非局部应变梯度理论下纳米梁的力学特性研究

基于非局部应变梯度理论,建立了一种具有尺度效应的高阶剪切变形纳米梁的力学模型.其中,考虑了应变场和一阶应变梯度场下的非局部效应.采用哈密顿原理推导了纳米梁的控制方程和边界条件,并给出了简支边界条件下静弯曲、自由振动和线性屈曲问题的纳维级数解.数值结果表明,非局部效应对梁的刚度产生软化作用,应变梯度效应对纳米梁的刚度产生硬化作用,梁的刚度整体呈现软化还是硬化效应依赖于非局部参数与材料特征尺度的比值.梁的厚度与材料特征尺度越接近,非局部应变梯度理论与经典弹性理论所预测结果之间的差异越显著.     

INVESTIGATIONS ON THE MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NANOBEAMS BASED ON THE NONLOCAL STRAIN GRADIENT THEORY1)

基于非局部应变梯度理论,建立了一种具有尺度效应的高阶剪切变形纳米梁的力学模型. 其中,考虑了应变场和一阶应变梯度场下的非局部效应. 采用哈密顿原理推导了纳米梁的控制方程和边界条件,并给出了简支边界条件下静弯曲、自由振动和线性屈曲问题的纳维级数解. 数值结果表明,非局部效应对梁的刚度产生软化作用,应变梯度效应对纳米梁的刚度产生硬化作用,梁的刚度整体呈现软化还是硬化效应依赖于非局部参数与材料特征尺度的比值. 梁的厚度与材料特征尺度越接近,非局部应变梯度理论与经典弹性理论所预测结果之间的差异越显著.     

基于能量等效原理的应变局部化分析:Ⅱ.有限元解法

以非局部塑性理论为基础,应用状态空间理论,通过局部和非局部两个状态空间的塑性能量耗散率等效原理,提出了一种求解应变局部化问题的新方法,以得到与网格无关的数值解.针对二维问题的屈服函数和流动法则导出了求解非局部内变量的一般方程,并提出了在有限元环境中求解应变局部化问题的应力更新算法.为了验证所提出的方法,对1个一维拉杆和3个二维平面应变加载试件进行了有限元分析.数值结果表明,塑性应变的分布和载荷-位移曲线都随着网格的变小而稳定地收敛,应变局部化区域的尺寸只与材料内尺度有关,而对有限元网格的大小不敏感.对于一维问题,当有限元网格尺寸减小时,数值解收敛于解析解.对于二维剪切带局部化问题,数值解随着网格尺寸的减小而稳定地向唯一解收敛.当网格尺寸减小时,剪切带的宽度和方向基本上没有变化.而且得到的塑性应变分布和网格变形是平滑的.这说明,所提方法可以克服经典连续介质力学模型导致的网格相关性问题,从而获得具有物理意义的客观解.此模型只需要单元之间的位移插值函数具有C~0连续性,因而容易在现有的有限元程序中实现而无需对程序作大的修改.     

考虑非局部效应和记忆依赖微分的广义热弹问题

现有的广义热弹理论主要适用于求解时间尺度极短但空间尺度仍属宏观尺度的广义热弹问题的动态响应,而当所研究的弹性体的特征几何尺寸也属微尺度时,弹性体的力学响应将呈现出强烈的尺寸相关性,现有的广义热弹理论不再适用. 本文基于通过非局部效应和记记依赖微分修正的广义热弹性理论,研究了两端固定、受移动热源作用的有限长热弹杆的动态响应. 建立了问题的控制方程,给出了问题的初始条件及边界条件,运用拉普拉斯变换及其数值反变换,对方程进行了求解. 数值计算中,首先考察了时间延迟因子对模型所预测各物理量分布的影响;然后对比了模型中的时间延迟因子在两种不同类别核函数下(通过归一化条件修正和未修正形式)对各物理量分布的影响效应;最后考察了考虑新的可以描述尺寸效应的非局部因子对无量纲温度、位移及应力的影响,并用图形进行了示例. 结果表明, 时间延迟因子增大,各物理量的峰值变大,传播距离变小,且时间延迟因子在归一化条件修正过的核函数下影响更加显著;非局部参数几乎不影响无量纲温度的分布,轻微影响无量纲位移的分布,但对无量纲应力的峰值的影响显著.      

介质参数反演的广义射线近似方法

在对无粘性介质参数反演问题进行的研究中，引入一种全波场广义射线近似形式，提出一种新的反演参数的方法，文中，首先对由弹性波动方程演变成的声波方程进行分析，引入背景场量和扰动量，并结合Ｇｒｅｅｎ函数理论，得到了介质参数的积分方程；然后结合前人对非均匀介质中波函数局部理论的定性分析，引入一种全波场广度射线近似形式，把问题归结为一个第一类Ｆｒｅｄｈｏｌｍ积分方程；最后对半空间问题层状介质模型进行了反演，算     

基于应变梯度有限元的单层石墨烯振动研究

建立了单层石墨烯等效非局部薄板的一种新的有限元模型,并运用有限元法分析不同边界条件下单层石墨烯振动的小尺度效应。给出了基于弹性应变梯度理论下Kirchhoff板的振动方程。发展了一种4节点24自由度的板单元,用于离散化求解考虑微纳结构尺度效应的高阶微分方程。在研究四边简支板振动时,考虑应变梯度的非局部弹性有限元数值计算结果与理论分析结果相一致。用有限元方法研究了不同尺寸、振动波长、振动模态阶数、边界条件类型以及非局部参数的单层石墨烯振动。     

非局部模型与变形局部化数值模拟

基于非线性身体场论,建立了材料非局部连续模型、变分方程及相应的实时拖带系大变形有限元数值模型,设计了这一模型的数值卷积算法,由于广义函数弱收敛定理和卷积理论,证明所提出的非局部连续模型具备收敛性和稳定性。并阐明了材料特征尺度数学物理意义,统计加权函数的选择原则,数值结果表明非局部模型描述变形局部化问题是适当的。     

梯度型非局部高阶梁理论与非局部弯曲新解法

针对文献中关于纳米结构刚度受非局部效应影响趋势的不一致预测,基于梯度型的非局部微分本构模型,利用迭代法及泰勒展开法求得了非局部高阶应力的无穷级数表达,非局部应力相当于经典弯曲应力与非局部挠度的逐阶梯度之和. 然后推导了梯度型非局部高阶梁弯曲的挠曲轴微分方程,并结合正则摄动思想,求解了非局部挠度的表达式. 最后给出数值算例,具体量化挠度受非局部尺度因子的影响大小. 研究表明:相比于其经典值,纳米结构的非局部弯曲挠度可呈现出或增大或减小或不变的趋势,考虑梯度型非局部高阶应力降低或提高或不影响纳米结构的刚度,具体结果依赖于外载和边界约束的类型. 算例显示外载形式和边界约束条件均各自独立地影响着纳米结构的非局部弯曲挠度,同时首次观察到非局部最大弯曲挠度的位置可能受非局部尺度因子的影响. 研究结论解决了非局部弹性力学应用于纳米结构的若干疑点,并为理论的发展和优化提供支持.      

位势流动和非均匀介质中声波方程的36种形式

声波方程是对大多数声学问题进行数学描述的出发点. 那些得到 广泛应用的经典波动方程及对流波动方程都存在苛刻的适用条件, 即仅适用于描述处于静态或匀速运动状态的定常 均匀介质中的线性无耗散声波. 然而, 很多实际场合并不满足这些严格的适用条件. 本文对经典声波方程和对流声波 方程进行推广, 导出了编号为W1$\sim$W36的36种不同形式的声波方程, 涵盖了处于静止、势流或旋涡流状态下的非均匀 和/或非定常介质中的声波传播问题. 所考虑的声波传播情形包括: (1) 线性波, 即具有小梯度(小振幅)性质; (2)非线性波, 即具有陡峭梯度性质, 包括``波纹'(小振幅大梯度)或者大振幅波. 本文仅考虑非耗散声波, 即排除了由剪切、体积黏度及热传导所引起的耗散. 对具有匀熵或等熵(熵沿流线守恒)性质的均匀介质和非均匀介质中的声传播进行了研究但非等熵(即耗散)情况除外; 另外, 对非定常介质中的 声波问题也进行了分析. 所涉及的介质可以处于静止、匀速运动状态, 或者是非匀速的和/或非定常的平均流动, 包括: (1)低Mach数的势平均流(即不可压缩的平均态), 或高速势平均流(即非均匀可压缩的平均流); ② 变截面管 道中的准一维传播, 包括无平均流的号管和具有低或高Mach数平均流的喷管; 或③平面的、空间的、或轴对称的单 向剪切平均流. 本文没有探讨其他类型的旋涡平均流(将与耗散及其他情形一起留待下一步研究), 例如, 可能与剪切效应相结合的轴对称旋转平均流. 通过对流体力学的一般方程进行消元处理或根据声学变分原理, 导出了36种波动方程, 对一些波动方程还采用这两种方法进行相互校验. 尽管声波方程的36种形式没有涵盖非线性、非均匀与非定常及非匀速运动介质 这3个效应的所有可能的组合情形, 但它们的确包括了孤立状态下的各种效应, 并包括了多种多重效应组合的 情形. 虽然经典波动方程和对流波动方程仅适用于处于静止(或匀速运动)的均匀定常介质中的线性无耗散声波, 但它们在 相关文献中已被广泛采用; 本文给出的36种声波方程提供了它们多种有用的推广形式. 在许多实际应用中, 经典波动方 程和对流波动方程仅是粗略的近似, 声波方程的更一般形式可提供更令人满意的理论模型. 本文每节末尾给出了这些应用 的众多范例. 在这篇评论文章中引用了240篇参考文献.     

考虑非局部效应和记忆依赖微分的广义热弹问题

现有的广义热弹理论主要适用于求解时间尺度极短但空间尺度仍属宏观尺度的广义热弹问题的动态响应,而当所研究的弹性体的特征几何尺寸也属微尺度时,弹性体的力学响应将呈现出强烈的尺寸相关性,现有的广义热弹理论不再适用.本文基于通过非局部效应和记记依赖微分修正的广义热弹性理论,研究了两端固定、受移动热源作用的有限长热弹杆的动态响应.建立了问题的控制方程,给出了问题的初始条件及边界条件,运用拉普拉斯变换及其数值反变换,对方程进行了求解.数值计算中,首先考察了时间延迟因子对模型所预测各物理量分布的影响;然后对比了模型中的时间延迟因子在两种不同类别核函数下(通过归一化条件修正和未修正形式)对各物理量分布的影响效应;最后考察了考虑新的可以描述尺寸效应的非局部因子对无量纲温度、位移及应力的影响,并用图形进行了示例.结果表明,时间延迟因子增大,各物理量的峰值变大,传播距离变小,且时间延迟因子在归一化条件修正过的核函数下影响更加显著;非局部参数几乎不影响无量纲温度的分布,轻微影响无量纲位移的分布,但对无量纲应力的峰值的影响显著.     

Multiple spatial and temporal scales method for numerical simulation of non-classical heat conduction problems: one dimensional case

A multiple spatial and temporal scales method is studied to simulate numerically the phenomenon of non-Fourier heat conduction in periodic heterogeneous materials. The model developed is based on the higher-order homogenization theory with multiple spatial and temporal scales in one dimensional case. The amplified spatial scale and the reduced temporal scale are introduced respectively to account for the fluctuations of non-Fourier heat conduction due to material heterogeneity and non-local effect of the homogenized solution. By separating the governing equations into various scales, the different orders of homogenized non-Fourier heat conduction equations are obtained. The reduced time dependence is thus eliminated and the fourth-order governing differential equations are derived. To avoid the necessity of C¹ continuous finite element implementation, a C⁰ continuous mixed finite element approximation scheme is put forward. Numerical results are shown to demonstrate the efficiency and validity of the proposed method.     

Multiscale asymptotic homogenization for multiphysics problems with multiple spatial and temporal scales: a coupled thermo-viscoelastic example problem

A systematic approach for analyzing multiple physical processes interacting at multiple spatial and temporal scales is developed. The proposed computational framework is applied to the coupled thermo-viscoelastic composites with microscopically periodic mechanical and thermal properties. A rapidly varying spatial and temporal scales are introduced to capture the effects of spatial and temporal fluctuations induced by spatial heterogeneities at diverse time scales. The initial-boundary value problem on the macroscale is derived by using the double scale asymptotic analysis in space and time. It is shown that an extra history-dependent long-term memory term introduced by the homogenization process in space and time can be obtained by solving a first order initial value problem. This is in contrast to the long-term memory term obtained by the classical spatial homogenization, which requires solutions of the initial-boundary value problem in the unit cell domain. The validity limits of the proposed spatial–temporal homogenized solution are established. Numerical example shows a good agreement between the proposed model and the reference solution obtained by using a finite element mesh with element size comparable to that of material heterogeneity.     

Asymptotic homogenization of three-dimensional thermoelectric composites

Thermoelectric composites are promising for high efficiency energy conversion between thermal flows and electric conduction, though their effective behaviors remain poorly understood due to nonlinear thermoelectric coupling. In this paper, we develop an asymptotic homogenization theory to analyze the effective behavior of three-dimensional (3D) thermoelectric composites, built on the observation that the equations governing microscopic field fluctuations in the composite are actually linear instead of nonlinear after separation of length scales. A set of solutions similar to Green's function method are used to construct the unit cell problem, and appropriate interfacial continuity conditions and boundary conditions are derived. The homogenized governing equations are then developed for thermoelectric composites, and they are further reduced for a special case wherein the heat flow and electric conduction in the composite remains one-dimensional (1D) at macroscopic scale, even though the composite itself is 3D in general. The general homogenization theory is implemented using finite element method, and a key constant in the constructed solutions is determined using the reformulated eigenvalue problem. The algorithm is validated, and is applied for a number of case studies for the effective behavior of thermoelectric composites.     

GURTIN VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLE AND FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION FOR DYNAMICAL PROBLEMS OF FLUID-SATURATED POROUS MEDIA

Based on the theory of porous media,a general Gurtin variational principle for theinitial boundary value problem of dynamical response of fluid-saturated elastic porous media isdeveloped by assuming infinitesimal deformation and incompressible constituents of the solid andfluid phase.The finite element formulation based on this variational principle is also derived.Asthe functional of the variational principle is a spatial integral of the convolution formulation,thegeneral finite element discretization in space results in symmetrical differential-integral equationsin the time domain.In some situations,the differential-integral equations can be reduced to sym-metrical differential equations and,as a numerical example,it is employed to analyze the reflectionof one-dimensional longitudinal wave in a fluid-saturated porous solid.The numerical results canprovide further understanding of the wave propagation in porous media.     

Fast Fourier homogenization for elastic wave propagation in complex media

In the context of acoustic or elastic wave propagation, the non-periodic asymptotic homogenization method allows one to determine a smooth effective medium and equations associated with the wave propagation in a given complex elastic or acoustic medium down to a given minimum wavelength. By smoothing all discontinuities and fine scales of the original medium, the homogenization technique considerably reduces meshing difficulties as well as the numerical cost associated with the wave equation solver, while producing the same waveform as for the original medium (up to the desired accuracy). Nevertheless, finding the effective medium requires one to solve the so-called “cell problem”, which corresponds to an elasto-static equation with a finite set of distinct loadings. For general elastic or acoustic media, the cell problem is a large problem that has to be solved on the whole domain and its resolution implies the use of a finite element solver and a mesh of the fine scale medium. Even if solving the cell problem is simpler than solving the wave equation in the original medium (because it is time and source independent, based on simple tetrahedral meshes and embarrassingly parallel) it is still a challenge. In this work, we present an alternative method to the finite element approach for solving the cell problem. It is based on a well-known method designed by H. Moulinec and P. Suquet in 1998 in structural mechanics. This iterative technique relies on Green functions of a simple reference medium and extensively uses Fast Fourier Transforms. It is easy to implement, very efficient and relies on a simple regular gridding of the medium. Through examples we show that the method gives excellent results, even, under some conditions, for discontinuous media.     

Quasi-Static and Dynamic Behavior of Saturated Porous Media with Incompressible Constituents

In this paper the field equations governing the dynamic response of a fluid-saturated elastic porous medium are analyzed and built up for the study of quasi-static and dynamical problems like the consolidation problem and wave propagation. The two constituents are assumed to be incompressible. A numerical solution is derived by means of the standard Galerkin procedure and the finite element method.     

A higher-order nonlocal elasticity and strain gradient theory and its applications in wave propagation

In recent years there have been many papers that considered the effects of material length scales in the study of mechanics of solids at micro- and/or nano-scales. There are a number of approaches and, among them, one set of papers deals with Eringen's differential nonlocal model and another deals with the strain gradient theories. The modified couple stress theory, which also accounts for a material length scale, is a form of a strain gradient theory. The large body of literature that has come into existence in the last several years has created significant confusion among researchers about the length scales that these various theories contain. The present paper has the objective of establishing the fact that the length scales present in nonlocal elasticity and strain gradient theory describe two entirely different physical characteristics of materials and structures at nanoscale. By using two principle kernel functions, the paper further presents a theory with application examples which relates the classical nonlocal elasticity and strain gradient theory and it results in a higher-order nonlocal strain gradient theory. In this theory, a higher-order nonlocal strain gradient elasticity system which considers higher-order stress gradients and strain gradient nonlocality is proposed. It is based on the nonlocal effects of the strain field and first gradient strain field. This theory intends to generalize the classical nonlocal elasticity theory by introducing a higher-order strain tensor with nonlocality into the stored energy function. The theory is distinctive because the classical nonlocal stress theory does not include nonlocality of higher-order stresses while the common strain gradient theory only considers local higher-order strain gradients without nonlocal effects in a global sense. By establishing the constitutive relation within the thermodynamic framework, the governing equations of equilibrium and all boundary conditions are derived via the variational approach. Two additional kinds of parameters, the higher-order nonlocal parameters and the nonlocal gradient length coefficients are introduced to account for the size-dependent characteristics of nonlocal gradient materials at nanoscale. To illustrate its application values, the theory is applied for wave propagation in a nonlocal strain gradient system and the new dispersion relations derived are presented through examples for wave propagating in Euler–Bernoulli and Timoshenko nanobeams. The numerical results based on the new nonlocal strain gradient theory reveal some new findings with respect to lattice dynamics and wave propagation experiment that could not be matched by both the classical nonlocal stress model and the contemporary strain gradient theory. Thus, this higher-order nonlocal strain gradient model provides an explanation to some observations in the classical and nonlocal stress theories as well as the strain gradient theory in these aspects.     

弹性半空间二维出平面自由波场的一维化时域算法

提出了一种计算出平面SH波斜入射时弹性半空间自由波场时域计算的一维化有限元方法。首先利用Snell定律确定平面波沿水平方向的传播规律,在用有限元法对弹性半空间进行离散化时,竖向单元尺寸根据波动有限元模拟精度要求确定,而水平向有限元网格尺寸根据水平向波的传播规律和采用的离散时间步长确定,使得有限元离散模型中任意节点的运动可以用水平向相邻节点的运动表示,从而将二维有限元节点运动方程组化为一维的形式。求解此一维方程组,可得到弹性半空间中一列节点的运动,再根据行波的传播规律,可确定全空间自由波场。理论分析和数值算例表明,该方法具有较高的精度和良好的稳定性。     

流体饱和多孔介质的动力学Gurtin型变分原理和有限元模拟

基于多孔介质理论。在两相不可压和小变形的假设下，建立了流体饱和弹性多孔介质的动力学Gurtin型变分原理，并导出了以此变分原理为基础的有限元离散公式，由于Gurtin型变分原理是卷积型的空间积分泛函，空间的有限元离散导致一个关于时间的对称微分—积分方程组，在一般条件下。该积分—微分方程组可转化为对称的微分方程组，这组方程有别于标准Galerkin有限元的非对称离散方程组，作为数值例子，分析了流体饱和弹性多孔介质中一维纵向波的传播和反射，其结果进一步揭示了饱和多孔介质中波的传播特性。