Effect of fiber orientation on the structure of shock waves in carbon fiber-epoxy composites

Using an analytical relation between the Hugoniot (anisotropic and isotropic) states and other thermodynamic (anisotropic and isotropic) states at high pressures, the effect of fiber orientation on the structure of shock waves in carbon fiber-epoxy composites of various symmetry is investigated. A correct nonlinear model of propagation of shock waves in anisotropic materials is proposed, which employs the conception of total generalized pressure and the pressure corresponding to the thermodynamic response, i.e., to the equation of state. The equation generalizes the nonlinear Hugoniot equation to anisotropic materials and is reduced to the classical variant in the case of isotropy. Invoking the relations of nonlinear anisotropic solids and the generalized decomposition of stress tensor, the double structure of shock waves, consisting of nonlinear anisotropic and isotropic elastic parts, is examined. The numerical calculations of Hugoniot levels of stress agree well with experimental data for a carbon fiber-epoxy composite selected.     

A generalized polyconvex hyperelastic model for anisotropic solids

A generalized polyconvex hyperelastic model for anisotropic solids is presented. The strain energy function is formulated in terms of convex functions of generalized invariants and is given by a series with an arbitrary number of terms. The model addresses solids with orthotropic or transversely isotropic material symmetry as well as fiber-reinforced materials. Special cases of the strain energy function suitable for anisotropic elastomers and soft biological tissues are proposed. (© 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

On a model for anisotropic creep of materials

We apply the concepts of proper moduli and states, revealing the structure of the generalized Hooke’s law, to a model of anisotropic steady-state creep of materials. The steady-state creep equations for incompressible materials are expressed in invariant form. The matrix of anisotropy coefficients of these materials reduces to block form with the nine independent components. We consider the special case of an orthotropic incompressible material for which the matrix of anisotropy coefficients corresponds to a nonor.     

Stress concentration in an anisotropic half-plane with holes and cracks

On the basis of general representations of the generalized complex potentials for a multiconnected half-plane, which the authors have obtained, we solve problems for a multiconnected half-plane with holes and cracks when external forces or dies act on the boundary of the half-plane. Using conformal mapping for an ellipse and the method of least squares, we reduce these problems to solving a system of linear algebraic equations. For different anisotropic materials we give the results of studies of the stress distributions and the variation of the stress intensity factors for a half-plane with a crack in the case of tension at infinity, internal pressure on the edges of the crack, and the action of normal forces on the rectilinear boundary. Two figures, 2 tables. Bibliography: 2 titles. Translated fromTeoreticheskaya i Prikladnaya Mekhanika, No. 27, 1997, pp. 63–72.     

Computation of crack propagation in 3-dimensional anisotropic solids

This contribution presents ideas, how crack propagation in three-dimensional solids composed of anisotropic materials can be predicted using the Griffith energy principle. Since the work of Irwin the change of potential energy caused by a straight elongation of a crack in an isotropic two-dimensional homogeneous structure can be expressed in quadratic terms of the stress intensities at the crack tip. This result was generalized in the last decades using methods of asymptotic analysis by many authors [1] to more complicated geometries, to anisotropic and inhomogeneous materials. With the energy release rate at hand, quasi-static scenarios of crack propagation can be simulated for plane problems [2], but this is still a complicated task for three-dimensional problems [3]. We show an idea how the change of energy caused by propagation of a crack surface in a fully three-dimensional solid of nearly arbitrary shape can be computed in anisotropic materials. (© 2014 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

A generalized variational principle for coupled thermoelasticity with finite displacement

Via the semi-inverse method proposed by He, a generalized variational principle of classical type (not Curtin-type & not involving convolutions) for the entitled problem of linear anisotropic materials has been obtained directly from the field equations & boundary conditions.     

Problems of the anisotropy of strength

The concept of a strength tensor, analogous to the tensor of elastic constants, has been introduced with a view to using its components for approximate determination of laws governing the variation of strength of anisotropic materials in uniaxial tension or pure shear as a function of the orientation of the stress state. It has been shown that the plasticity condition postulated by Mises can be used as a criterion of strength of many "weakly" anisotropic materials, if one rejects the hypothesis according to which the condition is invariant in respect to hydrostatic pressure. In the case of "strongly" anisotropic materials, wood in particular, the Mises condition is at variance with the results obtained for variously oriented specimens tested in uniaxial tension. A strength condition in the form of a fourth-degree polynomial, based on the assumed existence of a strength tensor analogous to the tensor of elastic constants, has been postulated for these materials. The validity of this criterion has been demonstrated by constructing surfaces of equicritical plane stress states from experimental data obtained for pine wood, plywood, and glass-reinforced plastic laminates.Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol 1, No. 2, pp. 79–92, 1965     

A Model for the Texture Evolution in Polycrystalline Materials

We study a polycrystalline material that undergoes a rigid-plastic rate-independent evolution. Of our particular interest is the creation of texture and the resulting qualitative change in the macroscopic material response: from isotropic to anisotropic. Texture is represented by a crystal orientation distribution function, which associates every spatial point with a probability measure on the set of rotations. We discuss an energetic formulation for the texture evolution in the context of generalized standard materials. (© 2011 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Strength of honeycomb plastics in a flat stressed state

The strength of textile and paper honeycomb plastics in the flat stressed state is discussed, under the simultaneous action of compressing and shearing stresses. The application of a generalized strength criterion for anisotropic materials to honeycomb plastics is investigated.V. A. Kucherenko Central Scientific-Research Institute of Building Constructions, Moscow. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 5, pp. 936–938, September–October, 1972.     

A theory of thermoelastic diffusion materials with voids

In the first part of this paper, we derive the equations of the linear theory of thermoelastic diffusion in porous media based on the concept of volume fraction. Then, we establish a reciprocal relation which leads to reciprocity, uniqueness and continuous dependence theorems for anisotropic materials. Finally, we prove the existence of a generalized solution by means of the semigroup of linear operators theory.     

Interface tunnel cracks in a composite anisotropic space

Exact solutions of the problem of tunnel cracks in the plane between two anisotropic half-spaces which are in conditions of generalized plane deformation (without the presence of planes of elastic symmetry) are obtained. Using the proposed procedure, which rests on constructed solutions of the Riemann matrix problem in the space of generalized functions of slow growth, the problem is reduced to a system of singular integral equations. Exact solutions of this system are constructed, which enable the conditions for which zones of overlap of the crack surfaces to be obtained, as well as formulae for calculating the dimensions of these zones, and enable the normal fracture stresses and limit values of the stress intensity factors to be determined. The behaviour of these quantities for different combinations of materials of the monoclinic and orthorhombic systems for orthogonal transformations of the principal axes of symmetry is investigated.     

Anisotropic transient wave motions in a conducting fluid under uniform magnetic and current fields

An initial value investigation into the development of two-dimensional anisotropic surface waves generated by a harmonically oscillating pressure distribution acting on the undisturbed free surface of an inviscid, incompressible homogeneous and electrically conducting fluid is made in this paper in considerable detail. The problem is solved by the use of generalized function treatment in conjunction with asymptotic methods. An asymptotic solution of the problem related to some physically realistic pressure distributions is presented. It is shown that an ultimate steady state is set up in the limit. Two limiting cases such as (i) very deep fluid and (ii) very shallow fluid, which are of particular interest have been examined with some emphasis. Finally, the effects of the imposed magnetic and current fields as well as the surface tension on the wave motions has been examined in some detail. Additionally, it is shown that the present method of solution provides an interesting example of the applicability of the generalized function method in problems of magnetohydrodynamics     

Simulating of a pressing process of a viscoelastic polymer melt

A well known and often used method to obtain anisotropic polymer films is the so-called pressing process. Here, films are squeezed under high temperatures, pressure and deformation rates. To simulate such a process, the polymeric matrix is treated as a non-Newtonian, viscoelastic melt. The modeling of such melts is done with the anisotropic molecule movement tensor generalization of the Maxwell Model for high deformation rates. The viscoelastic flow simulations are done with DEVSS stabilization techniques and an ALE based dynamic mesh Method. In this work we present simulations in order to show the difference between classical approaches using a generalized Newtonian viscosity to model the melt and the used viscoelastic models. (© 2012 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

New approach for describing transient pressure response generated by horizontal wells of arbitrary geometry

This paper is aimed at developing a methodology for studying the transient pressure behavior of horizontal wells with any curvilinear trajectory in an isotropic/anisotropic arbitrarily shaped reservoir. This methodology employs generalized functions to represent the tortuous horizontal well. A particular way of removing the singularities involved in the partial differential equation is based on reducing the original problem to the conventional solution of the homogeneous diffusivity equation under any given initial and boundary conditions. The Green function method and any standard numerical technique are combined in a single computational strategy to obtain the transient pressure response generated by a curved and twisted horizontal well in reservoirs with irregular boundaries. Analytical methods can be also used, whenever possible, to solve the reduced problem. This proposal can be easily broadened to analyze the performance of the pressure transient of any kind of reservoir sources or sinks that can be modeled using generalized functions. Some models are presented.     

A physically based failure criterion for laminated composites

The stress and strain fields in laminated composites can be described realistically with the help of a refined theory of elasticity for anisotropic materials. In contrast, the respective failure characteristics cannot be predicted satisfactorily based on the commonly used failure criteria. The main disadvantage of these generalized failure criteria, such as the quadratic failure criteria of Sakharov, Azzi/Tsai, Tsai/Wu, etc., is that they combine fundamentally different fracture mechanisms of the homogenized UD layer in one approximation by an interpolation polynomial. A completely different method for the formulation of realistic failure criteria, taking into account the heterogeneous anisotropic material structure relevant to the fracture, is based on the Mohr hypothesis for brittle materials that in fact only the stresses in the fracture plane induce failure. This physically based failure criterion not only considers the decisive eifference between the fiber fracture and the interfiber fracture, but also characterizes further fracture types in the plane parallel to the fibers.Institut für Leichtbau und Kunststoffetechnik (ILK) Technische Universität Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany. Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 413–422, July–August, 1999.     

Certain problems in developing a theory and design methods for anisotropic shells and plates with finite stiffness in shear. A survey

A survey is presented here of research on theory and design methods for shells and plates made of anisotropic materials, such as laminate reinforced plastics [4–13], compliant in shear. The report is based mainly on studies made at the Western Science Center, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR during the last five years (after the previous survey [8] has been published), with the introduction of generalized Timoshenko-type theories.Branch of Mathematical Physics, Institute of Mathematics, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, L'vov. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 2, pp. 269–284, March–April, 1975.     

On Gårding's inequality

In this paper we prove Gårding's inequality for linear differential operators in generalized divergence form which satisfy a generalized Ehrling inequality, an ellipticity condition and a condition on the coefficients. Using a compact imbedding between certain anisotropic Sobolev spaces we substitute the first condition (Ehrling's inequality) by a simple condition on a set of multi-indices.     

复合材料力学的Hamilton体系和辛几何方法(Ⅱ)——平面问题

把在本文第(Ⅰ)部分[8]中讲述的基本原理和方法用于求解各向异性平面问题.先建立可进入Hamilton体系的广义变分原理,求出Hamilton微分算子矩阵,再求解横向本征解,可得到矩形域各向异性线性弹性平面问题的级数解和半解析解.     

Volume integral equations for scattering from anisotropic diffraction gratings

We analyze electromagnetic scattering of transverse magnetic polarized waves from a diffraction grating consisting of a periodic, anisotropic, and possibly negative index dielectric material. Such scattering problems are important for the modelization of, for example, light propagation in nano‐optical components and metamaterials. The periodic scattering problem can be reformulated as a strongly singular volume integral equation, a technique that attracts continuous interest in the engineering community but has rarely received rigorous theoretic treatment. In this paper, we prove new (generalized) Gårding inequalities in weighted and unweighted Sobolev spaces for the strongly singular integral equation. These inequalities also hold for materials for which the real part of the material parameter takes negative values inside the diffraction grating, independently of the value of the imaginary part. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A note on anisotropic,inhomogeneous, poro‐elastic media

A modification of the material law associated with the well‐known Biot system as suggested by Murad and Cushman (Int. J. Eng. Sci. 1996; 34(3):313–338) and first investigated by Showalter (J. Math. Anal. Appl. 2000; 251(1):310–340) is reconsidered, generalized and analysed in the light of a new approach to a comprehensive class of evolutionary problems. The framework allows a uniform approach to problems involving general anisotropic, inhomogeneous, non‐smooth media thus covering, for example, transmission problems in layered materials. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.