Performance and Flow Field of a Gravitation Vortex Type Water Turbine by Yasuyuki Nishi, Terumi Inagaki

“…We conducted experiments and numerical analysis, taking the free surface into consideration. …”
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Second order sliding mode control with proportional integral observer for wing rock by Ahmad Mahmood, Jamshed Iqbal

“…Additionally, a numerical analysis is also performed for both scenarios to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed controller in terms of the power consumption of the control law and burden on the aileron control surface. …”
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Cumulative damage characteristics of tunnel initial support concrete under blasting load by Yan Zhao, Zhuang Zhang, Lijie Ge, Lingling Xu, Huadong Zhao, Mingzan Yu

“…Through data analysis and curve fitting, the cumulative damage range R cr and critical blasting vibration velocity PPV cr corresponding to blasting construction are obtained respectively. The numerical analysis results show that there is a good exponential function relationship between the cumulative damage range R cr and the corresponding critical blasting vibration velocity PPV cr . …”
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A Generalized Demodulation and Hilbert Transform Based Signal Decomposition Method by Zhi-Xiang Hu, Wei-Xin Ren, Zuo-Cai Wang, Yue-Ling Jing, Xia Yang

“…The validity of the proposed method has been demonstrated by extensive numerical analysis. The proposed method is also applied to decompose the dynamic strain signal of a cable-stayed bridge and the echolocation signal of a bat.…”
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Electric Vehicles and Storage Systems Integrated within a Sustainable Urban District Fed by Solar Energy by Stefano Bracco, Federico Delfino, Michela Longo, Silvia Siri

“…A very extensive numerical analysis is reported in the paper, referred to a test case in a real site in Liguria Region, in the north of Italy. …”
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Mathematical Modelling of Tuberculosis and Hepatitis C Coinfection Dynamics with No Intervention by Mohammed Kizito, Hasifa Nampala, Pius Ariho

“…The analytical and numerical analysis show that for basic reproduction number, R0=maxRT,RH<1, the TB and HCV disease-free equilibrium points are stable. …”
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A Thermo-Hygro-Coupled Model for Chloride Penetration in Concrete Structures by Nattapong Damrongwiriyanupap, Suchart Limkatanyu, Yunping Xi

“…The coupling parameters evaluated based on the available material models and test data are proposed and explicitly incorporated in the governing equations. The numerical analysis of coupled transport equations is performed using the finite element method. …”
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Fragility of Bridge Columns under Vehicle Impact Using Risk Analysis by Kyeongjin Kim, Jaeha Lee

“…Using the bridge columns in the categories of response high and response moderate under vehicle impact, fragility curves were proposed using statistical data of material strength and the few results of the numerical analysis.…”
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Effect of Blade Outlet Angle on Unsteady Hydrodynamic Force of Closed-Type Centrifugal Pump with Single Blade by Yasuyuki Nishi, Junichiro Fukutomi

“…In this study, we investigated the unsteady hydrodynamic forces in a closed-type centrifugal pump with a single blade for different blade outlet angles using a numerical analysis that takes into account both experiment and the leakage flow. …”
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Rainfall Infiltration under Various Building Layouts Using Concrete Microseepage Wells by Xiaolan Liu, Shunqun Li, Yunfeng Bai

“…The artificial rainfall experiment is applied to verify the high-infiltration of concrete microseepage well in deep soil. The numerical analysis shows that the concrete microseepage well around a single building and two adjacent buildings can all decrease 15%–40% of the pore water pressure, decrease 11%–33% of total head, and improve 43–55 times of infiltration velocity. …”
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Numerical solution of second order ordinary differential equations by Ayokunle Tadema

“…Numerical analysis is a modern technology employed by scientists and engineers to tackle complex problems that are challenging to solve through direct methods. …”
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Performance Analysis of Buffer-Aided FSO Relaying with an Energy Harvesting Relay by Chadi Abou-Rjeily

“…We derive the transition probabilities between the states of the Markov chain after discretizing the continuous-value energy buffer allowing for the evaluation of the analytical performance of the considered system. A numerical analysis is also presented over a turbulence-induced gamma–gamma fading channel highlighting the impacts of the data rate threshold levels, relay position, relay transmit power and propagation conditions on the achievable performance levels. …”
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Decomposition Analysis of Void Reactivity Coefficient for Innovative and Modified BWR Assemblies by Andrius Slavickas, Raimondas Pabarčius, Aurimas Tonkūnas, Gediminas Stankūnas

“…Additionally the impact of the moderation enhancement on the void reactivity coefficient through a full fuel burnup discharge interval was investigated for the innovative assembly with MOX fuel. For the numerical analysis the TRITON functional module of SCALE code with ENDF/B-VI cross section library was applied. …”
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Research on Upper Bound Limit Stability Analysis of Multi-Step High Steep Slope by Zhen Wang

“…In order to explore the stability of multi-step high steep slope, this paper considers layer distribution of soil and builds a slope failure mechanism which meets requirements of velocity separation based on plastic mechanics principles, then derives the calculation method of external force power and internal energy dissipation power in failure area using numerical analysis theory, and proposes a loop algorithm for slope stability analysis combining upper bound limit analysis theorem and strength reduction principle. …”
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Numerical Investigation of Bundled RC Column under Impact Load by Abreha Abay, Temesgen Wondimu

“…In addition to the bundle reinforcement distribution, the parameters considered in the study are impact scenarios, impact velocity, pure axial load, and impact locations. From the numerical analysis, it has been found that bundling of longitudinal reinforcement does not only improve the impact capacity but also stabilizes the fluctuating response of impacted reinforced concrete columns. …”
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The Influence of Moisture Content on the Time-Dependent Characteristics of Rock Material and Its Application to the Construction of a Tunnel Portal by Xiaojun Liu, Chao Yang, Jing Yu

“…A three-dimensional numerical analysis was then performed to simulate the tunnel excavation process. …”
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On quantifying dynamic behavior of architected metal/polymer TPMS/lattices-based interpenetrating phase composites by K. B. Shingare, Andreas Schiffer, Kin Liao

“…Abstract This article presents the numerical analysis of architected metal/polymer-based interpenetrating phase composites (IPCs) to study their effective mechanical properties and dynamic behavior using finite element (FE) simulation. …”
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Dynamic Indentation Characteristics for Various Spacings and Indentation Depths: A Study Based on Laboratory and Numerical Tests by Jie Liu, Wen Wan, Yu Chen, Jun Wang

“…With further increase in indentation depth, crushed powders instead of chips formed. Moreover, the numerical analysis indicates that crack propagation usually leads to the decrease of the indentation force and the dissipation of the stress concentrations at crack tips, whereas the cessation of crack propagation frequently resulted in the increase of the indentation force and the stress concentrations at crack tip with the increase in indentation depth.…”
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Phenomenology of keV scale sterile neutrino dark matter with S4 flavor symmetry by Nayana Gautam, Mrinal Kumar Das

“…In this framework, we conduct a detailed numerical analysis both for normal hierarchy as well as inverted hierarchy to obtain dark matter mass and DM-active mixing which are the key factors for considering sterile neutrino as a viable dark matter candidate. …”
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5-DOF Dynamic Model of Vehicle Shimmy System with Clearance at Universal Joint in Steering Handling Mechanism by Jianwei Lu, Yi Xu, Chen Hu, Alexander F. Vakakis, Lawrence A. Bergman

“…Based on this model, numerical analysis is carried out to evaluate the influence of clearance in universal joint on the dynamic behavior of the vehicle shimmy system. …”
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