Wave scattering method for dynamic response analysis of structures with stochastic parameters

The wave scattering method is presented to analyze dynamic response of frameworks with stochastic parameters. First, with the uncertain physical, geometric, and loading properties in consideration, the stochastic waveguide equations containing the axial, torsional and flexural wave modes are established. Second, the stochastic wave scattering equation and wave translation matrix are derived to obtain the wave modes. Third, the methodology to extract the generalized displacements and forces from stochastic wave modes is proposed. Finally, a cantilever beam, a planar framework, and a space framework have been presented as numerical examples to illustrate the e?ciency of the proposed method. It is found that the results obtained by the proposed method with higher computational e?ciency show an excellent agreement with those by Monte Carlo simulation method. Furthermore, the influences of stochastic parameters on dynamic response are revealed.     

Analyse thermomécanique des problèmes de fissure fixe sous chargement dynamique

The purpose of this work is the study of thermomechanical coupling in the mechanisms of dynamic rupture in a fixed crack under dynamic loading.     

Elastic,vibrational, and thermodynamic properties of Sr_(10)(PO_4)_6F_2 and Ca_(10)(PO_4)_6F_2 from first principles

The electronic, elastic, vibrational, and thermodynamic properties of Sr_(10)(PO_4)_6F_2(Sr-FAP) and Ca_(10)(PO_4)_6F_2(CaFAP) are systematically investigated by the first-principles calculations. The calculated electronic band structure indicates that the Sr-FAP and Ca-FAP are insulator materials with the indirect band gap of 5.273 eV and 5.592 eV, respectively. The elastic constants are obtained by the "stress–strain" method, and elastic modulus are further evaluated and discussed. The vibrational properties, including the phonon dispersion curves, the phonon density of states, the Born effective charge, and associated longitudinal optical and transverse optical(LO–TO) splitting of optical modes, as well as the phonon frequencies at zone-center are obtained within the linear-response approach. Substitution of Ca by Sr causes phonon frequencies to shift to lower values as expected due to the mass effect. Additionally, some phonon-related thermodynamic properties, such as Helmholtz free energy F, internal energy E, entropy S, and specific heat C_V of Sr-FAP and Ca-FAP are predicted with the harmonic approximation. The present calculated results of two apatites are consistent with the reported experimental and theoretical results.     

Traffic-Aware Green Cognitive Radio

Cognitive Radio Network (CRN) has emerged as an effective solution to the spectrum under-utilization problem, by providing secondary users (SUs) an opportunistic access to the unoccupied frequency bands of primary users (PUs). Most of the current research on CRN are based on the assumption that the SU always has a large amount of data to transmit. This leads to the objective of SU throughput maximization with a constraint on the allowable interference to the PU. However, in many of the practical scenarios, the data arrival process of the SU closely follows an ON–OFF traffic model, and thus the usual throughput optimization framework may no longer be suitable. In this paper, we propose an intelligent data scheduling strategy which minimizes the average transmission power of the SU while maintaining the transmission delay to be sufficiently small. The data scheduling problem has been formulated as a finite horizon Markov Decision Process (MDP) with an appropriate cost function. Dynamic programming approach has been adopted to arrive at an optimal solution. Our findings show that the average transmitted power for our proposed approach can be as small as 36.5% of the power required for usual throughput maximization technique with insignificant increase in average delay.     

Spherical void expansion in rubber-like materials: The stabilizing effects of viscosity and inertia

Dynamic cavitation is known to be a typical failure mechanism in rubber-like solids. While the mechanical behaviour of these materials is generally rate-dependent, the number of theoretical and numerical works addressing the problem of cavitation using nonlinear viscoelastic constitutive models is scarce. It has been only in recent years when some authors have suggested that cavitation in rubber-like materials is a dynamic fracture process strongly affected by the rate-dependent behaviour of the material because of the large strains and strain rates that develop near the cavity. In the present work we further investigate previous idea and perform finite element simulations to model the dynamic expansion of a spherical cavity embedded into a rubber-like ball and subjected to internal pressure. To describe the mechanical behaviour of the rubber-like material we have used an experimentally calibrated constitutive model which includes rate-dependent effects and material failure. The numerical results demonstrate that inertia and viscosity play a fundamental role in the cavitation process since they stabilize the material behaviour and thus delay failure.     

食管黏膜组织在轴向延伸下的摩擦特性研究

对食管黏膜组织沿轴向分别以不同的延伸率进行延伸,再通过往复摩擦试验近似模拟内镜前端进入食管的过程,研究了食管黏膜组织在不同轴向延伸率伸长下的摩擦性能变化.结果表明:从轴向无延伸到延伸率达到80%时,内镜前端与食管黏膜组织间的摩擦运行行为从食管黏膜组织只发生弹性变形的黏着状态变化到黏着和滑移的混合状态,摩擦阻力和能耗增大,摩擦系数增加.食管黏膜组织的摩擦学性能与其表面结构和力学性能密切相关.在沿轴向延伸率逐渐增加的延伸状态下,食管黏膜表面的皱褶被拉平,维持黏液润滑的特性变差;随着食管黏膜组织轴向延伸率的增加,黏膜组织的弹性模量增加,抵抗摩擦变形的能力增强,摩擦阻力增大.研究结果为临床胃镜诊疗的安全操作提供了理论依据.     

真空热处理人工林落叶松木材吸湿性变化机理研究

热处理是一种环境友好型的木材改性方法,可提高木材的耐腐性和尺寸稳定性。研究以落叶松木材为试验材料,在处理温度200 ℃的条件下,对其进行了不同时间的真空热处理。利用动态水蒸气吸附(DVS)对热处理前后木材吸湿性的变化进行了表征,通过傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)和X射线衍射(XRD)分析了热处理前后木材化学组分和结构变化,通过化学变化分析阐明了热处理木材吸湿性变化的作用机制。结果表明：真空热处理落叶松木材的平衡含水率降低,热处理木材的平衡含水率随热处理时间的延长呈逐渐下降的趋势。结合红外光谱和光电子能谱发现,热处理后木材纤维素和半纤维素等化学成分发生降解,木质素发生交联缩合反应,使得吸湿性基团含量减少,碳元素与氧元素含量发生变化,氧碳比降低,从C原子的结合形式来看,热处理材的C1含量增加,C2和C3含量降低,这些化学变化使得热处理材的吸湿性降低。此外,真空热处理未破坏木材的结晶结构,木材的相对结晶度随真空热处理时间的延长而增大,结晶度的增大减少了纤维素分子链上吸水性基团的数量,从而降低了木材的吸湿性。     

两种量热模式下物质热分解的动力学补偿效应

热分析量热仪主要包括动态、等温、恒温及绝热四种操作模式。很多学者基于动态及等温模式的测试结果,采用Arrhenius速率常数进行动力学计算,进而发现了所谓的“动力学补偿效应”。为了解绝热模式下是否也存在动力学补偿效应,分别采用绝热加速量热法(ARC)及动态差示扫描量热法(DSC)研究了过氧化二异丙苯(DCP)、40%(质量分数,下同)DCP溶液、葡萄糖、45%葡萄糖溶液的热分解特性,在此基础上基于Arrhenius公式计算了对应的表观活化能E和指前因子A,并对计算结果进行了分析。结果表明:绝热模式下,不同质量的同种样品及其溶液的最佳动力学参数,或者同一组数据采用不同的反应级数获得的lnA和E之间均存在明显的线性关系。此外,尽管由动态DSC数据计算获得的E和lnA普遍小于绝热模式的结果,但两种模式下获得的lnA和E之间仍然存在动力学补偿效应。由此可以推断,具有相同或类似反应机理的反应,虽然实验模式不同,但其E和lnA之间存在明显的动力学补偿效应。     

Parameterisation,validation and implementation of an all-terrain SUV FTire tyre model

This paper focuses on the parameterisation, validation and implementation of an FTire model of a Michelin LTX A/T² 235/85R16 tyre. This tyre is designed for both on- and off-road use and is commonly used on all wheel drive SUVs. Quasi-static laboratory and dynamic field tests were conducted to acquire parameterisation and validation test data for the FTire model. Quasi-static parameterisation tests include acquiring vertical tyre stiffness over a flat plate and cleats, tyre footprint sizes and shapes, longitudinal, lateral and torsional tyre stiffness for various tyre normal loads, as well as vibrational tyre responses. Dynamic parameterisation tests include dynamic cleat test data. An Adams model of the tyre testing equipment is implemented to simulate the FTire model and validate it against dynamic validation test results. Finally, the model is implemented on a fully nonlinear multi-body dynamics model of a Land Rover Defender. It is found that the FTire model is able to predict the lateral tyre behaviour well on a smooth road surface. The vertical and longitudinal tyre behaviour on a smooth road surface and on a rough surface are predicted accurately.