A SOLUTION OF COSINE PRESSURES ON A HOLLOW CYLINDER AND THE LIMIT WHEN k→0

A new stress function is found in this paper and then the problems of cosine pressures on a hollow cylinder are solved with the new stress function,which provides the basis for the solution of the problems of space symmetrical deformation of a hollow cylinder.When the pressures do not vary in the axial direction,that is,when k→0,the lame formulae can be deduced.     

THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE GENERAL EXPRESSION FOR THE STRESS FUNCTION φ OF THE TWO-DIMENSIONAL PROBLEM

In this paper,it is pointed that the general expression for the stress functionφ_0 of theplane problem in polar coordinates is incomplete.The problems of the curved bar with anarbitrary distributive load at the boundries can’t be solved by this stress function.For thisreason,we suggest two new stress functions and put them into the general expression.Then,the problems of the curved bar applied with an arbitrary distributive load at r=a,bboundaries can be solved.This is a new stress function including geometric boundaryconstants.     

The improvement of the general expression for the stress function Φ of the two-dimensional problem

In this paper, it is pointed that the general expression for the stress function of the plane problem in polar coordinates is incomplete. The problems of the curved bar with an arbitrary distributive load at the boundries can’t he solved by this stress function. For this reason, we suggest two new stress functions and put them into the general expression. Then, the problems of the curved bar applied with an arbitrary distributive load at r=a,b boundaries can be solved. This is a new stress function including geometric boundary constants.     

Elastic and viscoelastic solutions to rotating functionally graded hollow and solid cylinders

Analytical solutions to rotating functionally graded hollow and solid long cylinders are developed. Young＇s modulus and material density of the cylinder are assumed to vary exponentially in the radial direction, and Poisson＇s ratio is assumed to be constant. A unified governing equation is derived from the equilibrium equations, compatibility equation, deformation theory of elasticity and the stress-strain relationship. The governing second-order differential equation is solved in terms of a hypergeometric function for the elastic deformation of rotating functionally graded cylinders. Dependence of stresses in the cylinder on the inhomogeneous parameters, geometry and boundary conditions is examined and discussed. The proposed solution is validated by comparing the results for rotating functionally graded hollow and solid cylinders with the results for rotating homogeneous isotropic cylinders. In addition, a viscoelastic solution to the rotating viscoelastic cylinder is presented, and dependence of stresses in hollow and solid cylinders on the time parameter is examined.     

Analysis of dynamic stress intensity factors of thick-walled cylinder under internal impulsive pressure

Dynamic stress intensity factors are evaluated for thick-walled cylinder with a radial edge crack under internal impulsive pressure. Firstly, the equation for stress intensity factors under static uniform pressure is used as the reference case, and then the weight function for a thick-walled cylinder containing a radial edge crack can be worked out. Secondly, the dynamic stresses in uncracked thick-walled cylinders are solved under internal impulsive pressure by using mode shape function method. The solution consists of a quasi-static solution satisfying inhomogeneous boundary conditions and a dynamic solution satisfying homogeneous boundary condi- tions, and the history and distribution of dynamic stresses in thick-walled cylinders are derived in terms of Fourier-Bessel series. Finally, the dynamic stress intensity factor equations for thick-walled cylinder containing a radial edge crack sub- jected to internal impulsive pressure are given by dynamic weight function method. The finite element method is utilized to verify the results of numerical examples, showing the validity and feasibility of the proposed method.     

Exact solution and transient behavior for torsional vibration of functionally graded finite hollow cylinders

Exact solutions are obtained for transient torsio- nal responses of a finitely long, functionally graded hollow cylinder under three different end conditions, i.e. free-free, free-fixed and fixed-fixed. The cylinder with its external surface fixed is subjected to a dynamic shearing stress at the internal surface. The material properties are assumed to vary in the radial direction in a power law form, while keep invariant in the axial direction. With expansion in the axial direction in terms of trigonometric series, the governing equations for the unknown functions about the radial coordinate r and time t are deduced. By applying the variable substitution technique, the superposition method and the separation of variables consecutively, series-form solutions of the equations are obtained. Natural frequencies and the transient torsional responses are finally discussed for a functionally graded finite hollow cylinder.     

Solution of the plane stress problems of strain-hardening materials described by power-law using the complex pseudo-stress function

In the present paper,the compatibility equation for the plane stress problems of power-law materials is transformed into a biharmonic equation by introducing the so-calledcomplex pseudo-stress function,which makes it possible to solve the elastic-plastic planestress problems of strain hardening materials described by power-law using the complexvariable function method like that in the linear elasticity theory.By using this generalmethod,the close-formed analytical solutions for the stress,strain and displacementcomponents of the plane stress problems’of power-law materials is deduced in the paper,which can also be used to solve the elasto-plastic plane stress problems of strain-hardeningmaterials other than that described by power-law.As an example,the problem of a power-law material infinite plate containing a circular hole under uniaxial tension is solved byusing this method,the results of which are compared with those of a known asymptoticanalytical solution obtained by the perturbation method.     

TRANSIENT TORSIONAL WAVE IN FINITE HOLLOW CYLINDER WITH INITIAL AXIAL STRESS

An analytical solution is obtained for transient torsional vibration of a finite hollow cylinder with initial axial stress. The cylinder is subjected to dynamic shearing stress at the internal surface and is fixed at the external surface. The basic equations are presented and the solution is obtained by means of Fourier series expansion technique and the separation of variables method. The effects of the initial stress on the natural frequencies and transient torsional responses are presented and discussed.     

AN ANALYSIS OF A RADIAL CRACK IN A REINFORCED HOLLOW CYLINDER

Using the Michell solution and the crack solution, the integral equation of a radialcrack in a hollow cylinder reinforced on its outer boundary is derived. The effects of thereinforced membrane on the crack are analysed and several numerical results are presentedherein.     

Stress field of orthotropic cylinder subjected to axial compression

Based on the constancy hypothesis of material volume, the circumferential and radial stresses of a cylinder specimen are analyzed when the cylinder is subject to a loading along the axial direction. The circumferential and radial stress distribution is a power function of radius parameter when the constitutive relation of specimen material is orthotropic. The stress distribution is a quadratic function of radius parameter for transversely isotropic material. Along the cylinder axial line, the circumferential and radial stresses are maximum and equal to each other. In the circumference boundary surface, the radial stress is zero and the circumferential stress value is minimal. The failure theory of maximum tensile circumferential strain is applied to calculate the critical axial loading. The circumference-boundary-layer failure criterion of orthotropic cylinders is described with the Hill-Tsai strength theory. The obtained strength theory is related to axial stress and mechanical properties of specimen material and to the specimen axialdeformation strain rate and the change rate of strain rate.     

Finite Element Analysis of Axisymmetric Elastic Body Problems

Linear form functions are commonly used in a long time for a toroidal volume element swept bya triangle revolved about the symmetrical axis for general axisymmetrical stress problems.It is diffi-cult to obtain the rigidity matrix by exact integration,and instead,the method of approximate in-tegration is used.As the locations of element close to the symmetrical axis,the accuracy of this ap-proximation deteriorates very rapidly.The exact integration have been suggested by various authorsfor the calculation of rigidity matrix.However,it is shown in this paper that these exact integrationscan only be used for those axisymmetric bodies With central hole.For solid axisymmetric body,itcan be proved that the calculation fails due to the divergent property of rigidity matrix integration.In this paper a new form function is suggested.In this new form function,the radial displacementu vanishes as radial coordinates r approach to zero.The calculated rigidity matrix is convergenteverywhere,including these triangular     

New simple exact penalty function for constrained minimization

By adding one variable to the equality-or inequality-constrained minimization problems, a new simple penalty function is proposed. It is proved to be exact in the sense that under mild assumptions, the local minimizers of this penalty function are precisely the local minimizers of the original problem, when the penalty parameter is sufficiently large.     

THE CREEPING MOTION IN THE ENTRY REGION OF A SEMI-INFINITE CIRCULAR CYLINDRICAL TUBE

In 1969,Lew and Fung[1]considered the inlet flow into a se-mi-infinite circular cylinder at low Reynolds number.Dagan etal.[2]in1982 obtained a series solution for the creeping motionthrough a pore of finite length directly.The numerical resultsobtained in[1]also describe the entrance flow in a tube of afinite length as the Fourier integrals in the general solutions arereplaced by Fourier series.In the present paper,the Fourier in-tegralss are evaluated numerically and the velocity,pressure dis-tribution and the stream function in the entry region of a semi-infinite circular cylindrical tube is close to the factor1.3 sug-gested by Lew and Fung[1].The collocation technique applied inthe present paper is shown to converge rapidly and it should beuseful in other similar problems.     

A DISCRETE NONLINEAR STEPPING OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND ITS APPLICATION

Most of the practical design variables should always be discrete quantity within engineering optimization design problems. To obtain the true optimization solution, a discrete optimization method must be used. In this paper, a new method called step optimization search method is presented to solve the discrete quantity mathematic programming problems. The basic idea oft his method is to find out an initialfeasible point and then to search the optimum point step by step in the neighbouring region of this point so as to obtain an improved new discrete point. Respectively, the new point can be taken us initial one, and the whole process can be carried out once more until the optimum solution of the problem is obtained. Some results of numerical examples of practical problems show that this new method can solve problems quickly and simply and can be applied in a lot of engineering design problems.     

A STUDY ON THE WEIGHT FUNCTION OF THE MOVING LEAST SQUARE APPROXIMATION IN THE LOCAL BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATION METHOD

The meshless method is a new numerical technique presented in recent years .It uses the moving least square (MLS) approximation as a shape function . The smoothness of the MLS approximation is determined by that of the basic function and of the weight function, and is mainly determined by that of the weight function. Therefore, the weight function greatly affects the accuracy of results obtained. Different kinds of weight functions, such as the spline function, the Gauss function and so on, are proposed recently by many researchers. In the present work, the features of various weight functions are illustrated through solving elasto-static problems using the local boundary integral equation method. The effect of various weight functions on the accuracy, convergence and stability of results obtained is also discussed. Examples show that the weight function proposed by Zhou Weiyuan and Gauss and the quartic spline weight function are better than the others if parameters c and a in Gauss and exponential weight functions are in the range of reasonable values, respectively, and the higher the smoothness of the weight function, the better the features of the solutions.     

ON THE TORSION OF A CYLINDER WITH SEVERAL CRACKS

In this paper, based on paper, the analytic expression of the torsion function for a cylinder containing arbitrary oriented cracks is obtained. The probtem is reduced to solve a system of singular integral equations for the unknown dislocation density functions. Using the numerical method of the singular integral equations, the torsional rigidities and stress intensity factors are evaluated for several multicracked cylinders. Next, the cr(?)kcutting method is firstly extended to lve the torsion problem for a rectangular prism. The numerical results show that the method presented here is successful.     

TRANSIENT THERMAL RESPONSE IN THICK ORTHOTROPIC HOLLOW CYLINDERS WITH FINITE LENGTH： HIGH ORDER SHELL THEORY

The transient thermal response of a thick orthotropic hollow cylinder with finite length is studied by a high order shell theory. The radial and axial displacements are assumed to have quadratic and cubic variations through the thickness, respectively. It is important that the radial stress is approximated by a cubic expansion satisfying the boundary conditions at the inner and outer surfaces, and the corresponding strain should be least-squares compatible with the strain derived from the strain-displacement relation. The equations of motion are derived from the integration of the equilibrium equations of stresses, which are solved by precise integration method （PIM）. Numerical results are.obtained, and compared with FE simulations and dynamic thermo-elasticity solutions, which indicates that the high order shell theory is capable of predicting the transient thermal response of an orthotropic （or isotropic） thick hollow cylinder efficiently, and for the detonation tube of actual pulse detonation engines （PDE） heated continuously, the thermal stresses will become too large to be neglected, which are not like those in the one time experiments with very short time.     

Fracture analysis for torsion problems of a composite cylinder with curvilinear cracks

The Salnt-Venant torsion problems of a composite cylinder with curvilinear cracks were investigated. By considering the bimaterial interface as a boundary of the outer bar or inner one, the problem was reduced to the solution of boundary integral equations on the crack, external boundary and interface. Using the new boundary element method, some typical torsion problems of a composite cylinder involving a straight or kinked crack were calculated. The obtained results were compared with data in the literature to show validity and applicability of the present method.     

Transient thermal cracking associated with non-classical heat conduction in cylindrical coordinate system

This paper studies the fracture behavior of a thermoelastic cylinder subjected to a sudden temperature change on its outer surface within the framework of non-classical heat conduction.The heat conduction equation is solved by separation of variable technique.Closed form solution for the temperature field and the associated thermal stress are established.The critical parameter governing the level of the transient thermal stress is identified.Exact expression for the transient stress intensity factor is obtained for a crack in the cylinder.The difference between the non-classical solutions and the classical solution are discussed.It is found that the traditional classical heat conduction considerably underestimates the transient thermal stress and thermal stress intensity factor.     

WEIGHT FUNCTION FOR STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS IN ROTATING THICK-WALLED CYLINDER

The equation of stress intensity factors(SIF) of internally pressurized thick- walled cylinder was used as the reference case.SIF equation of rotating thick-walled cylinder containing a radial crack along the internal bore was presented in weight function method.The weight fumction formulas were worked out and can be used for all kinds of depth of cracks,rotating speed,material,size of thick-walled cylinder to calculate the stress intensity factors.The results indicated the validity and effectiveness of these formulas.Meanwhile,the rules of the stress intensity factors in rotating thick-walled cylinder with the change of crack depths and the ratio of outer radius to inner radius were studied.The studies are valuable to engineering application.