Slip-line field theory of transversely isotropic body

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Mixture modeling of jointed fluidsaturated porous media

The quasi-static equations of motion are studied for bi-laminated fluid-saturated porous media within the framework of non-phenomenological mixture theories. The flow-deformation coupled behavior of the media is governed by Biot's theory for which all constituents are considered compressible. The asymptotic analysis for a periodic microstructure with multiple scales, developed by Hegemier and Murakami, is adopted to obtain the equations of equilibrium and mass conservation in a binary saturated porous medium. The multiscale analysis appears to be advantageous for dealing with consolidation phenomena because it is capable of transforming a coupled, transient problem into two decoupled, steady-state ones. Various models with different degrees of approximation are generated, and among them a theory for saturated rocks with a single joint system is described. Mixture properties are expressed explicitly in terms of characteristics of intact and joint material. The most distinctive feature of this model comes from the fact that some cross terms, that have not been included in previous models, appear in the constitutive equations for fluid mass change and fluid flux. These cross terms are physically understood because they simply take into account effects occurring on the local level: the deformation-flow coupled phenomenon, the stress continuity and displacement compatibility conditions. These novel results may have far-reaching consequences for future theoretical modeling and experimental programs in two-phase fluid-filled porous media.     

Insights into mechanical properties of certain bio-inspired branched structures

This study is concerned with the motion and displacement of points on branches of a bio-inspired sympodial tree-like structure of a different hierarchy. First, displacements of points of a sympodial-like tree are recorded in pull-and-release experiments to get a qualitative insight into their behaviour. Then, a sympodial-type structure is analyzed, starting from its trunk, along a first-order branch and along an external and internal second-order branch. Given the fact that each point on branches performs in-plane vibration, their corresponding mechanical model consists of two orthogonal springs of unknown directions and unknown stiffness coefficients. Their directions actually correspond to the principal axes, which are obtained for the first time in the analytical form in terms of system’s geometrical and material parameters. The additional novelty lies in demonstrating how the position of their principal axes changes along each branch. Extreme displacements along principal axes are obtained as well, defining the ellipse of displacement for each point on branches of different order and position. The advantages of branched structures with respect to T-shaped structures that are commonly used in engineering are discussed and emphasized.     

A Proper Metaphysics for Cognitive Performance

The general failure to individuate component causes in cognitive performance suggests the need for an alternative metaphysics. The metaphysics of control hierarchy theory accommodates the fact of self-organization in nature and the possibility that intentional actions are self-organized. One key assumption is that interactions among processes dominate their intrinsic dynamics. Scaling relations in response time variability motivate this assumption in cognitive performance.     

Fractal porous media II: Geometry of porous geological structures

Some geological structures are analysed and found to be fractal. An interesting feature is the very large range of scales involved; the spreading dimension is also measured for some of them. The consequences of these measurements on the analysis of transport processes in porous media are presented - the existence of fractal structures multiplies the variety of actual porous media.     

Dynamic expansion of a spherical cavity within a rate-dependent compressible porous material

The problem of shock expansion of cavities in geological or geologically derived media is of fundamental interest because it is closely related to the blast problem (propagation of waves from an explosion source) as well as to crater formation by hypervelocity projectile impact. Since rock and cementitious materials exhibit very strong high-rate and high-confinement sensitivities, those effects cannot be neglected in a realistic analysis of penetration events. In this paper a new model for the shock expansion of a spherical cavity in an infinite medium that displays very strong high-rate and high-confinement sensitivities is proposed. Waves are generated by an instantaneous rise of the pressure at the surface of the cavity.     

Simulation of dynamic processes in three-dimensional layered fractured media with the use of the grid-characteristic numerical method

This paper touches upon the computer simulation of the propagation of elastic waves in three-dimensional multilayer fractured media. The dynamic processes are described using the defining system of equations in the partial derivatives of the deformed solid mechanics. The numerical solution of this system is carried out via the grid-characteristic method on curvilinear structural grids. The fractured nature of the medium is accounted for by explicitly selecting the boundaries of individual cracks and setting special boundary conditions in them. Various models of heterogeneous deformed media with a fractured structures are considered: a homogeneous medium, a medium with horizontal boundaries, a medium with inclined boundaries, and a medium curvilinear boundaries. The wave fields detected on the surface are obtained, and their structures are analyzed. It is demonstrated that it is possible to detect the waves scattered from fractured media even in the case of nonparallel (inclined and curvilinear) boundaries of geological layers.     

Wave propagation and resonance phenomena in inhomogeneous media

The waveguide and resonance properties of inhomogeneous penetrable one–dimensional–periodical structures that consist of two different media are studied within the framework of a one–dimensional approximation. The pass and stop bands are determined. A dispersion relation for all the waveguide modes is obtained. Explicit expressions for low waveguide frequencies and corresponding phase velocities of waveguide modes for mono– and polydisperse media are found. The influence of the polydispersity of the sizes of heterogeneities on the low frequencies of a pass band is considered. A pass band in the range of low frequencies is detected. It is shown that the polydispersity does not affect the waveguide properties of a medium at low frequencies of the first pass band. The resonance phenomena in periodical media and structures are investigated. The resonance phenomena are shown to occur for an unlimited discrete set of frequencies if the group velocity of the waveguide mode for them is zero; in this case, the growth of the oscillation amplitude is localized in the neighborhood of a source (localization of the resonance). A synchrophasotron resonance at which the infinite chain of oscillation sources has the oscillations phase of a corresponding traveling wave from the pass band is detected.     

Discontinuous wave interaction with interfaces between anisotropic elastic media

The problem about dynamic interaction of discontinuous waves with interfaces between anisotropic elastic media is considered. To investigate this phenomenon accompanied by formation of reflected and refracted quasi-longitudinal and quasi-shear discontinuous waves, a technique based on joint usage of the zero approximation of the ray theory and method of stereomechanical impact is proposed. It is used for the analysis of the wave front transformation, scattering and focusing. The setup problem solutions can be applied to discovering the most seismically hazardous zones in the earth’s crust, interpretation of geophysical data about geological rock structures and the analysis of the causes of dynamic delamination of layered composite and nanomaterials.     

External motion resistance caused by rut sinkage of a tracked vehicle

This paper deals with the external motion resistance of a tracked vehicle caused by rut formation (sinkage) or compression of soil under the tracks. It is shown that the relationship between the applied load and the sinkage for a loading test using a plate is represented by a hyperbola. Based on the above relationship, the external motion resistance caused by the rut formation of a tracked vehicle is estimated by considering the work done by overcoming the ground pressure and the resistance. Further, measurements of the external motion resistance were carried out by using a tracked vehicle and the experimental results are compared with the theoretical ones, and the reliability of the above method is confirmed experimentally.     

Multiresolution Wavelet Scale Up of Unstable Miscible Displacements in Flow Through Heterogeneous Porous Media

We describe scale up of geological models of field-scale porous media using a new method based on the wavelet transformations. The porous media of interest contain broadly-distributed and correlated permeabilities. Wavelet transformation of the permeability field of such porous media coarsens the geological model from smallest to largest length scales, drastically reduces the number of equations to be solved, preserves the important information on the permeability field at all the relevant length scales, and yields numerical results for any fluid flow property that are as accurate as those that are obtained with the highly detailed geological model of the same porous media. To test this method, we carry out extensive computer simulations of unstable miscible displacement processes and the associated viscous fingering phenomenon in highly heterogeneous porous media, both with the fine-scale geological model and the coarsened model. Excellent agreement is found between the results of the two sets of simulations.     

地球流变学研究现状

地球流变学研究地球介质的流变学性质、地质构造的形成和演化、地震的前兆及其发展、泥石流、岩浆流、冰川运动等地学问题。它是介于地球科学和力学之间的边缘学科。本文介绍地球流变学的进展,包括:岩石蠕变实验,利用观测数据反演地球流变学性质,岩石圈变形分析,动力热体系,地质构造、矿物颗粒的定向分布以及地震过程与流变学的关系。      

Permeability of Porous Media from Simulated NMR Response

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) is an increasingly popular well-logging tool in petroleum industry because it is the only tool that attempts to estimate formation permeability. In this paper, spatially correlated porous media are generated. Permeabilities of these media are computed by the lattice Boltzmann method. NMR relaxation responses are simulated by a random walk technique and formation factors are computed by solving a Laplacian equation. The testing of commonly used NMR permeability correlations shows that three conditions should be met for the validity of these correlations. The surface relaxivity should not vary significantly. The formation factor should depend only on porosity. And the characteristic pore body radius should be proportional to the characteristic throat radius. The correlations are improved by including surface relaxivity and formation factor.     

Influence of dynamic processes in a film on damage development in an adhesive base

In the process of deformation of such multilayer structures, significant stresses can arise on the foundation-coating interface because of the difference in their physical and mechanical properties, which can result in fracture or coating separation. The action of static or impact loads on damage onset and development in the adhesive layer in such multilayer structures has been investigated almost completely, but similar processes in the case of suddenly applied vibration loads have not been studied to a large extent. The latter draw attention because of the fact that even small variable actions can localize vibrations near the imperfections (inclusions, defects, etc.) and can be accompanied with an increase in the damage of the adhesion layer, which results in partial separation of the film. In the present paper, the possibility of vibration localization in damaged regions and the influence of the localization on the damage development till the film separation are studied. The first of the possible scenarios of the damage region behavior is its monotone increase. The second scenario of damage behavior is its constant stepwise growth. In this case, damage increases on some time intervals and is constant between the intervals. Under the conditions obtained in the paper, this second scenario can be transformed into the first one. The third scenario is that damage does not increase. This scenario can be realized under sufficiently large vibration load frequencies. Some conditions under which damage behavior is determined by the localized oscillating part of the solution are derived.     

汾渭盆地地裂缝成因研究中的若干关键问题

汾渭盆地是我国地裂缝发育最强烈的地区,地裂缝类型多样,成因复杂。本文概述了汾渭盆地地裂缝的分布规律,分析了目前汾渭盆地地裂缝成因研究中存在的主要问题,重点围绕构造型地裂缝的成因问题,提出如下研究思路:通过多学科联合手段,重点研究汾渭盆地地裂缝灾害的分布规律及其与活动构造的分布关系与成生联系,建立构造地裂缝的地质结构模型;将现代物理数值模拟技术与高精度观测技术相结合,分析研究构造活动启动地裂缝灾害的力学机理以及构造作用与抽水作用耦合致裂机理;以GPS观测资料为约束,将汾渭盆地地裂缝的成生与青藏、华北大陆变形的动力学过程联系起来,研究该区地裂缝与现今中国大陆动力学的内在联系,揭示大陆驱动力产生地质灾害的动力学机制与模式。     

220kV盐津变电所北部边坡变形机制分析

该填土边坡位于云南省盐津县,场地岩土层主要由人工填土、耕植土和粉质粘土等第四系松散堆积层,以及全-强风化泥岩和中-微风化细砂岩等下伏基岩组成。全-强风化泥岩呈紫红色,岩质软弱,具有遇水软化成泥且强度迅速降低的特点。经过2d的强降雨之后,该填土边坡开始蠕滑变形,从地形地貌、地层岩性、地质构造、水文地质条件等场地条件和人类活动等方面对边坡的变形机制进行了分析。结果表明:边坡变形特征是一种推移式蠕滑变形,场地平整填方加载是造成边坡变形的诱发因素,不良的地形地貌、地质结构和地下水条件是导致边坡蠕滑变形的内在因素。     

基于群集理论的高阶对称结构可动性判定

基于群集理论,对由转动副及刚性连杆单元构成的高阶对称过约束体系进行了可动性分析。由于该类结构不同于铰接杆系结构,且自应力模数较高,很难用常规可动性判定方法来研究结构的几何稳定性。本文首先从单根单元的广义力平衡方程出发,建立了整体结构的平衡矩阵及位移协调矩阵,并从其零空间分别得到了机构位移模数及自应力模数。随后,根据对称群的不可约子空间及特征标,得到了位移模数及自应力模数的对称表示,从而根据二者的对称属性判定结构的可动性。算例结果表明,本文所述方法合理可行,且讨论的三个高阶对称结构皆被证明是单自由度可动的。     

Rough external feedback control of microcantilevers in atomic force microscopy

External feedback control of microcantilevers was previously demonstrated to be one of promising techniques to develop high-performance noncontact atomic force microscopy, but it has a difficulty in reproducing oscillatory waveforms of fast vibrating microcantilevers. Here we propose an approach to overcome this difficulty by using approximate waveforms for vibrations of the cantilevers, instead of the actual ones, as control signals. The approximations are very simple and consist of the lowest frequency and constant components. We call the proposed technique, rough external feedback control, to distinguish it from the original one. The efficiency and validity of our approach are demonstrated by numerical simulations, and numerical bifurcation analyses are carried out.     

Miscible Displacements of Reactive and Anisotropic Dispersive Flows in Porous Media

The viscous fingering instability of miscible reactive–dispersive flows in a homogeneous porous media is investigated through nonlinear numerical simulations. In particular, the role of velocity-dependent transverse and longitudinal dispersions as well as the type and rate of auto-catalytic chemical reactions is analyzed. It is found that for a third-order auto-catalytic reaction, the higher the reaction rate, the more complex the finger structures. Furthermore, major differences between the flow development of third-order and second-order autocatalytic reactions are reported. In addition, the anisotropy and velocity dependence of the dispersion tensor are found to have a more profound effect on the fingering instability in the case of reactive flows than in the non-reactive ones. The qualitative characterization of the finger structures is explained by examining the flow velocity field and further quantified through an analysis of the average concentration and relative contact area.     

工程活动断裂鉴定的时限标准讨论

鉴定工程活动断裂时限标准的制订需考虑科学性与工程安全性原则。活动断裂时限的确定依赖于对构造活动阶段性与重复性的认识 ,通过对中国大陆晚第四纪以来构造变形与断裂活动性特点的综合分析研究 ,得出了晚更新世晚期 (约距今 3万年 ) ,中国大陆发生了一次广泛的构造变动 ,经历这次构造变动后 ,各地的构造变形特征进入了一个新的阶段 ,其总体活动性质与活动强度没有大的改变 ,这一结果是确定工程活动断裂时限的科学基础。从工程安全性考虑 ,在中国大陆将活动断裂的时限定为晚更新世以来活动过的断裂偏于保守 ;定义为全新世以来活动过的断裂又存在较大的风险。而将晚更新世晚期 (约距今 3万年 )作为鉴定活动断裂的时限从科学意义上有其合理性 ,并符合工程安全性需要。但对一些安全性要求极高的重大工程 ,相关活动断裂的鉴定时限以晚更新世 (约距今 12万年 )为宜