{"title":"Wheel Rail Wear Prediction and Dynamic Performance Analysis of Linear Metro","authors":"Long Chen, D. Feng, Y. Yu, Yunfeng Zeng","doi":"10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.3123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.3123","url":null,"abstract":"In order to improve the safety of linear motor metro operation, the wheel rail wear prediction and dynamic performance analysis of linear motor metro are carried out. Firstly, the working principle and evolution process of the linear motor are analyzed, and the traveling wave magnetic field and slip ratio of the linear motor are calculated. Secondly, the friction principle between wheel and rail is analyzed, and the running data of wheel and rail area are collected by MiniProf series profiler. By calculating the wear energy flow density and wear mass flow density of wheel rail contact surface, the relationship between wear coefficient and energy flow density is obtained, and the wheel rail wear area is obtained, so as to complete the prediction of wheel rail wear. Finally, the running resistance of Metro is analyzed, including mechanical resistance and aerodynamic resistance. Combined with the calculation results of Metro kinetic energy and electromagnetic, the position of linear motor is obtained by modal superposition method in the elastic coordinate system, and the dynamic equation of linear motor Metro is constructed to complete the dynamic performance analysis of Metro. The experimental results show that this research method can accurately predict the wear of linear motor metro, and can study the running stability of Metro from the two aspects of horizontal stability and derailment coefficient.","PeriodicalId":45463,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Computational Mechanics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48603999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Implementation of Numerical Codes for the Analysis of Solar Flux Inputs and the Optimization of Thermal Comfort for a Monobloc Habitat","authors":"A. Oudrane, B. Aour, M. Hamouda","doi":"10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.3121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.3121","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this work is to design computer codes to estimate the different thermal exchanges of the facades of a habitable envelope with its environment in order to optimize thermal comfort. This optimization is based on the use of real climate data from the region under consideration. To achieve this goal, we have developed five fundamental codes in FORTRAN language. The first code consists in Modelling the flow of the heat transfer fluid in the heating slab pipe. The second is designed to model the heat transfer by conduction within the concrete slab. The third is developed for the Modelling of thermal exchanges in a habitable envelope assimilated to a parallelepipedal cavity based on the nodal method. The fourth code is reserved for the Modelling of solar radiation by evaluating the wage flux density on different positions of the walls. The fifth and last code is dedicated to the evaluation of the perfect thermal coupling between the concrete slab and the heat transfer fluid pipes. The validation of the models implemented in the calculation codes was made on the basis of data measured recently for a clear sky of solar radiation at the radiometric station of the renewable energies research unit in the Saharan environment URER’MS of Adrar. The results obtained showed a very good agreement between the calculated values using the computational codes developed and those measured by the radiometric station of the URER’MS during the typical day.","PeriodicalId":45463,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Computational Mechanics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46489588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Unusual Damped Stability Property and its Remedy for an Integration Method","authors":"SHUENN-YIH CHANG*","doi":"10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.3112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.3112","url":null,"abstract":"An unusual stability property is found for a structure-dependent integration method since it exhibits a different nonlinearity interval of unconditional stability for zero and nonzero damping. Although it is unconditionally stable for the systems of stiffness softening and invariant as well as most systems of stiffness hardening, an unstable solution that is unexpected is obtained as it is applied to solve damped stiffness hardening systems. It is found herein that a nonlinearity interval of unconditional stability for a structure-dependent method may be drastically shrunk for nonzero damping when compared to zero damping. In fact, it will become conditionally stable for any damped stiffness hardening systems. This might significantly restrict its applications. An effective scheme is proposed to surmount this difficulty by introducing a stability factor into the structure-dependent coefficients of the integration method. This factor can effectively amplify the nonlinearity intervals of unconditional stability for structure-dependent methods. A large stability factor will result in a large nonlinearity interval of unconditional stability. However, it also introduces more period distortion. Consequently, a stability factor must be appropriately selected for accurate integration. After choosing a proper stability factor, a structure-dependent method can be widely and easily applied to solve general structural dynamic problems.","PeriodicalId":45463,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Computational Mechanics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43004794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Material Model Calibration Using Machine Learning: A Comparative Study","authors":"M. Seabra, Ana Costa","doi":"10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.3115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.3115","url":null,"abstract":"A methodology based on Machine Learning, namely Fully Connected Neural Networks, is proposed to replace traditional parameter calibration strategies. In particular, the relation between hardness, yield strength and tensile strength is explored. The proposed methodology is used to predict the yield strength and the tensile strength of a Super Duplex Stainless Steel that was not included in the neural network training data base. Moreover, it is also used to determine such material parameters for individual microstructural phases, which feed a multiscale Finite Element simulation. The methodology is experimentally validated.","PeriodicalId":45463,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Computational Mechanics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43351604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Azhdarzadeh, R. Jahangiri, A. Allahverdizadeh, B. Dadashzadeh, Ramin Nabati
{"title":"Investigation of Nonlinear Thermo-Elastic Behavior of Fluid Conveying Piezoelectric Microtube Reinforced by Functionally Distributed Carbon Nanotubes on Viscoelastic-Hetenyi Foundation","authors":"M. Azhdarzadeh, R. Jahangiri, A. Allahverdizadeh, B. Dadashzadeh, Ramin Nabati","doi":"10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.3113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.3113","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, nonlinear and nonlocal thermo-elastic behavior of a microtube reinforced by Functionally Distributed Carbon Nanotubes, with internal and external piezoelectric layers, in the presence of nonlinear viscoelastic-Hetenyi foundation, and axial fluid flow inside the microtube is studied. Nonlinear partial differential equations governing the system are derived using Reddy’s third-order shear deformations theory along with the Von-Karman theory including the effect of fluid viscosity. Then, the equations are converted to time-dependent ordinary nonlinear equations using the Galerkin method. Afterward, the governing equations of the microtube’s lateral displacements are solved using the multiple scales method. The analysis of the piezoelectric’s parametric resonance is performed by obtaining trivial and nontrivial stationary solutions and plotting characteristic curves of the frequency response and voltage response. At the end, the effect of different parameters including the flow velocity, excitation voltage, parameters of the foundation, viscosity parameter, thermal loading and nanotubes’ volume fraction index on the nonlinear behavior of the system, under parametric resonance condition, is investigated.","PeriodicalId":45463,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Computational Mechanics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47345239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nonlinear Bending and Vibration Analysis of Imperfect Functionally Graded Microplate with Porosities Resting on Elastic Foundation Via the Modified Couple Stress Theory","authors":"D. Hieu","doi":"10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.3114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.3114","url":null,"abstract":"This paper represents the nonlinear bending and free vibration analysis of a simply supported imperfect functionally graded (FG) microplate resting on an elastic foundation based on the modified couple stress theory and the Kirchhoff plate theory (KPT) together with the von-Kármán’s geometrical nonlinearity. The FG microplates with even and uneven distributions of porosities are considered. Analytical solutions for the nonlinear bending and free vibration are obtained. Comparing the obtained results with the published one in the literature shows the accuracy of the current solutions. Numerical examples are further presented to investigate the effects of the material length scale parameter to thickness ratio, the length to thickness ratio, the power-law index and the elastic foundation on the nonlinear bending and free vibration responses of the FG microplate.","PeriodicalId":45463,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Computational Mechanics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43038023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Alam, M. G. Murtaza, E. Tzirtzilakis, M. Ferdows
{"title":"Magnetohydrodynamic and Ferrohydrodynamic Interactions on the Biomagnetic Flow and Heat Transfer Containing Magnetic Particles Along a Stretched Cylinder","authors":"J. Alam, M. G. Murtaza, E. Tzirtzilakis, M. Ferdows","doi":"10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.3111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.3111","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the laminar, incompressible and viscous flow of a biomagnetic fluid containing Fe33O44 magnetic particles, through a two dimensional stretched cylinder is numerically studied in the presence of a magnetic dipole. The extended formulation of Biomagnetic Fluid Dynamics (BFD) which involves the principles of MagnetoHydroDynamic (MHD) and FerroHydroDynamic (FHD) is adopted. The pressure terms are also taken consideration. The physical problem which is described by a coupled system of partial differential equations along with corresponding boundary conditions is converted to a coupled system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations subject to analogous boundary conditions utilizing similarity approach. The numerical solution is obtained by using an efficient technique which is based on a common finite difference method with central differencing, a tridigonal matrix manipulation and an iterative procedure. For verification proposes a comparison with previously published results is also made. The numerous results concerning the axial velocity, temperature, pressure, skin friction coefficient, rate of heat transfer and wall pressure parameter are presented for various values of the parameters. The axial velocity is decreased as the ferromagnetic number increases, temperature is enhanced with increasing values of the magnetic parameter.","PeriodicalId":45463,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Computational Mechanics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49457503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of Characteristics of Plastic Zone and Mechanical Properties of Anchor Structure in Hydraulic Tunnels with High Ground Temperature","authors":"Yuhang Huang, Haibo Jiang","doi":"10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.30468","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.30468","url":null,"abstract":"In order to explore the characteristics of plastic zone and the mechanical properties of anchor structure during the construction of hydraulic tunnels with high ground temperature, the high-temperature section of the diversion tunnel of a hydropower station in Xinjiang was studied. Based on the temperature data and the axial force data of the bolt on-site, the Drucker-Prager constitutive model and the finite element method were adopted to simulate and analyze the temperature-stress coupled field and the initial anchoring support during the construction of the high ground temperature tunnels. The results showed that, after the excavation of the tunnel, a crescent-shaped plastic zone first appeared at the hance, then expanded to the spandrel and vault, and finally formed an irregular ring-shaped plastic zone around the tunnel. The higher the initial temperature of surrounding rocks, the larger the plastic deformation and the range of the plastic zone. When the temperature exceeded 80∘∘C, the plastic zone was more likely to expand to the spandrel and vault; and meanwhile, when the bolt was closer to the hance, the neutral point was closer to the cavity wall. As the stress was released, the neutral point moved from close to the cavity wall to away from the cavity wall. Anchoring support can effectively limit the development of plastic zone in surrounding rocks under high ground temperature. After 10 days of anchoring support at 60∘∘C, 80∘∘C, and 100∘∘C, the range of the plastic zone decreased by 9%, 20%, 24%, respectively, and the maximum axial force of a single bolt was 19.4 kN, 20.1 kN, and 23.8 kN, respectively. The higher the temperature, the higher the strength of the bolt.","PeriodicalId":45463,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Computational Mechanics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42231319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Meshfree Galerkin Method for a Rotating Non-Uniform Rayleigh Beam with Refinement of Radial Basis Functions","authors":"Vijay Panchore","doi":"10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.30469","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.30469","url":null,"abstract":"The rotating Rayleigh beam problem is solved with meshfree method where the radial basis functions are explored. Numbers of basis functions have been used for meshfree methods which also include radial basis function. In this paper, the Gaussian radial basis function and multiquadrics radial basis functions are combined to get the new basis function which provides accuracy for higher natural frequencies. The radial basis functions satisfy the Kronecker delta property and it is easy to apply the essential boundary conditions. The Galerkin method is used for weak formulation. The matrices have been derived. The results are obtained for Gaussian radial basis function and new basis function. The results show more accurate values for fourth and fifth natural frequency with new basis function where only six nodes are used within the subdomain of trial and test function. The results are also obtained with conventional finite element method where forty, two node elements are considered. Also, the results are obtained for rotating Euler-Bernoulli beam to observe the difference in results with rotating Rayleigh beam.","PeriodicalId":45463,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Computational Mechanics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46195088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhicheng Wang, Jie Zhao, Md Rayhan Tanvir, Jiexian Mao
{"title":"Analysis of Aerodynamic Characteristics of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) Based on Modified Double Multiple Stream Tube Model","authors":"Zhicheng Wang, Jie Zhao, Md Rayhan Tanvir, Jiexian Mao","doi":"10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.30467","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.13052/ejcm2642-2085.30467","url":null,"abstract":"To further improvement of the aerodynamic performance simulation model accuracy of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT), based on the traditional double multi-flow tube theoretical model, the aerodynamic parameters of the airfoil before and after stall are modified by the Lanchester method. Prand model is used to modify the aspect ratio of the airfoil under the condition of the small angle of attack before stall. Viterna Corrigan model is used to modify the aspect ratio, lift and drag coefficients of the airfoil under the stall. And a relaxation factor is introduced to correct the induction factor, also to improve the iterative non-convergence of the simulation under the condition of large tip speed ratio. The simulation results match the experimental data very well. Based on this new aerodynamic performance analysis method, the influence of blade tip speed ratio, blade number, blade chord length, rotor radius, and incoming wind speed on power coefficient and tangential force coefficient is studied, which can provide a reference for the design of aerodynamic performance parameters of the wind turbine.","PeriodicalId":45463,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Computational Mechanics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42032017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}