the ability to perform rolling contact fatigue (rcf) experiments in wheel–rail material is provided by a new small–scale test rig, manifesting the actual dynamic behaviour of the railway system. in this paper, a multi-body dynamics (mbd) model is proposed, simulating the vibration behaviour of the prescribed rig. the new testing facility is modelled using a three-dimensional model of the vehicl...

Piezoelectric ultrasonic motors are superior to electromagnetic micro motors, because their efficiency remains theoretically constant during miniaturization. However, the still relatively recent technology has a considerable unexploited optimization potential. Numerical structural analysis by the means of the finite element method (FEM) is a common approach for dimensioning piezoelectric motors...

This work demonstrates with numerical simulations, the feasibility of a wide frequency range and high pressure level piezoresistive microphone based on MEMS technology. An accurate lumped-element model was used to optimize the microphone dynamic response. Mechanical lumped parameters were extracted from structural finite element method (FEM) simulations, while squeeze film fluid parameters were...

Uncertainty modeling applied at different stages of the virtual prototyping process enhances the quality of the of the design in terms of physical validity. The Fuzzy FEM is a widely accepted numerical simulation tool to model imprecise data in early design stages. The Interval FEM, which forms the basis of the Fuzzy FEM, is based on the interval arithmetic approach or on black-box approaches s...

Nowadays, tube bonding in vehicles structure is noticeably considered by many researches. In this paper, local tube compression process by a rubber ring has been studied. Firstly, simulation of the process was performed by FEM. Then, experimental test has been carried out to validate the numerical results. Numerical and experimental results were compared showing a good agreement. In the second ...

Nowadays, tube bonding in vehicles structure is noticeably considered by many researches. In this paper, local tube compression process by a rubber ring has been studied. Firstly, simulation of the process was performed by FEM. Then, experimental test has been carried out to validate the numerical results. Numerical and experimental results were compared showing a good agreement. In the second ...

This paper represents the evaluation of capacitance of different conducting bodies are calculated using finite element method (FEM). There are different numerical methods like Finite Difference method, Method of Moment and Monte Carlo methods. But the finite element method has more advantages. The surfaces are discretized using triangular subsections. Finite element method is a suitable method ...

Numerical simulation methods are used mainly as off-line verification tools in current computer-aided engineering systems to reject designs that fail to satisfy the required constraints, rather than to guide the user toward a better design. This paper presents the integration of a real-time finite-element method (FEM) analysis into interactive geometric modeling. Real-time feedback from numeric...

Welding-induced deformation not only negatively affects dimension accuracy but also degrades the performance of product. If welding deformation can be accurately predicted beforehand, the predictions will be helpful for finding effective methods to improve manufacturing accuracy. Till now, there are two kinds of finite element method (FEM) which can be used to simulate welding deformation. One ...

Patients suffering from the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requires thoracic electrical impedance tomography (EIT) for the monitoring their conditions ranging from dynamic shifting of body fluids to lung aeration right at the bedside. More objectively, EIT-derived numeric parameters would help the physician to evaluate the state of the lung. Thus, here we have performed a Finite Ele...