Fluid Flows Through Two-Dimensional Channels of Composite Materials

The present analysis relates to the study of the full two-dimensional Brinkman equation representing the fluid flow through porous medium. The steady, incompressible fluid flow, with a negligible gravitational force, is constrained to flow in an infinitely long channel in which the height assumes a series of piecewise constant values. The control volume method is used to solve the Brinkman equation which involves the parameter, =/Da, where Da is the Darcy number and is the ratio of the fluid viscosity _f to the effective viscosity . An analytical study in the fully developed section of the composite channel is presented when the channel is of constant height and composed of several layers of porous media, each of uniform porosity. In the fully developed flow regime the analytical and numerical solutions are graphically indistinguishable. A geometrical configuration involving several discontinuities of channel height, and where the entry and exit sections are layered, is considered and the effect of different permeabilities is demonstrated. Further, numerical investigations are performed to evaluate the behaviour of fluid flow through regions which mathematically model some geological structures of various sizes, positions and permeability, for example a fault or a fracture, where the outlet channel is offset at different levels. The effect on the overall pressure gradient is also considered.     

Influence of root resistivity on plant water uptake mechanism,Part II: analytical solutions for low/moderate soil-root conductivity ratio

A one-dimensional approximate analytical model, which preserves the main features of soil-crop-atmospheric hydrodynamics, has been suggested for plant roots of low soil-root conductivity ratio (SRCR). The proposed approach involves physically based concepts, such as mass balance equation, Darcy’s law, and related water uptake and plant transpiration functions. Two main assumptions have been made to derive the analytical solution: (1) gravitational flow is adopted and (2) the uniform soil moisture distribution within the root water activity zone is supposed. The mass balance equation in its integral form is solved by the method of characteristics. This leads to the two functional equations for soil pressure head and root potential, which can be solved simultaneously by using common software. The model has been further verified against the numerical one. The model represents a reasonable compromise between the complicated mechanism of unsaturated water flow with root water uptake (RWU) and still insufficient knowledge of the soil-plant-atmospheric continuum. It is able to account for temporal fluctuations in root activity zone and provides a relatively simple algorithm for investigation of RWU-mechanism. Besides the theoretical and applicative importance, this flow model yields water and velocity distributions within soil profile, and, thereby, constitutes a preliminary step toward solution of contaminant transport problems in vadose zone. Deceased     

Determination of Salt Diffusion Coefficient in Brick: Analytical Methods

This paper presents an investigation into salt diffusion in new, fully saturated brick under isothermal conditions. A commonly used experiment methodology, diffusion cell method, is adopted. The analytical and numerical solutions are obtained. The analytical solution is simple and straightforward, which determines temporally salt concentrations in the monitored chamber. It enables us to estimate salt diffusion coefficients in a fast and accurate way.     

FREE VIBRATION OF ANISOTROPIC RECTANGULAR PLATES BY GENERAL ANALYTICAL METHOD

According to the differential equation for transverse displacement function of anisotropic rectangular thin plates in free vibration, a general analytical solution is established. This general solution, composed of the composite solutions of trigonometric function and hyperbolic function, can satisfy the problem of arbitrary boundary conditions along four edges. The algebraic polynomial with double sine series solutions can also satisfy the problem of boundary conditions at four corners. Consequently, this general solution can be used to solve the vibration problem of anisotropic rectangular plates with arbitrary boundaries accurately. The integral constants can be determined by boundary conditions of four edges and four corners. Each natural frequency and vibration mode can be solved by the determinate of coefficient matrix from the homogeneous linear algebraic equations equal to zero. For example, a composite symmetric angle ply laminated plate with four edges clamped has been calculated and discussed.     

常微分方程技术及其在固体力学计算中的应用

常微分方程(ODE——Ordinary Differential Equation)边值问题的最新计算求解技术的迅速发展推出了一批高质高效的通用软件,而工程中大量的ODE问题并非呈现为这些求解器(Solver)所接受的标准形式。然而,运用一些简单的ODE变换技巧可以将大量的不同类型的特殊问题转化为标准形式。本文列举了若干常用的变换技巧,并广泛地应用于各种固体力学问题的计算中,使大量的ODE问题在形式上得到统一,得以用标准的ODE Solver方便有效地求解。     

Zur analytischen Beschreibung des Füllstoffeinflusses auf das Fließverhalten von Kunststoff-Schmelzen

From literature some representative equations have been compiled describing the influence of filler on the viscosity of polymer melts. By application of these on the experimental results obtained from GF-SAN it was found that the relative viscosity _R , i.e. the ratio of the viscosities of the filled and unfilled melt, shows a pronounced dependence on the shear rate but not on the shear stress. Defining _R with constant and not with constant (as it is usually done), an analytical approach is possible independent of Further the influence of pressure, temperature and filler content on the zero-shear viscosity of filled polymer melts may be expressed by a modified Arrhenius equation.

     

分析力学初值问题的一种变分原理形式

明确了分析力学初值问题的控制方程，按照广义力和广义位移之间的对应关系，将 各控制方程卷乘上相应的虚量，代数相加，进而在 原空间中建立了分析力学初值问题的一种变分原理形式，即建立了分析力学初值问题的卷积 型变分原理和卷积型广义变分原理. 推导了分析力学初值问题卷积型变分原理和卷积型广义 变分原理的驻值条件. 在建立分析力学初值问题的一种变分原理形式的同时, 将变积方法推广为卷变积方法.     

Computer algebra-perturbation solution to a nonlinear wave equation

In this paper, the higher-order asymptotic solution to the Cauchy problem of a nonlinear wave equation is found by using a computer algebra-perturbation method. The secular terms in the solution from straightforward expansions are eliminated with the straining of characteristic, coordinates and the use of the renormalization technique, and the four-term uniformly valid solution is obtained with the symbolic computation by using a computer algebra system. The comparison of the derived asymptotic solution and the numerical solution shows that they coincide with each other for smaller ε and agree quite well for larger ε (e. g., ε=0.25) Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Shanghai Municiple Natural Science Foundation     

The Kinematic Flow Structure for the Gvirtzman–Gorelick In Situ VOC Remediation System

Potential theory and Stokes' stream function techniques are used to investigate the flow structure around the recirculation system developed by Gvirtzman and Gorelick (1992, 1993), which consists of an extraction well and a gallery (trench) for the recharge of treated water to the aquifer. Analytical formulas are derived for the drawdown, velocity, and stream function for a model in which the extraction well is modeled as a uniformly distributed line sink and the gallery is modeled as a uniformly distributed ring source. Travel times are reported for water particles traveling along the streamlines containing 50 and 90% of the flow for various degrees of well penetration and various radii of the ring source. The travel times along the streamline resulting in the shortest travel time (not necessarily the shortest path) are also reported for various degrees of well penetration and various radii of the ring source. The method completely eliminates the use of numerical finite-difference or finite-element methods and can be used for optimization of technological parameters of this remediation system.     

滑动界面的球形夹杂问题

滑动界面对多相介质力学性能的影响日益受到重视．但已有的解析结果往往假定界面是自由滑动的．即假设界面上的剪应力为零，这与大多数实际情况并不相符．本文假定界面上剪应力不为零并满足线弹簧型界面条件，在这一前提下，首次获得了球形夹杂本征应变问题的解析解．