Vacuum Preconsolidation Settlement Characteristics and Microstructural Evolution of Marine Dredger-Filled Silt by Keping Chen, Xinkai Ren, Yong He, Muyuan Gan, Danwei Wu, Lianwei Chen

“…The scanning electron microscope and finite element method were adopted. The results reveal that the dredger-filled silt in this area is composed mainly of sand with particle size mostly smaller than 0.075 mm. …”
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Optimum Design of Corona Ring of Composite Insulators Considering the Effect of Mutual Phases by Monte Carlo and Coordinate Search Intelligente Algorithms by Mostafa Khajavi, Sajad Bagheri, Asaad Shemshadi

“…In this paper, the changes in the EFI on the creepage distance of the 230 kV composite insulator have been investigated and calculated with and without considering the effects of the corona ring, tower structure, conductor, hardware, and mutual phases using the Finite Element Method (FEM) and in three dimensions in software COMSOL. …”
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Combined Earthquake-Wave Effects on the Dynamic Response of Long-Span Cable-Stayed Bridges by Xinhu Tang, Peng Chen

“…In order to investigate the dynamic response of a deep-water long-span cable-stayed bridge under the combined action of earthquakes and waves, this paper establishes a model of a certain deep-water long-span cable-stayed bridge based on the finite element method. According to the corresponding theoretical models, the equivalent added mass caused by internal and external water during earthquake actions and wave forces were calculated. …”
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Study on the Aging Time Variation Law of Mechanical Properties of the Laminated Rubber Bearing in Coastal Bridges considering Frictional Slip by Yue Li, Chongming Gao, Chong Li, Qian Li

“…Moreover, the influence of rubber aging on the mechanical properties of the bearings with various shape coefficients was analyzed by the finite element method during the 100 years of service life of bridges. …”
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Galloping behavior of insulated overhead transmission line based on aerodynamic analysis by Hucheng Liang, Zekai Zhang, Xiaoxiao Kong, Daiyong Yang, Jianping Lie, Boxue Du

“…In this paper, a simulation model of 10 kV insulated overhead transmission line is established based on finite element method, and the effects of various influencing factors on the galloping behavior and aerodynamic characteristics are investigated and analyzed. …”
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The Earth-Mars Transfer Trajectory Optimization of Solar Sail Based on hp-Adaptive Pseudospectral Method by Yufei Guo, Dongzhu Feng, Xin Wang, Cong Li, Yunzhao Liu

“…The hp-adaptive pseudospectral method combines the global pseudospectral method with the finite element method, which adopts double layer optimization strategy to solve the optimal control problem and has higher computational efficiency and accuracy than the traditional global pseudospectral method. …”
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Coupling Vibration Analysis of Turbine Shared Support Rotor-Bearing System with Squeeze Film Dampers by Jiaqi Han, Guihuo Luo, Wei Chen, Fei Wang, Lulu Liu, Zhenhua Zhao, Gang Luo

“…The problem is addressed by means of experimental tests and the finite-element method. Based on the features of a turboshaft engine with a turbine shared support structure, a rotor-bearing test system with a shared support structure and squeeze film damper is designed, and a finite-element model of the test system is built based on Timoshenko beam elements. …”
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Temperature Load Parameters and Thermal Effects of a Long-Span Concrete-Filled Steel Tube Arch Bridge in Tibet by Tuo Shi, Jielian Zheng, Nianchun Deng, Zheng Chen, Xiao Guo, Shi Wang

“…Finally, the thermal effects in a CFST arch bridge were analysed using the finite element method. According to the results, the following recommendations were made: (1) the average temperature of concrete in the pipe after the formation of concrete strength should be used to calculate the closure temperature of CFST arch bridges in Tibet; however, the standard calculation formula was still applicable; (2) the daily average temperature in extreme weather should be taken as the maximum and minimum effective temperature; (3) we presented recommended values for the influence range and gradient temperature for a single large-diameter pipe; and (4) a refined finite element model that included the arch base should be used to verify the temperature effects during bridge design.…”
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Analytical method for determining the stress-strain state of modular buildings by V. S. Shirokov, T. A. Belash, T. E. Gordeeva

“…The presented analytical method for determining the forces in the elements of modular buildings shows good convergence of the results with the finite element method. On a concrete example, it is shown that there is practically no discrepancy in determination of forces from vertical loads. …”
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Interaction of Cyclic Loading (Low-Cyclic Fatigue) with Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) Growth Rate by Rehmat Bashir, He Xue, Rui Guo, Yueqi Bi, Muhammad Usman

“…The simulations are carried out using extended finite element method (XFEM) separately, for the SCC and LCF, on an identical crack. …”
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Modeling method and dynamic analysis of turboshaft engine combustor rotor with curvic couplings considering thermal contact resistance under temperature field influence by Yijun Yin, Xing Heng, Haibiao Zhang, Ailun Wang

“…Aiming at the issues, this paper integrates the finite element method and relies on a curvic couplings geometry model that incorporates rough conical interfaces. …”
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Analysis of Mechanical Properties and Slope Stability of Red Bed Soft Rock: A Case Study in Xinjiang Irrigation Diversion Channel by Da Liu, Jianglin Gao, Fang Chen, Songtao Hu, Xiaohua Zhao, Yan Li

“…The stability of red-bed soft rock channel bank slope is studied by using the strength reduction method of finite element method. The seepage field of channel slope under conventional working conditions is analyzed, and the slope stability under different operating conditions is compared and calculated. …”
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Study on Impact of Turbine Location on Hydrodynamics in Tidal Farm by Hongqiang Zhang, Daming Li, Yanqing Li, Ting Yang, Shan Luo, Shunfa Tian, Shilong Bu

“…Also a 2-D tidal model of far-field flow was established, and Finite Element Method was adopted to solve the 2-D shallow water circulation equations; thus, the impact of tidal turbine could be simulated by utilizing different location’s compositive roughness. …”
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Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the Mechanical Behavior of Cable-Supported Barrel Vault Structures with Varying Temperature by Guojun Sun, Mingze Wu, Zhihua Chen, Suduo Xue

“…Experimental results show that the finite element method is effective for analyzing the mechanical behavior of CSBV under varying temperature.…”
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Research Progress on High-Intermediate Frequency Extension Methods of SEA by Jintao Su, Ling Zheng, Zhaoxiang Deng, Yuhan Jiang

“…Although the SEA basic theory can be extended by relaxing the hypothesis conditions or the analysis of the medium-frequency acoustics-vibration can be carried out using the finite element method (FEM) and SEA mixing method, there are still many challenges associated with these options. …”
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Safety Analysis of the Running Train under Earthquake Dynamic Disturbance by Mingfei Li, Junwei Liu

“…Focusing on the safe operation of rail transit during earthquakes, the finite element method is used to construct a wheel-track-subgrade dynamics model in this study. …”
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Analysis of Lateral Displacement Law of Deep Foundation Pit Support in Soft Soil Based on Improved MSD Method by Gang Lei, Xiaonan Gong

“…The trend of these changes is consistent with the results of the finite element method and field data analysis method, proving that the optimized MSD method is reliable in predicting the deformation of the foundation pit under specific stratum conditions.…”
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Shallow tunneling's impact on surface settlements by Mohamed Djenane, Kamel Bezih

“…To carry out the study, the researcher used a finite element method (FEM) software package called Plaxis. …”
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Constructions of multi-scale 3D digital rocks by associated image segmentation method by Haiyan Wang, Xuefeng Yang, Cong Zhou, Jingxu Yan, Jiaqi Yu, Kui Xie

“…Additionally, the elastic moduli calculated by the differential effective medium (DEM) model and the finite element method (FEM) demonstrated good correspondence with experimental results. …”
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Analysis of crack response on structures due to blasting and non-blasting factors by Vojinović I., Stojadinović S., Svrkota I., Stojanović M., Šabaz D.

“…On the other hand, blasting factors act over a short period of time, resulting in a rapid increase in the stress intensity factor at the crack tip and a faster release of stress energy. The FEM (finite element method) analysis of these impacts was conducted on a model in the ABAQUS CAE software. …”
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