scholarly journals Numerical Simulation for Void Coalescence (Water Treeing) in XLPE Insulation of Submarine Composite Power Cables

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (20) ◽  
pp. 5472
Author(s):  
Monssef Drissi-Habti ◽  
Das Raj-Jiyoti ◽  
Soumianarayanan Vijayaraghavan ◽  
Ech-Cheikh Fouad
Keyword(s):  
Electric Field ◽  
Applied Electric Field ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Von Mises Stress ◽  
Void Coalescence ◽  
Power Cables ◽  
Premature Failure ◽  
Water Tree ◽  
Unit Cells ◽  
Von Mises

Due to the growing demand for offshore renewable energy, the development of durable submarine power cables is critical. Submarine power cables are expected to have a service life of over 20 years. However, it has been shown that these cables suffer from water-tree flaws that progressively extend to conductors and corrode copper, which may lead to premature failure. Water treeing is caused by the of interconnection of voids (of a few nanometers) that are present in the insulator after manufacturing or formed during operation. The economic consequences of a breakdown can be drastic due to the heavy maintenance required. In the current study, the insulator is modelled as cubic unit cells containing water voids in the form of ellipsoids. The displacement field of ellipsoids is found to be dependent on its distribution in the cubic cell and on the applied electric field. Von Mises stress and effective plastic strain at the tips of the ellipsoid are found to be significant when either the relative distance between the two ellipsoids is short or the applied electric field is high. The proposed model is intended to provide insights into the ageing of cross-linked polyethylene (XPLE), which is extremely difficult to predict experimentally due to the excessive time needed to achieve coalescence of voids.

LIQUID CRYSTLASLIGHT SCATTERING BY FLUCTUATIONS INDUCED BY AN APPLIED ELECTRIC FIELD IN A NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL (APAPA)

1972 ◽  
Vol 33 (C1) ◽  
pp. C1-63-C1-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. BERTOLOTTI ◽  
B. DAINO ◽  
P. Di PORTO ◽  
F. SCUDIERI ◽  
D. SETTE
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Nematic Liquid Crystal ◽  
Applied Electric Field

Effects of occlusal scheme on All-on-Four abutments, screws and prostheses: A three-dimensional finite element study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurullah Türker ◽  
Hümeyra Tercanlı Alkış ◽  
Steven J Sadowsky ◽  
Ulviye Şebnem Büyükkaplan
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Good Prognosis ◽  
Von Mises Stress ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Group Function ◽  
Occlusal Contact ◽  
Maximum Deformation ◽  
Contact Points ◽  
Von Mises

An ideal occlusal scheme plays an important role in a good prognosis of All-on-Four applications, as it does for other implant therapies, due to the potential impact of occlusal loads on implant prosthetic components. The aim of the present three-dimensional (3D) finite element analysis (FEA) study was to investigate the stresses on abutments, screws and prostheses that are generated by occlusal loads via different occlusal schemes in the All-on-Four concept. Three-dimensional models of the maxilla, mandible, implants, implant substructures and prostheses were designed according to the All-on-Four concept. Forces were applied from the occlusal contact points formed in maximum intercuspation and eccentric movements in canine guidance occlusion (CGO), group function occlusion (GFO) and lingualized occlusion (LO). The von Mises stress values for abutment and screws and deformation values for prostheses were obtained and results were evaluated comparatively. It was observed that the stresses on screws and abutments were more evenly distributed in GFO. Maximum deformation values for prosthesis were observed in the CFO model for lateral movement both in the maxilla and mandible. Within the limits of the present study, GFO may be suggested to reduce stresses on screws, abutments and prostheses in the All-on-Four concept.

The Influence of Loading Position in A Priori High Stress Detection using Mode Superposition

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-102
Author(s):  
Carsten Strzalka ◽  
◽  
Manfred Zehn ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
A Priori ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Von Mises Stress ◽  
Detailed Knowledge ◽  
Variable Loading ◽  
Numerical Effort ◽  
Von Mises

For the analysis of structural components, the finite element method (FEM) has become the most widely applied tool for numerical stress- and subsequent durability analyses. In industrial application advanced FE-models result in high numbers of degrees of freedom, making dynamic analyses time-consuming and expensive. As detailed finite element models are necessary for accurate stress results, the resulting data and connected numerical effort from dynamic stress analysis can be high. For the reduction of that effort, sophisticated methods have been developed to limit numerical calculations and processing of data to only small fractions of the global model. Therefore, detailed knowledge of the position of a component’s highly stressed areas is of great advantage for any present or subsequent analysis steps. In this paper an efficient method for the a priori detection of highly stressed areas of force-excited components is presented, based on modal stress superposition. As the component’s dynamic response and corresponding stress is always a function of its excitation, special attention is paid to the influence of the loading position. Based on the frequency domain solution of the modally decoupled equations of motion, a coefficient for a priori weighted superposition of modal von Mises stress fields is developed and validated on a simply supported cantilever beam structure with variable loading positions. The proposed approach is then applied to a simplified industrial model of a twist beam rear axle.

Improved technique for measuring mechanical deformations induced by an applied electric field to an organic insulator

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 127-139
Author(s):  
Tung Tran Anh ◽  
Laurent Berquez ◽  
Laurent Boudou ◽  
Juan Martinez-Vega ◽  
Alain Lacarnoy
Keyword(s):  
Electric Field ◽  
Applied Electric Field ◽  
Mechanical Deformations ◽  
Improved Technique

scholarly journals Numerical Investigation of the Deformable Porous Media Treated by the Intermittent Microwave

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 757
Author(s):  
Tianyi Su ◽  
Wenqing Zhang ◽  
Zhijun Zhang ◽  
Xiaowei Wang ◽  
Shiwei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Heat Transport ◽  
Liquid Water ◽  
Von Mises Stress ◽  
Temperature Deformation ◽  
Local Maxima ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Surface Areas ◽  
Pulse Ratio ◽  
Von Mises

A 2D axi-symmetric theoretical model of dielectric porous media in intermittent microwave (IMW) thermal process was developed, and the electromagnetic energy, multiphase transport, phase change, large deformation, and glass transition were taken into consideration. From the simulation results, the mass was mainly carried by the liquid water, and the heat was mainly carried by liquid water and solid. The diffusion was the dominant mechanism of the mass transport during the whole process, whereas for the heat transport, the convection dominated the heat transport near the surface areas during the heating stage. The von Mises stress reached local maxima at different locations at different stages, and all were lower than the fracture stress. A material treated by a longer intermittent cycle length with the same pulse ratio (PR) tended to trigger the phenomena of overheat and fracture due to the more intense fluctuation of moisture content, temperature, deformation, and von Mises stress. The model can be extended to simulate the intermittent radio frequency (IRF) process on the basis of which one can select a suitable energy source for a specific process.

scholarly journals Finite Element Analysis of Composite Repair for Damaged Steel Pipeline

Coatings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 301
Author(s):  
Jiaqi Chen ◽  
Hao Wang ◽  
Milad Salemi ◽  
Perumalsamy N. Balaguru
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Shear Stress ◽  
Hoop Stress ◽  
Pipe Wall ◽  
Von Mises Stress ◽  
Repair System ◽  
Composite Repair ◽  
Steel Pipeline ◽  
Von Mises ◽  
Infill Material

Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) matrix composite overwrap repair systems have been introduced and accepted as an alternative repair system for steel pipeline. This paper aimed to evaluate the mechanical behavior of damaged steel pipeline with CFRP repair using finite element (FE) analysis. Two different repair strategies, namely wrap repair and patch repair, were considered. The mechanical responses of pipeline with the composite repair system under the maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) was analyzed using the validated FE models. The design parameters of the CFRP repair system were analyzed, including patch/wrap size and thickness, defect size, interface bonding, and the material properties of the infill material. The results show that both the stress in the pipe wall and CFRP could be reduced by using a thicker CFRP. With the increase in patch size in the hoop direction, the maximum von Mises stress in the pipe wall generally decreased as the maximum hoop stress in the CFRP increased. The reinforcement of the CFRP repair system could be enhanced by using infill material with a higher elastic modulus. The CFRP patch tended to cause higher interface shear stress than CFRP wrap, but the shear stress could be reduced by using a thicker CFRP. Compared with the fully bonded condition, the frictional interface causes a decrease in hoop stress in the CFRP but an increase in von Mises stress in the steel. The study results indicate the feasibility of composite repair for damaged steel pipeline.

scholarly journals 3D Finite Element Analysis of Rotary Instruments in Root Canal Dentine with Different Elastic Moduli

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 2547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlo Prati ◽  
João Paulo Mendes Tribst ◽  
Amanda Maria de Oliveira Dal Piva ◽  
Alexandre Luiz Souto Borges ◽  
Maurizio Ventre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element Analysis ◽  
Finite Element ◽  
Root Canal ◽  
Elastic Moduli ◽  
Reaction Force ◽  
Von Mises Stress ◽  
Elastic Behavior ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Heat Treated ◽  
Von Mises

The aim of the present investigation was to calculate the stress distribution generated in the root dentine canal during mechanical rotation of five different NiTi endodontic instruments by means of a finite element analysis (FEA). Two conventional alloy NiTi instruments F360 25/04 and F6 Skytaper 25/06, in comparison to three heat treated alloys NiTI Hyflex CM 25/04, Protaper Next 25/06 and One Curve 25/06 were considered and analyzed. The instruments’ flexibility (reaction force) and geometrical features (cross section, conicity) were previously investigated. For each instrument, dentine root canals with two different elastic moduli(18 and 42 GPa) were simulated with defined apical ratios. Ten different CAD instrument models were created and their mechanical behaviors were analyzed by a 3D-FEA. Static structural analyses were performed with a non-failure condition, since a linear elastic behavior was assumed for all components. All the instruments generated a stress area concentration in correspondence to the root canal curvature at approx. 7 mm from the apex. The maximum values were found when instruments were analyzed in the highest elastic modulus dentine canal. Strain and von Mises stress patterns showed a higher concentration in the first part of curved radius of all the instruments. Conventional Ni-Ti endodontic instruments demonstrated higher stress magnitudes, regardless of the conicity of 4% and 6%, and they showed the highest von Mises stress values in sound, as well as in mineralized dentine canals. Heat-treated endodontic instruments with higher flexibility values showed a reduced stress concentration map. Hyflex CM 25/04 displayed the lowest von Mises stress values of, respectively, 35.73 and 44.30 GPa for sound and mineralized dentine. The mechanical behavior of all rotary endodontic instruments was influenced by the different elastic moduli and by the dentine canal rigidity.

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