP forming, calculates the effective action time of detonation that drives EFP formation, and carries out experimental verification. …”
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Prediction of Chloride Diffusion in Concrete Structure Using Meshless Methods by Ling Yao, Xiaolu Li, Ling Zhang, Lingling Zhang

“…The numerical simulation methods at present mainly involve finite element methods (FEM), which are based on mesh generation. …”
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A strain based Lipschitz regularization for materials undergoing damage by Kamasamudram, Vasudevan, Stainier, Laurent

“…In presence of materials exhibiting a softening response, Finite Element analyses performed with a constitutive model typically use a length scale, which can be introduced into the problem in multiple ways. …”
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Fatigue Analysis of a Light Truck Rear Axle Based on Virtual Iteration Method by Donglong Zhou, Jianlong Chang

“…Secondly, the FEA (finite element analysis) model of the rear axle is built, and the static analysis results of each key point under unit load are obtained with the help of FEA software. …”
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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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Exact Free Vibration Analysis for Plate Built-Up Structures under Comprehensive Combinations of Boundary Conditions by Xiang Liu, Chen Xie, Han-cheng Dan

“…The results show that the DSM gives exact results with as much as 100-fold computational efficiency advantage over the commercial finite element method. Besides, benchmark results are also provided.…”
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Vibration Characteristics and Power Flow Analyses of a Ship Propulsion Shafting System with General Support and Thrust Loading by Deshui Xu, Jingtao Du, Chuan Tian

“…Numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the reliability and effectiveness of the established model by comparing results with those from finite element method. Results show that the current model can deal with the vibration analysis of ship propulsion shafting with thrust loading and distributed bearing very well. …”
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Structural edge damage detection based on wavelet transform and immune genetic algorithm by Jianwei Zhao, Zhuo Zhou, Deqing Guan, Liang Gong

“…The two-stage method’s effectiveness was validated through finite element simulations of fixed beam and frame structures, as well as vibration tests of fixed and cantilever beams, for locating and assessing edge damage. …”
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Determination of Slope Safety Factor with Analytical Solution and Searching Critical Slip Surface with Genetic-Traversal Random Method by Wen-jie Niu

“…However GA needs to be validated with more numeric tests, while Fellenius’ slices method is just an approximate method like finite element method. This paper proposed a new method to determine the minimum slope safety factor which is the determination of slope safety factor with analytical solution and searching critical slip surface with Genetic-Traversal Random Method. …”
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Research on Dissipation and Fatigue Capacity of Nonstiffener Shear Panel Dampers by Ji-long Li, Ya-nan Tang, Xuan-ming Liu

“…By monotonic cyclic loading, hysteretic performance of the 15 mm thick core-board nonstiffener shear panel damper is tested, and the test shows that the damper has a superior hysteretic performance. Using finite element analysis software ABAQUS, and taking height to thickness ratio of the core-board as variable, the qualitative analysis on the damper is carried out, and results show that the critical height to thickness ratio of shear panel damper is between 30 and 35. …”
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Numerical Simulation and Analysis of Diffusion Process for the Leakages of a Tunnel LNG Pipeline by Chunyan Kong, Derong Zhang, Rong Cai, Shuangshuang Li, Rongjun Zhu

“…Taking a practical project as an example, based on the computational fluid dynamics (CFD), standard k-ε model and finite element method, a mathematical model for the diffusion due to liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline leakage in a tunnel was established, and the diffusion process was numerically simulated for three LNG leakage cases. …”
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Simulation of Chloride Diffusion in Cracked Concrete with Different Crack Patterns by Xiao-Yong Wang, Li-Na Zhang

“…For stress-free concrete, the diffusion coefficient of sound zone is approximately assumed to be the same as sound concrete, and the diffusion coefficient of cracked zone is expressed as a piecewise function of crack width. Two-dimensional finite element method is used to determine chloride concentration. …”
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Characterization of Vertical Response of Asphalt Trackbed Concrete in Railway Substructure to External Loads by Bekhzad Yusupov, Yanjun Qiu, Galibjon Sharipov, Chaoyang Wu

“…In this paper, numerical modelling and simulation of vertical dynamics of the railway track structure engaging the asphalt concrete in substructures were carried out. Thus, a 3D finite element (FE) model was developed. The developed model was validated by comparing its outputs, that is, acceleration with the measured ones from realistic experimental data. …”
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