Development of 3-D Finite Element Models for Geo-Jute Reinforced Flexible Pavement

Development of a Finite Element Methodology for Flexible Track Models in Railway Dynamics Applications

The dynamic analysis of railway vehicles involves the construction of three independent models: the vehicle model; the track model; and the wheel-rail contact model. In this work, a multibody formulation with Cartesian coordinates is used to describe the kinematic structure of the rigid bodies and joints that constitute the vehicle model. A methodology is also proposed in order to create detail...

Developing a 3 D finite element model for reinforced concrete

Development of Finite Element Models for 3-D Forming Processes of Paper and Paperboard

Paper materials have a long history of use in packaging products, although traditional paper-based packaging is limited in its shape and design. In order to enable more advanced paper-based packaging, various 3-D forming processes for paper materials have been studied. Since 3-D forming processes typically include the application of moisture and/or temperature, the effects of moisture and tempe...

Finite-Element Methods for Active Contour Models and Balloons for 2-D and 3-D Images

AbsfrucfThe use of energy-minimizing curves, known as “snakes” to extract features of interest in images has been introduced by Kass, Witkin and Tenopoulos [W]. A balloon model was introduced in [12] as a way to generalize and solve some of the problems encountered with the original method. A 3-D generalization of the balloon model as a 3-D deformable surface, which evolves in 3-D images, is pr...

Robust and scalable 3-D geo-electromagnetic modelling approach using the finite element method