Axisymmetric wave propagation in a layered transversely isotropic medium

Summary In this paper, the method of numerical integration along bicharacteristics is generalized to the case of layered transversely isotropic medium for analysing the axisymmetric stress wave propagation. The stability of the present scheme is studied. The advantages and limitations of the method are discussed. Received 12 June 1996; accepted for publication 6 May 1997     

近零膨胀Zr0.5Hf0.5V1.4P0.6O7材料的制备及其性能研究

采用传统的固相法合成了近零膨胀氧化物功能陶瓷材料Zr_0.5Hf_0.5V_1.4P_0.6O₇,用X射线衍射(XRD)、Raman光谱和热膨胀法对Zr_0.5Hf_0.5V_1.4P_0.6O₇的热膨胀系数、各向同性和相变进行了测试,通过Hf⁴⁺/P⁵⁺共掺杂使得材料具有较低的热膨胀系数,研究发现合成的Zr_0.5Hf_0.5V_1.4P_0.6O₇具有Pa3立方相结构,从334 K附近到673 K较宽的温度范围内的线性热膨胀系数为-1.56×10^-6 K^-1,表现出稳定的近零热膨胀特性。由于固溶体内部微结构的影响造成膨胀仪实验结果与变温X射线衍射结果存在一定的差距。Zr_0.5Hf_0.5V_1.4P_0.6O₇具有的近零膨胀特性为通过负热膨胀材料合成膨胀系数可控的材料提供了基础。     

The 3-D stress intensity factor for a half plane crack in a transversely isotropic solid due to the motion of loads on the crack faces

Three-dimensional analysis of a half plane crack in a transversely isotropic solid is performed. The crack is subjected to a pair of normal point loads moving in a direction perpendicular to the crack edge on its faces. Transform methods are used to reduce the boundary value problem to a single integral equation that can be solved by the Wiener-Hopf technique. The Cagniard-de Hoop method is employed to invert the transforms. An exact expression is derived for the mode I stress intensity factor as a function of time and position along the crack edge. Some features of the solution are discussed through numerical results. The project supported by the Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation and the Science Foundation of Shantou University     

Penny-shaped and half-plane cracks in a transversely isotropic piezoelectric solid under arbitrary loading

Summary The problem of a penny-shaped crack in a transversely isotropic piezoelectric material loaded by both normal and tangential tractions and by electric charges is analyzed. Closed-form solutions are obtained for the full electroelastic fields as well as for the stress and electric displacement intensity factors. Solutions are also obtained for the (non-trivial) limiting case of a half-plane crack. The results are illustrated on the example of piezoceramics PZT-6B. Received 12 July 1999; accepted for publication 20 July 1999     

Transverse oscillations for tissue motion estimation

This paper gives an overview of the methods developed for tissue motion estimation using transverse oscillation images (TO). TO images are specific radiofrequency ultrasound images featuring oscillations in both spatial directions. The initial studies on TO were published in the late 1990s. This paper reviews the main ideas and applications behind this motion estimation approach. First the origin and motivation of TO is briefly reviewed. Then the beamforming methods that lead to TO images are given, detailing the receive-only approach and the transmit-and-receive approach using synthetic aperture data. The different medical applications where TO has been used are discussed (blood flow, elastography and echocardiography), showing how it can improve motion estimation. Finally, the future perspectives of TO are outlined.     

复合材料层板分层伴以横向裂纹扩展的三维有限元分析

本文采用三维有限元模型,对典型铺设的[0_2/±45_2/90_2]_s碳/环氧复合材料层板中分层伴以横向裂纹的产生和扩展导致的层间应力分布进行了分析。计算结果表明层间裂纹首先在90°层中部出现并开裂至相邻界面处而产生横向裂纹,横向裂纹的出现引起局部分层按三角形状扩展;并指出分层损伤过程是一个主导性的稳定扩展过程,这是导致刚度下降的主要因素。最后,数值计算结果与实验结果比较,两者是吻合的。     

Phase diagrams of a transverse Ising nanowire

Phase diagrams of a cylindrical nanowire described by the transverse Ising model are investigated by the use of two theoretical frameworks, namely the mean field theory and the effective field theory with correlations. The phase diagram of the system is strongly affected by the surface situations. Some characteristic phenomena are found in the phase diagram, depending on the ratio of the physical parameters in the surface shell and the core.     

Energy dependence of pion interferometry scales in ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions

A study of energy behavior of the pion spectra and interferometry scales is carried out for the top SPS, RHIC and LHC energies within the hydrokinetic approach. The latter allows one to describe evolution of quark–gluon and hadron matter as well as continuous particle emission from the fluid in agreement with the underlying kinetic equations. The main mechanisms that lead to the paradoxical, at first sight, behavior of the interferometry scales, are exposed. In particular, a slow decrease and apparent saturation of Rout/Rside$R_{\text{<italic>out</italic>}}/R_{\text{<italic>side</italic>}}$ ratio with an energy growth happens due to a strengthening of positive correlations between space and time positions of pions emitted at the radial periphery of the system. Such en effect is a consequence of the two factors: a developing of the pre-thermal collective transverse flows and an increase of the initial energy density in the fireball.     

一种用于层状结构模型的先进计算方法

提出一种针对层状结构模型的先进计算方法。研究的层状结构通常为水平层状板或者层状半空间,结构由横观各向同性（TI）材料组成,材料对称轴指向分层方向。本文方法可以考虑材料的多场耦合特性,即热弹性、多孔弹性和磁电弹性耦合。基于最近提出的傅立叶-贝塞尔级数（FBS）向量函数系和双变量/位置（DVP）方法,建立了本文的先进计算方法。DVP能够无条件稳定地将层矩阵从一层传播到下一层。FBS向量函数系具有以下特点,（1）反映了具有明确类型的广义变形/波,（2）将展开系数预先计算为Love数,然后将其用于涉及问题的模拟。层状地球中的断层（或位错）作用、土-结构相互作用以及近地表地球剖面中的瞬态波等三个典型算例,证明了提出方法的准确性和有效性。     

Experimental study on the local similarity scaling of the turbulence spectrum in the turbulent boundary layer

The streamwise fluctuating velocity in the turbulent boundary layer is measured under approximately medium Reynolds Number by hot wire in order to investigate the scaling properties of the overlapped turbulent spectrum among energy-containing area, inertial subrange and dissipation range based on FFT analysis. The experiment indicates that the high Reynolds flow reported before is not indispensable to produce −1 scaling. So far as the measured position is provided with much higher spatial resolution and enough closing to the wall, −1 scaling is determinate to exist when approaching medium Reynolds. The scaling ranges are supposed to begin at inner scale and end in outer scale, which reveals the local similarity of the energy spectrum over the energy-containing eddies near the wall. In the logarithmic area (y ⁺ > 130), −5/3 scaling occurs in the energy spectrum, while moving away from the wall with Reynolds numbers increasing, the inertial subrange extends to the lower wavenumbers. On the condition k ₁ η ≫ 0.1, the curves of the turbulence spectrum in the logarithmic layer are superposed, which expresses the similarity of turbulence energy distributed in Komogorov scaling area and exhibits local isotropy characteristics by virtue of the viscous dissipation. Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10832001 and 10872145), the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Universities of Education Ministry of China, and the Plan of Tianjin Science and Technology Development (Grant No. 06TXTJJC13800)