FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION OF FABRIC CANTILEVER TEST

The present paper describes the application of the finite element technique to simulate large fabric deformations in the case of a rectangular cantilever. The fabric is simulated using a degenerated isoparametric curved shell element with 8 nodes. The cantilever is considered as a special case of a three dimensional shell structure. The finite element formulation takes into account nonlinear material properties of fabrics. Simulation of woven fabric cantilevers is made and the results are compared with the test results to examine the effectiveness of the finite element approach.     

COMPUTER SIMULATION OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL TEMPERATURE FIELD FOR CASTING SOLIDIFICATION

Based on the mathematical model of Fourier Heat Conductivity Equations, this paper firstchooses an alternating-direction-implicit (ADI) type of finite difference method as the numericalcalculation method which is absolutely convergent and stable for time steps of any size when usedto calculate the temperature field. Then, the generalized programs are designed with FORTRANlanguage which can be used to calculate two-dimensional temperature field of casting solidificationof cast steel or cast iron for any shape. The calculated results about their solidification tendencyobtained from the above programs are found in good agreement with the experimental ones. Inaddition, we have measured the thermal properties of the furane resin sand which is the mouldingmaterial to make steel ingot moulds.