极限分析的无搜索数学规划算法

本文研究理想刚塑性介质极限载荷因子的计算方法。根据极限分权理论的上限定理,建立了计算极限载荷因子的一般数学规划有限元格式。针对这种格式的特点,提出了一个求解极限载荷因子的无搜索迭代算法。这个算法中采用逐步识别刚性、塑性分区,不断修正目标函数的方案,克服了目标函数非光滑所导致的困难。本文提出的算法建立于位移模式有限元基础上,有较广的适用范围,且具有计算效率高,稳定性好,格式简单易于程序实现等优点。     

多孔材料塑性极限载荷及其破坏模式分析

运用塑性力学中的机动极限分析理论，研究韧性基体多孔材料的塑性极限承载能力和破坏模式。以多孔材料的细观结构为研究对象，将细观力学中的均匀化理论引入到塑性极限分析中，并结合有限元技术，建立细观结构极限载荷的一般计算格式，并提出相应的求解算法。数值算例表明：细观孔洞对材料的宏观强度影响明显；在单向拉伸作用下，孔洞呈现膨胀扩大规律；多孔材料破坏源于基体塑性区的贯通。     

弯管结构塑性极限分析的数值方法及应用

从塑性极限分析数值计算的角度,分析了多组载荷联合作用下弯管结构的塑性极限承载能力。为了克服塑性极限上限分析中目标函数非线性非光滑所导致的数值困难,提出了一种弯管结构塑性极限上限分析的无搜索优化迭代算法;采用一种改进的弯管单元并利用加载路径的径向射求解方案处理多组载荷系统。通过对典型弯管结构进行塑性极限分析得出了一些有价值的结论。     

含缺陷结构的塑性极限分析

结合极限分析中的数学规划理论和有限元技术,提出了三维含结构极限分析的数学规划方法,并采用罚函数法引入塑性不可压条件,对于考虑多组独立变化载荷作用的情况,提出了加载路径射线辐射求解方案,并基于这种射线射状的加载路径,推导了多组载荷联合作用下结构塑性极限上限分析的数学规划格式,编制了相应的有限元程序,文中的数值了该方法的正确性与有效性。     

牛顿迭代一致性算法及其在板弹塑性有限元分析中的应用

本文简略讨论了有限载荷增量弹塑性有限元分析中传统切线刚度法丧失精度和牛顿迭代平方收敛速度的原因,并提出保持牛顿迭代平方收敛速度、保证一阶精度和无条件稳定性的一致性算法.一致性算法具备以下两个特征:1)采用路径无关计算格式;2)采用一致弹塑性切线模量。根据一致性算法构造出以弯矩和曲率为基本变量的弹塑性板弯曲有限元NIDKQ元。数值结果表明NIDKQ元具有令人满意的精度,同时验证了有限载荷增量下牛顿迭代一致性算法的平方收敛率特性,而传统切线刚度法随着塑性区的扩展将大大降低收敛速度。     

牛顿迭代一致性算法及其在板弹塑性有限元分析中的应用

本文简略讨论了有限载荷增量弹塑性有限元分析中传统切线刚度法丧失精度和牛顿迭代平方收敛速度的原因,并提出保持牛顿迭代平方收敛速度、保证一阶精度和无条件稳定性的一致性算法.一致性算法具备以下两个特征:1)采用路径无关计算格式;2)采用一致弹塑性切线模量。根据一致性算法构造出以弯矩和曲率为基本变量的弹塑性板弯曲有限元NIDKQ元。数值结果表明NIDKQ元具有令人满意的精度,同时验证了有限载荷增量下牛顿迭代一致性算法的平方收敛率特性,而传统切线刚度法随着塑性区的扩展将大大降低收敛速度。     

基于自然单元法的轴对称结构极限上限分析

自然单元法是一种以自然邻近插值为试函数的新兴无网格数值方法,其形函数的计算不涉及矩阵求逆,也不需要任何人为参数。为了充分发挥自然单元法的优势,本文基于极限分析上限定理建立了轴对称结构极限上限分析的整套求解算法。轴对称结构的位移场由自然邻近插值构造,并且采用罚函数法处理材料的不可压条件。为了消除目标函数非光滑所引起的数值困难,采用逐步识别刚性区和塑性区,并对两者用不同方法进行处理。数值算例结果表明,本文提出的轴对称结构极限上限分析方法是行之有效的。     

弹塑性板壳结构非线性有限元分析

本文根据塑性流动理论的基本公式，由隐式积分导出了与路径无关的变量更新算法和一致切线模量。采用单元广义应力应变直接离散塑性流动定律，构造了杂交应力单元一致切线刚度矩阵的显式表达式，编制了结构有限元程序ＳＡＦＥ，数值算例表明：本文的计算方法和计算程序是正确可靠的，可用于弹塑性板壳结构的非线性分析，计算结果屈曲临界载荷和极限承载能力。     

基于随机有限元的非线性结构稳健性优化设计

结合结构优化技术和摄动随机有限元方法研究了非线性结构稳健设计问题。将结构稳健性优化设计问题构造为双目标优化问题。优化目标包含结构性能函数的期望值和标准差。约束函数的变异也给予考虑，并采用基于函数梯度的算法进行求解。为对具有路径相关特征的非线性结构性能及结构响应的平均值及标准差进行分析。本文采用缩减的随机变量，提出了基于增量法的摄动随机有限元计算格式。在此框架下，进一步提出以一般泛函形式表达的结构性能的平均值和方差及其灵敏度的计算格式。为显示方法的有效性。文中给出几个数值算例。     

边坡稳定的剪切带计算

为了解决边坡稳定分析中剪切带有限元网格的依赖性问题,采用梯度塑性理论,从本构关系中引入特征长度入手,建立计算模型。提出了一种8节点缩减积分的梯度塑性单元,并采用梯度塑性理论推导了Drucker-Prager屈服准则的软化模型的有限元格式,在ABAQUS中进行了二次开发,嵌入了本文提出的8节点单元和本构模型,并用ABAQUS软件进行了边坡剪切带的计算。计算结果表明,本文提出的方法消除了经典有限元计算的网格依赖性问题,可以得到与单元剖分无关的稳定的剪切带宽度。本文所提出的方法可适用于其他场合的剪切带计算。     

Preface: Current research progress on mechanics of high speed rail

The construction and operation of high-speed rail（HSR）grid within the past two decades in China,in terms of the scale,may be possibly comparable to any national-wide construction in the history of China,even the Great Wall.By counting railways with commercial train service at the speed of200 km/h,China has the world’s longest HSR network with over 19 369.8 km of track in service today and this number     

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人造地震动合成中的位移误差分析

三角函数级数法是合成人工地震动常用算法之一,但是通过对加速度积分求取位移时,却存在与零线漂移相类似的位移漂移现象。     

Hermitian space-time finite elements for estuarine mass transport

Space-time finite element solutions of the convection–dispersion equation using higher-order nodal continuity and Hermitian polynomial shape functions are described. Five separate elements ranging from a complete linear element with C^0,0 nodal continuity to a complete first-order Hermitian element with C^1,1 nodal continuity are subjected to detailed analysis. Wave deformation analyses identify the source of leading or trailing edge oscillations, trailing edge oscillations being the major source of difficulty. These observations are confirmed by numerical experiments which further demonstrate the potential of higher-order nodal continuity. The performance of the complete first-order Hermitian element is quite satisfactory and measurably superior to the linear element.     

Rainwater rivulets on a cable subject to windFilets d'eau de pluie sur un câble soumis au vent

Rainwater rivulets appear on inclined cables of cable-stayed bridges when wind and rain occur simultaneously. In a restricted range of parameters this is known to cause vibrations of high amplitudes on the cable. The mechanism underlying this effect is still under debate but the role of rainwater rivulets is certain. We use a standard lubrication model to analyse the dynamics of a water film on a cylinder under the effect of gravity and wind load. A simple criterion is then proposed for the appearance and position of rivulets, where the Froude number is the control parameter. Experiments with several geometries of cylinder covered with water in a wind tunnel show the evolution of the rivulets with the Froude number. Comparison of the prediction by the model with these experimental data shows that the main mechanism of rivulet formation and positioning is captured. To cite this article: C. Lemaitre et al., C. R. Mecanique 334 (2006).     

Cristallisation par onde acoustique : le cas de l'héliumCrystallization by acoustic waves: the case of helium

We establish a theoretical model to explain the nucleation of a crystal of helium by an acoustic over-pressure. We explain the interfacial laws for this ultra-fast cristallization, close to the sound speed. Assuming spherical symmetry and taking into account the experimental data, we recover the dynamics of the growth and melting during an over-pressure impulse. To cite this article: M. Ben Amar et al., C. R. Mecanique 331 (2003).     

Structure initiale et propriétés de liquéfaction statique d'un sableInitial structure and static liquefaction properties of sand.

Based on the use of two different preparation procedures for reconstituting triaxial samples of sand, i.e. wet tamping and dry pluviation, significant differences in associated mechanical behaviour are observed on a reference sand with respect to the phenomenon of ‘static’ liquefaction. Wet tamping favours the initiation of liquefaction instability, whereas dry pluviation favours a more stable behaviour, less susceptible to liquefaction. Microscopic observation of corresponding sand specimens allows us to identify two well differentiated structures, i.e., for wet tamping, an irregular structure with predominance of aggregates (aggregated grains) and macropores, very contractant and unstable and, for dry pluviation, a more regular structure, without macropores, more dilatant and more stable. These observations show the importance of further characterization, based on the introduction of appropriate parameters, of the initial structure of sandy materials, strongly dependant upon their mode of formation (natural or artificial). To cite this article: N. Benahmed et al., C. R. Mecanique 332 (2004).     

Sources of Complexity in Human Systems

Complex is a special attribute we can give to many kinds of systems. Although it is used often as a synonym of difficult, it has a specific epistemological meaning, which is going to be shared by the incoming science of complexity. Difficult is an object which, by means of an adequate computational power, can be deterministically or stochastically predictable. On the contrary complex is an object which can not be predictable because of logical impossibility or because its predictability would require a computational power far beyond any physical feasibility, now and forever. For complexity refers to some observing system, it is always subjective, and thus it is defined as observed irreducible complexity. Human systems are affected by several sources of complexity, belonging to three classes, in order of descending restrictivity. Systems belonging to the first class are not predictable at all, those belonging to the second class are predictable only through an infinite computational capacity, and those belonging to the third class are predictable only through a trans-computational capacity. The first class has two sources of complexity: logical complexity, directly deriving from self-reference and Gödel's incompleteness theorems, and relational complexity, resulting in a sort of indeterminacy principle occurring in social systems. The second class has three sources of complexity: gnosiological complexity, which consists of the variety of possible perceptions; semiotic complexity, which represents the infinite possible interpretations of signs and facts; and chaotic complexity, which characterizes phenomena of nonlinear dynamic systems. The third class coincides with computational complexity, which basically coincides with the mathematical concept of intractability. Artificial, natural, biological and human systems are characterized by the influence of different sources of complexity, and the latter appear to be the most complex.