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Showing 1 to 20 of 120 for “"Finite Element Simulation"”.
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Finite element simulation of electrorheological fluids
… designs for application of ER fluid, the simulation of ER fluid as well as experiments are important. First, fundamental fluid motions of Newtonian fluids are simulated and checked by comparing them with mathematical calculation. Second, among many models of ER fluid, the Bingham plastic …
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Adaptive finite element simulation of incompressible viscous flow
A finite element method is employed for solving two- and three-dimensional incompressible flows. The formulation is based on a segregated solution method. In this segregated formulation, the velocities and pressures are uncoupled and the equations for each are solved one after the other. This …
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Accelerating induction machine finite-element simulation with parallel processing
Finite element analysis used for detailed electromagnetic analysis and design of electric machines is computationally intensive. A means of accelerating two-dimensional transient finite element analysis, required for induction machine modeling, is explored using graphical processing units (GPUs) …
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Time -Domain Finite -Element Simulation of Large Antennas and Antenna Arrays
… for the TDFEM. The method is then applied to the simulation of large antennas and antenna arrays. For large finite arrays, a specialized array solver is developed for an even better efficiency. Finally, an explicit TDFEM is derived from the DFDD and its advantages and disadvantages are discussed.
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Finite element simulation of the human body in vehicle side impact
… model of the human body using the finite element technique. Fundamental research has been conducted in the past to investigate the biomechanical impact responses of the human body subjected to lateral impact. For obvious reasons, tests exceeding injury levels are not performed with …
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Finite element simulation of three-dimensional casting, extrusion and forming processes
An iterative penalty finite element model is developed for the analysis of three-dimensional coupled incompressible fluid flow and heat transfer problems. The pressure is calculated by solving the momentum equation using known values of velocities, velocity gradients, and flow stresses from …
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Finite Element Simulation of the MRTA Test of a Human Tibia
… To interpret the stiffness response, the first finite element (FE) simulation of the MRTA test of a human tibia was developed to identify dominant parameters that will possibly make linear prediction algorithms more suitable for estimating bone quality. Five FE models were developed in stages by …
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Finite element simulation of Durelli's photoelastic stress minimization method for shape optimization
Finite Element Method (FEM) was used to simulate the Photoelastic Stress Minimization (PSM) method developed by Durelli to solve the problem of finding the optimal stress raiser profiles in isotropic and advanced composite structures. In Durelli's method, material in lowly stressed regions of the …
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Mechanics of machining metal matrix composites: analytical modeling and finite element simulation
… and analytical modeling of the process. A finite element model of MMC cutting is developed for analysis of various unique aspects of the process, including the interactions between the cutting tool, the matrix, and the particles. Analytical models of MMC machining process are developed for …
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Finite Element Simulation Of Repair Of Delaminated Composite Structures Using Piezoelectric Layers
… are employed for their repair. Numerical simulations are conducted to calculate the repair voltage to be applied to the piezoelectric patches to erase the discontinuity of horizontal shear stress at the delamination tips and thus, render the beam repaired. The variation of repair voltage …
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Adaptive finite element simulation of fracture: from plastic deformation to crack propagation
… this dissertation we will focus on computational simulation by means of the finite element method and will investigate topological and physical aspects of adaptive remeshing for two types of structural systems: quasi-brittle and ductile. For ductile systems, we are interested in modeling the large …
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Finite element simulation of creep behavior in enhanced refractory material for glass furnace
… furnace with oxy-fuel environment.;The ABAQUS finite element program has been used to perform numerical simulation of creep analysis for both untreated and HDI treated refractory materials. Creep user subroutines have been developed in conjunction with a mathematical creep model for both …
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Micromechanical Behavior of Fiber-Reinforced Composites using Finite Element Simulation and Deep Learning
… composites through high-fidelity numerical simulations. We investigated multiple transverse cracking of cross-ply CFRP laminates on the microstructure level through simulating large numerical models. Such an investigation demands an efficient numerical framework along with significant …
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A Finite Element Simulation of Temperature and Material Flow in Fricton Stir Welding
… Transvalor S.A. product, Forge3, to develop a finite element simulation of the friction stir welding process that improves the predictability of temperature evolution and material flow within the plunge portion of the process. Previous modeling created more heating within the billet than …
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Finite element simulation and parameter optimization of a flexible tactile pressure sensor array
A finite element model was developed to optimize design of a flexible tactile sensor. The sensor consists of layers of thin-film copper and PDMS, and the model can be used to determine the effects on sensor sensitivity and durability of variations in material properties and geometry. The model was …
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Digital Test of Composite Material Using X-Ray Tomography and Finite Element Simulation
… characterization based on x-ray tomography and finite element method. The introduction of tomography technology, such as x-ray tomography into engineering field makes it possible to obtain material microstructure without disturbing the phase configuration. Along with the development of image …
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Finite element simulation of viscoelastic flow: effect of the rheological model and the mesh
The numerical simulation of viscoelastic flows was studied in this work. In particular the effect of mesh refinement on the quality and the convergence of the finite element method was examined, as well as the differences that may be found by using several rheological models to describe the …
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