Multifield hyperelasticity: variational theorems for complex bodies

We present some multifield variational principles for complex elastic solids characterized by any material microstructure. Some general constitutive arguments in the context of multifield hyperelasticity are also discussed.     

Static shakedown theorems in piecewise linearized poroplasticity

Summary A fully saturated two-phase solid or structure subjected to variable, in particular cyclic, external actions is described as a nonhardening poroelastoplastic material with piecewise linearized yield loci. With reference to a multifield finite element model, sufficient and necessary conditions for shakedown are established by the static Melan's approach. Shakedown analysis by linear programming is briefly discussed. Received 29 December 1997, accepted for publications 25 June 1998     

协同式专家系统及其在三轴转台故障诊断中的应用

针对传统的专家系统在处理多领域知识方面的缺陷,作提出了一种协同式专家系统,给出了相应的模型和结构,并提出一种裁决算法,将多个涉及不同领域的子专家系统融合起来,共同实现专家系统的多领域问题求解。以此方法构建的TRDES目前已应用于高精密三轴转台的故障诊断中,效果良好。     

Modeling of curing processes based on a multi-field potential. Single- and multiscale aspects

This paper provides a continuum mechanical model for the curing of polymers, including the incompressibility effects arising at the late stages of the process. For this purpose, the free energy density functional is split into a deviatoric and a volumetric part, and a multifield formulation is inserted. An integral formulation of the functional is used to depict the time-dependent material behavior. The model is also coupled with the multiscale finite element method, a numerical approach serving for the modeling of heterogeneous materials with a highly oscillatory microstructure. The effects of the proposed extensions are illustrated on the basis of several numerical examples concerned with the study of the influence of Poisson’s ratio on the curing process and the behavior of the microheterogeneous polymers.     

Interfacial discontinuity relations for coupled multifield phenomena and their application to the modeling of thin interphases as imperfect interfaces

Interfacial continuity and discontinuity relations are needed in dealing with a variety of mechanical and physical phenomena in heterogeneous media. The present work consists of two parts. In the first part concerned with perfect interfaces, two orthogonal projection operators reflecting the interfacial continuity and discontinuity of the field variables of coupled mechanical and physical phenomena are introduced and some coordinate-free interfacial relations involving the surface decomposition of a generic linear constitutive law are deduced. In the second part dedicated to the derivation of a general imperfect interface model for coupled multifield phenomena by applying Taylor's expansion to a 3D curved thin interphase perfectly bonded to its two neighboring phases, the interfacial operators and relations given in the first part are used directly so as to render the derivation more direct and to write the final interfacial jump relations characterizing the model in a unified and compact way. The general imperfect interface model obtained in the present work includes as special cases all the relevant ones reported in the literature.     

THERMAL SHOCK PROTECTION BASED ON MICROTUBE AND MICROPOST ARRAY SURFACE

针对核电站核泵主轴、管道系统等高温环境下工作的部件受冷却水热冲击而容易出现裂纹的问题,提出通过表面微结构设计,利用水低热扩散率的特性,在被热冲击表面产生隔热水膜,从而降低瞬态热冲击过程中表层结构的热应力,防止结构热疲劳损伤. 针对这一设想,采用有限元与无限元相结合的办法,解决热应力分析的多尺度问题. 利用COMSOL多场耦合分析软件,对瞬态热冲击条件下,表面微结构的温度场与热应力分布进行分析,研究了冲击时间、微结构几何参数和流体黏性底层厚度等对微结构表面热冲击防护能力的影响. 研究发现,表面微柱或微管结构对降低短时间冷水冲击产生的表面热应力具有显著效果,同时在微结构与基底之间存在最优过渡曲面使表面热应力最小化.     

Uniqueness and minimum theorems for a multifield model of brittle solids

Some minimum theorems potentially useful to construct numerical schemes related to quasi-static evolution of damage in brittle elastic solids are proposed. The approach is that of multifield theories, with a second-order damage tensor describing the microcrack density. The use of damage entropy flux and damage pseudo-potential are both investigated.     

广义连续统场论的现状和展望

对广义连续统场论的发展过程加以回顾,对其发展现状加以综述,并对包括其目标、非线性理论、多场问题、计算机化趋势、物理参数和应用等今后的研究方向提出了若干建议．      

The generalized Hamiltonian model for the shafting transient analysis of the hydro turbine generating sets

Traditional rotor dynamics mainly focuses on the steady- state behavior of the rotor and shafting. However, for systems such as hydro turbine generating sets (HTGS) where the control and regulation is frequently applied, the shafting safety and stabilization in transient state is then a key factor. The shafting transient state inevitably involves multiparameter domain, multifield coupling, and coupling dynamics. In this paper, the relative value form of the Lagrange function and its equations have been established by defining the base value system of the shafting. Taking the rotation angle and the angular speed of the shafting as a link, the shafting lateral vibration and generator equations are integrated into the framework of generalized Hamiltonian system. The generalized Hamiltonian control model is thus established. To make the model more general, additional forces of the shafting are taken as the input excitation in proposed model. The control system of the HTGS can be easily connected with the shafting model to form the whole simulation system of the HTGS. It is expected that this study will build a foundation for the coupling dynamics theory using the generalized Hamiltonian theory to investigate coupling dynamic mechanism among the shafting vibration, transient of hydro turbine generating sets, and additional forces of the shafting.     

Chemo-thermomechanical ageing of elastomers based on multiphase continuum mechanics

This article concerns the constitutive representation of one of the chemical ageing processes that occur in elastomers, chemo-thermomechanical ageing, which takes place as an irreversible, time-delayed chemical reaction when a medium diffuses into an unlike solid. This process is inhomogeneous in component parts of finite thickness, and as it can be thermally activated, ageing is accelerated on an increase in temperature. The application of multiphase continuum mechanics to these basic characteristics enables a thermodynamically coupled material model to be formulated, which is able to describe not only the viscoelasticity, but also the chemical decomposition and reformation processes that occur in the polymer network. The evolution principle of Liu-Müller is used to evaluate the thermomechanical consistency of the model obtained. Subsequent to this, the finite element method is applied to solve the resulting set of partial equations, which corresponds to a coupled multifield problem. The article closes with convincing simulations of illustrative examples.     

移动接触线的物理力学研究

移动接触线,指两种互不相溶的流体在固体表面形成移动的三相接触区域。移动接触区域跨越多个尺度,其中三相物质之间的相互作用影响着整个流场的动力学特征。由于在能源、航天、生物等领域中的重要应用和迅速发展,移动接触线在新的应用背景下发展了新的难题。标度分析是度量接触线自相似扩展的重要手段。本文以移动接触线的标度关系为主线,介绍了“力–电–热–化学”多场耦合环境下,亲水内角、微柱阵列、可溶解固体、水力压裂滞后区等复杂几何结构的刚性/柔性固体表面,采用物理力学方法对于移动接触线动力学属性研究的进展。通过跨尺度实验研究、大规模分子动力学模拟和分子动理论/水动力学理论相结合的方法,发现了类固体前驱膜、单分子前驱水链、锯齿形接触线等新现象。从原子尺度的界面结构到连续尺度的流动特性,讨论了移动接触线自相似扩展的标度关系,以及其驱动来源、能量耗散、边界条件等物理机制和规律,为多物理场中的“Huh-Scriven佯谬”探索了解答,为移动接触线的前景和应用提出了展望。     

Physical mechanics investigations of moving contact lines

移动接触线,指两种互不相溶的流体在固体表面形成移动的三相接触区域.移动接触区域跨越多个尺度,其中三相物质之间的相互作用影响着整个流场的动力学特征.由于在能源、航天、生物等领域中的重要应用和迅速发展,移动接触线在新的应用背景下发展了新的难题.标度分析是度量接触线自相似扩展的重要手段.本文以移动接触线的标度关系为主线,介绍了"力-电-热-化学"多场耦合环境下,亲水内角、微柱阵列、可溶解固体、水力压裂滞后区等复杂几何结构的刚性/柔性固体表面,采用物理力学方法对于移动接触线动力学属性研究的进展.通过跨尺度实验研究、大规模分子动力学模拟和分子动理论/水动力学理论相结合的方法,发现了类固体前驱膜、单分子前驱水链、锯齿形接触线等新现象.从原子尺度的界面结构到连续尺度的流动特性,讨论了移动接触线自相似扩展的标度关系,以及其驱动来源、能量耗散、边界条件等物理机制和规律,为多物理场中的"Huh-Scriven佯谬"探索了解答,为移动接触线的前景和应用提出了展望.     

Spectral Problem for Shells with Fluid

Variational eigenvalue equations describing vibrations of orthotropic shells containing an ideal incompressible fluid are obtained. The vibration frequencies are assumed to be small, which makes it possible to use linear equations and to consider the boundary of the wet surface of the shell to be unchanged. The equations of anisotropic shells are based on the linear relations of multifield theory, which allows to obtain a more accurate model of anisotropic shells that satisfies the conditions of the finite-element method. The fluid flow is considered irrotational and is described using the Laplace equation. A finite-element algorithm is designed to determine the natural frequencies and modes of vibrations of an arbitrary multilayer orthotropic shell of revolution which is partially filled with an ideal incompressible fluid. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 46, No. 6, pp. 128–135, November–December, 2005.     

The elliptic paraboloid failure surface for transversely isotropic materials off-axis loaded

The elliptic paraboloid failure surface has been well established as a potential criterion for yielding and failure of transversely isotropic materials, presenting also the strength differential effect [1]. This was done by extending well established criteria for isotropic materials presenting the strength differential effect (SDE), through an introduction process which maintained basic physical principles for the anisotropic materials. All previous literature concerned the special case where the principal axes of the external loading coincided with the principal strength axes of the material. In this paper the most general case where the two systems of frames are arbitrarily oriented relatively to each other is considered. In this situation the simplifications derived from the coincidence of the external principal stress and material principal strength axes are lost and the material should be considered as a general orthotropic one. The general properties for such types of loading of the transversely isotropic material are established by maintaining the general features of the failure locus invariant. Then, this study completes the investigation of yielding and failure mode of such materials considering the most general case of their loading.     

Some Primitive Concepts in Continuum Mechanics Regarded in Terms of Objective Space-Time Molecular Averaging: The Key Rôle Played by Inertial Observers

In Continuum Mechanics the notions of body, material point, and motion, are primitive. Here these concepts are derived for any (possibly time-dependent) material system via mass and momentum densities whose values are local spacetime averages of molecular quantities. The averaging procedure necessary to ensure molecular-based densities can be agreed upon by all observers (that is, are objective) has implications for constitutive relations. Specifically, such relations should first be expressed in terms of Galilean-invariant functions of the motion relative to an inertial frame. Thereafter such relations can be re-phrased for general observers, thereby yielding general-frame constitutive relations compatible with material frame-indifference. Two postulates concerning observer agreement (which together constitute a statement of material frame-indifference) are shown to imply that any stress response function which is assumed to depend upon the motion in an inertial (general) frame must be Galilean-invariant (invariant under superposed rigid body motions). Accordingly, invariance under superposed rigid body motions is not a fundamental tenet of continuum physics, but rather a consequence of material frame-indifference whenever constitutive dependence upon motion in a general observer frame is postulated.