Buckling Analysis of Sandwich Plate Systems with Stiffening Ribs: Theoretical, Numerical, and Experimental Approaches by Guangping Zou, Yuyang Wang, Qichao Xue, Chunwei Zhang

“…The approach is based on theoretical study and is implemented by the finite element method (FEM). The equilibrium equation corresponding to critical global buckling of the sandwich plate with stiffening ribs under simple supported boundary condition is established by the energy method. …”
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Analysis of a Novel Magnetic-Hydrodynamic Double Levitated Motor for an Implantable Axial Flow Blood Pump by Liang Wang, Xiaoyan Tang, Zhong Yun, Chuang Xiang

“…The suspension force, stiffness, and torque of the rotor are calculated by the theoretical method and finite element method. Then, the dynamics of the rotor are analyzed. …”
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Finite-element study of residual stress distribution in Ti-6Al-4V alloy treated by laser shock peening with varying parameters by A. Kostina, M. Zhelnin, E. Gachegova, A. Prokhorov, A. Vshivkov, O. Plekhov�, S. Swaroop

“…This work studies the effect of the main LSP parameters on residual stress fields by the finite-element method. The specimen under investigation is a square plate with a thickness of 3 mm made of Ti-6Al-4V. …”
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Method for Determining Critical Slip Surface of Cohesive Soil Slope Based on the Principle of Simple Penetration Test by Aiqing Zhang, Jinyun Li, Youheng Zhang

“…The test results are compared with the results calculated by the finite element method (FEM) and theoretical method, to verify the feasibility and rationality of the simple penetration method. …”
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Seismic Behaviour of Straight-Tenon Wood Frames with Column Foot Damage by Shengcai Li, Zhijun Jiang, Hongzhen Luo, Lei Zhang

“…The mechanical characteristics of the wood frames with column foot damage under the low-cycle reciprocating load were then simulated using the finite element method, and the results were compared to the test results. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Strength and Test of Nodular Cast Iron and Aluminum Alloy Boxes for Metro Gearboxes by Hu Zhiqiang, Zhao Yuanyuan, Li Xi

“…The fatigue strength, static strength and safe nose strength of aluminum alloy and nodular cast iron gearbox are calculated by the finite element method. The results show that the maximum equivalent stress of aluminum alloy case is larger than that of nodular cast iron, and the maximum difference ratio is 36.3%. …”
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A Two-Scale Discretization Scheme for Mixed Variational Formulation of Eigenvalue Problems by Yidu Yang, Wei Jiang, Yu Zhang, Wenjun Wang, Hai Bi

“…A new finite element two-scale discretization scheme is proposed by combining the mixed finite element method with the shifted-inverse power method for solving matrix eigenvalue problems. …”
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Parametric Study on Dynamic Response of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite Bridges by Woraphot Prachasaree, Attapon Sangkaew, Suchart Limkatanyu, Hota V. S. GangaRao

“…The FRP bridge models with different bridge configurations and loading patterns were simulated using finite element method. The dynamic response results under varying FRP deck system parameters were discussed and compared with standard specifications of bridge deck designs under dynamic loads. …”
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Effects of Welded Mechanical Heterogeneity on Interface Crack Propagation in Dissimilar Weld Joints by Fu-qiang Yang, He Xue, Ling-yan Zhao, Xiu-rong Fang

“…To understand the material mechanical heterogeneity effects on interface crack propagation, the specimens with ultimate tensile strength mismatch and elastic modulus mismatch were studied by using an extended finite element method (XFEM). The results indicate that the interface crack extension is easy to occur in the specimens with larger ultimate tensile strength mismatch, while the elastic modulus mismatch has little effects on crack extension. …”
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Finite Element Modeling Of Saint-Venant Equations For Shatt-Al Hilla by Basim Sh. Abed, Hamid H. Hussain, Khalid A. Abdul-Razzaq

“…The present study aims to solve the continuity and momentum (Saint-Venant) equations numerically to predict the hydraulic characteristics in the river using Galerkin finite element method. A computer program was designed and built using the programming language FORTRAN-77. …”
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Crack identification in plates-type structures using natural frequencies coupled with success-history based adaptive differential evolution algorithm by Brihmat Chahira�, Nasreddine Amoura, Samir Lecheb, Hocine Kebir, Mohamed Abdessamed Ait Chikh, Bassima Tablit

“…The method combines the finite element method (FEM) using the software Abaqus and the success history-based adaptive differential evolution algorithm (SHADE). …”
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Ultrahigh effective mode area photonic crystal fibers with extremely low bending loss for long distance transmission application by Asif Shariar, Mehedi Hasan Milan

“…A full-vectorial finite element method (FEM) approach is considered with perfectly matched layer (PML) boundary for hybrid cladding with fluorine-doped silica holes in the cladding. …”
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Thermal Insulating Concrete Wall Panel Design for Sustainable Built Environment by Ao Zhou, Kwun-Wah Wong, Denvid Lau

“…For further understanding the thermal effect of such sandwich wall panel design from building scale, two three-story building models adopting different wall panel designs are constructed for evaluating the temperature distribution of entire buildings using finite element method. Both the experimental and simulation results have shown that the gypsum layer improves the thermal insulation performance by retarding the heat transfer across the building envelopes.…”
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Virtopsy: Development and Application in Forensic Practice by Dong-Hua Zou, Yuan-Yuan Liu, Ning-Guo Liu, Yi-Jiu Chen

“…This article mainly synthesizes the latest literature and reviews the application of virtopsy in forensic trauma identification, mechanical asphyxia, drowning, hypothermia and hyperthermia, disease diagnosis, as well as a new research direction of finite element method applied in trauma investigation.…”
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RESEARCH ON BENDING FATIGUE TEST BASED ON 42CRMO GEAR (MT) by WANG JiaJun, PEI WeiChi, JI HongChao, LONG HaiYang, WANG ZhiTao

“…First of all, the bending fatigue test data of gear under alternating load at stress ratio R=0.1 were obtained, the P-S-N curve of gear bending fatigue strength and the fitting curve relation were obtained, and the fatigue limit value of gear under different reliability was obtained. Then the finite element method was used to simulate the bending fatigue test of gear. …”
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Effect of Boundary Conditions and Angles on the Compressive Performance of the Corner Element by Bing Xu, Lang Wang, Qin Liu, Rui Wang, Bo Xu, Bing Kong, Dan Zhang

“…The approach was based on experiments and the finite element method. The result shows the outwardly extending plates on both sides yield first, the central twisted wire region then destabilizes and exits the working state, and the plate enters the post-buckling phase. …”
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Free Vibration Characteristics of Moderately Thick Spherical Shell with General Boundary Conditions Based on Ritz Method by Bing Hu, Cong Gao, Hang Zhang, Haichao Li, Fuzhen Pang, Jicai Lang

“…The validity of the proposed method is proved by comparing the results of the same condition with those obtained by the finite element method (FEM) and published literatures. The results show that the current method has fast convergence and delightful accuracy through the comparative study. …”
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Low fluctuation stiffness design method for vibration reduction of helical gears by YOU Zhiwei, GAO Jingtao, LI Haonan, SUN Zhou, XUE Cheng

“…Then it was compared with the finite element method to verify the correctness and effectiveness of the parameter design method and the analytical mesh stiffness model. …”
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Dynamic and Structural Performances of a New Sailcraft Concept for Interplanetary Missions by Alessandro Peloni, Daniele Barbera, Susanna Laurenzi, Christian Circi

“…Membrane deformations, structural offset, and sail vibration frequencies are determined through finite element method, adopting a variable pretensioning scheme. …”
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Fatigue Life Assessment of Orthotropic Steel Deck with UHPC Pavement by Xu Jiang, Yuan Yuan, Chong Wu, Chengwei Luo

“…This paper aims at presenting the numerical analysis on the fatigue performance of the orthotropic steel deck using ultrahigh performance concrete (UHPC) overlay as the deck pavement instead of the conventional asphalt concrete pavement. By using finite element method (FEM) model, stress distribution at fatigue sensitive locations under the action of wheel loads is characterized and the obtained stress ranges indicate that the UHPC pavement significantly reduces the magnitude of the stress peak valued. …”
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