Finite Element Analysis Simulation of the South-to-North Water Diversion Bridge during Cantilever Construction

2012 ◽  
Vol 204-208 ◽  
pp. 2114-2118
Author(s):  
Hua Ma

Use the Finite Element Analysis software to numerically simulate the South-to-North Water Diversion Bridge, a prestressed concrete composite box-girder bridge with corrugated steel webs, during the process of cantilever construction. Then research the force condition of the main girder structure during the construction processes. Results indicated that, during each construction process, the bending moment was reasonable, and all sections of the main girder structure were under pressure. The maximum normal stress always appeared around those cross-sections over the main piers, and during the mid-span closure process, the maximum stress appeared around the mid-span segment’s bottom flange.

Actuators ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Atif Zahid ◽  
Faisal Khan ◽  
Naseer Ahmad ◽  
Irfan Sami ◽  
Wasiq Ullah ◽  
...  

A dual mover yokeless multi-tooth (DMYMT) permanent magnet flux switching motor (PM-FSM) design is presented in this article for ropeless elevator applications. The excitation sources, including a field winding and permanent magnet, are on the short mover in the proposed design structure, whereas the stator is a simple slotted iron core, thus reducing the vertical transportation system cost. The operational principle of the proposed DMYMT in PM-FSM is introduced. The proposed dual mover yokeless multi-tooth Permanent Magnet Flux Switching Motor is analyzed and compared for various performance parameters in a Finite Element Analysis package. The proposed machine has high thrust force and cost-effectiveness compared to conventional dual permanent magnet motor. Finally, this paper also develops an analytical model for the proposed structure, validated by comparing it with Finite Element Analysis simulation results. Results show good agreement between analytical prediction and Finite Element Analysis results.


Author(s):  
David Ross-Pinnock ◽  
Glen Mullineux

Control of temperature in large-scale manufacturing environments is not always practical or economical, introducing thermal effects including variation in ambient refractive index and thermal expansion. Thermal expansion is one of the largest contributors to measurement uncertainty; however, temperature distributions are not widely measured. Uncertainties can also be introduced in scaling to standard temperature. For more complex temperature distributions with non-linear temperature gradients, uniform scaling is unrealistic. Deformations have been measured photogrammetrically in two thermally challenging scenarios with localised heating. Extended temperature measurement has been tested with finite element analysis to assess a compensation methodology for coordinate measurement. This has been compared to commonly used uniform scaling and has outperformed this with a highly simplified finite element analysis simulation in scaling a number of coordinates at once. This work highlighted the need for focus on reproducible temperature measurement for dimensional measurement in non-standard environments.


2010 ◽  
Vol 121-122 ◽  
pp. 162-167
Author(s):  
Hu Cheng ◽  
Guo Xuan

During the construction of a bridge, the construction procedures may change from the originally designed procedures due to some reasons like the weather. In this paper, the influence of construction procedures on the liner and stress is investigated for a prestressed continuous beam bridge with three spans. Finite element analysis indicated that construction procedures have great impact on the liner control and they affect the middle span and side span differently. Although different sets of construction procedures cause different stress at corresponding construction stages after the cantilever construction is finished, they have no significant influence on the stress of the finally built bridge. Test data agreed with finite element analysis. It is thus the influence of construction procedures on bridge liner control should not be neglected.


2014 ◽  
Vol 543-547 ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
Jie Min ◽  
Hai Sheng Wang ◽  
De Wei Guo ◽  
Wen Bin Zhang

DEFORM is a software used for FEA (Finite Element Analysis) simulation. By using this software, I take a research on the procedure when a steel billet with defect of artificial loosening is drawn out in a simulated environment. Then I build a FEA model about the loosening and compaction of a large-sized rotor and stimulate the procedure in accordance with current craft card involving rotor forging. Finally, I get a result: the relative density of the loose area reaches up to 85% after the first drawing-out process (note: forging ratio 1.47). After simulating the procedure of chamfering on a billet which has been already drawn out, I found that chamfering had little substantial impact on the its loosening and compaction.


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas S Gukop ◽  
Peter M Kamtu ◽  
Bildad D Lengs ◽  
Alkali Babawuya ◽  
Adesanmi Adegoke

Investigation on the effect of mesh density on the analysis of simple support bracket was conducted using Finite element analysis simulation. Multiple analyses were carried out with mesh refinement from coarse mesh of 3.5 mm to a high-quality fine mesh with element size of 0.35 mm under 15 kN loading. Controlled mesh analysis was also conducted for the same loading. At the mesh size of 0.35 mm, it has a maximum stress value of 42.7 MPa. As the element size was reduced, it was observed that below 1.5 mm (higher mesh density) there was no significant increase in the peak stress value; the stress at this level increased by 0.028 % only. Further decreased of mesh size shows insignificant effect on the stresses and displacements for the high-quality fine mesh analysis. The application of High-quality mesh control analysis showed a significant reduction in the computation time by more than 90%. Regardless of the reduction in computation time, the controlled mesh analysis achieved more than 99% accuracy as compared to high-quality fine mesh analysis. Keywords— Computation time, Finite Element Analysis, Mesh density, Support Bracket.


2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 848-856 ◽  
Author(s):  
Behrokh Khoshnevis ◽  
Xiao Yuan ◽  
Behnam Zahiri ◽  
Jing Zhang ◽  
Bin Xia

Purpose This paper aims to report on the experiments with the Contour Crafting Automated Construction process using sulfur concrete as the choice of construction material. Design/methodology/approach Several experiments have been performed at centimeter and meter scales. A finite element analysis simulation model for the behavior of sulfur concrete-based structures has been developed. Experimental results were compared with the results of simulation. Findings Sulfur concrete has numerous terrestrial applications and is potentially an ideal construction material for planetary construction. Originality/value Experimental samples of sulfur concrete were fabricated using a novel mixer/extrusion system. The mechanism was proven to be durable and stable after more than 500 h of work.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rizqi Ilmal Yaqin ◽  
Angger Bagus Prasetiyo ◽  
Pritiansyah Pritiansyah ◽  
Muhammad Haritsah Amrullah ◽  
Binsar Maruli Tua Pakpahan

Propeller is part of a key component in fishing boat propulsion. Propeller can provide momentum to the fluid which can be a thrust on the ship. However, The failure of the propeller found prematurely. The failure of the propeller maybe because of overload on the propeller model so the fatigue life of the propeller becomes low. On the other hand, the rapid development of technology can simulate a design model to look for failures that occur. Finite Element Analysis is one of the designer solutions to determine the age of failure of a model and failure-prone areas in a model. This study uses propeller model data from fishing boat with engine 24HP in Dumai City TPI that always fail prematurely. The material used is copper alloy. While the drawing model uses Autodesk Inventor and Finite Element Analysis simulation using ANSYS R17.2 software with the number of model nodes is 51108 and the number of elements of the model is 26268. The results obtained from this study are Von Mises stress on the simulation model that is equal to 613.33 MPa to 0.01164 MPa. While the deformation value due to the effect of loading on the model is 5,3657 mm to 0 mm. These results affect the age of fatigue (fatigue life) on the model with the highest value 109 and the lowest 0. The results of the fatigue life value on the model affect the results of the level of damage and the safety number of the model with successive values of 1032 to 1 and 15 to 0.32446. The conclusion of the result is the propeller will fail prematurely.


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