Residual stress field and reduction of stress intensity factors in cold-worked holes

Closed-form and semi-analytical solutions are obtained for the residual stress distributions in a plate caused by pressure acting on a central circular hole, representing the cold-work process. The material is elastic–perfectly plastic. Both Tresca and von Mises yield criteria are used and the corresponding residual stress distributions are compared. The relation between the dimension of the plastic zone and the value of internal pressure is presented. The relation between the magnitude of the residual stresses and the remote uniform tensile stress required to open symmetrical radial cracks is also presented. The reduction of the stress intensity factors of cracked open and riveted holes as a function of the internal pressure applied (or mandrel radial displacement) is investigated using numerical models for both an elastic–perfectly plastic material and for an Al 2024-T3 Alclad aluminum alloy.     

非线性动力系统的规范形和余维3退化分叉

本文里我们利用矩阵表示法计算了具有Z_(2~-)对称性时非线性动力系统的高阶规范形,求出了余维2退化和余维3退化情况下相应规范形的普适开折。最后利用所得到的规范形和普适开折讨论了非线性动力系统的余维3退化分叉。     

A New Method for Establishing Pseudo Orthogonal Properties of Eigenfunction Expansion Form in Fracture Mechanics

A new and simple method is developed to establish the pseudo orthogonal properties (POP) of the eigenfunction expansion form (EEF) of crack-tip stress complex potential functions for cracked anisotropic and piezoelectric materials, respectively. Di?erent from previous research, the complex argument separation technique is not required so that cumbersome manipulations are avoided. Moreover, it is shown, di?erent from the previous research too, that the orthogonal …     

Coupled Groundwater Flow and Transport in Porous Media. A Conservative or Non-conservative Form?

A new formulation for the modeling of density coupled flow and transport in porous media is presented. This formulation is based on the development of the mass balance equation by using the conservative form. The system of equations obtained by coupling the flow and transport equations using a state equation is solved by a combination of the mixed hybrid finite element method (MHFEM) and the discontinuous finite element method (DFEM). The former is applied in order to solve the flow equation and the dispersive part of the transport equation, whilst the latter is used to solve the advective part of the transport equation. Although the advantages of the MHFEM are known (efficiency calculation of velocity field and continuity of fluxes from one element to an adjacent one), its application in a classical development form (volumetric fluxes as unknowns) leads to the non-conservative version of the mass balance equation. The associated matrix of the system of equations obtained by hybridization is positive definite but non-symmetrical. By using a new approach (mass fluxes as unknowns) the conservative form of the continuity equation is preserved and the associated matrix of the system of equations obtained by hybridization becomes symmetrical. When applied to Elder's problem involving a strong density contrast, this new approach, with a lower calculation cost, leads to similar or identical results to those found in the specialized literature. The comparison between the conservative and non-conservative formulations solved with the same MHFEM and DFEM combination emphasizes the rigor and the pertinence of this new approach. Furthermore, we show the existence of a limit refinement defining the stability of the numerical solution for Elder's problem.     

On averaged and normal form equations

The method of ayeraging has long been an important method for the analysis of nonlinear systems. One method using normal forms has more recently become a tool in applied mathematics. Both methods convert systems of ordinary differential equations to simpler equations by using a sequence of change of variables. This study can be interpreted as a local analysis in that it treats equations that are nonlinear perturbations of linear equations. We show that the two methods are essentially equivalent.This work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, Grant No. NSF/MEA 8310966. Deceased.     

Chaotic Oscillation of Saddle Form Cable-Suspended Roofs under Vertical Excitation Action

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the dynamic behaviour of saddle form cable-suspended roofs under vertical excitation action. The governing equations of this problem are system of nonlinear partial differential and integral equations. We first establish a spectral equation, and then consider a model with one coefficient, i.e., a perturbed Duffing equation. The analytical solution is derived for the Duffing equation. Successive approximation solutions can be obtained in likely way for each time to only one new unknown function of time. Numerical results are given for our analytical solution. By using the Melnikov method, it is shown that the spectral system has chaotic solutions and subharmonic solutions under determined parametric conditions.     

神经网络的分叉理论设计方法

本文用分叉理论的规范形方程设计和综合期望贮存静、动态记忆模式的神经网络。对于期望贮存静态记忆模式的网络，该规范形方程为叉形分叉的；若期望贮存的记忆模式是周期振荡形式，该规范形方程为高余维数Ｈｏｐｆ分叉的，由满足设计约束的规范形系数得到的突触连接系数可以保证期望贮存的记忆模式都能成功地存贮于所设计的网络，且是网络仅有的吸引子，没有伪吸引子，吸引域的范围足够大。     

伪可变体系的几何构造分析

伪可变体系几何可变性的研究，对轻型结构的设计分析已变得十分重要。本文先分析能量与平衡之间的普遍关系，进而得出判定体系可变性的能量准则。通过拉格朗日乘子的引入，建立能量泛函，得出判定极值的二次型。然后证明了乘积力法与能量法的一致性，并讨论了宜于计算机分析实现的矩阵表示方法。结果表明，若二次型确定，则体系伪可变；当半确定时，体系部分伪可变部分可变；否则体系含二阶以上的无穷小机构。     

Weight functions for interface cracks in dissimilar anisotropic materials

Bueckner‘s work conjugate integral customarily adopted for linear elastic materials is established for an interface crack in dissimilar anisotropic materials. The difficulties in separating Stroh‘s six complex arguments involved in the integral for the dissimilar materials are overcome and then the explicit function representations of the integral are given and studied in detail. It is found that the pseudo-orthogonal properties of the eigenfunction expansion form (EEF) for a crack presented previously in isotropic elastic cases, in isotopic bimaterial cases, and in orthotropic cases are also valid in the present dissimilar arbitrary anisotropic cases. The relation between Bueckner‘s work conjugate integral and the J-integral in these cases is obtained by introducing a complementary stressdisplacement state. Finally, some useful path-independent integrals and weight functions are proposed for calculating the crack tip parameters such as the stress intensity factors.     

Effect of Lateral Linear Stiffness on Nonlinear Characteristics of Hunting Motion of a Railway Wheelset

Railway wheelset experiences the problem of hunting above a critical speed, which is a kind of self-excited oscillation. At the critical speed, it is known that the system undergoes a subcritical Hopf bifurcation. Therefore, for clarifying the nonlinear characteristics of hunting it is very important to detect, for example, the nonlinear forces in the wheelset due to the creep forces acting between the wheels and rails, and the nonlinear component of the resorting forces by the suspensions. However, it is impossible to determine each force quantitatively. In the present paper, it is first shown, by using the center manifold theory and the method of normal form, that the nonlinear characteristics of the bifurcation in a wheelset model with two degrees of freedom are governed by a single parameter, hence each nonlinear force need not be detected when examining the nonlinear characteristics. Also, a method of determining the governing parameter from experimentally observed radiuses of the unstable limit cycle is proposed. Next, we experimentally investigate the variation of the parameter due to the presence of linear spring suspensions in the lateral direction and discuss the variation of the nonlinear characteristics of the hunting motion, which depends on the lateral stiffness. As a result, the improvement of the stability of the wheelset against the disturbance by the linear spring suspensions is clarified.