Multiscale Structures to Describe Porous Media Part I: Theoretical Background and Invasion by Fluids

A porous medium with a broad pore-size distribution is described on the basis of the Multiscale Percolation System concept. The representative structure is the superposition of several constitutive elementary networks, of which mesh sizes are proportional to the diameter of the class of pores considered. To account for the contribution of each class to the connection of the medium, a recurrent building process, involving rescaling and superposition, is defined. This process leads to an equivalent monoscale network, involving elements representative of the various classes. Mercury intrusion at increasing pressure into a finite-size sample of this equivalent network is modelled. The inverse problem is solved, leading to the identification of the representative multiscale structure of a given material from the experimental intrusion curve.     

正交异性板条的渐近分析

本文阐明由三维薄弹性体的渐近分析导出各级精度板壳理论的基本方法。将多尺度分析用于板的内部区域和边界层区域导出应力,应变和位移等物理量的不同的无量纲小厚度参数ε的渐近展开式。与工程的方法不同,推导仅基于ε→0的渐近分析,对板的变形不做任何假定。给出正交异性板的平面应变渐近展开的具体列式,仅有一些常数待定。结果表明,内域解渐近级数的首项正是熟知的Kirchhoff板理论解。本文为内域解和边界层解的渐近匹配,从而正确表述圣维南原理并用以建立各级渐近解的边界条件进而求解的研究做好了准备。     

Multi-scale and multi-order singularity approach to non-equilibrium mechanics: Coupling of atomic-micro-macro damage

Offered in this work is the development of a macro/meso/micro model that covers the lineal scale of 10⁻¹¹ to 10⁰ by application of the volume energy density function. Boundary constraints and defect geometries are shown to play a role at the smaller scale in the same way as those at the macroscopic scale. Different orders of stress (or energy density) singularities are used to describe the defect geometry and prevailing constraint via the boundary conditions in a way similar to singularity adopted in classical fracture mechanics. Two classes of singularities have been identified in addition to classical one without violating the finiteness conditions of the local displacement and energy density. Still the connection of results from the different scales is no small task and is made possible by application of a scale multiplier. It is determined by considering the interactive effects of the parameters at the different scales from the atomic to the macroscopic. Unlike the classical boundary value problem approach, application of the scale multiplier has led to closed-form asymptotic multiscale solutions that otherwise would not have been made possible. The procedure is demonstrated for the anti-plane shear of a macro-micro-atomic model that accounts for imperfection at the different scales Published in Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 3–22, January 2006.     

基于多尺度传递熵的脑肌电信号耦合分析

神经运动控制中脑肌电同步特征可以反映皮层与肌肉之间的功能联系. 为定量研究脑电和肌电信号在不同时间尺度上的同步耦合特征, 提出多尺度传递熵方法实现静态握力输出下的脑肌电耦合分析: 对同步采集的头皮脑电信号(EEG) 和表面肌电信号(EMG)进行多尺度化, 计算不同尺度因子下EEG与EMG间的传递熵值, 获取不同耦合方向(EEG→EMG及EMG→EEG)上的非线性脑肌电耦合特征; 进一步计算功能频段下的显著性面积指标, 定量分析不同尺度下皮层肌肉功能耦合强度的差异. 分析结果显示, 静态握力输出时beta频段(15–35 Hz)皮层肌肉功能耦合特征显著, 且beta2频段(25–35 Hz)在不同尺度上EEG→EMG方向的耦合强度大于EMG→EEG方向, 耦合强度最大值和方向间耦合强度差异显著值均出现于较高时间尺度. 研究结果揭示: 皮层肌肉功能耦合具有双向性, 且耦合强度在不同时间尺度和不同功能频段上有所差异, 可利用多尺度传递熵定量刻画大脑皮层与肌肉之间的非线性同步特征及功能联系.     

多尺度模拟与计算研究进展

简要介绍了多尺问题与研究方法.重点论述了两类常见多尺度问题的模拟计算方法与研究进展,分析了各自的优缺点和使用范围.对现有研究的局限性和存在的问题进行分析,指出了进一步研究多尺度模拟与计算的必要性.介绍了求解含有孤立缺陷问题的非局部准连续体法,MAAD等方法以及求解基于微观模型本构模拟问题的局部连续体法、HMM等方法.文章对多尺度模拟与计算的前景进行展望,提出了一些亟待解决的问题.     

矩阵形式二次修正Maxwell-Dirac系统的多尺度算法

带二次修正项的Dirac方程在拓扑绝缘体、石墨烯、超导等新材料电磁光特性分析中有着十分广泛的应用.本文工作的创新点有：一是首次提出了矩阵形式带有二次修正项的Dirac方程,它是比较一般的数学框架,涵盖了上述材料体系很多重要的物理模型,具体见附录A;二是针对上述材料体系的电磁响应问题,提出了有界区域Weyl规范下具有周期间断系数矩阵形式带二次修正项Maxwell-Dirac系统的多尺度渐近方法,结合Crank-Nicolson有限差分方法和自适应棱单元方法,发展了一类多尺度算法.数值试验结果验证了多尺度渐近方法的正确性和算法的有效性.     

Large eddy simulation of turbulent incompressible flows by a three‐level finite element method

The variational multiscale method provides a methodical framework for large eddy simulation of turbulent flows. In this work, a particular implementation in the form of a three‐level finite element method separating large resolved, small resolved, and unresolved scales is proposed. Residual‐free bubbles are used for the numerical approximation of the small‐scale momentum equation. A stabilizing term is added, in order to take into account the effect of the small‐scale continuity equation. This implementation guarantees the stability of the method without further provisions and offers substantial computational savings on the small‐scale level. Furthermore, it is accounted for the unresolved scales by a specific dynamic modelling procedure. The method is tested for two different turbulent flow situations. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Experimental determination of cohesive failure properties of a photodegradable copolymer

In this paper we present a methodology to measure the material traction-separation relation for a poly(ethylene carbon monoxide) copolymer, ECO. This material exhibits a ductile-to-brittle transition when subjected to ultraviolet irradiation and undergoes a change of failure mechanism, from shear yielding to crazing, in the process. Single edge notched tension specimens of ECO irradiated for 50 h were used to generate slow-speed stable crack growth, predominantly from material crazing. Full-field measurements of the in-plane deformation around the growing crack tip were performed using the optical technique of digital image correlation. A multicamera setup was used in which simultaneous measurement of both the far-field displacement and that directly surrounding the craze was performed. The far-field results were used to obtain a value of the energy release rate supplied to the crack tip region. The near-tip results were used to extract a material traction-separation law in the regime of steady-state crack growth. A softening traction-separation relation was measured. The area under the traction-separation curve was then compared with the simultaneous far-field measurements and the agreement was very good (within 6.5%) validating the experimental methodology used.     

Simulation of plastic deformation in glassy polymers: Atomistic and mesoscale approaches

The mechanism of deformation in glasses is very different from that of crystals, even though their general behavior is very similar. In this study, we investigated the deformation of polycarbonate on the atomistic scale with molecular dynamics and on the continuum scale with a new simulation approach. The results indicated that high atomic/segmental mobility and low local density enabled the formation (nucleation) of highly deformed regions that grew to form plastic defects called plastic shear transformations. A continuum-scale simulation was performed with the concept of plastic shear transformations as the basic region of deformation. The continuum simulations were able to predict the primary and secondary creep behavior. The slope of the secondary creep depended on the interactions between the plastic shear transformations. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 43: 994-1004, 2005     

Bridging the scales in nano engineering and science

This review article describes various multiscale approaches, development of which was spurred by the emergence of nanotechnology. The multiscale approaches are grouped into two main categories: information-passing and concurrent. In the concurrent multiscale methods both, the discrete and continuum scales are simultaneously resolved, whereas in the information-passing schemes, the discrete scale is modelled and its gross response is infused into the continuum scale. Most of the information-passing approaches provide sublinear computational complexity, (i.e., scales sublinearly with the cost of solving a fine scale problem), but the quantities of interest are limited to or defined only on the coarse scale. The issues of appropriate scale selection and uncertainty quantification are also reviewed.