The Calculation of the Acoustical Quantities of Railway Wheels

1984 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
pp. 278-285
Author(s):  
H. Irretier ◽  
E. Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Plate Theory ◽  
Finite Element Approximation ◽  
Directivity Pattern ◽  
Forced Response ◽  
Element Approximation ◽  
Sound Power ◽  
Bending Vibrations ◽  
Modal Expansion ◽  
Spatial Directivity ◽  
Wheel Disk

The objective of the present investigation is to determine the forced vibrations and acoustical characteristics of a wheel disk with a radially varying thickness from the consideration of axisymmetric and nonaxisymmetric bending vibrations. Using Mindlin’s thick plate theory a finite element approximation to describe the natural vibrations of the disk is applied. The forced response of the wheel is derived as the superposition of the natural modes of vibrations using a modal expansion analysis. With the known vibrating velocity on the surface of the wheel disk the sound pressure and the spatial directivity pattern is determined. The sound power is derived from the numerically integrated acoustical intensity in a surrounding sphere. With the sound power and the space-time mean square velocity, the radiation efficiency of a wheel disk which is harmonically excited at the rim is determined for the whole practical important frequency range.

An Angular Finite Element Method for the Solution of the Even-Parity Equation

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Becker ◽  
R. Koch ◽  
M. F. Modest ◽  
H.-J. Bauer
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Finite Element Approximation ◽  
Basis Functions ◽  
New Method ◽  
Discrete Ordinates ◽  
Test Case ◽  
Element Approximation ◽  
Promising Alternative ◽  
Element Discretization ◽  
Spatial Coordinates

The present article introduces a new method to solve the radiative transfer equation (RTE). First, a finite element discretization of the solid angle dependence is derived, wherein the coefficients of the finite element approximation are functions of the spatial coordinates. The angular basis functions are defined according to finite element principles on subdivisions of the octahedron. In a second step, these spatially dependent coefficients are discretized by spatial finite elements. This approach is very attractive, since it provides a concise derivation for approximations of the angular dependence with an arbitrary number of angular nodes. In addition, the usage of high-order angular basis functions is straightforward. In the current paper the governing equations are first derived independently of the actual angular approximation. Then, the design principles for the angular mesh are discussed and the parameterization of the piecewise angular basis functions is derived. In the following, the method is applied to two-dimensional test cases which are commonly used for the validation of approximation methods of the RTE. The results reveal that the proposed method is a promising alternative to the well-established practices like the Discrete Ordinates Method (DOM) and provides highly accurate approximations. A test case known to exhibit the ray effect in the DOM verifies the ability of the new method to avoid ray effects.

Finite Element Approximation of the p-Laplacian

1993 ◽  
Vol 61 (204) ◽  
pp. 523 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. Barrett ◽  
W. B. Liu
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Finite Element Approximation ◽  
Element Approximation

Semi-Discrete and Fully Discrete Hybrid Stress Finite Element Methods for Elastodynamic Problems

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 582-604
Author(s):  
Zhengqin Yu ◽  
Xiaoping Xie
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Finite Element Methods ◽  
Stability Result ◽  
Finite Element Approximation ◽  
Element Approximation ◽  
Discrete Scheme ◽  
Fully Discrete ◽  
Quadrilateral Finite Element ◽  
Hybrid Stress Finite Element ◽  
Hybrid Stress

AbstractThis paper proposes and analyzes semi-discrete and fully discrete hybrid stress finite element methods for elastodynamic problems. A hybrid stress quadrilateral finite element approximation is used in the space directions. A second-order center difference is adopted in the time direction for the fully discrete scheme. Error estimates of the two schemes, as well as a stability result for the fully discrete scheme, are derived. Numerical experiments are done to verify the theoretical results.

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