Harmonic distrotions under nonlinear periodic deformation of fluid polymers

Conclusions 1. It has been shown for a number of viscoelastic fluid systems that under nonlinear periodic deformation, the contribution of the third harmonic of the stress to the fundamental does not exceed 20% of the amplitude.2. In the case of clay soil and melt of filled polyethylene, the shape of the stress waves is essentially definable by the relative phase angle of the third harmonic of the stress and is practically independent of the deformation amplitude in a growing nonlinear range of deformation.3. In the case of the polyethylene melt, the amplitude dependence of the phase angles of the stress harmonics is in satisfactory agreement with the analysis of model I. With increasing deformation amplitude, the modulus vector of the first harmonic rotates counterclockwise and remains in the first trigonometric quadrant; the modulus vector of the third harmonic passes from the second to the third quadrant, and the modulus vector of the fifth harmonic passes from the second to the fourth quadrant via the third.Institute of Polymer Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR, Riga. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 5, pp. 893–898, September–October, 1978.     

An investigation on the influence of slot injection/suction on the spreading of a thin film under gravity on a rotating disk

We investigate the influence of slot injection/suction on the axisymmetric spreading of a thin film under the influence of gravity and rotation. The effects of surface tension are ignored. We allow a very thin film to precede the bulk of the fluid to overcome the singularity which arises as a consequence of applying the no-slip boundary condition. We show how the width of the slot and magnitude of the injection/suction influences the height of ridges and depth of cavities on the profile of the free surface of the thin film. Rotation increases the depth of the cavities and the height of the ridges as compared to the effects of gravity alone. The presence of rotation also results in the formation of a breaking wave.     

Some observations on the performance of balloons from the rate of rotation of the fan in the F-Type radiosonde

If the rate of ascent of the balloon is constant, the rate of rotation of the fan in the F-Type radiosonde should decrease with height, due to the decrease in the density of the air. It was observed from the radiosonde ascents of Minicoy that the rate of rotation of the fan remained almost unchanged up to even 100 mb. It is shown that this is due to the increase in the rate of ascent of the balloon by about 2% of the value near the ground per km. ascent. Positive evidence of turbulence in the stratosphere is provided by the large fluctuations in the rate of rotation of the fan. It is also observed that the balloon whose fabric at the 50 mb. level is about 0·014 mm. thick bursts due to the turbulence.     

Prediction of the deformation properties of a polymeric composite with a granular-fibrous filler

Conclusion A variant of calculation of the characteristics of the deformation properties of a hybrid composite containing a complex disperse filler in the form of granular particles and short fibers was proposed. The effect of aggregation of the granular filler, the statistical distributions of the fibers by lengths and orientation in the material, and the anisotropy of the fibers are taken into consideration in the calculation. The statistical distribution of the orientation of the fibers is given by a function proportional to the distance from the center to the surface of a triaxial ellipsoid in the corresponding direction. The uniform random distribution of the fibers in bulk and in the plane is a special case of this distribution. The results of the analysis of the effect of the parameters of the statistical distributions of the length and orientation of short fibers on the elasticity characteristics of a composite are reported. The dependence of the creep of the composite on the ratio of the concentration of the components of the complex filler was determined, and the efficiency of partial replacement of a granular filler by a short-fiber filler to inhibit creep of the composite was demonstrated. The possibilities of predicting the long-term creep were experimentally confirmed on the example of LDPE filled with ground limestone and short glass fibers.Presented at the Sixth All-Union Conference on the Mechanics of Polymer and Composite Materials (Riga, November, 1986).Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, No. 5, pp. 898–909, September–October, 1987.     

The thermodynamically consistent equations of a thermoelastic saturated porous medium

A phenomenological model of a porous medium saturated with fluid is considered with in the framework of the hypothesis of interpenetrating continua. Assuming that there are no phase transitions, that the contribution of pulsations to the stress tensor and kinetic energy is small, and the components of the medium are in thermal equilibrium, mass, momentum and energy equations and a law of conservation of compatibility of the deformations and velocities are formulated. Using a representation of the force of interaction of the components in the form of the sum of equilibrium and dissipative components, a new form of inequality is obtained for the rate of entropy production. A definition of a thermoelastic saturated porous medium is given. The symmetry group of such a medium is considered as a set of two groups, corresponding to the symmetry of the skeleton and the fluid. It is shown that, in the class of thermoelastic porous media with an arbitrary type of symmetry of the skeleton, the saturating fluid can only be an ideal fluid, while the thermodynamic potentials and the porosity, stresses and entropies determined by them do not depend on the temperature gradient and the relative fluid velocity. It is found that the condition of incompressibility of only one of the components of the medium leads to the elimination of the porosity from the governing relations, rather than to kinematic limitations. The limitations imposed on the governing relations by the principle of thermodynamic consistency and the requirement of independence of the choice of the frame of reference are investigated. A form of the governing relations, necessary and sufficient to satisfy these principles, is obtained. It is shown that the Biot equations are one of the forms of thermodynamically consistent governing relations. A thermodynamic validation of the effective-stress tensor is given.     

Identification and orbit determination of a tethered satellite system

Orbital motion of a tethered satellite system, composed of two satellites and an inextensible tether, is considered by using a perturbed two-body model. This approach is adopted so that the determination of the orbit of one of the satellites can be attempted without using observations of the motion of the other satellite in the system. The identification of the tethered condition of the system using observations of only one of the satellites in the tethered satellite system is considered. The characteristics of the `tether perturbed' motion of the observed satellite are investigated. Estimation of the state of the system using near perfect data is also illustrated. Observations of one satellite provide the entire state of the system and a parameter involving the ratio of the masses of satellites and the tether length.     

Dynamically equilibrium shapes and directions of motion of ocean current rings

The dynamically equilibrium shapes of a uniform-density rotating mass of liquid (a ring) in the surface layer of a quiescent stratified ocean are determined. The examination is carried out in a plane tangential to the Earth, taking into account the vertical and horizontal projections of the angular velocity of its rotation. Exact solutions of the equations of motion of an ideal incompressibe fluid are obtained, making it possible, for a linearly stratified ocean, to determine the dynamic all equilibrium shape of the interfaces of water masses and the free boundaries of cyclonic and antocyclonic rings. These shapes comprise second-order surfaces inclined to the water level in the meridian plane, the type of surfaces depending on the governing parameters of the problem. Expressions are obtained for the angles of inclination of the principal axes. For small deviations from equilibrium, due to a difference in the gravitational forces and Archimedes forces, motion of the ring occurs, governed by the inclination of the principal axes and the nature of change (increase or reduction) in the average density of the ring, determined by the ratio of the rates of diffusion of heat and salt. The displacement along the parallel comprises geostrophic motion, for the velocity of which an analytical expression is obtained. The displacement along the meridian comprises motion over an inclined plane. An analytical expression is given that relates the change in the depth of the centre of mass of the ring to the velocity of motion along the meridian through the angle of inclination of the principal axes of the ring. This explains the motion of both types of Gulf Stream ring to the south-west and of the Oyasio ring to the north-east.     

The stability of the equilibrium of two-phase elastic solids

The distinctive features of the loss of stability of elastic solids which undergo phase transitions are investigated for the case of small deformations. The non-uniqueness of the solution of the boundary-value problem for the describing of the thermodynamic equilibrium of a two-phase body is caused by the non-linearity associated with the unknown interface. The solution can be chosen by comparing the potential energies of the body in the two-phase and single phase states and by analysing of the local stability of the two-phase states. A linearized boundary-value problem is formulated which describes infinitesimal small perturbations of an initial two-phase state which is in thermodynamic equilibrium. Analysis of the stability of the two-phase state reduces to an investigation of the bifurcation points and the behaviour of the small solutions of the system of integrodifferential equations in terms of functions describing the perturbations of the interface. The problem of the non-uniqueness and loss of stability of centrisymmetric equilibrium two-phase deformations is investigated as an example. A theorem concerning the number of centrisymmetric solutions is proved. The energy changes accompanying the formation and development of two-phase states and the stability of the solutions obtained are investigated. The concept of topological instability as a bifurcation is introduced, as a result of which the type of geometry of a solution of the boundary-value problem changes and surfaces of separation of the phases actually appear and disappear. Macrodiagrams of the deformational are constructed which demonstrate the effect of deformation softening in the path of a phase transition.     

Numerical inversion of Laplace transform by the method of asymptotic extension of the interval in dynamic viscoelasticity problems

Conclusions 1. A numerical investigation into the process of wave propagation in infinite and finite viscoelastic rods has been carried out by means of the method of asymptotic extension of the interval.2. It is established that use, in the calculations, of kernels of relaxation with weak singularity does not give rise to a stress jump at the wave front.3. The effect of parameters of the Rzhanitsyn kernel on the "erosion" of the wave front has been investigated. It is discovered that the instant of occurrence of a stress that is appreciably different from zero, at points far away from the beginning of the rod, is determined by the long-term modulus of elasticity of the material of the rod.4. The solution of the problem concerned with the propagation of a load impulse of finite duration shows a decrease of the maximum value of the stress in the rod, when the duration of the applied impulse decreases, and an intense change in the shape of the impulse while it propagates along the rod, as a consequence of wave dispersion.P. Stuchka Latvian State University, Riga. Institute of Polymer Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR, Riga. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 5, pp. 864–870, September–October, 1976.     

State of stress and strain of brake-class parachutes

The article describes the special features of the operation of brake-class parachutes. It substantiates the possibility of replacing the solution of the dynamic problem of opening of a brake parachute by the static calculation of its state of stress and strain (SSS). The derivation of the equation of motion of a soft carcassed shell is based on the finite element method. The steady-state solution is obtained by the method of adjustment. As an example the results of calculation of the characteristics of the SSS of a cross-shaped brake parachute are presented. It is shown that in the zone of its lower edge considerable concentrations of tension arise in the tissue, the tissue gradually joins the operation of the carcass; the transverse carcass is unsubstantially loaded. The results of the calculations agree with the experimental data.Translated from Dinamicheskie Sistemy, No. 5, pp. 32–36, 1986.     

On the “genetic memory” of chaotic attractor of the barotropic ocean model

The structure of attractor of barotropic ocean model is studied in this paper. Theorems of the existence of the attractor for the finite dimensional approximation of this model are proved as well as its convergence to the attractor of the model itself. Some properties of stationary solutions of this model and their stability are discussed.The structure of the attractor is partially explained by the sequence of bifurcations the system is subjected to by variations of leading parameters. The principal feature of the studied system is the existence of two “almost invariant” basins of chaotic attractor with very rare transitions between them. This is related to the rise of a couple of non-symmetric stable stationary solutions in the model with symmetric forcing.The “memory” of chaos appears also in the presence of maxima in the spectrum of energy. These maxima correspond either to the principal frequency of the limit cycle which arose in the Hopf bifurcation, or to the frequencies of the Feigenbaum phenomenon.     

Localization of microfailure in fibrous composites

Conclusion When a fibrous composite is loaded, the process of microfailures becomes localized in consequence of the nonuiformity of internal stresses. The degree of localization can be quantitatively characterized by the magnitude of the parameter of localization whose determination was provided in the present work. The dependence of the parameter of localization on the stress applied to the specimen can be measured experimentally from the data on the location of the coordinates of the sources of AE, and it can be calculated theoretically on the basis of the model of failure of the composite. A comparison of the theoretical model with the experimental data makes it possible to determine the magnitude of the overstresses in the fibers of the composite material and the form of the distribution function of these overstresses.Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, No. 3, pp. 437–443, May–June, 1989.     

Free vibrations of a cantilevered plate with a polymer coating

The article considers some of the special characteristics of the free vibrations of a steel cantilevered plate, with the formation of a polymer coating on the plate. It compares the results of an experimental investigation of the effect of internal stresses in the coating on the vibrations and on the static bending of the plate. It demonstrates the possibility of determining the internal stresses in the coating from the change in the frequency of the natural vibrations of a plate with a coating.Institute for the Mechanics of Metal-Polymer Systems, Academy of Sciences of the Belorussian SSR, Gomel'. Translated from Mehanika Polimerov, No. 3, pp. 541–544, May–June, 1970.     

Asymptotic description of stochastic neural networks. I. Existence of a large deviation principle

We study the asymptotic law of a network of interacting neurons when the number of neurons becomes infinite. The dynamics of the neurons is described by a set of stochastic differential equations in discrete time. The neurons interact through the synaptic weights that are Gaussian correlated random variables. We describe the asymptotic law of the network when the number of neurons goes to infinity. Unlike previous works which made the biologically unrealistic assumption that the weights were i.i.d. random variables, we assume that they are correlated. We introduce the process-level empirical measure of the trajectories of the solutions into the equations of the finite network of neurons and the averaged law (with respect to the synaptic weights) of the trajectories of the solutions into the equations of the network of neurons. The result ( Theorem 3.1 below) is that the image law through the empirical measure satisfies a large deviation principle with a good rate function. We provide an analytical expression of this rate function in terms of the spectral representation of certain Gaussian processes.     

Some laws of the elastic properties of oriented fibrous polymers and fibers

The author considers the results of calculations of the limiting values of the elastic properties (modulus of elasticity and load-extension diagram) of the main types of chemical fibers, using a model with "ideal orientation" of the molecules and the derived laws of deformation of polymer chains. A method is proposed for calculating the elastic properties of "ideally oriented" polymers from the velocity of propagation of an elastic deformation pulse and the effective density of the "skeletons" of the polymer chains. Values of the moduli of elasticity of the amorphous regions of the structure of oriented polymers are calculated. The calculated results are compared with experimental data on the elastic properties of fibers.Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 34–42, 1966Paper read at the XIV All-Union Conference on High-Molecular Compounds, Oriented State.     

科研设备共享平台的配套服务水平决策

为解决我国科研转化率低的难题, 科研设备共享平台应运而生, 这类平台不仅可以优化科研设备的社会配置, 同时还可以通过提高服务水平进而提升设备的使用效率。然而服务水平的提升可能会导致用户设备租赁时间的减少, 从而可能导致设备共享机制的有效性得不到充分发挥。为了制定合理的服务水平, 以兼顾服务质量以及设备共享机制的有效性的双重目标, 本文在传统的双边共享平台模型中引入了平台的服务决策。研究发现:制定合理的服务水平可以提高社会效率; 当平台的租金分成比例较小时, 提高服务水平可以提高社会福利; 当平台设置的租赁价格较高时, 平台利润对服务水平的变化具有较强的敏感性; 平台持有少量自有设备可以在一定程度上增加收入, 但过量持有设备会导致共享机制的失灵。     

Bending of a semi-infinite cantilevered plate weakened by a cut with contacting edges

We solve the problem of the bending of a semi-infinite cantilevered plate containing a cut perpendicular to a clamped edge. Contact of the edges of the cut is taken into account in the two-dimensional formulation on the basis of the model of contacting edges on the face of the plate. We study the effect of the boundary on the distribution of the contact reaction and compute the coefficients of force and moment intensity and determine the breakinge load. We compare the results obtained with the solution of the problem not taking account of the contact of the edges of the cut. Translated fromMatematichni Metodi ta Fiziko-Mekhanichni Polya, Vol. 40, No. 2, 1997, pp. 83–86.     

Problem of an elastic half-plane with a crack emerging orthogonally at the boundary

The problem of the half-plane, in which a finite crack emerges orthogonally at the boundary, is studied. On the edges of the crack a self-balancing load is applied. A detailed investigation is carried out for an integral equation with respect to the unknown derivative of the displacement jump, to which the problem can be reduced. The exact solution of the integral equation is constructed with the aid of the Mellin transform and the Riemann boundary value problem for the halfplane. The asymptotic behavior of the solution at both ends of the crack is elucidated. First the asymptotic behavior of the solution at the point of emergence of the crack is obtained and the dependence of this asymptotic behavior on the type of the load is established. For a special form of the load one obtains a simple expression of the stress intensity coefficient. In the case of a general load, the asymptotic behavior is used for the construction of an effective approximate solution on the basis of the method of orthogonal polynomials. As a result, the problem reduces to an infinite algebraic system, solvable by the reduction method.Translated from Dinamicheskie Sistemy, No. 4, pp. 45–51, 1985.     

天然心瓣关闭机理研究

本文在二维模型假定的基础上,从一个新的角度,通过理论分析和实验研究,解决了心脏瓣膜在射血加速相的部分关闭机理以及旋涡在瓣关闭中的作用这两个心瓣关闭机理研究中长期以来一直悬而未决的问题,并指出了窦(或瓣叶后空腔)对有效瓣膜关闭的决定性作用.此外,本文还研究了瓣长、频率等对瓣运动的影响.估计本文的研究对人工心瓣的研制有一定参考作用.