3D Transient Finite Element Model for High-speed Wheel-rail Rolling Contact and Its Application

2013 ◽  
Vol 49 (18) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin ZHAO
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Finite Element Model ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Rolling Contact

Optical Microscopy-Aided Indentation Tests

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. A. Doman ◽  
R. Bauer ◽  
A. Warkentin
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Finite Element Model ◽  
Optical Microscopy ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Material Model ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Rolling Contact ◽  
Analytical Models ◽  
Indentation Tests ◽  
The Finite Element Model

The contact characteristics of ceramic-metallic interactions are of critical importance in the design of high-speed ceramic rolling contact bearings. This type of interaction is not described well by traditional indentation tests since small displacements and barely discernable indentations are encountered. In this work, an optical microscopy system is described that is used to measure small indenter displacements accurately. Images of the indenter are taken throughout the test and processed using sophisticated edge detection algorithms to accurately determine the position of the center of the indenter. Thus, the indenter displacements on the order of 1μm can be measured independent of any structural flexibility present in the test apparatus. Experimental indentation tests using an alumina indenter mounted on a stainless steel post were performed and processed with the optical system. The results were compared to existing analytical models for fully elastic and elastoplastic cases as well as a finite element model developed using a Johnson–Cook plasticity material model. The comparison shows that the analytical models do not predict the experimental results well, whereas the finite element model agrees very well. Subsequent analysis of the finite element model shows that the size of the contact zone and pressure distributions, both very important in the design of bearings, can be more accurately described than the traditional analytical treatments.

Simulation and Experimental Research on Milling Force of High Manganese Steel

2010 ◽  
Vol 143-144 ◽  
pp. 863-867
Author(s):  
Yong Tang ◽  
Qiang Wu ◽  
Xiao Fang Hu ◽  
Yu Zhong Li
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Finite Element Model ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Shear Failure ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Manganese Steel ◽  
High Manganese ◽  
Milling Force ◽  
High Manganese Steel ◽  
High Speed Milling

The milling process of hard-to-cut material high manganese steel ZGMn13 was simulated and experimental studied based on Johnson-Cook material model and shear failure model.The high speed milling processing finite element model has established adopting arbitrary Lagrangian-Euler method (ALE) and the grid adaptive technology,The influence of milling parameters to milling force is analyzed in the high speed milling high manganese steel process. The simulated and experimental results being discussed are matched well. It certifies the finite element model is correct.

Validation of a New Finite Element Model for Human Knee Ligaments for Use in High Speed Automotive Collisions

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara Silvestri ◽  
Louis R. Peck ◽  
Kristen L. Billiar ◽  
Malcolm H. Ray
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Finite Element Model ◽  
Strain Rate ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Knee Ligament ◽  
Knee Ligaments ◽  
Human Knee ◽  
Dynamic Representation ◽  
Failure Properties

A finite element model of knee human ligaments was developed and validated to predict the injury potential of occupants in high speed frontal automotive collisions. Dynamic failure properties of ligaments were modeled to facilitate the development of more realistic dynamic representation of the human lower extremities when subjected to a high strain rate. Uniaxial impulsive impact loads were applied to porcine medial collateral ligament-bone complex with strain rates up to145 s−1. From test results, the failure load was found to depend on ligament geometric parameters and on the strain rate applied. The information obtained was then integrated into a finite element model of the knee ligaments with the potential to be used also for representation of ligaments in other regions of the human body. The model was then validated against knee ligament dynamic tolerance tests found in literature. Results obtained from finite element simulations during the validation process agreed with the outcomes reported by literature findings encouraging the use of this ligament model as a powerful and innovative tool to estimate ligament human response in high speed frontal automotive collisions.

scholarly journals Simulation Analysis of a Multiple-Vehicle, High-Speed Train Collision Using a Simplified Model

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suchao Xie ◽  
Weilin Yang ◽  
Ping Xu
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Finite Element Model ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Computing Time ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Vehicle Body ◽  
Railway Vehicle ◽  
Storage Space ◽  
High Speed Train

To solve the problems associated with multiple-vehicle simulations of railway vehicles including large scale modelling, long computing time, low analysis efficiency, need for high performance computing, and large storage space, the middle part of the train where no plastic deformation occurs in the vehicle body was simplified using mass and beam elements. Comparative analysis of the collisions between a single railway vehicle (including head and intermediate vehicles before, and after, simplification) and a rigid wall showed that variations in impact kinetic energy, internal energy, and impact force (after simplification) are consistent with those of the unsimplified model. Meanwhile, the finite element model of a whole high-speed train was assembled based on the simplified single-vehicle model. The numbers of nodes and elements in the simplified finite element model of the whole train were 63.4% and 61.6%, respectively, compared to those of the unsimplified model. The simplified whole train model using the above method was more accurate than the multibody model. In comparison to the full-size finite element model, it is more specific, had more rapid computational speed, and saved a large amount of computational power and storage space. Finally, the velocity and acceleration data for every car were discussed through the analysis of the collision between two simplified trains at various speeds.

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