Thermo-mechanical coupling analysis of shield cutter head under mud cake condition

Aiming at the cutter head thermal damage and other failure problems caused by shield cutter head mud formation in residue and clay soil,the problem of thermal-stress coupling of shield cutter head under the effect of mud in the tunnelling process is studied,and the cutter head temperature and thermal-stress distribution of coupling fields under mud effect are acquired. A shield cutter head three-dimensional finite element model is built by using software ANSYS and Solidworks. The results shows that when the mud is formed,the temperature rises sharply in a short time,which leads to a rapid increase of thermal stress to 168.2 MPa,at the same time,the maximum thermal deformation reaches 3.1 mm,then the center of cutter head is wrapped.     

contact stress and steady thermal analysis of herringbone gears in a gas turbine

To obtain the distribution characteristic of contact stress and the bulk temperature on the surface of herringbone gears, parameter modeling of gears was carried out by parametric design language. A numerical simulation was given to calculate the contact stress field and the steady thermal field by combining heat transfer theory, tribology theory, and mesh theory. The distribution of contact stress, the bulk temperature and heat flux also were analyzed. The analysis results show that the distribution of the load along the contact line possesses regularity. The heat flux along the tooth depth direction decreases first and then increases. The effect of thermal conduction of the tooth is stronger than that of convective heat transfer. The conclusion indicates that the finite element emulation method can be used to estimate the transmission performance of herringbone gears.     

Elastic Analysis of Beam-Plate Foundation with Winkler Model

The beam-plate foundation is divided into two parts.The boundary element methods areapplied to analyze the plates with Winklermodel.The finite element methods are used to evaluate thebeams The coupling equation is obtained by the coodination of both force and displacement.     

Finite element analysis of high contact-ratio gear stress field

Based on the elastic contact finite element method(FEM),three-dimensional static contact model of high-contact-ratio gears is established. The Newton-Raphson(NR) method is used to get the contact stress. Load distribution factor of gear teeth and the influence of different friction coefficients were achieved by the FEA. Comparison with Hertz contact stress, the maximum contact stress is less than Hertz stress. Natural frequencies and major modes of the gear are calculated by the Lanc20s method, and the results provided theoretical basis for the design and application of helical involute gear.     

Three-dimensional finite element analysis for thermo-elasto-hydrodynamic performances for a water lubricated bearing system

Three-dimensional liquid-solid coupling finite element analysis for thermo-elasto-hydrodynamic performances for a water-lubricated bearing system is conducted using finite element code, based on the influence coefficient method, and nonlinear optimization method. Meanwhile, the code is validated. Numerical results show that significant elastic deformation and thermal deformation, contact pressure with certain amplitude, and large temperature rise over the range of the small film thickness-roughness ratio can occur for the bearing. Therefore, the above deformation and temperature rise should be considered in designs and applications of water-lubricated bearings.     

Finite Element Method of 3D Stable Heat Conduction of Steel Fluid in Continuous Casting Moulds

The heat transfer of steel fluid in continuous casting mould is a stable process and can be depicted with three-dimensional stable heat conduction equation depending on tension speed. The corresponding finite element equation, including the first, second and third boundary conditions, is deduced out with Galerkin residual method. The coded FEM program is used to analyze the temperature distribution of Q235 steel in continuous billet casting mould. The method proposed is a foundation of thermo-mechanical coupled analysis for the formation of solidified shells and stress in the shells in continuous casting.     

Design calculation and finite element simulation analysis of stranded wire helical springs

The spatial structure of single wire is analyzed based on the forming process of stranded wire helical springs. Additionally,three parameters are derived from the existing foundation,including distribution circle radius of strand,spiral parameter of single wire and track scanning parameter. The aided design method of stranded wire helical springs based on feature scanning is put forward in which the centerline model of single wire can be obtained through one scanning step and the modeling method is given based on PROE code. The simulation analysis for spring in loading is performed by using ABAQUS code based on the calculation results. The finite element analysis results show the stress-strain ability of wire and the stress distribution of the section. The affects of loading rate on vibration of coils is also found.The results can make up for the deficiency of existing methods and give more beneficial assistance for production processing and performance test of the stranded wire helical springs.     

Simulation of a steady temperature field and analysis of factors affecting a worm gear

To obtain the distribution characteristic of the temperature on the surface of worm gear, a numerical simulation using heat transfer theory, tribology theory, and mesh theory is given to calculate the heat transfer coefficient and heat flux of rolling gea     

Computation Method and for Thermal Transmittance of Glass Curtain walls Appllcation

The heat conduction characteristic of glass curtain wall was investigated. Based on one dimensional steady heat conduction theory, the numerical calculation model of glass system thermal transmittance was set up by using insulating glass as an example. Based on two dimensional steady heat conduction theory and finite element method, both the thermal transfer matrix and temperature load array of 3 DOFs triangular element were derived. Then the revised formulas about the heat transfer matrix and temperature load array under the boundary conditions of constant heat flux, heat convective, radiation and coupled of them were also derived. Then the numerical calculation models of glass curtain wall frame and linear thermal transmittance were set up. The program TJCW based on the Visual C++ and ObjectARX was developed for calculating the thermal transmittance of glass curtain wall and was validated by contrast with the results calculated by thermal software LBNL. Finally, TJCW program was used to calculate and check the thermal transmittance of glass curtain wall in a practical project. The results indicate that the thermal transmittance of glass curtain wall can be calculated correctly by adopting the presented model, and the program based on this model can be used in energy conservation calculation and analysis in the actual projects.     

A Method Coupling FEM and Singular Solution of Infinite Plane with a Hole for Underground Engineering

In this paper, a simpler and direct coupling method, i.e. finite element method coupled with singular solution of infinite plane with a hole, is proposed for the analysis of underground engineering. The numerical example shows that the elastic effectiveness of the infinite plane outside the artificial boundary upon the inside region is exactly expressed.     

Defects detection in the inner surface of pipes based on inverse heat conduction problem

It is a typical ill posed inverse heat conduction problem to estimate the geometry boundary of the inner surface of pipe by the temperature of outer surface. With the establishment of a two dimensional steady model for pipe with irregular inner surface, the inverse problem is transformed into a direct problem and an optimization problem. Based on the temperature at the outer surface obtained from the infrared thermography and the variation of the object function, the conjugate gradient method (CGM) is introduced into the geometry problem. With the numerical analysis of three typical defects, the effects of the measurement errors, choice of the initial value, boundary conditions and number of discrete temperature points are discussed and the proposed methodology is approved.     

Force Analysis on Meshing Surface and Stress Research of the Cone Roller Enveloping Worm Gearing Transmission

By using the finite element elastic contact analysis method combined with the I-DEAS engineering analysis software, this paper studies the strength of the cone roller enveloping worm gearing,which is a new type of worm gearing transmission,on SUN-4 working station. It also analyzes loading distribution among meshing gears, the contact force distribution along the contact line ,the bending stress distribution and the contact stress distribution of the cone roller enveloping worm gearing with three-tooth meshing instantaneously. Besides,it provides the theoretic basis in the further researches for the new type of worm gearing transmission.     

Brake disc thermal stress in material composite design

The temperature distribution and thermal stress distribution of brake discs under emergency braking conditions were studied using the finite element method (FEM). The discs were of three types: those made of functionally graded SiCp/Zl104 composite materials, of uniform (20% volume) SiCp/Zl104 composite materials, and of compacted graphite iron, respectively. The rule of mixtures of dual phase material and the discretization of the material composition distribution were applied to estimate the material properties of functionally graded composite materials. The results show that the temperature and thermal stress of brake discs made of graded SiCp/Zl104 composite are the lowest among the three types studied, and the distribution of temperature and thermal stress of this brake disc type is more uniform than the others. Furthermore, brake discs made of functionally graded SiCp/Zl104 composite can reduce vehicle weight and increase wear resistance capacity. The results provide a theoretical foundation for fabricating brake discs made of graded SiCp/Al composite material.     

Analyses on stress tensor and crashworthiness simulation of an automobile seat

A finite element model of an automobile seat structure is established using Hypermesh. The statics and dynamics of the seat structure are performed through simulation based on GB 15083—1994, which is a motor vehicles seat system strength regulation and te     

Fatigue life finite element analysis of output gear pair of wind turbine speed-increase gearbox

Cracking monitoring provides an important way to evaluate structural safety. Cracking monitoring method based on distributed optical fiber sensor can effectively avoid undetected phenomenon existed in point-wise test method, and it can run automatically. A theoretical model of cracking monitoring based on obliquely intersected fibers and Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis (BOTDA) is introduced, and the numerical equation among fiber strain, crack width and crack angle is established by the calibration experiment. The experiments are also carried out to study the performance of different kinds of cracking sensors with different gauge length and pretension. The quantitative relationship between optical fiber measured strain and crack (including width and angle) is established for the 300 millimeter crack sensor. The cracking simulation test proved that this new method can effectively record the width and the angle of cracks during the whole cracking process.     

Finite element analysis of the LX150 motorcycle crankcase box

The wall thickness and strengthen muscle of motorcycle crankcase box influences its structure intensity directly. The static model of crankcase box of a magnesium alloy material is established by finite element method. The structure is analyzed with I-DEAS, the reason the crankcase box is crazed is pointed out. The structure is rebuilt, the intensity is increased remarkablely, the cost of manufacture is reduced largely. And the capability of a originally material, i.e. aluminium alloy is validated.     

Stress Analysis of Anchorage Zone on Tower of Long span Cable stayed Bridge

Anchorage zone on tower of cable stayed bridge has complex structures and stress distributions, and keeping it on a safety state under a large tonnage tension and prestress is more concerned in design and construction. The stress distribution of the anchorage zone was analyzed by 3D finite element method. Furthermore, the mechanical properties and the rules of stress distributions were investigated and compared in three different load cases. The results show that the disposition form of level prestressing tendon is reasonable. The stress of the entire tendon is very close to 1 116 MPa under the tension control stress of 1 260 MPa. It is shown that the intensity of the tendon has given full play to prestress and it is not appropriate to increase the tension control stress.     

Numerical analysis of material surface thaw depth under pulsed electron beam irradiation

We developed a finite element method model. An equality heat source was used to thaw metal with an electron beam in numerical analysis. The temperature field was obtained after the metal thawed with electron beam by numerical analysis. The influence of the material thaw depth was analyzed at differing voltages, energy densities, and energy evenness. A thaw depth diagram was obtained where energy evenness is from 0.9 to 1.0, energy density is from 2 J/cm2 to 17 J/cm2, and voltage is from 25 kV to 50 kV. The change rule of material thaw depth was derived which provides a theoretical reference for fine mould machining with electron beams.