scholarly journals Internal pressure driven finite element model of a single pulmonary acinus

2021 ◽  
Vol 349 ◽  
pp. 03008
Author(s):  
James Campbell ◽  
Salman Siddiqui ◽  
Simon Gill ◽  
Alkiviadis Tsamis
Keyword(s):  
Internal Pressure ◽  
Spherical Geometry ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Lung Parenchyma ◽  
Material Parameters ◽  
Pulmonary Acinus ◽  
Tracheal Pressure ◽  
Volume Characteristics ◽  
Experimental Findings ◽  
Pressure Driven

A computer simulated, poroelastic, hyperelastic model was developed to replicate the pressure-volume response of a single pulmonary acinus (15th branch of the respiratory tree and daughter branches) with air flow at its core. An internal pressure driven approach was taken upon a small spherical geometry (99.2 mm3 in volume) representing this small segment of lung parenchyma. A reference porcine tracheal pressure at tidal breathing was adjusted from 1471 Pa to 998 Pa to accommodate for pressure drop, and the pressure of 998 Pa was applied to the model for parametric analysis of its pressure-volume characteristics. In targeting a proportional tidal volume change of approximately 15% while also inducing a pressure-volume hysteresis, material parameters of Young’s modulus of 4 kPa, Poisson’s ratio of 0.4, and a permeability of 5×10-5 cm3s-1cm-2 were identified as suitable. The energy loss over a single pressure-volume cycle for a pulmonary acinus was found to be 6.3×10-6 J. This model was qualitatively compared to the pressure-volume relationship of the original porcine data source, and then with experimental findings of the material parameters for lung parenchyma in medical literature, demonstrating same-order agreement.

scholarly journals Material Parameter Identification for Acoustic Simulation of Additively Manufactured Structures

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 168
Author(s):  
Sebastian Rothe ◽  
Christopher Blech ◽  
Hagen Watschke ◽  
Thomas Vietor ◽  
Sabine C. Langer
Keyword(s):  
Krylov Subspace ◽  
Mechanical Impedance ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Material Parameter Identification ◽  
Material Parameters ◽  
Material Deposition ◽  
Mechanical Models ◽  
Acoustic Black Holes ◽  
Full Design ◽  
Design Freedom

One possibility in order to manufacture products with very few restrictions in design freedom is additive manufacturing. For advanced acoustic design measures like Acoustic Black Holes (ABH), the layer-wise material deposition allows the continuous alignment of the mechanical impedance by different filling patterns and degrees of filling. In order to explore the full design potential, mechanical models are indispensable. In dependency on process parameters, the resulting homogenized material parameters vary. In previous investigations, especially for ABH structures, a dependency of the material parameters on the structure’s thickness can be observed. In this contribution, beams of different thicknesses are investigated experimentally and numerically in order to identify the material parameters in dependency on the frequency and the thickness. The focused material is polyactic acid (PLA). A parameter fitting is conducted by use of a 3D finite element model and it’s reduced version in a Krylov subspace. The results yield homogenized material parameters for the PLA stack as a function of frequency and thickness. An increasing Young’s modulus with increasing frequency and increasing thickness is observed. This observed effect has considerable influence and has not been considered so far. With the received parameters, more reliable results can be obtained.

scholarly journals Analysis for Wrinkling Behavior of Girth-Welded Line Pipe

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz T. Souza ◽  
David W. Murray
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Finite Element Model ◽  
Internal Pressure ◽  
Experimental Test ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Line Pipe ◽  
New Era ◽  
Analytical Tools

The paper presents results for finite element analysis of full-sized girth-welded specimens of line pipe and compares these results with the behavior exhibited by test specimens subjected to constant axial force, internal pressure and monotonically increasing curvatures. Recommendations for the ‘best’ type of analytical finite element model are given. Comparisons between the behavior predicted analytically and the observed behavior of the experimental test specimens are made. The mechanism of wrinkling is explained and the evolution of the deformed configurations for different wrinkling modes is examined. It is concluded that the analytical tools now available are sufficiently reliable to predict the behavior of pipe in a manner that was not previously possible and that this should create a new era for the design and assessment of pipelines if the technology is properly exploited by industry.

scholarly journals Biaxial estimation of biomechanical constitutive parameters of passive porcine sclera soft tissue

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zwelihle Ndlovu ◽  
Dawood Desai ◽  
Thanyani Pandelani ◽  
Harry Ngwangwa ◽  
Fulufhelo Nemavhola
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Finite Element Model ◽  
Test Data ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Finite Element Models ◽  
Anisotropic Model ◽  
Material Models ◽  
Material Parameters ◽  
Constitutive Parameters

This study assesses the modelling capabilities of four constitutive hyperplastic material models to fit the experimental data of the porcine sclera soft tissue. It further estimates the material parameters and discusses their applicability to a finite element model by examining the statistical dispersion measured through the standard deviation. Fifteen sclera tissues were harvested from porcine’ slaughtered at an abattoir and were subjected to equi-biaxial testing. The results show that all the four material models yielded very good correlations at correlations above 96 %. The polynomial (anisotropic) model gave the best correlation of 98 %. However, the estimated material parameters varied widely from one test to another such that there would be needed to normalise the test data to avoid long optimisation processes after applying the average material parameters to finite element models. However, for application of the estimated material parameters to finite element models, there would be needed to consider normalising the test data to reduce the search region for the optimisation algorithms. Although the polynomial (anisotropic) model yielded the best correlation, it was found that the Choi-Vito had the least variation in the estimated material parameters thereby making it an easier option for application of its material parameters to a finite element model and also requiring minimum effort in the optimisation procedure. For the porcine sclera tissue, it was found that the anisotropy more influenced by the fiber-related properties than the background material matrix related properties.

Stochastic Dynamic Analysis of Structures with Spatially Uncertain Material Parameters

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (08) ◽  
pp. 1440029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kheirollah Sepahvand ◽  
Steffen Marburg
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Modal Analysis ◽  
Polynomial Chaos ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Stochastic Dynamic ◽  
Stochastic Field ◽  
Structural Dynamic ◽  
Material Parameters ◽  
Material Uncertainties ◽  
Stochastic Dynamic Analysis

This paper investigates the uncertainty quantification in structural dynamic problems with spatially random variation in material and damping parameters. Uncertain and locally varying material parameters are represented as stochastic field by means of the Karhunen–Loève (KL) expansion. The stiffness and damping properties of the structure are considered uncertain. Stochastic finite element of structural modal analysis is performed in which modal responses are represented using the generalized polynomial chaos (gPC) expansion. Knowing the KL expansions of the random parameters, the nonintrusive technique is employed on a set of random collocation points where the structure deterministic finite element model is executed to estimate the unknown coefficients of the polynomial chaos expansions. A numerical case study is presented for a cantilever beam with random Young's modulus involving spatial variation. The proportional damping constants are estimated from the experimental modal analysis. The expected value, standard deviation, and probability distribution of the random eigenfrequencies and the damping ratios are evaluated. The results show high accuracy compared to the Monte-Carlo (MC) simulations with 3000 realizations. It is also demonstrated that the eigenfrequencies and the damping ratios are equally affected from material uncertainties.

Finite Element Analysis of Top-Hat–Stiffened Panels of Fiber-Reinforced–Plastic Boat Structures

2007 ◽  
Vol 44 (01) ◽  
pp. 16-26
Author(s):  
Ömer Eksik ◽  
R. Ajit Shenoi ◽  
Stuart S. J. Moy ◽  
Han Koo Jeong
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Lateral Pressure ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Stiffened Panel ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Stiffened Panels ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Plastic ◽  
Reinforced Plastic ◽  
Experimental Findings

This paper describes the development of a finite element model in order to assess the static response of a top-hat-stiffened panel under uniform lateral pressure. Systematic calculations were performed for deflection, strain, and stress using the developed model based on the ANSYS three-dimensional solid element (SOLID45). The numerical modeling results were compared to the experimental findings for validation and to further understand an internal stress pattern within the different constituents of the panel for explaining the likely causes of the panel failure. Good correlation between experimental and numerical strains and displacements was achieved.

Experimental and Analytical Leak Characterization for Axial Through-Wall Cracks in a Liquids Pipeline

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed R. Chebaro ◽  
Nader Yoosef-Ghodsi ◽  
David M. Norfleet ◽  
Jason H. Bergman ◽  
Aaron C. Sutton
Keyword(s):  
Residual Stress ◽  
Residual Stresses ◽  
Internal Pressure ◽  
Crack Opening ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Leak Rate ◽  
Propagation Mechanism ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Fea Model ◽  
Experimental Findings

Three pipeline sections containing defects of interest were non-destructively tested in the field, cut out and shipped to a structural laboratory to undergo full-scale testing. The common objectives of the experiments were to determine (1) the leak initiation pressure and (2) the leak rate at various specified internal pressures. While two spools (Specimens A and B) contained through-wall cracks, the third (Specimen C) had a partial through-wall crack with similar characteristics. The capacity of through-wall defects to withstand a level of internal pressure without leaking is due to the resultant local, compressive hoop residual stresses. Specimen C underwent full-scale pressure cycling to further comprehend the crack propagation mechanism in order to correlate it to field operation and analytical fatigue life predictions. To enhance the understanding of the physical crack behaviour as a function of internal pressure, a comprehensive finite element analysis (FEA) model was built using SIMULIA’s Abaqus software. The model inputs incorporated results from the above-mentioned laboratory tests, in addition to extensive radial, circumferential and axial residual stress measurements using the X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique, obtained on three pipe spools cut out from the same line. The resulting crack opening parameters from FEA were input into a closed-form fluid mechanics (FM) model, which was calibrated against a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model, to determine the corresponding leak initiation pressures and leak rates. These outcomes were then compared to experimental findings. The FEA and FM models were subsequently employed to carry out a parametric study for plausible combinations of feature geometries, material properties, operational pressures and residual stresses to replicate field conditions. The key outcome from this study is the experimental and analytical demonstration that, for given fluid properties and pressures, the leak threshold and leak rate for through-wall cracks are primarily dependent upon the crack geometry and local residual stress distributions.

The Influence of Internal Pressure on Pipeline Natural Frequency

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andre´ Luiz Lupinacci Massa ◽  
Nelson Szilard Galgoul ◽  
Nestor Oscar Guevara Junior ◽  
Antonio Carlos Fernandes ◽  
Fa´bio Moreira Coelho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internal Pressure ◽  
Natural Frequency ◽  
Axial Force ◽  
Natural Frequencies ◽  
Pipe Wall ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Straight Pipe ◽  
Temperature Expansion ◽  
Force Concept

Galgoul et al. (2004) have written a previous paper in which they have pointed out the conservatism of the latest recommendations for pipeline freespan evaluations, associated to the way the axial force is considered in the determination of the pipeline natural frequency. First because it fails to consider the fact, that the axial force of a sagging pipe, subject to temperature expansion, is much smaller than that of a straight pipe. Second because the effective axial force caused by internal pressure should not be used to determine the pipeline natural frequency. Fyrileiv and Collberg (2005) also discussed this aspect. In order to back up their previous arguments the authors decided to perform some tests an axially restrained pipeline at both ends, which was pressurized in order to justify their claims that these pipelines are not only under tension (and not compression), but also that their natural frequencies increase instead of reducing, although they do bend out because of the pressure, reaching a point of instability. The authors understand the effective axial force concept and the enormous simplifications, which it brings to an otherwise cumbersome problem, but wish to emphasize that these advantages are not unlimited and that this is one of these restrictions. To back up the text results a finite element model has been produced, in which the internal pressure is taken into account as it actually is (and not as an axial force) to show that the pipe wall stresses can only be obtained correctly in this manner.

Accuracy and Robustness Analysis of Geometric Finite Element Model Updating Approach for Material Parameters Identification in Transient Dynamic

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (01) ◽  
pp. 1850084 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clément Touzeau ◽  
Benoit Magnain ◽  
Quentin Serra ◽  
Éric Florentin
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Finite Element Model ◽  
Model Updating ◽  
Numerical Test ◽  
Robustness Analysis ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Finite Element Model Updating ◽  
Transient Dynamic ◽  
Material Parameters ◽  
Material Parameters Identification

We study the accuracy and the robustness of the Geometrical Finite Element Model Updating method proposed in Touzeau et al. [Touzeau, C., Magnain, B., Emile, B., Laurent, H. and Florentin, E. (2016) “Identification in transient dynamic using a geometry-based cost function in finite element model updating method,” Finite Elements Anal. Des. 122, 49–60]. In this work, the method is applied to transient dynamic in finite transformations to identify mechanical material parameters. A stochastic approach is performed to determine accuracy and robustness. The method is illustrated on numerical test cases and compared to a classical FEMU method. Uncertainties on the loading are taken into account in the identification using an original approach.

Simulation of Behaviors of a One-Third Scale Containment Model Test

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guopeng Ren ◽  
Rong Pan ◽  
Feng Sun
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Finite Element Model ◽  
Internal Pressure ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Prestress Losses ◽  
The Finite Element Model

Reactor containment of a nuclear power plant is a structure to ensure the safety of nuclear power plant. It acts as the last barrier to prevent the release of radioactive materials from NPP during accidents. Finite element models were established to simulate a 1/3 scale model of a reactor containment building under leakage test pressure. General finite element software ANSYS were applied. The nonlinear behavior of containment materials, geometric were taken into account in the analysis. The reliability of the finite element model was verified through the comparison of theoretical analysis results with experimental results. In the ANSYS finite element model, the concrete, steel bars and prestress tendons were separated and the prestress tendons were considered by the method of cooling method on the prestress tendon elements. The mechanical properties of the finite element model in the prestress tension process and the absolute internal pressure of 0.52MPa were analyzed. Transient and time dependent losses were taken into account at the same time during the calculation of prestress of tendons, so as to calculate effective prestress at different locations of tendons. Calculation results of prestress losses show that the prestress losses at the hole of equipment hatch are larger than the other areas. The results show that, the deformation of over-all structure of the containment is shrink inward under the action of prestress. And the simulation can achieve the consistent deformation effect between tendons and concrete. The maximum radial displacement of the whole containment structure is located at of 10 ° ∼ 20 °area on the right of the hole of the gate. The effect of expansion deformation of the containment caused by design internal pressure is insufficient to offset the inward shrink effect generated by tendons, and the over-all structure of the concrete containment scale model is mainly under compressive stress. The containment test model is still with a large safety margin under the action of design internal pressure. The largest tensile stress is on the up and down areas of the internal sides of the equipment hatch, dome area close to ring beam, and bottom of perimeter wall close to the base slab. There is possibility of cracking on the concrete in limited local zones. This benchmark can provide a reference for engineering design of containment.

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