Analytical solution to one-dimensional consolidation in unsaturated soils

This paper presents an analytical solution of the one-dimensional consolidation in unsaturated soil with a finite thickness under vertical loading and confinements in the lateral directions. The boundary contains the top surface permeable to water and air and the bottom impermeable to water and air. The analytical solution is for Fredlund＇s one-dimensional consolidation equation in unsaturated soils. The transfer relationship between the state vectors at top surface and any depth is obtained by using the Laplace transform and Cayley-Hamilton mathematical methods to the governing equations of water and air, Darcy＇s law and Fick＇s law. Excess pore-air pressure, excess pore-water pressure and settlement in the Laplace-transformed domain are obtained by using the Laplace transform with the initial conditions and boundary conditions. By performing inverse Laplace transforms, the analytical solutions are obtained in the time domain. A typical example illustrates the consolidation characteristics of unsaturated soil from an- alytical results. Finally, comparisons between the analytical solutions and results of the finite difference method indicate that the analytical solution is correct.     

Surface effects on a mode-Ⅲ reinforced nano-elliptical hole embedded in one-dimensional hexagonal piezoelectric quasicrystals

To effectively reduce the field concentration around a hole or crack, an anti-plane shear problem of a nano-elliptical hole or a nano-crack pasting a reinforcement layer in a one-dimensional(1 D) hexagonal piezoelectric quasicrystal(PQC) is investigated subject to remotely mechanical and electrical loadings. The surface effect and dielectric characteristics inside the hole are considered for actuality. By utilizing the technique of conformal mapping and the complex variable method, the phonon stresses, phason stresses, and electric displacements in the matrix and reinforcement layer are exactly derived under both electrically permeable and impermeable boundary conditions. Three size-dependent field intensity factors near the nano-crack tip are further obtained when the nano-elliptical hole is reduced to the nano-crack. Numerical examples are illustrated to show the effects of material properties of the surface layer and reinforced layer, the aspect ratio of the hole, and the thickness of the reinforcing layer on the field concentration of the nano-elliptical hole and the field intensity factors near the nano-crack tip. The results indicate that the properties of the surface layer and reinforcement layer and the electrical boundary conditions have great effects on the field concentration of the nano-hole and nano-crack, which are useful for optimizing and designing the microdevices by PQC nanocomposites in engineering practice.     

Semi-analytical solution to one-dimensional consolidation in unsaturated soils

In this paper, a series of semi-analytical solutions to one-dimensional consolidation in unsaturated soils are obtained. The air governing equation by Fredlund for unsaturated soils consolidation is simplified. By applying the Laplace transform and the Cayley-Hamilton theorem to the simplified governing equations of water and air, Darcy＇s law, and Fick＇s law, the transfer function between the state vectors at top and at any depth is then constructed. Finally, by the boundary conditions, the excess pore-water pressure, the excess pore-air pressure, and the soil settlement are obtained under several kinds of boundary conditions with the large-area uniform instantaneous loading. By the Crump method, the inverse Laplace transform is performed, and the semi-analytical solutions to the excess pore-water pressure, the excess pore-air pressure, and the soils settlement are obtained in the time domain. In the case of one surface which is permeable to air and water, comparisons between the semi-analytical solutions and the analytical solutions indicate that the semi-analytical solutions are correct. In the case of one surface which is permeable to air but impermeable to water, comparisons between the semi-analytical solutions and the results of the finite difference method are made, indicating that the semi-analytical solution is also correct.     

Asymptotics of axially symmetric fluid flows with a free boundary in the case of dwindling viscosity

For high Reynolds numbers asymptotic expansions are constructed of the solution of the axially symmetric wave problem on the surface of a viscous incompressible fluid of infinite depth under the assumption that the tangential stresses on the free surface are of the order 0(1/Re). The principal terms of the asymptotic expansion are solutions of linear partial differential equations. The obtained result is then adapted to the case in which the fluid fills a bounded region whose boundary is a free surface. Some examples are given.     

Infiltration on a strip in the presence of an inclined impermeable horizon

The author examines the effect of infiltration, acting on a strip, on the ground water level for unbounded and semibounded one-dimensional flow models, when the soil is homogeneous and the impermeable horizon has a slight tilt.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 139–143, March–April, 1970.     

Theoretical and Experimental Research of Cumulative Infiltration

The main object of this study is the comparative evaluation of Green & Ampt’s (G & A) and Parlange’s (P’s) models and their ability to describe cumulative infiltration of water through various soil types. Three soil samples of different hydraulic properties were packed separately into a transparent vertical column. A constant head boundary condition was applied at the surface of the soil and the incoming amount of water was measured volumetrically. Soil moisture was measured using TDR waveguides at certain locations of the column. At the early times of cumulative infiltration, sorptivity of each soil sample was estimated. Theoretical research showed that both models converge to the same equation at the early times of infiltration and that the slopes of the two models are the same for large times of infiltration, but the curves of the two models are parallel shifted. P’s and G & A’s models approximate well the experimental points of cumulative infiltration of the three soil samples at small times of infiltration, but P’s model approximates better the experimental points at large times of infiltration.     

Integrable flow equations that incorporate spatial heterogeneity

Exactly solvable models are constructed in the Darcy-Buckingham approach to unsaturated flow in porous media with continuous spatial variability. The steady soil water potential distribution, for evaporation from a scale-heterogeneous soil with water table, is given explicitly. The cumulative infiltration predicted by a scale-heterogeneous Green-Ampt model is shown to be inconsistent with that expected from a temporal power series solution of the general flow equation. New integrable forms of the unsaturated heterogeneous flow equation are built up from those exactly solvable forms of the homogeneous flow equation which possess special Lie-Bäcklund symmetry groups.     

压电体椭圆孔边的力学分析

基于复变函数的方法,以PZT-4材料为例,分别采用精确电边界条件和非导通电边界条件进行了远场均匀载荷作用下的横观各向同性压电体椭圆孔的力学分析并与相关结果进行对比。结果表明当椭圆孔退化为圆孔时,无论在远场作用力载荷或电载荷,两种电边界条件下的结果均能完全吻合。随着椭圆孔的愈加尖锐化,非导通电边界条件逐渐不能适用。     

Calculating parameters for infiltration equations from soil hydraulic functions

Simple equations for predicting infiltration of water into soil are valuable both for hydrological application and for investigating soil hydraulic properties. Their value is greatly enhanced if they involve parameters that can be related to more basic soil hydraulic properties. In this paper we extend infiltration equations developed previously for positive surface heads to negative heads. The equations are then used to calculate infiltration into a sand and a clay for a range of initial and surface conditions. Results show errors of less than three percent compared with accurate numerical solutions. Analytical approximations to parameters in the equations are developed for a Brooks and Corey power law hydraulic conductivity-water content relation combined with either a Brooks and Corey or a van Genuchten water retention function. These are compared with accurate numerical values for a range of hydraulic parameters encompassing the majority of soil types and a range of initial and boundary conditions. The approximations are excellent for a wide range of soil parameters.An important attribute of the infiltration equations is their use of dimensionless parameters that can be calculated from normalised water retention and hydraulic conductivity functions. These normalised functions involve only parameters that it may be possible to estimate from surrogate data such as soil particle size distribution. Application of the equations for predicting infiltration, or their use in inferring hydraulic properties, then involves only simple scaling parameters.     

Biorthogonal stretching and shearing of an impermeable surface in a uniformly rotating fluid system

The flow induced by an impermeable flat surface executing orthogonal stretching and orthogonal shearing in a rotating fluid system is investigated. Both the stretching and shearing are linear in the coordinates. An exact similarity reduction of the Navier–Stokes equations gives rise to a pair of nonlinearly-coupled ordinary differential equations governed by three parameters. In this study we set one parameter and analyze the problem which leads to flow for an impermeable surface with shearing and stretching due to velocity u along the x-axis of equal strength a while the shearing and stretching due to velocity v along the y-axis of equal strength b. These solutions depend on two parameters—a Coriolis (rotation) parameter \(\sigma = \Omega /a\) and a stretching/shearing ratio \(\lambda =b/a\). A symmetry in solutions is found for \(\lambda = 1\). The exact solution for \(\sigma = 0\) and the asymptotic behavior of solutions for \(|\sigma | \rightarrow \infty\) are determined and compared with numerical results. Oscillatory solutions are found whose strength increases with increasing values of \(|\sigma |\). It is shown that these solutions tend to the well-known Ekman solution as \(|\sigma | \rightarrow \infty\).     

考虑桩体内径向渗流的复合地基固结解

考虑了桩体内径竖向组合渗流和涂抹区土体水平渗透系数的两种变化模式,得到了此类固结问题的控制方程.采用新的初始条件,得到了控制方程的解答,给出了桩周土体和桩体内的平均孔压.在此基础上,把桩体的固结压缩引人对复合地基总平均固结度的定义中,分别给出了复合地基按应力和按应变定义的总平均固结度.结果表明:按应力和按应变定义的复合地基的总平均固结度相等;考虑桩体内径向渗流比不考虑桩体内径向渗流的复合地基固结度要小,而且随着桩间距的增大,两者之间的差值逐渐减小;考虑涂抹区水平渗透系数逐渐变化比假定涂抹区水平渗透系数保持不变的复合地基的总平均固结度大.     

Exact solutions for the plane problem in piezoelectric materials with an elliptic or a crack

Based on the complex potential approach, the two-dimensional problems in a piezoelectric material containing an elliptic hole subjected to uniform remote loads are studied. The explicit, closed-form solutions satisfying the exact electric boundary condition on the hole surface are given both inside and outside the hole. When the elliptic hole degenerates into a crack, the field intensity factors are obtained. It is shown that the stress intensity factors are the same as that of isotropic material, while the electric displacement intensity factor depends on both the material properties and the mechanical loads, but not on the electric loads. In other words, the uniform electric loads have no influence on the field singularities. It is also shown that the impermeable crack assumption used previously to simply the electric condition is not valid to crack problems in piezoelectric materials.     

On Analytical Solutions of Advective Transport by Infiltration–Redistribution Gravitational Flow

Contaminant transport in the upper layers of soil during the multiple cycles of short infiltration and prolonged redistribution is investigated. Analytical solutions for the two typical problems encountered in agricultural engineering are derived. The first problem considers the penetration of fertilizer initially applied at the soil surface. The second one is the propagation of contaminant injected with the applied water. Explicit analytical expressions for the solute concentration are obtained under assumptions of one-dimensional gravitational flow and advective solute transport under equilibrium conditions. The properties of the solute penetration are analyzed for the case of contaminant initially applied at the soil surface and picked up by the water flow during ten infiltration–redistribution cycles. P. Indelman - (deceased)     

Investigation of three-dimensional boundary layers on blunt bodies with permeable surface

Numerical and approximate analytic methods are used to investigate three-dimensional laminar boundary layers on blunt bodies with permeable surface in a supersonic gas stream. In the first approximation of the integral method of successive approximation an analytic solution is obtained to the problem for an impermeable surface, small values of the blowing parameter, and arbitrary suction. For large parameters of the blowing (or suction), whose velocity vector in the general case is directed at a certain angle to the vector of the outer normal to the body, asymptotic expressions are derived for the components of the frictional stress and the heat flux. A numerical solution is obtained to the equations of the three-dimensional boundary layer in a wide range of variation of the blowing (or suction) parameter. The accuracy and region of applicability of the analytic solutions is estimated by comparison with the numerical solutions. On the basis of the solutions obtained in the present paper and the work of other authors an expression is proposed for calculating the heat fluxes to a perfectly catalytic surface of a body in a three-dimensional supersonic flow of dissociated or ionized air. The present paper continues earlier work of the authors [1, 2] on boundary layers in the neighborhood of a symmetry plane and on sweptback wings of infinite span.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 49–58, May–June, 1982.     

An exact and explicit treatment of an elliptic hole problem in thermopiezoelectric media

This paper presents an exact solution for the problem of an elliptic hole or a crack in a thermopiezoelectric solid. First, based on the extended version of Eshelby–Stroh's formulation, the generalized 2D problems of an elliptical hole in a thermopiezoelectric medium subject to uniform heat flow and mechanical–electrical loads at infinity are studied according to exact boundary conditions at the rim of the hole. The complex potentials in the medium and the electric field inside the hole are obtained in closed form, respectively. Then, when the hole degenerates into a crack, the explicit solutions for the field intensity factors near the crack tip and the electric field inside the crack are presented. It is shown that the singularities of all the field are dependent on the material constants, the applied heat load and mechanical loads at infinity, but not on the applied electric loads. It is also found that the electric field inside the crack is linearly variable, which is different from the result based on the impermeable crack model.     

An asymptotic linear thin-walled rod model coupling twist and bending

A linear one-dimensional model for thin-walled rods with open strongly curved cross-section, obtained by asymptotic methods is presented. A dimensional analysis of the linear three-dimensional equilibrium equations yields dimensionless numbers that reflect the geometry of the structure and the level of applied forces. For a given force level, the order of magnitude of the displacements and the corresponding one-dimensional model are deduced by asymptotic expansions. In the case of low force levels, we obtain a one-dimensional model whose kinematics, traction, and twist equations correspond to the Vlassov ones. However, this model couples twist and bending effects in the bending equations, unlike the Vlassov model where the twist angle and the bending displacement are uncoupled     

Three-dimensional laminar boundary layer on a permeable surface in the neighborhood of a symmetry plane

Analytical and numerical methods are used to investigate a three-dimensional laminar boundary layer near symmetry planes of blunt bodies in supersonic gas flows. In the first approximation of an integral method of successive approximation an analytic solution to the problem is obtained that is valid for an impermeable surface, for small values of the blowing parameter, and arbitrary values of the suction parameter. An asymptotic solution is obtained for large values of the blowing or suction parameters in the case when the velocity vector of the blown gas makes an acute angle with the velocity vector of the external flow on the surface of the body. Some results are given of the numerical solution of the problem for bodies of different shapes and a wide range of angles of attack and blowing and suction parameters. The analytic and numerical solutions are compared and the region of applicability of the analytic expressions is estimated. On the basis of the solutions obtained in the present work and that of other authors, a formula is proposed for calculating the heat fluxes to a perfectly catalytic surface at a symmetry plane of blunt bodies in a supersonic flow of dissociated and ionized air at different angles of attack. Flow near symmetry planes on an impermeable surface or for weak blowing was considered earlier in the framework of the theory of a laminar boundary layer in [1–4]. An asymptotic solution to the equations of a three-dimensional boundary layer in the case of strong normal blowing or suction is given in [5, 6].Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 37–48, September–October, 1980.     

卵形弹体侵彻预开孔靶理论分析

以破爆型串联战斗部后级随进弹对预开孔靶侵彻过程为研究对象,基于锥形预开孔和库仑摩擦模型,发展完善了包括扩孔/开坑和稳定侵彻的卵形弹体侵彻预开孔靶理论模型。分别对该模型在侵彻脆性和弹塑性靶体的有效性进行了实验验证。利用该模型分析了弹头曲径比、预开孔直径、预开孔形状等对侵彻结果的影响。研究结果表明:发展完善的模型计算结果与实验数据吻合较好。柱形开孔情况下,侵彻速度、弹头曲径比及相对孔径同侵彻深度呈正比;在侵彻容积相同的条件下,弹体侵彻预开锥孔的侵深结果与锥角及相对入孔孔径变化关系较大。     

Effect of an impermeable inclusion in an irrigated soil layer on seepage from a channel

In [1] plane steady seepage from a channel through a soil layer into an underlying unpressurized formation with an impermeable inclusion at the top was investigated in the case of constant uniform infiltration to the free surface. The results of numerical calculations are presented and the effect of the physical parameters of the model on the principal seepage characteristics is analyzed. The limiting cases of flow in the absence of the following factors are considered: inclusion [2], channel [3], channel and backwater [4], and backwater and infiltration [5]. A related scheme, the solution for which is obtained from the relations established, but outside the range of the limitation for one of the mapping parameters, is studied.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 71–76, September–October, 1990.The author wishes to thank P. Ya. Kochina for her interest and useful advice.     

An asymptotically correct classical model for smart beams

An asymptotically correct classical beam model has been developed for smart slender structures using the variational asymptotic method. Taking advantage of the slenderness of the structure, we asymptotically split the original three-dimensional electromechanical problem into a two-dimensional electromechanical cross-sectional analysis and a one-dimensional beam analysis. The one-dimensional beam analysis could be geometrically nonlinear or linear depending whether the original three-dimensional analysis is geometrically nonlinear or linear. The cross-sectional analysis, implemented using the finite element method, provides an asymptotically correct, one-dimensional constitutive model for smart slender structures without a priori assumptions regarding the geometry of the cross section, the distribution of the electric field, and the location of smart materials, such as embedded or surface mounted. Several examples are used to validate the accuracy of the present theory with available results in the literature and three-dimensional commercial finite element packages.