A Galerkin finite element method for the membrane elasticity problem on a meshed surface is constructed by using two-dimensional elements extended into three dimensions. The membrane finite element model is established using the intrinsic approach suggested by Delfour and Zolésio [8].

in the present paper, the modal analysis on a full finite element model of an off-road vehicle. this vehicle was modeled in the catia software and then meshed in the hypermesh software. the free vibration analysis was conducted by the abaqus software. by applying an external displacement, the forced vibration analysis was also performed. as a result, natural frequencies and shape modes were ext...

In the present paper, the modal analysis on a full finite element model of an off-road vehicle. This vehicle was modeled in the CATIA software and then meshed in the HYPERMESH software. The free vibration analysis was conducted by the ABAQUS software. By applying an external displacement, the forced vibration analysis was also performed. As a result, natural frequencies and shape modes were ext...

This work presents approximate but closed-form expressions for “effective” complexvalued magnetic permeability and electric conductivity that represent the effects of proximity and skin effect losses in wound coil with hexagonally packed wires. Previous work is extended by providing improved accuracy versus finite element results for effective permeability and by providing an expression for eff...

In this paper we present in depth one of the preprocessing steps of our software system for the simulation of soft tissue behaviour and biomechanical processes. The entire system can be used by surgeons for preoperative planning and prediction of postoperative results. The software creates a pipeline to automatically construct meshed datasets for finite element modelling from presegmented patie...

Finite element modeling of human bones is quite useful in biomechanical simulations. In the present work a technique is developed to make FE model of bones from MRI/CT scan data. Developed technique is a modification over conventionally used techniques. In conventional technique solid modeling processes intermediate solid / surface generation is essential before getting finite element model fro...

A higher-order accurate finite element method is proposed which uses automatically generated meshes based on implicit level-set data for the description of boundaries and interfaces in two and three dimensions. The method is an alternative for fictitious domain and extended finite element methods. The domain of interest is immersed in a background mesh composed by higher-order elements. The zer...

The design and the optimization of structures with constrained layer damping (CLD) treatment requires an efficient numerical tool. The frame of this work is the modelling of thin constrained viscoelastic layers embedded in a massive structure meshed in 3D. A zero-thickness interface finite element is developed in order to model this viscoelastic layer, which enables to modify both its placement...

A Finite Element Method (FEM) mesh is converted to a reluctance network through an original magnetostatic formulation based on face shape functions. This meshed reluctance network is coupled with an standard one, characterizing a 0D system. Both approaches are fully-compatible and the hybridized problem can be solve with a single circuit solver. The approach is tested in 2D on a magnetic circui...