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Investigation of the Stability Problems of Elastic Bodies Using the Method of Mathematical Theory of Elasticity

In this paper,using the equilibrium equations and boundary conditionsof elastic stability problem of Новожилов and the method of mathematicaltheory of elasticity,we solve some elastic stability problems,which werestudied byищлинскииandвоицеховская,and obtained more reason-able results than theirs.     

Model of Self‐Organization of an Ensemble of Cracks Radiating Sound

A model of selforganization of cracks arising in a rock specimen (granite) compressed by a press is proposed. The model is based on the assumption of acoustic wave interaction between the cracks. To construct the model of selforganization of cracks, solutions of the Fokker–Planck equation are used. The experimentally observed spontaneous increase in the activity of acoustic emission, spatial and temporal clusterization, and formation of a fractal structure in rock specimens under constant and slowly varying loads are explained.     

Homogenization of the nonlinear Kelvin–Voigt model of viscoelasticity and of the Prager model of plasticity

Denoting by the stress tensor, by the linearized strain tensor, by A the elasticity tensor, and assuming that is a convex potential, the inclusion accounts for nonlinear viscoelasticity, and encompasses both the linear Kelvin–Voigt model of solid-type viscoelasticity and the Prager model of rigid plasticity with linear kinematic strain-hardening. This relation is assumed to represent the constitutive behavior of a space-distributed system, and is here coupled with the dynamical equation. An initial- and boundary-value problem is formulated, and the existence and uniqueness of the solution are proved via classical techniques based on compactness and monotonicity. A composite material is then considered, in which the function and the tensor A rapidly oscillate in space. A two-scale model is derived via Nguetseng’s notion of two-scale convergence. This provides a detailed account of the mesoscopic state of the system. Any dependence on the fine-scale variable is then eliminated, and the existence of a solution of a new single-scale macroscopic model is proved. The final outcome is at variance with the nonlinear extension of the generalized Kelvin–Voigt model, which is based on an apparently unjustified mean-field-type hypothesis.     

Control of chaotic oscillations of a satellite

Analytical conditions and practical methods of their realization are proposed to solve a problem of a command signal tracking for a nonlinear disturbed system.Non- linear disturbed plants consisting of linear dynamic block and nonlinear block in feedback are considered.Nonlinear part of the plant and disturbance are unknown and bounded. The paper illustrates a possibility of applications of proposed algorithms to control libra- tion angle of satellite.     

Analytic model of deformation of construction interfaces of rolled control concrete dam

The construction interfaces of RCCD have a distinct influence on the deformation of dams. The characters and rules on deformation of construction interfaces are studied. The methods simulating the deformation of the interfaces at different stages are proposed. A thickness analytic model and a no-thickness analytic model of construction interfaces are built. These models can reflect the elastic deformation, the attenuation creep deformation, the irreversible creep deformation and the accelerating creep defor- mation of interfaces. The example shows that these proposed models can simulate the deformation of the dam structure objectively. Especially, the results of the thickness analytic model which simulates the gradual changing regularities of interfaces can tally with those of monitoring in situ preferably. The methods proposed and the analytic models can be generalized and applied to general concrete dams, especially to the analysis on deformation rules of fault and interlayer in dam base.     

Modeling of the Front of Melting and Destruction of a Melt Film During Gas‐Laser Cutting of Metals

The products of laser cutting of metals on an automated laser setup are investigated. Results of model experiments are presented, where soft wax was used instead of metal transforming into the melt; soft wax filled a narrow flat slot between two glass plates and was removed by a heated air stream. The physical processes of melting of the liquidwax film, its destruction, and entrainment by the gas jet being assumed to be analogous to the processes of metalmelt spraying inside the cut in fullscale experiments, the characteristic size of drops formed thereby is evaluated. The modeling results are in qualitative agreement with the results of fullscale experiments. It is shown that the quality of laser cutting of metals directly depends on the character of spraying of the liquid melt and the process of its removal.     

Table of Contents of Volume 36 – 2001

Volume Contents

Table of Contents of Volume 36 – 2001     

Table of Contents of Volume 35 – 2000

Volume Contents

Table of Contents of Volume 35 – 2000     

The exact theory of bending of prismatic shells — an application of transfer matrices

Conclusion In this paper a new application of transfer matrices has been made in connection with the exact theory of bending of prismatic shells. It is shown that use of transfer matrices reduces the number of unknowns from 8 n to four, where n is the total number of walls, for a given integer m. This simplification is specially applicable to structures with open or simply connected closed sections.     

Powell dynamic identification of displacement parameters of indeterminate thin-walled curve box based on FCSE theory

The FCSE controlling equation of pinned thinwalled curve box was derived and the indeterminate problem of continuous thin-walled curve box with diaphragm was solved based on flexibility theory. With Bayesian statistical theory,dynamic Bayesian error function of displacement parameters of indeterminate curve box was founded. The corresponding formulas of dynamic Bayesian expectation and variance were deduced. Combined with one-dimensional Fibonacci automatic search scheme of optimal step size,the Powell optimization theory was utilized to research the stochastic identification of displacement parameters of indeterminate thin-walled curve box. Then the identification steps were presented in detail and the corresponding calculation procedure was compiled. Through some classic examples,it is obtained that stochastic performances of systematic parameters and systematic responses are simultaneously deliberated in dynamic Bayesian error function. The one-dimensional optimization problem of the optimal step size is solved by adopting Fibonacci search method. And the Powell identification of displacement parameters of indeterminate thin-walled curve box has satisfied numerical stability and convergence,which demonstrates that the presented method and the compiled procedure are correct and reliable.During parameters’ iterative processes,the Powell theory is irrelevant with the calculation of finite curve strip element(FCSE) partial differentiation,which proves high computation effciency of the studied method.     

Dynamic Bayesian estimation of displacement parameters of continuous curve box based on Novozhilov theory

The finite strip controlling equation of pinned curve box was deduced on basis of Novozhilov theory and with flexibility method, and the problem of continuous curve box was resolved. Dynamic Bayesian error function of displacement parameters of continuous curve box was found. The corresponding formulas of dynamic Bayesian expectation and variance were derived. After the method of solving the automatic search of step length was put forward, the optimization estimation computing formulas were also obtained by adapting conjugate gradient method. Then the steps of dynamic Bayesian estimation were given in detail. Through analysis of a classic example, the criterion of judging the precision of the known information is gained as well as some other important conclusions about dynamic Bayesian stochastic estimation of displacement parameters of continuous curve box.     

基于Novozhilov理论带隔板连续弯箱位移参数的动态Bayes估计

推导了基于Novozhilov理论的简支弯箱有限曲条控制方程,并结合柔度法解决了带隔板连续弯箱的求解问题。首次建立了带隔板连续弯箱位移参数的动态Bayes误差函数,推导了相应的动态Bayes均值和方差表达式,提出步长的一维自动寻优方案后,结合共轭梯度法研究了带隔板连续弯箱位移参数的动态Bayes估计方法,同时给出了带隔板连续弯箱位移参数具体估计步骤。通过典型算例分析,总结了带隔板连续弯箱位移参数先验信息准确性判定方法及位移参数动态Bayes随机估计的其它重要结论。     

Identification of the dynamic properties of nonlinear vicoelastic materials and the associated wave propagation problem

A method is developed for the identification of the dynamic properties of nonlinear viscoelastic materials using transient response information arising from impact tests. The solutions of the identification problem and that of the associated nonlinear wave propagation problem are shown to be coupled. They are accomplished via application of the method of lines, the Runge-Kutta-Pouzet integration scheme with automatic step size control and Powell's method of unconstrained optimization. Numerical experiments are performed to demonstrate the feasibility, accuracy and stability of the solution procedure established, and wave propagation experiments are conducted to investigate the applicability of the method to a real physical system. The results are of particular interest in the modeling of nonlinear viscoelastic materials and the identification of systems governed by nonlinear hyperbolic partial-integro-differential equations.     

A generalized Paris’ law for fatigue crack growth

An extension of the celebrated Paris law for crack propagation is given to take into account some of the deviations from the power-law regime in a simple manner using the Wöhler SN curve of the material, suggesting a more general “unified law”. In particular, using recent proposals by the first author, the stress intensity factor K(a) is replaced with a suitable mean over a material/structural parameter length scale Δa, the “fracture quantum”. In practice, for a Griffith crack, this is seen to correspond to increasing the effective crack length of Δa, similarly to the Dugdale strip-yield models. However, instead of including explicitly information on cyclic plastic yield, short-crack behavior, crack closure, and all other detailed information needed to eventually explain the SN curve of the material, we include directly the SN curve constants as material property. The idea comes as a natural extension of the recent successful proposals by the first author to the static failure and to the infinite life envelopes. Here, we suggest a dependence of this fracture “quantum” on the applied stress range level such that the correct convergence towards the Wöhler-like regime is obtained. Hence, the final law includes both Wöhler's and Paris’ material constants, and can be seen as either a generalized Wöhler's SN curve law in the presence of a crack or a generalized Paris’ law for cracks of any size.     

RPC箱型桥墩抗震性能的试验研究与数值分析

以RPC箱型桥墩为研究对象,拟定合理结构形式和尺寸,设计了3个RPC箱型墩试件。通过对试件施加常轴力以及水平反复荷载,研究了水平荷载加载方向角对RPC箱型墩抗震性能的影响,分析了各试件的韧性、滞回曲线、骨架曲线、荷载退化曲线和刚度退化曲线等方面的特征,并得出了各试件的位移延性系数和耗能系数。作者编制并验证了单向荷载作用下的全过程非线性数值分析程序。实验与数值结果表明:RPC箱型墩具有较好的抗震性能,水平荷载加载方向角是影响箱型墩抗震性能的一个重要因素;斜向受力构件的抗震性能要弱于主轴受力构件。     

A new hybrid technique for in-plane characterization of orthotropic materials

In this paper we present a novel hybrid procedure for the in-plane mechanical characterization of orthotropic materials. The material identification reverse engineering problem is solved by combining speckle interferometry and numerical optimization. The rationale behind the entire process is the following: for any specimen to be characterized and which has been subjected to some loading condition, it is possible to express the difference between experimental data and analytical/numerical predictions by means of an error function ψ, which depends on the elastic constants of the material. The ψ error will decrease as the elastic constants come close to their target values. Here, we build the ψ function as the difference between the displacement field measured with speckle interferometry and its counterpart computed by means of finite element analysis. Since the ψ function is highly non-linear, it has to be optimized with a global optimization algorithm, which perform a random search in the elastic constants design space. The hybrid material identification process finally allows us to determine values of the elastic constants. In order to prove the feasibility of the present approach, we have determined the in-plane elastic properties of an eight-ply composite laminate (woven fiberglass-epoxy) used as a substrate for printed circuit boards. The results indicate that the procedure proposed in this paper was able to accurately characterize the material under investigation. Remarkably, the elastic constants found by the identification procedure were less than 0.7% different from their target values, while the residual error between the displacements measured by speckle interferometry and those computed at the end of the optimization process was less than 3%. L. Lamberti is an Assistant Professor, and C. Pappalettere (SEM Member and President of the Italian Society of Stress Analysis) is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Experimental Mechanics, Politecnico di Bari, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Gestionale, Viale Japigia 182, 70126 Bari, Italy     

负高斯曲率曲面薄壁管吸能特性研究

为设计出具备优良吸能特性的薄壁结构,提出一种新型负高斯曲率曲面圆形横截面薄壁管(negative Gaussian curvature surface circular tube, NGC-C)。利用经验证的有限元分析方法对其进行轴向动态冲击模拟,提取各项性能指标,借助复杂比例评估法(complex proportion assessment, COPRAS)将其与传统薄壁吸能结构进行了综合性能对比。采用拉丁超立方抽样法从设计空间中提取样本点并获取各样本点对应性能响应值,建立代理模型。基于该代理模型,借助改进非支配排序遗传算法(non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm, NSGA-Ⅱ)对其进行了多目标优化设计。结果表明:NGC-C综合性能优于传统薄壁吸能结构,经优化后比吸能提高了16.47%,有效压溃长度降低了12.40%,质量减少了20.18%。将负高斯曲率曲面形态引入薄壁管构型,能够提高薄壁管的耐撞性和轴向抗变形能力。     

Analysis of thin-walled curved box beam under in-plane flexure

A higher-order one-dimensional analysis of the in-plane flexural deformation of thin-walled curved box beams is carried out. The main contribution of the present work is to consider an additional degree of freedom accounting for the in-plane distortional deformation of the thin-walled cross section that is accompanied by the in-plane bending deformation. Especially, we develop a systematic procedure to determine this bending distortion and formulate a higher-order beam theory including this additional degree of freedom. The significant contribution of the bending distortion to the beam flexibility is clearly demonstrated through several case studies.     

On the energy conservation and critical velocities for the propagation of a ＂steady-shock＂ wave in a bar made of cellular material

The propagation of shock waves in a cellular bar is systematically studied in the framework of continuum solids by adopting two idealized material models, viz. the dynamic rigid, perfectly plastic, locking （D-R-PP-L） model and the dynamic rigid, linear hardening plastic, locking （D-R-LHP-L） model, both considering the effects of strain-rate on the material properties. The shock wave speed relevant to these two models is derived. Consider the case of a bar made of one of such material with initial length L 0 and initial velocity v i impinging onto a rigid target. The variations of the stress, strain, particle velocity, specific internal energy across the shock wave and the cease distance of shock wave are all determined analytically. In particular the ＂energy conservation condition＂ and the ＂kinematic existence condition＂ as proposed by Tan et al. （2005） is re-examined, showing that the ＂energy conservation condition＂ and the consequent ＂critical velocity＂, i.e. the shock can only be generated and sustained in R-PP-L bars when the impact velocity is above this critical velocity, is incorrect. Instead, with elastic deformation, strain-hardening and strain-rate sensitivity of the cellular materials being considered, it is appropriate to redefine a first and a second critical impact velocity for the existence and propagation of shock waves in cellular solids. Starting from the basic relations for shock wave propagating in D-R-LHP-L cellular materials, a new method for inversely determining the dynamic stress-strain curve for cellular materials is proposed. By using e.g. a combination of Taylor bar and Hopkinson pressure bar impact experimental technique, the dynamic stress-strain curve of aluminum foam could bedetermined. Finally, it is demonstrated that this new formulation of shock theory in this one-dimensional stress state can be generalized to shocks in a one-dimensional strain state, i.e. for the case of plate impact on cellular materials, by simply making proper replacements of the elastic and plastic constants.