Linear and geometrically nonlinear analysis of non-uniform shallow arches under a central concentrated force

In this paper an integral equation solution to the linear and geometrically nonlinear problem of non-uniform in-plane shallow arches under a central concentrated force is presented. Arches exhibit advantageous behavior over straight beams due to their curvature which increases the overall stiffness of the structure. They can span large areas by resolving forces into mainly compressive stresses and, in turn confining tensile stresses to acceptable limits. Most arches are designed to operate linearly under service loads. However, their slenderness nature makes them susceptible to large deformations especially when the external loads increase beyond the service point. Loss of stability may occur, known also as snap-through buckling, with catastrophic consequences for the structure. Linear analysis cannot predict this type of instability and a geometrically nonlinear analysis is needed to describe efficiently the response of the arch. The aim of this work is to cope with the linear and geometrically nonlinear problem of non-uniform shallow arches under a central concentrated force. The governing equations of the problem are comprised of two nonlinear coupled partial differential equations in terms of the axial (tangential) and transverse (normal) displacements. Moreover, as the cross-sectional properties of the arch vary along its axis, the resulting coupled differential equations have variable coefficients and are solved using a robust integral equation numerical method in conjunction with the arc-length method. The latter method allows following the nonlinear equilibrium path and overcoming bifurcation and limit (turning) points, which usually appear in the nonlinear response of curved structures like shallow arches and shells. Several arches are analyzed not only to validate our proposed model, but also to investigate the nonlinear response of in-plane thin shallow arches.     

Green function on two-phase saturated medium by concentrated force in two-dimensional displacement field

The Green function on two-phase saturated medium by concentrated force has a broad and important use in seismology, seismic engineering, soil mechanics, geophysics, dynamic foundation theory and so on. According to the Green function on two-phase saturated medium by concentrated force in three-dimentional displacement field obtained by Ding Bo-yang et al. , it gives out the Green function in two-dimensional displacement field by infinite integral method along x3 -direction derived by De Hoop and Manolis. The method adopted in the thesis is simpler. The result will be simplified to the boundary element method of dynamic problem.     

Singularity under a concentrated force in elasticity

We first discuss singularity problem of a sort of partial differential equation involving δ function. Using this result we, then have the answer to various singularity problems in elasticity due to the presentation of a concentrated force. Lastly corresponding conclusions in vibration problem are drawn. Project of research foundation supported by National Education Committee     

An old elasticity problem in a unilateral setting

A limiting case of the Michell problem involving an elastic wedge is the unbounded solid with a semi-infinite cut, the tip of which is subjected to a concentrated force. For the limiting case, the classical solution leads to overlapping of material whenever the component of the force along the axis of symmetry is directed away from the cut, and the problem must be solved anew using unilateral boundary conditions. The required mathematics is simple, and the subject is suitable for classroom discussion. Two examples are solved explicitly, and additional exercise problems are suggested.     

悬链线竖向集中力作用下的构形分析和张力计算

目前,悬链线在竖向集中力和均布荷载共同作用下的构形分析和受力计算的理论仍不完善。针对这一问题,通过引入悬链线的几何约束方程、力平衡方程和超越方程,建立了竖向集中力与均布荷载共同作用下的非线性方程组。采用牛顿迭代法求解方程组,得到了悬链线的构形和受力情况。为了验证理论计算的正确性,进行了算例和试验验证。结果表明,算例的计算结果与文献结论保持一致,试验测得的构形和水平张力大小与理论计算的构形和水平张力大小吻合较好。本文的理论计算可以更加简单精确地计算出悬链线在竖向集中力和均布荷载共同作用下的构形和受力情况,为实际工程提供重要的理论指导。     

Analysis of a rubber cone tensioned by a concentrated force

Using the constitutive equation of a rubber-like materials given by Gao (1997), this paper investigates the problem of a cone under tension of a concentrated force at its apex. Under consideration is the axial-symmetry case and the large strain is taken into account. The stress strain fields near the apex are obtained by both asymptotic analysis and finite element calculation. The two results are consistent well. When the cone angle is 180°, the solution becomes that of non-linear Boussinesq's problem for tension case.     

The impact of non-DLVO forces on the onset of shear thickening of concentrated electrically stabilized suspensions

This paper exposes an extension of an activation model previously published by the authors. When particles arranged along the compression axis of a sheared suspension, they may overcome the electrostatic repulsion and form force chains associated with shear thickening. A percolation-based consideration allows an estimation of the impact of the force chains on a flowing suspension. It suggests that similar to mode coupling models, the suspension becomes unstable before the critical stress evaluated from the activation model is reached. The percolated force chains lead to discontinuous shear thickening. The model predictions are compared with results from two experimental studies on aqueous suspensions of inorganic oxides; in one of them, hydration repulsion and in the other hydrophobic attraction can be expected. It is shown that the incorporation of non-Derjaguin–Landau–Verwey–Overbeek forces greatly improve predictions of the shear thickening instability.     

Large deformation of circular membrane under the concentrated force

1　AxisymmetryLargeDeformationofCircularMembraneTheproblemofaxisymmetrylargedeformationofcircularmembraneisonewithpracticalsignificance.Hencky (1 91 5) [1]gaveasolutionofpowerseriesundertheuniformforce ;Alekseev (1 951 ) [2 ]gaveananalyticsolutionofcircularmembraneundertheconcentratedforce ,whichisexactonlywhenν=1 3 .ChienWei_zangetal.(1 981 ) [3]gaveananalyticsolutionofthesymmetricalcircularmembraneundertheactionofuniformlydistributedloadsinitscentralportion .Asfortheresultsorotherauthor…     

Elasticity solutions for a piezoelectric cone under concentrated loads at its apex

IntroductionTheproblemofaconesubjectedtoconcentratedloadsatitsapexisaclassicalprobleminthetheoryofelasticity.AnumberofscholarshavestUdiedtheproblem.LovereportedthesolutionstotheproblemofanisotropicconeunderconcentfatCdforcesatitsapex['].Lur'estudiedthisclassofproblemssystematicallybymeansofPapkovich-Neubergeneralsolution[2].LekniskiiandHu,byusingtheirrespectivegeneralsolutions,studiedcompressionandbendingproblemsofatransverselyisotropicconesubjectedtoaxialconcentfatedforcesandtfansverseconc…     

Elastic interaction between edge dislocation,concentrated force,point heat source and edge crack in a semi-infinite plane

We investigate the interaction between edge crack and edge dislocation as well as concentrated force and point heat source. The stress intensity factors at the edge crack tip and the image forces acting on the edge dislocation are calculated. The influence of the concentrated force, point heat source and edge dislocation on the shielding and anti-shielding effects to edge crack as well as the glide and climb forces acting on the edge dislocation is examined in detail. The results indicate that the shielding and anti-shielding effects increase acutely with the increment of concentrated force and point heat source. In addition, the glide and climb forces increase acutely with the decrement of the distance between dislocation and crack tip.     

A technique for studying interaction between a screw dislocation dipole or a concentrated load and a mode III crack crossing an interface

A method of potentially wide application is developed for deriving analytical expressions of the elastic interaction between a screw dislocation dipole or a concentrated force and a crack cutting perpendicularly across the interface of a bimaterial. The cross line composed of the interface and the crack is mapped into a line, and then the complex potentials are educed. The Muskhelishvili method is extended by creating a Plemelj function that matches the singularity of the real crack tips, and eliminates the pseudo tips’ singularity induced by the conformal mapping. The stress field is obtained after solving the Riemann–Hilbert boundary value problem. Based on the stress field expressions, crack tip stress intensity factors, dislocation dipole image forces and image torque are formulated. Numerical curves show that both the translation and rotation must be considered in the static equilibrium of the dipole system. The crack tip stress intensity factor induced by the dipole may rise or drop and the crack may attract or reject the dipole. These trends depend not only on the crack length, but also on the dipole location, the length and the angle of the dipole span. Generally, the horizontal image force exerted at the center of the dislocation dipole is much smaller than the vertical one. Whether the dipole subjected to clockwise torque or anticlockwise torque is determined by whether the Burgers vector of the crack-nearby dislocation of the dipole is positive or negative. A concentrated load induces no singularity to crack tip stress fields as the load is located at the crack line. However, as the concentrated force is not located on the crack line but approaches the crack tip, the nearby crack tip stress intensity factor K_IIIu increases steeply to infinity.     

A solitary group of two-dimensional deep-water waves due to a concentrated force-couple

In 1986, Yih found a solitary group of deep-water waves caused by a travelling and oscillatory concentrated force. In this paper, such a single group caused by a travelling and oscillatory force-couple is presented. The expression of wave elevation is also derived and an intuitive explanation of the results is provided.     

Large deflection of circular membrane under concentrated force

The analytical solution to a Foppl-Hencky membrane with a rigidly clamped boundary condition under concentrated force is provided. Stability of a nonlinear circular membrane is investigated.     

弹性地基圆板受集中力的快速无单元解法

本文基于无单元伽辽金法(EFGM)分析了集中载荷作用下弹性地基圆板的弯曲问题。针对问题特征提出了新的节点分布方案和点积分形式,并在此基础上对权函数参数的选取和集中载荷的处理方式作了相关研究。通过算例对比分析,本文方法正确,求解精度满足要求,且与传统无单元法相比计算速度更快。     

Solution of a viscoelastic boundary-value problem on the action of a concentrated force in an infinite plane

We formulate a theorem containing the solution of a boundary-value problem of isotropic linear viscoelasticity on the action of a concentrated force in an infinite plane. The two creep functions that are used in the constitutive relations and correspond to the shear and bulk expansion states and assumed to be independent; the general forms of these functions are not specified. Formulas are presented for the stress, strain, and displacement components.     

Analysis of shallow spherical shell with circular base under eccentrically applied concentrated loads

In this paper,problems of a shallow sphericalshell with circular base under eccentrically appliedconcentrated loads are discussed.The solutions forsix cases of eccentrically applied concentrated loadsare given,namely:(1)Normal concentrated load,(2)Meridional tangential concentrated load,(3)Circumferential tangential concentrated load;(4)Concentrated moment in the tangential plane,(5)Concentrated moment in the meridional normalplane,(6)Concentrated moment in the circumferentialnormal plane.From the solutions of concentrated loads,thesolutions of distributed line loads in the form ofcosnθalong the circle are obtained.     

Solid Circular Plate Clamped along Two Antipodal Edge Arcs and Deflected by a Central Transverse Concentrated Force

A static, purely flexural mechanical analysis is presented for a Kirchhoff solid circular plate, deflected by a transverse central force, and clamped along two antipodal arcs, the remaining part of the boundary being free. By adopting an integral formulation, the contact reaction is assumed to be formed by four equal concentrated forces acting at the support extremities, accompanied by two distributed moments with radial and circumferential axis, respectively. This plate problem is rephrased in terms of a complex-valued Hilbert singular integral equation of the second kind, whose solution is obtained in analytical, integral form. A design chart is presented that reports the plate central deflection as a function of the angular width of the plate supports.     

Axisymmetric bending for thick laminated circular plate under a concentrated load

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Numerical study of concentrated fluid–particle suspension flow in a wavy channel

The particle migration effects and fluid–particle interactions occurring in the flow of highly concentrated fluid–particle suspension in a spatially modulated channel have been investigated numerically using a finite volume method. The mathematical model is based on the momentum and continuity equations for the suspension flow and a constitutive equation accounting for the effects of shear‐induced particle migration in concentrated suspensions. The model couples a Newtonian stress/shear rate relationship with a shear‐induced migration model of the suspended particles in which the local effective viscosity is dependent on the local volume fraction of solids. The numerical procedure employs finite volume method and the formulation is based on diffuse‐flux model. Semi‐implicit method for pressure linked equations has been used to solve the resulting governing equations along with appropriate boundary conditions. The numerical results are validated with the analytical expressions for concentrated suspension flow in a plane channel. The results demonstrate strong particle migration towards the centre of the channel and an increasing blunting of velocity profiles with increase in initial particle concentration. In the case of a stenosed channel, the particle concentration is lowest at the site of maximum constriction, whereas a strong accumulation of particles is observed in the recirculation zone downstream of the stenosis. The numerical procedure applied to investigate the effects of concentrated suspension flow in a wavy passage shows that the solid particles migrate from regions of high shear rate to low shear rate with low velocities and this phenomenon is strongly influenced by Reynolds numbers and initial particle concentration. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A boundary layer analysis of combined heat and mass transfer by natural convection from a concentrated source in a saturated porous medium

A boundary layer analysis was carried out to investigate the coupled phenomena of heat and mass transfer by natural convection from concentrated heat and mass sources embedded in saturated porous media. Both line and point source problems were treated. The boundary layer equations based on Darcy's law and Boussinesq approximation were solved by means of similarity transformation to obtain the details of velocity, temperature and concentration distributions above a concentrated heat source. Two important parameters, namely the Lewis number Le and the buoyancy ratioN were identified to conduct a series of numerical integrations. For the case of small Le, a substance diffuses further away from the plume centerline, such that the mass transfer influences both velocity and temperature profiles over a wide range. For large Le, on the other hand, the substance diffuses within a narrow range along the centerline. Naturally, the influence of mass transfer is limited to the level of the centerline velocity, so that a peaky velocity profile appears for positiveN whereas a velocity defect emerges along the centerline for negativeN. For such cases of large Le, the temperature profiles are found to be fairly insensitive to Le.