On Approximations of First Integrals for Strongly Nonlinear Oscillators

In this paper strongly nonlinear oscillator equations will be studied.It will be shown that the recently developed perturbation method based onintegrating factors can be used to approximate first integrals. Not onlyapproximations of first integrals will be given, butit will also be shown how in a rather efficient way the existence and stability oftime-periodic solutions can be obtained from these approximations. In particularthe generalized Rayleigh oscillator equation will be studied in detail, and it will beshown that at least five limit cycles can occur.     

Homologies of Intersections of Pseudomanifolds with Local Homotopic Conditions on Links of Strata

In terms of local homotopic properties of the links of strata of an n-dimensional PL-pseudomanifold X, we obtain a sufficient condition for the natural homomorphisms of the jth intersection homology groups with perversity multiindices and to be isomorphisms for all j i, where i < n – 3.     

Optimal cupolas of uniform strength: Spherical M-shells and axisymmetric T-shells

Summary The first part of this paper is concerned with the optimal design of spherical cupolas obeying the von Mises yield condition. Five different load combinations, which all include selfweight, are investigated. The second part of the paper deals with the optimal quadratic meridional shape of cupolas obeying the Tresca yield condition, considering selfweight plus the weight of a non-carrying uniform cover. It is established that at long spans some non-spherical Tresca cupolas are much more economical than spherical ones.

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Optimale Kuppeln gleicher Festigkeit: Kugelschalen und axialsymmetrische Schalen

Übersicht Im ersten Teil dieser Arbeit wird der optimale Entwurf sphärischer Kuppeln behandelt, wobei die von Misessche Fließbewegung zugrunde gelegt wird. Fünf verschiedene Lastkombinationen werden untersucht. Der zweite Teil befaßt sich mit der optimalen quadratischen Form des Meridians von Kuppeln, die der Fließbedingung von Tresca folgen.

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List of Symbols a_k, b_k, c_k, A_k, B_k, C_k coefficients used in series solutions - A, B constants in the nondimensional equation of the meridional curve - normal component of the load per unit area of the middle surface - meridional and circumferential forces per unit width - radial pressure per unit area of the middle surface, - skin weight per unit area of the middle surface, - vertical external load per unit horizontal area, - base radius, - R radius of convergence - s - cupola thickness, - u, w subsidiary functions for quadratic cupolas - vertical component of the load per unit area of middle surface - resultant vertical force on a cupola segment - structural weight of cupola, - combined weight of cupola and skin, - distance from the axis of rotation, - vertical distance from the shell apex, - z auxiliary variable in series solutions - specific weight of structural material of cupola - radius of the middle surface, - uniaxial yield stress - meridional stress, - circumferential stress, - _a, _b, _c, _d, _e subsidiary variables used in evaluating the meridional stress - auxiliary function used in series solutions This paper constitutes the third part of a study of shell optimization which was initiated and planned by the late Prof. W. Prager     

Effect of a Short Roughness Strip on a Turbulent Boundary Layer

The response of a turbulent boundary layer to a short roughness strip is investigated using laser Doppler velocimetry (LDV) and laser induced fluorescence (LIF). Skin friction coefficients are inferred from accurate near-wall measurements. There is an undershoot in , where is the undisturbed smooth wall skin friction coefficient, immediately after the strip. Downstream of the strip, overshoots before relaxing back to unity in an oscillatory manner. The roughness strip has a major effect on the turbulent stresses ; these quantities increase, relative to the undisturbed smooth wall, in the region between the two internal layers originating at the upstream and downstream edges of the strip. The increase in the ratio suggests a decrease in near-wall anisotropy. From the flow visualizations, it is inferred that streamwise vortical structures are weakened immediately downstream of the strip. Consistently, streamwise length scales are also reduced; direct support for this is provided by measured two-point velocity correlations.     

Unsteady flow in an annulus between two concentric rotating spheres

An analysis is presented for the unsteady laminar flow of an incompressible Newtonian fluid in an annulus between two concentric spheres rotating about a common axis of symmetry. A solution of the Navier-Stokes equations is obtained by employing an iterative technique. The solution is valid for small values of Reynolds numbers and acceleration parameters of the spheres. In applying the results of this analysis to a rotationally accelerating sphere, a virtual moment of intertia is introduced to account for the local inertia of the fluid.Nomenclature R _i radius of the inner sphere - R _o radius of the outer sphere - radial coordinate - r dimensionless radial coordinate, - meridional coordinate - azimuthal coordinate - time - t dimensionless time, - Re _i instantaneous Reynolds number of the inner sphere, _i R _k ² / - Re _o instantaneous Reynolds number of the outer sphere, _o R _o ² / - radial velocity component - V _r dimensionless radial velocity component, - meridional velocity component - V dimensionless meridional velocity component, - azimuthal velocity component - V dimensionless azimuthal velocity component, - viscous torque - T dimensionless viscous torque, - viscous torque at surface of inner sphere - T _i dimensionless viscous torque at surface of inner sphere, - viscous torque at surface of outer sphere - T _o dimensionless viscous torque at surface of outer sphere, - externally applied torque on inner sphere - T _p,i dimensionless applied torque on inner sphere, - moment of inertia of inner sphere - Z _i dimensionless moment of inertia of inner sphere, - virtual moment of inertia of inner sphere - Z _i,v dimensionless virtual moment of inertia of inner sphere, - virtual moment of inertia of outer sphere - _i instantaneous angular velocity of the inner sphere - _o instantaneous angular velocity of the outer sphere - density of fluid - viscosity of fluid - kinematic viscosity of fluid,/ - radius ratio,R _i/R _o - swirl function, - dimensionless swirl function, - stream function - dimensionless stream function, - _i acceleration parameter for the inner sphere, - _o acceleration parameter for the outer sphere, - shear stress - _r dimensionless shear stress,      

The flow regime in the turbulent near wake of a hemisphere

The work presented is a wind tunnel study of the near wake region behind a hemisphere immersed in three different turbulent boundary layers. In particular, the effect of different boundary layer profiles on the generation and distribution of near wake vorticity and on the mean recirculation region is examined. Visualization of the flow around a hemisphere has been undertaken, using models in a water channel, in order to obtain qualitative information concerning the wake structure.List of symbols C _p pressure coefficient, - D diameter of hemisphere - n vortex shedding frequency - p pressure on model surface - p ₀ static pressure - Re Reynolds number, - St Strouhal number, - U, V, W local mean velocity components - mean freestream velocity inX direction - U ^* shear velocity, - u, v, w velocity fluctuations inX, Y andZ directions - X Cartesian coordinate in longitudinal direction - Y Cartesian coordinate in lateral direction - Z Cartesian coordinate in direction perpendicular to the wall - it* boundary layer displacement thickness, - diameter of model surface roughness - elevation angleI - O boundary layer momentum thickness, - _w wall shearing stress - dynamic viscosity of fluid - density of fluid - streamfunction - _x longitudinal component of vorticity, - _y lateral component of vorticity, - _z vertical component of vorticity, This paper was presented at the Ninth symposium on turbulence, University of Missouri-Rolla, October 1–3, 1984     

Analysis of thermally activated formation and breakdown of Kear-Wilsdorf barriers in Ni<Subscript>3</Subscript>Ge single crystals of various orientations

The orientation dependence of the yield stress in Ni₃Ge single crystals has been examined both theoretically and experimentally. The positive temperature dependence of the yield stress in the low temperature region is attributed to formation of Kear-Wilsdorf barriers. The forces driving the formation and breakdown of barriers are calculated within the framework of the Hirsch scheme. A distinctive feature of the model proposed is that the barrier is considered on the screw component of the a/2[ 01](111) superdislocation in the primary octahedral plane. The major role in barrier formation belongs to anisotropy of elastic moduli, energy of antiphase boundaries in the octahedral plane, shear stresses in the cubic and octahedral planes, and friction-induced stress in the cubic plane. A comparison of predicted values of the driving force of barrier formation and breakdown with experimental values reveals their good agreement. An analysis of the orientation dependence of the driving force of barrier formation in the temperature range T = 77–293 K shows that the dependence (T) has an extremum for crystals deformed along the [ 39] crystallographic direction, which is confirmed experimentally.Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 116–125, January–February, 2005.     

A study of stationary crack-tip deformation fields in thin sheets by computer vision

The in-plane deformation fields near a stationary crack tip for thin, single edge-notched (SEN) specimens, made from Plexiglas, 3003 aluminum alloy and 304 stainless steel, have been successfully obtained by using computer vision. Results from the study indicate that (a) in-plane deformations ranging from elastic to fully plastic can be obtained accurately by the method, (b) for U, and , the size of the HRR dominant zone is much smaller than forV and , respectively. Since these results are in agreement with recent analytical work, suggesting that higher order terms will be needed to accurately predict trends in the data, it is clear that the region where the first term in the asymptotic solution is dominant is dependent on the component of the deformation field being studied, (c) the HRR solution can be used to quantity only in regions where theplastic strains strongly dominate the elastic strain components (i.e., when ); forV, the HRR zone appears to extend somewhat beyond this region, (d) the displacement componentU does not have the HRR singularity anywhere within the measurement region for either 3003 aluminum or 304 SS. However, the displacement componentV agrees with the HRR slope up to the plastic-zone boundary in 3003 aluminum ( ) and over most of the region where measurements were obtained ( ) in 304 SS and (e) the effects of end conditions must be included in any finite-element model of typical SEN specimen geometries to accurately calculate theJ integral and the crack-tip fields.Paper was presented at the 1992 SEM Spring Conference on Experimental Mechanics held in Las Vegas, NV on June 8–11.     

A technique for evaluation of three-dimensional behavior in turbulent boundary layers using computer augmented hydrogen bubble-wire flow visualization

A system is described which allows the recreation of the three-dimensional motion and deformation of a single hydrogen bubble time-line in time and space. By digitally interfacing dualview video sequences of a bubble time-line with a computer-aided display system, the Lagrangian motion of the bubble-line can be displayed in any viewing perspective desired. The u and v velocity history of the bubble-line can be rapidly established and displayed for any spanwise location on the recreated pattern. The application of the system to the study of turbulent boundary layer structure in the near-wall region is demonstrated.List of Symbols Reynolds number based on momentum thickness u /v - t⁺ nondimensional time - u shear velocity - u local streamwise velocity, x-direction - u ⁺ nondimensional streamwise velocity - v local normal velocity, -direction - x ⁺ nondimensional coordinate in streamwise direction - ⁺ nondimensional coordinate normal to wall - ₊ ^wire wire nondimensional location of hydrogen bubble-wire normal to wall - z ⁺ nondimensional spanwise coordinate - momentum thickness - v kinematic viscosity - _W wall shear stress     

Druckabhängigkeit der Viskosität einiger Polyolefinschmelzen

Zusammenfassung Es wird die Druckabhängigkeit des nicht -Newtonschen Fließverhältens von Polyolefinschmelzen (Hochdruck-, Niederdruck-,Phillips-Polyäthylen und Polypropylen) experimentell untersucht und gefunden, daß der durch Gl. [1] definierte Druckkoeffizient mit zunehmender Deformationsgeschwindigkeit kleiner wird und dabei die (im einzelnen in der Tabelle 1 angeführten) Werte annimmt. Der Druckkoeffizient der Polyolefinschmelzen ist ebenso wie für vieleNewtonsche Flüssigkeiten bis 2000 kp cm^–2 unabhängig vom Druck, er wird mit zunehmender Temperatur kleiner und nimmt mit zunehmender Verzweigung zu. Die Meßergebnisse werden mit Hilfe eines Aufweitungsvolumens interpretiert. Es wird gezeigt, daß eine Deutung des Fließverhaltens von Polyäthylen durch das freie Volumen allein nicht möglich ist.

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Summary The influence of pressure of the non-Newtonian flow behaviour of polyolefin melts (Low- and High density Polyethylene,Phillips-Polyethylene and Polypropylene) was investigated. The results are: the coefficient of pressure as defined by eq. [1], decreases with increasing shear rate and reaches the values given in table 1 . The pressure coefficient of polyolefin melts does not depend on pressure up to 2000 kp cm^–2. As observed with manyNewtonian fluids, decreases with increasing temperature and increases with the degree of branching. The experimental results are explained by means of a so called volume of expansion. It has been shown that it is impossible to explain the flow behaviour of polyethylene exclusively with the free volume.

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Für die Diskussion und Förderung dieser Arbeit danke ich Herrn Professor Dr.K.-H. Hellwege und Herrn Dr.W. Knappe.     

Free Convection from a Vertical Plate in a Porous Medium Subjected to a Porous Medium Subjected to a Sudden Change in Surface Heat Flux

An analysis is made of the transient free convection from a vertical flat plate which is embedded in a fluid-saturated porous medium. It is assumed that for time a steady state temperature or velocity has been obtained in the boundary-layer which occurs due to a uniform flux dissipation rate . Then at time the heat flux on the plate is suddenly changed to and maintained at this value for 0$$ " align="middle" border="0"> . An analytical solution has been obtained for the temperature/velocity field for small times in which the transport effects are confined within an inner layer adjacent to the plate. These effects cause a new steady boundary layer. A numerical solution of the full boundary-layer equations is then obtained for the whole transient from to the steady state, firstly by means of a step-by-step method and then by a matching technique. The transition between the two distinct solution methods is always observed to occur very near to the turning point of the plate surface temperature, a time at which the fluid temperature is close to its steady state profile. The solution obtained using the step-by-step method shows excellent agreement with the small time analytical solution. Results are presented to illustrate the occurrence of transients from both small and large increases and decreases in the levels of existing energy inputs.     

The Extinction Behavior of the Solutions for a Class of Reaction-Diffusion Equations

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Existence of Positive Solutions for the Singular Equation (ϕ p (y′))′ + g(t,y, y′) = 0

Two theorems concerning the existence of positive solutions for the singular equation are presented. The results are obtained by using the nonlinear Leray-Schauder alternative and the lower-upper solution method.     

Global Attractors: Topology and Finite-Dimensional Dynamics

Many dissipative evolution equations possess a global attractor with finite Hausdorff dimension d. In this paper it is shown that there is an embedding X of into , with N=[2d+2], such that X is the global attractor of some finite-dimensional system on with trivial dynamics on X. This allows the construction of a discrete dynamical system on which reproduces the dynamics of the time T map on and has an attractor within an arbitrarily small neighborhood of X. If the Hausdorff dimension is replaced by the fractal dimension, a similar construction can be shown to hold good even if one restricts to orthogonal projections rather than arbitrary embeddings.     

An Elliptic Lindstedt--Poincaré Method for Certain Strongly Non-Linear Oscillators

An elliptic Lindstedt--Poincaré (L--P) method is presented for the steady-state analysis of strongly non-linear oscillators of the form , in which the Jacobian elliptic functions are employed instead of the usual circular functions in the classical L--P perturbation procedure. This method can be viewed as a generalization of the L--P method. As an application of this method, three types of the generalized Van der Pol equation with are studied in detail.     

Heat conduction in a semi-infinite solid subject to time-dependent surface heat fluxes: an analytical study

A closed-form model for the computation of the transient temperature and heat flux distribution in the case of a semi-infinite solid of constant properties is investigated. The temperature and heat flux solutions are presented for time-dependent, surface-heat flux of the forms: (i) , (ii) , and (iii) , where is a real number and is a positive real number. The dimensionless (or reduced) temperature and heat flux solutions are presented in terms of the Whittaker function, the generalized representation of an incomplete Gamma functionI (b, x) which can also be expressed by the complementary error functions. It is also demonstrated that the present analysis covers some well known (classical) solutions as well as a family of new solutions for the heat transfer through a semi-infinite solid.

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Wärmeleitung in einem halbunendlichen Festkörper bei zeitveränderlichem Randwärmefluß: Eine analytische Untersuchung

Zusammenfassung Es wird ein geschlossenes Modell zur Berechnung der nichtstationären Temperatur- and Wärmestromverteilung für einen halbunendlichen Festkörper mit konstanten Stoffwerten untersucht. Die Lösungen für das Temperatur- und Wärmeflußfeld basieren auf folgenden Zeitgesetzen für den Randwärmefluß: (i) , (ii) , und (iii) wobei eine reelle Zahl und eine positive reelle Zahl ist. Die dimensionslosen Lösungen für das Temperatur- und Wärmflußfeld lassen sich in Form der Whittaker- Funktionen, der verallgemeinerten Darstellung einer unvollständigen Gamma-FunktionI (b, x) angeben, welche auch durch das komplementäre Fehlerintegral ausgedrückt werden kann. Es wird ferner gezeigt, daß die hier durchgeführte Untersuchung sowohl einige bekannte (klassische) Lösungen für die Wärmeleitung im halbunendlichen Festkörper liefert, wie auch eine Familie von neuen Lösungen.

     

Simulation of viscoelasticity for one case of material testing

Conclusions Similariry conditions have been established on the basis of which the viscosity can be simulated in testing viscoelastic materials for tension (compression) under hydrostatic pressure. It has been shown that criteria and account for the effect of viscosity, while the II number accounts for the effect of pressure. The criterion is, in form, identical to the analogous parameter in the theory of non-Newtonian fluid flow. It has been shown, furthermore, that criterion is the monodromic version of criterion (the similarity number). When P=0 or P is very small and the II number degenerates, then only criterion or criterion should be used.Institute of Problems in Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 109–114, June, 1975.     

A study of the shear viscosity of human whole saliva

Summary A model R-18 Weissenberg Rheogoniometer operating in the continuous shear mode was used to generate shear viscosity vs. shear rate data on male and female human whole saliva. These data were found to accurately follow the Sisko model, , whereµ is the shear viscosity at shear rate is the asymptotic shear viscosity at infinite shear rate, andK andn are constants. Data were collected on the effects of food, coffee, caffeine, and aspirin as functions of time. Studies were also made on the effects of emotional stress, donor sex and age.The saliva viscosity increased with time and then decreased to the basal value for most ingested materials. Emotional stress was found to elevate the saliva viscosity. On the other hand, no significant difference was found between the average saliva viscosities of male and female groups. Also, no significant effect of donor age was detected.

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Zusammenfassung Mit Hilfe eines Weissenberg-Rheogoniometers (Typ R-18) wurden bei stationärem Betrieb Scherviskositätskurven in Abhängigkeit von der Schergeschwindigkeit für den Speichel von Männern und Frauen gemessen. Man fand, daß sich die Meßwerte hinreichend genau durch ein Sisko-Modell, , beschreiben lassen, woµ die Scherviskosität bei der Schergeschwindigkeit die asymptotische Scherviskosität bei unendlich großer Schergeschwindigkeit sowieK undn weitere Konstanten bedeuten. Diese Messungen verfolgten die Wirkung von Nahrung, Kaffee, Coffein und Aspirin als Funktion der Zeit. Untersucht wurde weiterhin der Einfluß von emotionaler Spannung, sowie Geschlecht und Alter der Spender.Die Speichelviskosität stieg bei den meisten eingenommenen Stoffen mit der Zeit zuerst an, um danach wieder auf den Normalwert abzusinken. Ebenso fand man, daß emotionale Spannung eine Viskositätserhöhung hervorruft. Dagegen wurden bei Gruppen von Männern und Frauen keine signifikanten Unterschiede gefunden, und ebenso wurde kein gesicherter Einfluß des Alters festgestellt.

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On a Boundary-Value Problem of Antiperiodic Type for First-Order Nonlinear Functional Differential Equations of Non-Volterra Type

We establish unimprovable (in a certain sense) sufficient conditions for the solvability and unique solvability of the boundary-value problem

On the Denseness of the Set of Unsolvable Cauchy Problems in the Set of All Cauchy Problems in the Case of an Infinite-Dimensional Banach Space

We prove the following statement: Theorem 1. Let E and be an arbitrary infinite-dimensional Banach space and a continuous mapping, respectively. Then, for every and > 0, there exists a continuous mapping such that