Stress Field in Finite Width Axisymmetric Wound Rolls

2001 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. M. Lee ◽  
J. A. Wickert

A model is developed for predicting the stress field within a wound roll of web material, in which the radial, circumferential, transverse, and shear stresses can vary in both the roll’s radial and cross-web (transverse) directions. As has been the case in previous wound roll stress analyses based on one-dimensional models, the present approach accounts for the anisotropic and nonlinear material properties of the layered web material, and the incremental manner in which the roll is wound. In addition, the present development accounts for arbitrary cross-sectional geometry and material of the core, and the presence of nonuniform tension across the web’s width during winding. The solution is developed through an axisymmetric, two-dimensional, finite element analysis which couples individual models of the core and layered web region substructures. The core’s stiffness matrix at the core-web interface provides a mixed boundary condition for the web region’s first layer. In several parameter studies, variations of the stress components in the roll’s radial and cross-width directions are discussed and compared with predictions of the simpler companion one-dimensional model. The character of the stress field at the web region’s free edges and along the core-web interface, and the possibility of stress concentration or singularity existing there, are also discussed.

2014 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. B. Sevenois ◽  
S. Koussios

The anisotropy of composite plates often poses difficulties for stress field analysis in the presence of notches. The most common methods for these analyses are: (i) analytical means (AM), (ii) finite element analysis (FEA), and (iii) semi-analytical means (SAM). In industry, FEA has been especially popular for the determination of stresses in small to medium size parts but can require a considerable amount of computing power and time. For faster analyses, one can use AM. The available solutions for a given problem, however, can be quite limited. Additionally, AM implemented in commercial computer software are scarce and difficult to find. Due to this, these methods are not widespread and SAM were proposed. SAM combine the (easy) implementation of complex problems from FEA and the computational efficiency from AM to reduce the difficulty on mathematical operation and increase computational speed with respect to FEA. AM, however, are still the fastest and most accurate way to determine the stress field in a given problem. Complex problems, however, e.g., finite width plates with multiple loaded/unloaded notches, require a significant amount of mathematical involvement which quickly discourages, even seasoned, scientists, and engineers. To encourage the use of AM, this paper gives a brief review of the mathematical basis of AM followed by a historic perspective on the expansions originating from this mathematical basis. Specifically the case of a two-dimensional anisotropic plate with unloaded cut-outs subjected to in-plane static load is presented.


1999 ◽  
Vol 563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. -L. Shen ◽  
C. A. Minor ◽  
Y. L. Guo

AbstractNumerical modeling of electromigration stress buildup and flux divergence was undertaken. The objective is to provide a mechanistic understanding of the question: Do preexisting stress voids grow during later electromigration, to become potentially fatal? Conflicting experimental results have been reported. In this work the stress field in aluminum interconnects containing voids was first quantified using the finite element analysis. The averaged stress field then served as the initial condition in the one-dimensional partial differential equation of electromigration stress buildup. The finite difference method was employed to solve the evolving stress profile and the associated atomic flux and flux divergence along the conducting line. It was found that a large preexisting void suffers greater flux divergence and is therefore more prone to growth during electromigration. A single large stress void is more detrimental than populous small voids. Published experimental observations seem to support these findings.


Author(s):  
X.-Y. Li

This paper presents fundamental solutions for an infinite space of one-dimensional hexagonal quasi-crystal medium, which contains a penny-shaped or half-infinite plane crack subjected to two identical thermal loadings on the upper and lower crack lips. In view of the symmetry of the problem with respect to the crack plane, the original problem is transformed to a mixed boundary problem for a half-space, which is solved by means of a generalized method of potential theory conjugated with the newly proposed general solutions. When the cracks are under the action of a pair of point temperature loadings, fundamental solutions in terms of elementary functions are derived in an exact and complete way. Important parameters in crack analyses such as stress intensity factors and crack surface displacements are presented as well. The underlying relations between the fundamental solutions for the two cracks involved in this paper are discovered. The temperature fields associated with these two cracks are retrieved in alternative manners. The obtained solutions are of significance to boundary element analysis, and have an important role in clarifying simplified studies and serving as benchmarks for computational fracture mechanics can be expected to play.


1992 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. P. Jeusette ◽  
M. Theves

Abstract During vehicle braking and cornering, the tire's footprint region may see high normal contact pressures and in-plane shear stresses. The corresponding resultant forces and moments are transferred to the wheel. The optimal design of the tire bead area and the wheel requires a detailed knowledge of the contact pressure and shear stress distributions at the tire/rim interface. In this study, the forces and moments obtained from the simulation of a vehicle in stationary braking/cornering conditions are applied to a quasi-static braking/cornering tire finite element model. Detailed contact pressure and shear stress distributions at the tire/rim interface are computed for heavy braking and cornering maneuvers.


Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 1654
Author(s):  
Poojitha Vurtur Badarinath ◽  
Maria Chierichetti ◽  
Fatemeh Davoudi Kakhki

Current maintenance intervals of mechanical systems are scheduled a priori based on the life of the system, resulting in expensive maintenance scheduling, and often undermining the safety of passengers. Going forward, the actual usage of a vehicle will be used to predict stresses in its structure, and therefore, to define a specific maintenance scheduling. Machine learning (ML) algorithms can be used to map a reduced set of data coming from real-time measurements of a structure into a detailed/high-fidelity finite element analysis (FEA) model of the same system. As a result, the FEA-based ML approach will directly estimate the stress distribution over the entire system during operations, thus improving the ability to define ad-hoc, safe, and efficient maintenance procedures. The paper initially presents a review of the current state-of-the-art of ML methods applied to finite elements. A surrogate finite element approach based on ML algorithms is also proposed to estimate the time-varying response of a one-dimensional beam. Several ML regression models, such as decision trees and artificial neural networks, have been developed, and their performance is compared for direct estimation of the stress distribution over a beam structure. The surrogate finite element models based on ML algorithms are able to estimate the response of the beam accurately, with artificial neural networks providing more accurate results.


Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 284
Author(s):  
Bowei Wan ◽  
Lianqing Zhu ◽  
Xin Ma ◽  
Tianshu Li ◽  
Jian Zhang

Due to their flexible structure and excellent optical characteristics hollow-core photonic crystal fibers (HC-PCFs) are used in many fields, such as active optical devices, communications, and optical fiber sensing. In this paper, to analyze the characteristics of HC-PCFs, we carried out finite element analysis and analyzed the design for the band gap cladding structure of HC-PCFs. First, the characteristics of HC19-1550 and HC-1550-02 in the C-band were simulated. Subsequently, the structural optimization of the seven-cell HC-1550-02 and variations in characteristics of the optimized HC-1550-02 in the wavelength range 1250–1850 nm were investigated. The simulation results revealed that the optimal number of cladding layers is eight, the optimal core radius is 1.8 times the spacing of adjacent air holes, and the optimal-relative thickness of the core quartz-ring is 2.0. In addition, the low confinement loss bandwidth of the optimized structure is 225 nm. Under the transmission bandwidth of the optimized structure, the core optical power is above 98%, the confinement loss is below 9.0 × 10−3 dB/m, the variation range of the effective mode field area does not exceed 10 μm2, and the relative sensitivity is above 0.9570. The designed sensor exhibits an ultra-high relative sensitivity and almost zero confinement loss, making it highly suitable for high-sensitivity gas or liquid sensing.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 839
Author(s):  
Tarek N. Salem ◽  
Nadia M. Elkhawas ◽  
Ahmed M. Elnady

The erosion of limestone and calcarenite ridges that existed parallel to the Mediterranean shoreline forms the calcareous sand (CS) formation at the surface layer of Egypt's northern coast. The CS is often combined with broken shells which are considered geotechnically problematic due to their possible crushability and relatively high compressibility. In this research, CS samples collected from a site along the northern coast of Egypt are studied to better understand its behavior under normal and shear stresses. Reconstituted CS specimens with different ratios of broken shells (BS) are also investigated to study the effect of BS ratios on the soil mixture strength behavior. The strength is evaluated using laboratory direct-shear and one-dimensional compression tests (oedometer test). The CS specimens are not exposed to significant crushability even under relatively high-stress levels. In addition, a 3D finite element analysis (FEA) is presented in this paper to study the degradation offshore pile capacity in CS having different percentages of BS. The stress–strain results using oedometer tests are compared with a numerical model, and it gave identical matching for most cases. The effects of pile diameter and embedment depth parameters are then studied for the case study on the northern coast. Three different mixing ratios of CS and BS have been used, CS + 10% BS, CS + 30% BS, and CS + 50% BS, which resulted in a decrease of the ultimate vertical compression pile load capacity by 8.8%, 15%, and 16%, respectively.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Lazaros Vrysis ◽  
Nikolaos Vryzas ◽  
Rigas Kotsakis ◽  
Theodora Saridou ◽  
Maria Matsiola ◽  
...  

Social media services make it possible for an increasing number of people to express their opinion publicly. In this context, large amounts of hateful comments are published daily. The PHARM project aims at monitoring and modeling hate speech against refugees and migrants in Greece, Italy, and Spain. In this direction, a web interface for the creation and the query of a multi-source database containing hate speech-related content is implemented and evaluated. The selected sources include Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook comments and posts, as well as comments and articles from a selected list of websites. The interface allows users to search in the existing database, scrape social media using keywords, annotate records through a dedicated platform and contribute new content to the database. Furthermore, the functionality for hate speech detection and sentiment analysis of texts is provided, making use of novel methods and machine learning models. The interface can be accessed online with a graphical user interface compatible with modern internet browsers. For the evaluation of the interface, a multifactor questionnaire was formulated, targeting to record the users’ opinions about the web interface and the corresponding functionality.


2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. E149-E158 ◽  
Author(s):  
VF Wandscher ◽  
CD Bergoli ◽  
IF Limberger ◽  
TP Cenci ◽  
P Baldissara ◽  
...  

SUMMARY Objective: This article aims to present a fractographic analysis of an anterior tooth restored with a glass fiber post with parallel fiber arrangement, taking into account force vectors, finite element analysis, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Methods: A patient presented at the Faculty of Dentistry (Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil) with an endodontically treated tooth (ETT), a lateral incisor that had a restorable fracture. The treatment was performed, and the fractured piece was analyzed using stereomicroscopy, SEM, and finite element analysis. Results: The absence of remaining coronal tooth structure might have been the main factor for the clinical failure. We observed different stresses actuating in an ETT restored with a fiber post as well as their relationship with the ultimate fracture. Tensile, compression, and shear stresses presented at different levels inside the restored tooth. Tensile and compressive stresses acted together and were at a maximum in the outer portions and a minimum in the inner portions. In contrast, shear stresses acted concomitantly with tensile and compressive stresses. Shear was higher in the inner portions (center of the post), and lower in the outer portions. This was confirmed by finite element analysis. The SEM analysis showed tensile and compression areas in the fiber post (exposed fibers=tensile areas=lingual surface; nonexposed fibers=compression areas=buccal surface) and shear areas inside the post (scallops and hackle lines). Stereomicroscopic analysis showed brown stains in the crown/root interface, indicating the presence of microleakage (tensile area=lingual surface). Conclusion: We concluded that glass fiber posts with parallel fibers (0°), when restoring anterior teeth, present a greater fracture potential by shear stress because parallel fibers are not mechanically resistant to support oblique occlusal loads. Factors such as the presence of remaining coronal tooth structure and occlusal stability assist in the biomechanical equilibrium of stresses that act upon anterior teeth.


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