Modeling of contact surface morphology and dust particles by using finite element method

The effect of dust particles on electric contacts and a hazardous size range of hard dust particles using a rigid model were discussed before. As further research, elastic-plastic model of finite element analysis was established in this work, which is closer to real condition. In this work, the behavior of large size and small size particles, and the influence of particles hardness were investigated. The calculating result of small-size particles presents a general hazardous size coefficient for different contact surface morphology; for large-size particles, it presents a hazardous size coefficient for complicated composition of the dust. And the effect of the dust shape is also discussed.     

Calculation method of ship collision force on bridge using artificial neural network

Ship collision on bridge is a dynamic process featured by high nonlinearity and instantaneity. Calculating ship-bridge collision force typically involves either the use of design-specification-stipulated equivalent static load, or the use of finite element method （FEM） which is more time-consuming and requires supercomputing resources. In this paper, we proposed an alternative approach that combines FEM with artificial neural network （ANN）. The radial basis function neural network （RBFNN） employed for calculating the impact force in consideration of ship-bridge collision mechanics. With ship velocity and mass as the input vectors and ship collision force as the output vector, the neural networks for different network parameters are trained by the learning samples obtained from finite element simulation results. The error analyses of the learning and testing samples show that the proposed RBFNN is accurate enough to calculate ship-bridge collision force. The input-output relationship obtained by the RBFNN is essentially consistent with the typical empirical formulae. Finally, a special toolbox is developed for calculation effi- ciency in application using MATLAB software.     

基于有限元法的双衬层危险废物填埋场高压直流电渗漏检测

According to the structural characteristics of hazardous waste landfill,a new model based on the finite element method(FEM)is developed.The detection layer is considered as a sealed space and it is assumed that total current flows through the leak for the high resistivity of geomembrane liner.The leak current is regarded as a positive point current I and the other current source is-I.Electrical potential of an arbitrary point in detection layer satisfies Poisson equation. Experiments for detecting leaks in liner were carried out.Excellent agreement between experimental data and simulated model data validates the new model.Parametric curves for a single leak show that with optimum selection of field survey parameters leaks can be detected effectively.For multiple leaks,the simulated results indicate that they are detectable when leak separation is larger than measurement spacing.     

大型复杂空间桁架结构非线性有限元求解格式

针对大型复杂的空间桁架结构的大位移静力分析,提出一个新的几何非线性求解格式。该格式基于有限元法,采用节点位置而不是节点位移来描述问题。应用固定空间的笛卡尔坐标系,从提出的位置概念直接确定应变。将该求解格式算例结果与弧长法计算结果比较,结果表明,该求解格式具有良好的精度,对大型复杂空间桁架结构的几何非线性分析是可行和有效的。     

Investigation of the dynamic characteristics of a dual rotor system and its start-up simulation based on finite element method

Recently, the finite element method (FEM) has been commonly applied in the engineering analysis of rotor dynamics. Gyroscopic moments, rotary inertia, transverse shear deformation and gravity can be included in computational models of rotor-bearing systems. In this paper, a finite element model and its solution method are presented for the calculation of the dynamics of dual rotor systems. A typical structure with two rotor shafts is discussed and the procedure for obtaining the coupling motion equations of the subsystems is illustrated. A computer program is developed to solve critical speeds and to simulate the transient motion. The influence of gyroscopic moments on co-rotation and counter-rotation is analyzed, and the effect of the speed ratio on critical speed is studied. The dynamic characteristics under different conditions of increasing speed during start-up are demonstrated by comparison with transient nodal displacements. The presented model provides a complete foundation for further investigation of the dynamics of dual rotor systems.     

Finite element model analysis of thermal failure in connector

Thermal analysis and thermal diagnose are important for small power connector especially in electronic devices since their structure is usually compact. In this paper thermal behavior of small power connector was investigated. It was found that the contact resistance increased due to the Joule heating, and that increased contact resistance produced more Joule heating; this mutual action causes the connector to lose efficiency. The thermal distribution in the connector was analyzed using finite element method (FEM). The failure mechanism is discussed. It provides basis for improving the structure. The conclusion was verified by experimental results.     

Decomposition method for solving parabolic equations in finite domains

INTRODUCTION The decomposition method was introduced by Adomian(1989;1994)in the1980’s for solving linear and nonlinear functional equations(algebraic,dif-ferential,partial differential equations(PDEs)and systems,integral,differential-delay,integro-differen-tial equations,etc.)(Adomian,1989;1994;Guellal and Cherruault,1995;Adomian et al.,1996;Laffez and Abbaoui,1996;Ndour et al.,1996;Guellal et al.,1997;Abbaoui and Cherruault,1999;Adjedj,1999).This method leads to computable,accurat…     

Arc-length technique for nonlinear finite element analysis

Nonlinear solution of reinforced concrete structures, particularly complete load-deflection response, requires tracing of the equilibrium path and proper treatment of the limit and bifurcation points. In this regard, ordinary solution techniques lead to instability near the limit points and also have problems in case of snap-through and snap-back. Thus they fail to predict the complete load-displacement response. The arc-length method serves the purpose well in principle, Received wide acceptance in finite element analysis, and has been used extensively. However modifications to the basic idea are vital to meet the particular needs of the analysis. This paper reviews some of the recent developments of the method in the last two decades, with particular emphasis on nonlinear finite element analysis of reinforced concrete structures.     

Multi-physics coupling field finite element analysis on giant magnetostrictive materials smart component

This study presents a new method to solve the difficult problem of precise machining a non-cylinder pinhole of a piston using embedded giant magnetostrictive material （GMM） in the component. We propose the finite element model of GMM smart component in electric, magnetic, and mechanical fields by step computation to optimize the design of GMM smart component. The proposed model is implemented by using COMSOL multi-physics V3.2a. The effects of the smart component on the deformation and the system resonance frequencies are studied. The results calculated by the model are in excellent agreement （relative errors are below 10%） with the experimental values.     

Neural decoding based on probabilistic neural network

Brain-machine interface (BMI) has been developed due to its possibility to cure severe body paralysis. This technology has been used to realize the direct control of prosthetic devices,such as robot arms,computer cursors,and paralyzed muscles. A variety of neural decoding algorithms have been designed to explore relationships between neural activities and movements of the limbs. In this paper,two novel neural decoding methods based on probabilistic neural network (PNN) in rats were introduced,the PNN decode...     

Novel boundary element method for resolving plate bending problems

This paper discusses the application of the boundary contour method for resolving plate bending problems. The exploitation of the integrand divergence free property of the plate bending boundary integral equation based on the Kirchhoff hypothesis and a very useful application of Stokes' Theorem are presented to convert surface integrals on boundary elements to the computation of bending potential functions on the discretized boundary points, even for curved surface elements of arbitrary shape. Singularity and treatment of the discontinued corner point are not needed at all. The evaluation of the physics variant at internal points is also shown in this article. Numerical results are presented for some plate bending problems and compared against analytical and previous solutions. Project(No: ZE0208) supported by the National Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, China     

Finite element simulation of stress intensity factors in elastic-plastic crack growth

INTRODUCTION The finite element method (FEM) has been widely employed for solving linear elastic and elas-tic-plastic fracture problems. The evaluation of stress intensity factors in 2D geometries by FEM is a tech-nique widely used for non-standard crack configura-tions. Basically, there are two groups of estimation methods, those based on field extrapolation near the crack tip (Chan et al., 1970; Shih et al., 1976) and those using the energy release when the crack propagates. However…     

Radial point collocation method （RPCM） for solving convection-diffusion problems

INTRODUCTION Meshfree methods are increasingly becoming popular as they are effective for dealing with com-putational mechanics problems including both solid and fluid problems. Most of various approaches proposed in (Liu, 2002) are based on Galerkin form (weak form) which need background meshes for numerical integrations, and are actually not truly meshfree methods. Other approaches are based on collocation form (strong form), such as finite point method (FPM) (Onate et al., 1996), ra…     

Novel boundary element method for resolving plate bending problems

INTRODUCTIONTheboundaryelementmethodisanefficientnumericalmethodforsolvingpracticalengineer ingproblems ,andisparticularlyattractivefortheanalysisofelasticmechanicsproblems,asonlytheboundaryoftheproblemisrequiredtobediscretized .Themainadvantageofthebound…     

抛物型积分-微分方程的交替方向有限元方法

对一类抛物型积分一微分方程提出了一种全离散交替方向有限元格式，分析了该格式的收敛性，得到了最佳H^1模误差估计。     

Studies on vibration characteristics of a pear using finite element method

The variation of the vibration characteristics of a Huanghua pear was investigated using finite element simulations. A new image processing technique was used to obtain the unsymmetrical and un-spherical geometrical model of a pear. The vibration characteristics of this type of pear with the correlation of its behavior with geometrical configurations and material characteristics were investigated using numerical modal analysis. The results showed that the eigenfrequency increased with the increasing pear Young＇s modulus, while decreased with increasing pear density, and decreased with increasing pear volume. The results of this study provided foundation for further investigations of the physical characteristics of fruits and vegetables by using finite element simulations.     

基于有限元法的吊钩结构研究

钢索起吊重物的摆动角度是影响吊钩结构强度的重要因素。通过有限元软件ANSYS模拟计算,揭示吊钩结构的危险截面及钢索摆动角度对吊钩结构强度的影响规律。计算结果表明:吊钩结构的危险截面分别在A-A、B-B和C-C截面处;随着摆动角度的增大,水平附加分力引起的A-A和C-C截面处的应力值变化极小,而B-B截面呈递增趋势,影响显著。分析结果为吊钩结构的强度设计提供理论依据。     

A B-spline active contour model based on finite element method

1. Introduction The active contour model (also called snake) was first proposed by Kass [1] and can be used in many image analysis and computer vision applications such as edge detection, motion tracking, image matching, and 3-D reconstruction. A snake is a energy-minimizing curve controlled by internal and external forces. Internal forces act as a smoothness constraint, and external forces guide the snake toward image features that are of interest. B-spline representation of active contour c…     

A semi-implicit three-step method based on SUPG finite element formulation for flow in lid driven cavities with different geometries

A numerical algorithm using a bilinear or linear finite element and semi-implicit three-step method is presented for the analysis of incompressible viscous fluid problems. The streamline upwind/Petrov-Galerkin (SUPG) stabilization scheme is used for the formulation of the Navier-Stokes equations. For the spatial discretization, the convection term is treated explicitly, while the viscous term is treated implicitly, and for the temporal discretization, a three-step method is employed. The present method is applied to simulate the lid driven cavity problems with different geometries at low and high Reynolds numbers. The results compared with other numerical experiments are found to be feasible and satisfactory.     

Flat-type permanent magnet linear alternator: A suitable device for a free piston linear alternator

We proposed the flat-type permanent magnet linear alternator （LA） for free piston linear alternators （FPLAs） instead of the tubular one. Using the finite element method （FEM）, we compare these two kinds of LAs. The FEM result shows that the flat-type permanent magnet LA has higher efficiency and larger output specific power than the tubular one, therefore more suitable for FPLAs, and that the alternator design can be optimized with respect to the permanent magnet length as well as the air gap.