Ultrafast high repetition rate absorption spectroscopy of polymer shock compression

A dual-beam transient absorption spectrometer for high repetition rate (80 shocks per second) studies of shock compressed materials is described. The apparatus time response is 100 ps, so the time resolution of the shock compression process is generally limited by the shock transit time across the sample. In turn the sample thickness is limited by the sensitivity of the spectrometer. Using 400 nm thick samples of R640 dye aggregates in \textit{poly} methyl methacrylate (PMMA) and a 4.2 GPa laser-driven shock, transient absorption spectra show a shock induced absorption redshift occurring in 500 ps, considerably longer than the 200 ps shock front transit time (round trip) through the sample. This noninstantaneous shock compression is consistent with the $\sim 300$ ps viscoelastic response of PMMA at 4.2 GPa. Received 30 July 2001 / Accepted 13 March 2002 – Published online 17 June 2002     

OSCILLATORY AND ASYMPTOTIC BEHMIOUR OF A CLASS OF NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIALEQUATIONS OF THIRD ORDER

1IntroductionInthispaperwedealwithoscillatoryandnonoscillatorybehaviourofsolutionsofnonlinearthirdorderdifferentialequationsoftheformwherea,b,cEC([er,co),R),rrER,fEC(R,R)suchthatac2P>0fory/0and7>0isaquotientofoddintegers.From"Theoryofequations"tsee[1],itfollowsthattheequationwithconstantcoefficientsMoreover,allnonoscillatorysolutionsof(1.3)tendtozeroifandonlyifequatioll(l.3)hasanoscillatorysolution.Theseobservationsarefoundtobetruetoalargeextentformoregeneralequationsoftheformwherealb,cE…     

非平衡状态下半导体方程解在H1中的收敛

本文研究具有Dirichlet边界条件的稳态半导体模型，在净复合率R≠0时，对N维半导体方程，论证了奇异摄动问题的解在H^1中弱收敛于退化问题的解；对一维半导体模型，进一步证明了解在H^1中强收敛。     

Modelling the mechanical behaviour of adhesively bonded and sintered hollow-sphere structures

The mechanical properties of periodic hollow-sphere structures are investigated numerically. Young’s modulus and the Poisson ratio are determined in order to describe their linearly elastic behaviour. The initial compressive yield strength is also calculated. The spheres are located at the nodes of a cubic primitive lattice. The cohesion is achieved by an adhesive concentrated in the minimum gap between neighbouring spheres. The geometry of the structure is discretized based on regular hexahedral elements. This approach is much more time-consuming, but it is important in order to achieve a more accurate simulation of the nonlinear behaviour (e.g., plasticity) of such materials. Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 42, No. 6, pp. 803–816, November–December, 2006.     

Weakly nonlinear focused ultrasound in viscoelastic media containing multiple bubbles

To facilitate practical medical applications such as cancer treatment utilizing focused ultrasound and bubbles, a mathematical model that can describe the soft viscoelasticity of human body, the nonlinear propagation of focused ultrasound, and the nonlinear oscillations of multiple bubbles is theoretically derived and numerically solved. The Zener viscoelastic model and Keller–Miksis bubble equation, which have been used for analyses of single or few bubbles in viscoelastic liquid, are used to model the liquid containing multiple bubbles. From the theoretical analysis based on the perturbation expansion with the multiple-scales method, the Khokhlov–Zabolotskaya–Kuznetsov (KZK) equation, which has been used as a mathematical model of weakly nonlinear propagation in single phase liquid, is extended to viscoelastic liquid containing multiple bubbles. The results show that liquid elasticity decreases the magnitudes of the nonlinearity, dissipation, and dispersion of ultrasound and increases the phase velocity of the ultrasound and linear natural frequency of the bubble oscillation. From the numerical calculation of resultant KZK equation, the spatial distribution of the liquid pressure fluctuation for the focused ultrasound is obtained for cases in which the liquid is water or liver tissue. In addition, frequency analysis is carried out using the fast Fourier transform, and the generation of higher harmonic components is compared for water and liver tissue. The elasticity suppresses the generation of higher harmonic components and promotes the remnant of the fundamental frequency components. This indicates that the elasticity of liquid suppresses shock wave formation in practical applications.     

Load-induced oriented damage and anisotropy of rock-like materials

Theoretical model for deformability of brittle rock-like materials in the presence of an oriented damage of their internal structure is formulated and verified experimentally. This model is based on the assumption that non-linearity of the stress–strain curves of these materials is a result of irreversible process of oriented damage growth. It was also assumed that a material response, represented by the strain tensor, is a function of two tensorial variables: the stress tensor and the damage effect tensor that is responsible for the current state of the internal structure of the material. The explicit form of the respective non-linear stress–strain relations that account for the appropriate damage evolution equation was obtained by employing the theory of tensor function representations and by using the results of own experiments on damage growth. Such an oriented damage that grows in the material, described by the second order symmetric damage effect tensor, results in gradual development of the material anisotropy. The validity of the constitutive equations proposed was verified by using the available experimental results for concrete subjected to the plane state of stress. The relevant experimental data for sandstone and concrete subjected to tri-axial state of stress were also used.     

干燥和水饱和花岗岩的动态断裂特性

利用霍布金森压杆实验研究了干燥和水饱和花岗岩试件的动态应力应变关系。实验得到了干燥和水饱和花岗岩试件的平均动态拉断强度，表明水饱和花岗岩试件和干燥花岗岩试件的抗拉强度与加载速率具有不同的关系。对实验中实测试件层裂片的厚度进行了计算分析，对岩石类介质的动态断裂准则提出了初步见解。     

Viscoplastic behaviour of a medium density polyethylene (MDPE): Constitutive equations based on double nonlinear deformation model

The viscoplastic behaviour of a medium density ethylene–butene copolymer (MDPE) is investigated by using samples cut out from thick-walled MDPE pipe. Extensive experimental work has been performed to characterise the nonlinear time-dependent response of such semi-crystalline thermoplastic material. Tests were carried out at 60 °C, on smooth tensile, full axisymmetrically notched creep tensile (FNCT) and double edge notched tensile (DENT) specimens.     

含能材料三轴动态压缩实验的一个计算机模拟方法

在含能材料单轴、受限三轴动态压缩实验的基础上，提出一种将计算机数值模拟和实验数据相结合，估算实验系统中钢筒与试件间的库伦摩擦力，从而正确确定含能材料的动态三轴力学性能（弹性模量Ｅ，泊桑比ν，屈服限Ｙ等）的方法。本方法用于ＴＮＴ炸药受限三轴动态压缩实验，通过建立钢筒－试件的库伦摩擦有限元模型，采用ＡＤＩＮＡ通用程序进行动力分析，估算了摩擦力对实验数据的影响，获得了考虑摩擦力修正后的ＴＮＴ三轴动态压缩响应，为含能材料三轴动态力学性能的确定提供了一种有效的方法。     

A material force method for inelastic fracture mechanics

A material force method is proposed for evaluating the energy release rate and work rate of dissipation for fracture in inelastic materials. The inelastic material response is characterized by an internal variable model with an explicitly defined free energy density and dissipation potential. Expressions for the global material and dissipation forces are obtained from a global balance of energy-momentum that incorporates dissipation from inelastic material behavior. It is shown that in the special case of steady-state growth, the global dissipation force equals the work rate of dissipation, and the global material force and J-integral methods are equivalent. For implementation in finite element computations, an equivalent domain expression of the global material force is developed from the weak form of the energy-momentum balance. The method is applied to model problems of cohesive fracture in a remote K-field for viscoelasticity and elastoplasticity. The viscoelastic problem is used to compare various element discretizations in combination with different schemes for computing strain gradients. For the elastoplastic problem, the effects of cohesive and bulk properties on the plastic dissipation are examined using calculations of the global dissipation force.