Construction of optimal laws of variation of the angular momentum vector of a rigid body

We consider the problem of constructing optimal preset laws of variation of the angular momentum vector of a rigid body taking the body from an arbitrary initial angular position to the required terminal angular position in a given time. We minimize an integral quadratic performance functional whose integrand is a weighted sum of squared projections of the angular momentum vector of the rigid body. We use the Pontryagin maximum principle to derive necessary optimality conditions. In the case of a spherically symmetric rigid body, the problem has a well-known analytic solution. In the case where the body has a dynamic symmetry axis, the obtained boundary value optimization problem is reduced to a system of two nonlinear algebraic equations. For a rigid body with an arbitrarymass distribution, optimal control laws are obtained in the form of elliptic functions. We discuss the laws of controlled motion and applications of the constructed preset laws in systems of attitude control by external control torques or rotating flywheels.     

Approximate method of solving the problem of characteristic oscillations of a liquid in cavities of revolution

The problem of the characteristic oscillations of a liquid in axisymmetric cavities of rotation has been fairly fully studied [1–5], its solution in the general case being found by the variational method. Analysis of numerical results using the variational method shows that to achieve acceptable accuracy it is necessary to retain an appreciable number of coordinate functions, which entails the solution of a matrix eigenvalue problem of high order, this applying especially to the case when it is necessary to determine several eigenfrequencies and the shapes of the oscillations. In the present paper, a method proposed earlier by Shmakov [6] is developed, the velocity potential being sought in the form of a sun of two potentials. The first (base) potential is a solution to the problem of the characteristic oscillations of a liquid in a cavity whose free surface coincides with the free surface of the original cavity, and the second (correcting) potential is chosen in the form of a system of harmonic functions, this system being complete and orthogonal on the wetted surface of the cavity. Cavities of revolution are analyzed as examples, and a detailed investigation of numerical results is made for a spherical cavity. The numerical analysis shows that a sufficiently accurate result in the determination of a frequency is obtained if one term of the base problem is retained and only the correcting potential is used to make this more accurate. As a result, it is only necessary to solve an algebraic equation of first degree in the square of the frequency.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 3–8, September–October, 1983.     

Draft of a nozzle with the circulating outflow of a vortical flow of gas

The presence of circulation in an outflowing gas leads to a change in the working parameters of a nozzle. The question of the mass flow rate and the draft of a nozzle without a diffusor (a point) for twisted flows has been studied theoretically and experimentally [1–6]. The use of nozzles with a supersonic part introduces a considerable degree of complication into the method for the analytical calculation of the draft characteristics and the program for their experimental investigation. In [2, 7], a theory of a nozzle is formulated for a model of a potential circulating flow of gas; in [5, 8], an electronic computer was used to solve the complete system of the equations of gasdynamics for the motion of a rotating flow along a nozzle; in [7, 9], an investigation was made of a variational problem of the shaping of a diffusor for a circulation flow. The calculation of the draft, carried out in the above-mentioned communications (with the exception of [2], in which a study was made of a partial model of an eddyless rotational motion), is bound up with labor-consuming computer calculations. In the present article, in a development of [3, 6], a quasi-one-dimensional theory of a supersonic nozzle for a vortical flow of gas is formulated and verified experimentally.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 145–149, September–October, 1975.     

Effect of a spectrum of relaxation times on the capillary thinning of a filament of elastic liquid

The capillary thinning of a filament of viscoelastic liquid, which is the basis of a microrheometer, is analyzed in terms of a multi-mode FENE fluid. After a short time of viscous adjustment, the stress becomes dominated by the elastic contribution and the strain-rate takes on a value equal to two-thirds the rate at which the stress would relax at fixed strain. This strain-rate decreases as the dominant mode changes. At late times, modes reach their finite extension limit. The fluid then behaves like a suspension of rigid rods with a large extensional viscosity, and the liquid filament breaks. Predictions are compared with the experiments of Liang and Mackley (1994).     

Effect of thickness of film of fuel on the rate of heterogeneous (gas-film) detonation

The article discusses the process of detonation in a tube filled with a gaseous oxidizer (oxygen), over whose whole perimeter there is deposited a film of fuel (a hydrocarbon with a low vapor pressure). It is assumed that the rate of heat evolution is determined by the diffusional (noninstantaneous) mixing process of the vaporizing fuel and the oxidizer. The dependence of the detonation rate on the thickness of the film of deposited fuel is obtained.     

Dynamics of strings made of phase-transforming materials

This paper presents a theory to describe the dynamical behavior of a string made of a phase-transforming material like a shape-memory alloy. The study of phase boundaries, the driving force acting on them and the kinetic relation governing their propagation is of central concern. The paper proposes a qualitative experimental test of the notion of a kinetic relation, as well as a simple experimental method for measuring it quantitatively. It presents a numerical method for studying general initial and boundary value problems in strings, and concludes by exploring the use of phase transforming strings to generate motion at very small scales.     

On the comparison of two different solutions in the form of series of the governing equation of an unsteady flow of a second grade fluid

In this paper, two different solutions in the form of series of the governing equation of unsteady flow of a second grade fluid are considered. These are series expansions with respect to inverse power of time and a perturbation expansion. Two illustrative examples are given. One of them is the unsteady flow of a second grade fluid over a plane wall suddenly set in motion and the other is the diffusion of a line vortex in a fluid of second grade. It is a remarkable fact that the expression of the series expansion with respect to inverse power of time is exactly in the same form as that of the perturbation expansion. Thus, it is possible to replace a series expansion with respect to inverse power of time with a perturbation expansion.     

Applicability of a model of the formation of a molecular beam under conditions of translational disequilibrium

In the model of the formation of a molecular beam proposed in [1], Kantrowitz and Grey assumed ideal conditions, namely, the gas stream expands in accordance with an isentropic law, the introduction of the skimmer into the gas stream does not disturb the flow upstream, and the entrance section of the skimmer is the surface of the last collisions. In reality, these assumptions are not always satisfied. In the case of rapid expansion of a supersonic stream of rarefied gas there is a departure from isentropic behavior because of the freezing of the relaxation processes, and the formation of a molecular beam by means of a skimmer changes the gas-dynamic parameters [2, 3]. The aim of the present work was to make a direct experimental verification of the applicability of the model of molecular beam formation from a supersonic stream of rarefied gas under conditions of translational disequilibrium.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 170–173, May–June, 1980.     

Estimate of the applicability limits of a linear theory of internal waves

Using a perturbation method, the applicability limits of a linear theory of internal gravity waves are estimated. It is shown that over a wide range of wavelengths, typical of a real ocean, in studying the dynamics of internal gravity waves it is possible to use a linear approximation, which confirms the validity and adequacy of this approximation for the corresponding spatial and temporal scales of the linear model of wave dynamics.     

Topology of Foliations and Decomposition of Stochastic Flows of Diffeomorphisms

Let M be a compact manifold equipped with a pair of complementary foliations, say horizontal and vertical. In Catuogno et al. (Stoch Dyn 13(4):1350009, 2013) it is shown that, up to a stopping time \(\tau \), a stochastic flow of local diffeomorphisms \(\varphi _t\) in M can be written as a Markovian process in the subgroup of diffeomorphisms which preserve the horizontal foliation composed with a process in the subgroup of diffeomorphisms which preserve the vertical foliation. Here, we discuss topological aspects of this decomposition. The main result guarantees the global decomposition of a flow if it preserves the orientation of a transversely orientable foliation. In the last section, we present an Itô-Liouville formula for subdeterminants of linearised flows. We use this formula to obtain sufficient conditions for the existence of the decomposition for all \(t\ge 0\).     

两自由度振动系统的斜碰撞分析

研究斜碰撞振动系统动力学的一个关键问题是对系统在碰撞前后的状态进行合理描述和正确计算．针对两弹性体斜碰撞问题，基于瞬间碰撞假设，提出了采用步进冲量来分析和求解斜碰撞前后的状态关系；并以弹簧摆和振子组成的两自由度斜碰撞振动系统为例，具体介绍了该算法如何实现．用解析方法讨论了该系统在斜碰撞过程中可能出现的各种力学现象，将冲量步进算法得到的数值解与解析结果进行对比，取得了完全一致的结果．该数值方法能适应多种斜碰撞问题的计算．     

Class of differentially invariant solutions of the submodel of axisymmetric flows of an ideal gas

A class of differentially invariant solutions of a problem with the pressure independent of the radial coordinate is considered for a submodel of steady axisymmetric flows of a polytropic gas. The overdetermined system turns out to be compatible and is integrated. All solutions defining transonic and supersonic flows with a limiting surface are found. These solutions are compared with invariant solutions obtained previously.     

Regimes of sedimentation of a consolidated system of solid spherical particles

The results of the experimental investigation of gravitational sedimentation of a consolidated system of solid monodisperse spherical particles in a viscous liquid are represented over wide ranges of the particle number density and the Reynolds and Stokes numbers. Empirical dependences of the velocity of sedimentation of a particle aggregate and the drag coefficient of a system of particles as functions of the initial volume number density are obtained. The boundary values of the particle number density separating the sedimentation regimes are determined.     

Homogenization of the equations of the Cosserat theory of elasticity of inhomogeneous bodies

The paper deals with the homogenization of a boundary value problem for an inhomogeneous body with Cosserat properties, which is referred to as the original problem. The homogenization process is understood as a method for representing the solution of the original problem in terms of the solution of precisely the same problem for a body with homogeneous properties. The problem for a body with homogeneous properties is called the accompanying problem, and the body itself, the accompanying homogeneous body. As a rule, a constructive homogenization procedure includes the following three stages: at the first stage, the properties of the inhomogeneous body are used to find the properties of the accompanying homogeneous body (efficient properties); at the second stage, the boundary value problem is solved for the accompanying body; at the third stage, the solution of the accompanying problem is used to find the solution of the original problem. This approach was implemented in mechanics of composite materials constructed of numerous representative elements. A significant contribution to the development of mechanics of composites is due to Rabotnov [1–3] and his students. Recently, the homogenization method has been widely used to solve problems for composites of regular structure by expanding the solution of the original problem in a power series in a small geometric parameter equal to the ratio of the characteristic dimension of the periodicity cell to the characteristic dimension of the entire body. The papers by Bakhvalov [4–6] and Pobedrya [7] were the first in the field. At present, there are numerous monographs partially or completely dealing with the method of a small geometric parameter [8–14]. Isolated problems for inhomogeneous bodies with nonperiodic dependence of their properties on the coordinates were considered by many authors. Most of such papers published before 1973 are collected in two vast bibliographic indices [15, 16]. General methods were considered, and many specific problems of the theory of elasticity of continuously inhomogeneous bodies were solved in Lomakin’s papers and his monograph [17]. The theory of torsion of inhomogeneous anisotropic rods was considered in [18]. In 1991, in his Doctoral dissertation, one of the authors of this paper proposed a version of the homogenization method based on an integral formula representing the solution of the original static problem of inhomogeneous elasticity via the solution of the accompanying problem [19, 20]. An integral formula for the dynamic problem of elasticity was published somewhat later [21]. This integral formula was used to develop a constructive method for the homogenization of the dynamic problem of inhomogeneous elasticity, which can be used in the case of both periodic and nonperiodic inhomogeneity of the properties [22]. The integral formula in the case of the Cosserat theory of elasticity was published in [23]. The present paper briefly presents constructive methods for homogenizing the problems of the Cosserat theory of elasticity based on the integral formula.     

Theory of convective combustion of an aerosuspension of fuel which contains an oxidant

In earlier papers [1, 2], the author and Nigmatulin developed a theory of the unsteady propagation of combustion in aerosuspensions of a unitary fuel (a fuel containing an oxidant) at low subsonic velocities of the gas. The assumption of low velocities permits a number of simplifications which reduce the equations describing the mechanics of multiphase reacting media [3, 5] to the equations of unsteady homobaric (with uniform pressure [1, 3, 4, 6]) motion of gas with distributed blowing and heat release. At a constant mass rate of combustion of the particles, these equations have a class of analytic solutions describing the initial stage of convective combustion of aerosuspensions in open and closed regions with allowance for the possible formation of weak shock waves. In the present paper, these solutions are generalized to the case of a more realistic law of combustion of a particle of a unitary fuel [7]. The results are given of a numerical solution to the problems, and these results make it possible, in particular, to analyze the conditions of applicability of the model with a constant mass rate of combustion of the particles.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 152–155, October–December, 1981.