Vibration analysis of bridges induced by train loads is a crucial aspect railway design, particularly considering the complexity vehicle components such as bogie-suspension systems. Consequently, engineers have endeavored to improve computational efficiency and applicability models using finite-element method. This paper introduces toolbox implemented in ABAQUS through user-defined element (UEL...

A computational thermo-mechanical model has been developed to simulate the continuous casting of shaped sections, such as used for thin steel slabs. A general form of the transient heat equation including latent-heat from phase transformations such as solidification and other temperature-dependent properties is solved numerically for the temperature field history. The resulting thermal stresses...

FEA contact modeling with severe interfacial friction is often associated with computational challenges to obtain converged solutions. The challenges may increase for problems with significant non-linear deformation (e.g., hyperelastic materials) and more sophisticated laws of coefficients of frictions (COF). Thus, objectives of the present paper are to propose an efficient FEA-based approach t...